#give me that exposure

[meerlichtz]

Drowning Lessons

Chapter one

Summary:

Duck watches Red clean the dishes and his heart clenches.

He’s filled the sink up to the brim. Absentmindedly, he grabs another plate, pushes it down and gets to scrubbing. Water spills over. Red pretends not notice, or perhaps he really doesn’t.

Duck is afraid that this is exactly what love is going to do to him.

Or: Duck, Red guy and Yellow guy escape the loop. This makes nothing easier.

#meer writes #dhmis #fluffybird #hiii. hello hi #dhmis fic #dhmis fanfic #dhmis fanfiction #fluffybird fanfiction #fluffybird fanfic #fluffybird fic #give me that exposure

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

i wanna know more about svsss menopause

They synced their periods together too well. Now they are synced through their perimenopause years.

#Poorly drawn svsss #svsss #shen qingqiu #luo binghe #shang qinghua #mobei jun #ask #I truly think that the peak of the SVSSS (peri)menopause era is just them commiserating over the experience of it. #Not pictured here is Liu Qingge barely suppressing his hormonal rage. He would have it *bad*. #I think Liu Mingyan is the only person who does not have a bad time with menopause because she takes estrogen supplements. #Which sounds like a trans headcanon but I think regardless of cis/trans status she's researched this and is prepared. #I have developed a sense for what menopause is purely by exposure to the various complaints I have overheard/been told. #These are all very specific and yet very common stories. #I do not know what the overlap is for SVSSS fans and people (not just women) going through menopause. I hope this is funny to SOMEONE. #It's an untapped market of potential! Too many young'uns in these woods. #Synced periods this. Ovulating that. Where's the menopausal homicidal rage? #Come on! Ripping off your clothing in a sudden burst of heat is *SO* SVSSS core!!! Make perimenopause sexy!!! #Anyways. Please put your menopause headcanons in the comments/tags <3 I'd love to hear them. #Thank you joblessmonday for following up with an ask and giving me an excuse to release this train of thought.

[skunkes]

i like them together....

#a doodley #jumpscaring everyone again #im stilll deciding talons nose shape #saw a nose shape that looked a lot like his the other day and im trying to integrate it with the old way i used to draw it too #undecided if he should have very visible nostrils or if theyre more hidden like al's #speaking of al he's existed for over a decade and im still deciding eye color! #i feel his whole scheme fits the light grey or green eyes ive always given him #but. light eyes scare me and he is my forever girl. so we're leaning brownish again rn #it all goes back to brown. like how i cant stop drawing talon with his original eye color when he's meant to have the scary purple eyes #as a vampyre #AND FINALLY im trying to find a way to add more texture to talons face #i have to do more intentional wrinkles around the eyes and sockets that add form #i give al his acne scars + bumps + pores #wanted to give talon liver spots but he is a vampire! no sun exposure! #might also just do like. bumps and blemishes #the illusion of rugged skin

[kaltacore]

i would really like to see people appreciate beau's growth and character arc more without trying to convince newcomers that "she'll get better eventually just you wait" implying she was such an unbearable character you have to make yourself sit through her scenes. i assure you, she wasn't

#you may like or dislike any character for whatever reason mind you! i'm not arguing with that! #but her flaws are so blown out of proportion in fandom while other characters' flaws aren't treated this way at all #and i'm yet to see someone saying that caleb gets better later on. or that veth does. maybe this is also a thing i don't know #but it surely doesn't happen under all relatively popular content centered around them #also beau surely wasn't the only one guilty of being rude and picking fights at the beginning of the campaign. this is just. not true. #the way she's usually referred to as the least cooperative member of m9 #and she wasn't the one who got threatened with a sword for putting the whole party's lives in danger for her own interests. is interesting #this just. makes me sad. i really don't get why people who like her adopt that misconception invented by people who openly disliked her #and sound like they feel guilty for enjoying her character and have to beg other people to give her a chance #i got into m9 with little to none exposure to fandom opinions and honestly. it was really surprising to find out she upsets people that muc #critical role #beauregard lionett #the mighty nein

[i-d-e-g-a-f]

i ache for katara so deeply, she deserves so much better than her canon fate. i cannot express in words how much her story and how the fandom views/treats her physically hurts me

#anti kataang #katara deserved better #i know she’s a fictional character so ppl can say think and feel however they want about her and it the end of the day it shouldn’t matter #cus she’s not real but i just feel for her so deeply it hurts #katara my beloved #katara #katara my best friend who i have a DEEP parasocial relationship with i will always be on your side #they can never make me hate you #WE COULDVE HAD IT ALL #yes i’m being dramatic but also 100% serious #truly my favorite character of all time and she has been done wrong not only by the writers but by the fans too lord give her a break #i need her to get justice so bad against bryke and everyone who speaks ill on her #god please take all her suffering and give it to bryke #am i being hyperbolic right now? #your guess is as good as mine #zutara #for exposure ig #anti bryke

[scintillyyy]

anyways as annoyed i am in general about the lex retcon subsuming kon's entire story to the point where it's the only story they'll tell about him, as someone who has spent a fair amount of time in fertility spaces i find i am not wholly uninterested in the concept itself as there is a lot of very, very interesting ethical debate on the use of donor dna & known vs unknown donors & the conflicting rights involved & i think there's potentially a very juicy exploration there wrt kon with the sense of self that would have occurred at finding out that what you thought you knew about yourself was a lie & the sense of self shift that occurs & the having to reckon with the fact that the man he thought was his genetic donor (westfield) was dead & he will never be able to get answers or closure from him for the lies he was told about his creation & the violation of finding out his dna is partially from a man he finds reprehensible & having to reckon with that on top of it all....

however. johns didn't do any of that and instead went with "am i (and therefore all of my friends because we have to explore my evil dna) genetically doomed to go evil".

#and so. i personally can't give up the retcon myself #there's just too much potential for me #which tbf i think a lot of the ethical considerations only only really starting to take traction in the past decade or so #with the advent of commercial dna testing & exposures of past indiscretions with the fertility industry coming to light #that wouldn't have been on the forefront of the time it was being written #but it's interesting to me #(this also applies to clark ngl & the realization that his dna was also used against his will)

[badboyfriends]

i was so fucking ready for when Blue Beetle came out, thinking there'd be an inflex of fics. a reasonable amount, y'know, since DC doesn't fucking advertise their movies. and now here we are with like. probably 8 even TAGGED AS JAIME in the last month .

on my hands and knees begging y'all to watch Blue Beetle (2023) when it hits streaming this weekend PLEASE?

#i have some complaints about the writing but overall the movie is pretty damn endearing. and more importantly jaime reyes is sick as fuck #please give me fics of him and his silly robot bug. please #thanks to my limited time of exposure to this boy i am now obsessed with their weird dynamic. they have a fucked up lil bond #blue beetle 2023 #jaime reyes #blue beetle

[elderwisp]

another before and after of this post

lately i've been adding a lot of foreshadowing in my post idk for funsies. i also love pushing relight to get really sharp shadows. however, in the first photo i needed to work some photoshop magic. as for drawing, i tried to doodle in like glistening tears. this post i tried aiming for like an old hollywood-esque vibe and yeah! fun tings!

#i went in with the mindset that this wouldn't be a low exposure photo but tbh i was sold in the first photo #low exposure idk just gives me a sense of yearning or nostalgia #before and after

[averlym]

lost a bet to a guy in a chiffon skirt (but i make these high heels work)

#sorry cc posted smth about don't threaten me with a good time and px11 and then i brokentelephoned too close to the sun #the remy renaissance #printer man. i was going to add remy for arson era but the pose adapted. alas. #what's that ao3 tag again... crack taken seriously? wjkdhf #in the sense that i wanted to draw him in a terrible outfit and then it spiralled #sorry for yassifying him #fun facts: took cc sims + prev iteration and stuck them tgt hence the rainbow suspenders #// the wall has a low opacity <<burnt wall>> google image search overlaid on it #// the posters (super faded) were the search results for 1. dominos pizza ad 2. hp printer ad 3. vcv advertisment words written out #// added a little bit of chromatic abberation for funsies to add on to the effect :3 #//i didnt mean to but this is giving lowkey the vibes from 2000s/2010s music videos??? maybe its the high exposure rainbow and grunge?? #// shoutout to the obligatory scattered bloodstains. those were fun to do #// this has been an excellent exercise in taking myself less seriously #it's kinda scuffed! but the vibes are there

[martyrbat]

always hate seeing posts about stubborn heros refusing to use mobility aids or take pain relievers and how it makes them stronger or aren't they so tough and stubborn or whatever the excuse is this time. for me it always feels like its enforcing the idea that a hero is weak for it or its something to be ashamed about needing. or its played as a joke and its people making being disabled/having chronic pain be a fucking punchline

#and it always looks so suspicious especially in a fandom thats famous for how it treats oracle's disability #where the only time it comes up is for plot point or to announce shes disabled technically instead of having her be disabled. #give dick knee braces. let bruce need the back support/a cane. give tim burn scars. #show pain killers without it being a big stigma or something to be ashamed about. #the way ppl write chronic pain and disability is always so..insulting. im not weak because i need aids. im not weak for needing medication #im strong because i know i need it so i use it despite assholes judgement or comments and because it lets me live my life #this goes for all comics but yknow my exposure and experience and all and that it just came from seeing such a ridiculous babs panel #crypt callings

[the-lord-of-malevolence]

(Is it okay to rp as characters from other games with you? If not then please ignore this >.<)

I didn't know there were Fae outside of the Royal Navy, well welcome to tumblr, prince Malleus. - Helena META

I hope you don't mind Other Me's forwardness, it's nice to meet you! - Helena

Thank you for the warm welcome, Helenas(?). It's nice to meet the both of you too. May I ask, are you two twins? You look very alike and you refered to one of you as "Other Me"...

#ooc: you can rp about other games but unless it's obey me you're gonna have to give me some exposure so I can know exactly what I'm doing. #ooc: so if you're able to do that it's totally okay! #twst roleplay #malleus draconia #twisted wonderland #twst rp #malleus draconia rp #malleus's letters

[skunkes]

#sleepyyyyyyy #a doodley #i still have to work on him because i know his face doesnt actually look Old #but thats also hard to achieve with some of his features ykwim...similar to real persons #i could stand to add a bit more sag to his face even if he is meant to be sharp and pointy #but whatever! was more focused on body here #which i also still have to work on #i really really like the folds above a belly button ive seen on Men Who Are Aged #not even Old...just older than me #and i like giving him age spots even if he doesnt have exposure to the sun #i have to find something to fit with that...maybe he just subconsciously shapeshifts em onto there? idk! #i still dont know how he Feels about his unfed appearance... maybe ill get it out of him in a few more months #we'll get to da bottom of dis #ok gn gn gn #still have to give him more sag in general i know - ill get there

[rotisseries]

inspired by elli's poll lol cause this seems fun actually but if you guys have bad answers I'll kill myself on your doorstep or smth

#“rori all of these are your faves how can there be a bad answer” well I still have an internal ranking on some of these #and if all of you pick an option that I think pales in comparison to the others. well. hm #I know what's gonna sweep though because two of these are niche as hell and 4 maybe 5 of these are things you people don't follow me for #fun fact I actually had to scrape my brain to make sure I couldn't come up with any more #I am unintentionally very picky on what is a favorite apparentlyyyy #I also just don't watch/read enough stuff these days so there's that #AND I NEED LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO KNOW THEY'RE STICKING AROUND #so like. I have some options but I don't KNOWWW if they're sticking yet #but this feels like such a small poll lmao #also no sapphics on here this is actually cause I hate women- #NO. JOKING. zelink is here. I almost put gideon and harrow but I'm in a perpetual state of not having finished tlt #and I couldn't put nebetta and darya I was drawing the line at 2 tbos ships. well. actually. changed my mind #not editing these tags actually you guys can see my thought process #WAIT AND SAYMARI. FUCK. I LITERALLY MADE A PLAYLIST FOR THEM I LOVE THEMMM #ok. is 4 tbos ships too many. hmm #I said 2 of these are niche now four of these are niche it's really the “which tbos pairing is your fave” poll #THIS POLL IS SO FUNNY IT'S SO SELF INDULGENT I HAVE TO TAKE OUT AT LEAST ONE TBOS SHIP #I should add one more general one... #cause I do actually want genuine and varied answers I gotta give y'all options so they don't all pool at the first two #I also almost put ellie and abby on here.. that would've been so funny four popular 1 rarepair 3 super niche ships #ellie and abby are soooo interesting to me though so of course the thought of them having something horrible going on together compels me #and they are one of my 3 favorited ao3 tags... they deserve a place... #ok well while I debate on that I'm putting akutagawa and atsushi on here I admittedly have only had like two months of exposure to them #but it is enough I can tell they are so crazy to me #the way my tags are just me overthinking everything on what is supposed to be a fun and silly poll... no one does it like me I'm afraid

[nero-neptune]

NORTHERN EXPOSURE 3.07 “Roots”

“I don’t dream much anymore…Well, sometimes I dream, but they’re so mundane, so pallid. Like mailing a letter, mowing the lawn, picking up my suit from the dry cleaners. And I used to have really vivid dreams. I mean, dreams van Gogh would envy! Lush, florid, stirring dreams. Not anymore.”

#not the bernard episode being titled 'roots' lmaooooo #northern exposure #northernexposureedit #noexedit #grandmastv #uservintage #userrobin #userbbelcher #rob morrow #janine turner #jessica lundy #richard cummings jr #adam arkin #myedit #i didn't have it in me to gif chris stevens rocking the cornrows. i just. god!!! i just couldn't do it! #i'm giving him a pass bc it was the 90s (which was like. a Whole Thing culture-wise) #and also his subconscious was picking up his black kinda-sorta-twin brother's dreams via subspace hwy. telepathic wires got crossed #...or something #god chris stevens' entire existence is so goddamn weird. like sure maggie's a cryptid in a 'practical magic' witchy sorta way #but what is chris's whole deal??? mr. wheeling west virginia's got the strangest potent pheromones and telepathy powers known to man #and the best part is that he really doesn't give a shit!! it's not a priority what's going on with his whole existence!! #he just wants to get philosophical and play some funky tunes on his radio show. and spend time with his kinda-sorta twin bro! that's it!! #besides that i really do enjoy whenever chef bigfoot shows up! he's a delight!

[josephslittledeputy]

Celeste & Lucian during Cel's baby vamp era || Celeste & Wes sometime during the late '70s/early '80s || Sparrow & Endymion (She's not wearing her eyepatch that seals him in so he's tormenting her <333 He's actually quite fond of her ok) Lacy & her beloved husband, Owen, years ago || Lacy & her guard dog Zeke in the present (Preventing him from tearing someone up bc they looked at her wrong) || My beloved worst couple Sid & Sel <333

Kira Gallagher (TWD verses) Top Left: Teenage era, being a hellion || Top Right: Pre Zombie Apocalypse Bottom Left: Early Apocalypse, safe in shelter || Bottom Right: Present, post doing something that's necessary in the new world

Tagged by the lovely @carlosoliveiraa to do these cute picrews! 1 & 2

Tagging @socially-awkward-skeleton @direwombat @marivenah @alexxmason @henbased @simplegenius042 @inafieldofdaisies @skoll-sun-eater @cassietrn @clicheantagonist and anyone else who wants to participate! Sorry if you already have and I haven't seen it yet! It's been a while since I've been on here

#Cel; Lucian; Wes; Sparrow; Endymion; Sid & Sel are all from my og verse though Sid jumps around IFs a lot. Lacy is from the C*D verse #new/repurposed oc reveal! idk if Kira will stay in the twd verse but thats where shes at currently #cel has the power of illusion so she changes her appearance every few decades to keep ppl off her back. or sometimes just cause #though she stuck w/her baby vamp era look for a whiiiiile. baby vamp era being the mid 1500s to like idk late 1600s maybe? :') #been a while since ive thought about lacy who ive really put through the wringer #I was gonna include gabriel but I fit in sparrow & endymion instead bc they dont get enough exposure & i miss them #also couldnt resist putting sid & sel in here bc i love them and they give me worst brainrot #oc: celeste night #oc: lucian vargas #oc: wesley norton #oc: sparrow #oc: endymion #oc: lacy cunningham #oc: owen cunningham #oc: zeke [redacted] #oc: sidra navros #oc: sel blackmore #oc: kira gallagher #ok soz for all the random ocs

[astralscrivener]

aughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

#one of the things they don't tell you about being independent #and about not liking to be the center of attention #is that when u are in a relationship your brain will actively try to resist your partner's attempts to show love and care #bc 'oh no u don't have to do that' 'oh no i'll be okay' 'oh no it's not a huge deal' #feeling like a burden or an obligation #and it takes a lot of time and reassurance to undo that conditioning #and i am very lucky to be with someone so patient and loving and gentle who gives me that reassurance and time #who tells you over and over again that they love you and this is because they love you #and not because they feel bad for u or like they Have to take care of you #it's easy to understand when you're the one giving the care #it comes so easily! so naturally! #yet receiving that same care feels like you are sludge having your teeth pulled #it's getting easier to believe tho. it is. exposure therapy or whatever #anyway. mar if u read this i love you thank you for loving me #eileen speaks