#makes me smile!

[downydig]

Moomintroll could see Snufkin's footprints had done a long jump and suddenly crossed over themselves. "He must have been very happy," decided Moomintroll. "He did a somersault here—that's clear enough."

#my art #doodles #moomin #snufkin #i really like that part in finn family moomintroll #makes me smile!

[hantu-burung]

every image of a tawny frogmouth is perfection. i've never seen a single picture of a tawny that dissapoints.

#they're stunning. theyre dignified. theyre old and scruffly. they're invisble. theyre adorable. theyre sillygoofy. #theyre adorably grouchy. theyre full of love. theyre ugly as hell. theyre gorgeous. theyre scared little animals. theyre wise storytellers. #and i genuinely am not saying this to be XD quirkyty or anything but. podargus strigoides is the cutest latin name i've EVER heard. #theyre perfect. everything to me. make me smile in the darkest of times #tawnies

[petscoboba]

I want Toby Fox three years after the last chapter to make a game where it's just the Fun Gang going on a road trip to the east coast to go fishing. They raid a gas station on the way to grabs snacks for the road (and the lobsters they catch). Happy April Fool's.

#deltarune #susie deltarune #noelle deltarune #noelle holiday #kris dreemurr #fishing momence #I have one more page I wanted to draw for this little idea #but i'll have to get to it at a later date when i've got more energy #in reality this idea started as a way for me to draw kris happy after highschool #i relate to kris' lethargy a lot-- so i wanted to see them still trying to make the most of it despite their depressive nature #(perhaps if kris can find a way out maybe i can too?) #it's hard. it's really hard when you feel like you've got really nothing to look towards to #but i hope they can find meaning anyways. i hope they smile one day and i hope it's a real one #pssstt! chronologically this post takes place after another comic i have planned in the midst. it'll take 10 years to complete but one day. #that comic. will not be a happy one #heeeheehoohoo

[amygdalae]

I think he wld be very happy as a zookeeper

#extremely self indulgent art but drawing it made me smile maybe it will make you smile too. if you want #im going away now (to sleep) goodnight. be niceys #my art #dungeon meshi #Laios

[andthebeanstalk]

Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".

Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"

And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".

Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.

At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.

So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!

Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!

Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!

Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.

#hlep #original #mental health #my sympathies and empathies to anyone who has to rely on this kind of hlep to get what they need. #the people in my life who most need to see this post are my family but even if they did I sincerely doubt they would internalize it #i've tried to break thru to them so many times it makes my head hurt. so i am focusing on boundaries and on finding other forms of support #and this thing i learned today helps me validate those boundaries. the example with the milk was from my therapist. #the example with the towing company was a real thing that happened with my parents a few months ago while I was age 28. 28! #a full adult age! it is so infantilizing as a disabled adult to seek assistance and support from ableist parents. #they were real mad i was mad tho. and the spoons i spent trying to explain it were only the latest in a long line of #huge family-related spoon expenditures. distance and the ability to enforce boundaries helps. haven't talked to sisters for literally the #longest period of my whole life. people really believe that if they love you and try to help you they can do no wrong. #and those people are NOT great allies to the chronically sick folks in their lives. #you can adore someone and still fuck up and hurt them so bad. will your pride refuse to accept what you've done and lash out instead? #or will you have courage and be kind? will you learn and grow? all of us have prejudices and practices we are not yet aware of. #no one is pure. but will you be kind? will you be a good friend? will you grow? i hope i grow. i hope i always make the choice to grow. #i hope with every year i age i get better and better at making people feel the opposite of how my family's ableism has made me feel #i will see them seen and hear them heard and smile at their smiles. make them feel smart and held and strong. #just like i do now but even better! i am always learning better ways to be kind so i don't see why i would stop

[weewoo911]

Buck taking grainy, zoomed-in pictures of every single helicopter he sees and sending them to Tommy like “dis u babe? 🥰”

#911 abc #bucktommy #they’re so cute together #you can’t tell me he wouldn’t #and it would make Tommy smile EVERY TIME #and then one time it WAS him so he just texts back ‘yeah’ and it makes bucks entire WEEK #evan buckley #tommy kinard

[bigfatbreak]

The Charity Ball part one / part two / part three / (you are here!)

bonus! rehauled Mayura~

I wanted. something. more dynamic to draw when she was getting thrown around-

#dad villain au #my art #viceroy #bitterbug #marinette dupain cheng #tom dupain cheng #emelie agreste #mayura #adrien agreste #lets fucking gooooooo #ngl this update was just an excuse for me to draw smiling viceroy. even in supervillain form he cant hide how much he adores mari #viceroy's butterfly wing helm curls up at the edges when he's really pleased #so naturally just looking at his kid makes his wings go cute mode

[pureseasalt]

iñaki godoy studied luffyology at the esteemed monkey d'university. he graduated top of his class. latin honors. he's on his way to get a phd. oops wait he's already got it. my god. the talent on this young man. he's got that natural troublemaker face. the class clown at the back of the class kind of energy. a kid who's hiding something in his hand. u take one glance at this guy and u know he's not up to no good. but would u follow him anyway? are u kidding me. look at him. of course u would.

#one piece #one piece live action #opla #Iñaki Godoy #episode 1 #still on episode 1 but i cannot stop smiling #like. none of this would work without luffy #for u to believe in this world and its wacky kooky crazy laws and realities u have to first believe in luffy #and by god did iñaki make me believe #hes so. earnest. like. yeah. luffy. you are gonna be the king of the pirates.

[zosanbrainrot]

learning to draw them again 💛💚

#the last one makes me smile whenever I look at it haha #zosan #zoro #sanji #one piece #my art

[metanarrates]

ACHIEVEMENT GET: MUTUAL IS NOW READING/WATCHING THE THING I RECOMMENDED TO THEM

#narrates #EVIL SMILE. #idk what makes me such a good propaganda machine but i keep getting people into things

[maryn00b]

tim drake and his weird ass hair

if you saw the typo no u didnt

~~*expand for close ups*~~

#marynoob #myart #fanart #art #tim drake #red robin #bernard dowd #timbern #they make me sick *puts them in my mouth and starts munching* #no but seriously WHAT IS HIS HAIR ??? #tim drake bisexual caffeine addict hes just like me fr #i love how DONE he looks in some of these #bet all his thoughts at board meetings are just bernard smiling at him

[weewoow-20706030]

Side note, I think it's really funny how artists draw the most amazing, brilliant, iconic, members of the batfamily then they just draw batman as a blob with horns and white spaces for eyes.

#he is just a little guy #genuinely never fails to make me smile #I love it sm #genuinely love it #batman #batfam #bruce wayne #dick grayson #red hood #red robin #tim drake #jason todd #batfamily #batbros

[mitwodlemi]

In the archives. Straight up beholding it. And what do I mean by it? Heh... well let's justr say... my statements.

#tma #the magnus archives #mimi makes art #fanart #digital art #theyre so sillay #tma spoilers #tma podcast #johnathan sims #martin blackwood #timothy stoker #tim stoker #annabelle cane #good omens kinda??? #also featuring me and my sister #jonathan sims #jmart #jonmartin #teaholding #smiling friends kinda?!?! #look pim meme #tweet #twitter #cross posted on twitter #i can imagine anything #tma shitpost #alright enough of my yammering #hope you all have a nice weekend :^)

[mooneggtarts]

Is this the radioapple everyone been talking about, did I get it right /lh

A redraw from this one meme in the HNK fandom I found that I love sm:

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel fanart #hazbin hotel alastor #hazbin hotel lucifer #radioapple #appleradio #i cackled whenever I try to finished this piece #Al's smile took me half an hour to correct just to make it as tiredly smug as possible /lh

[totally-sapphic-posts]

Imagine coming home after a long day and they just hug you. They hug you in a way that melts all the tension from your muscles, and makes the stresses of the day fade into some distant memory. It’s one of those hugs you feel like you could fall asleep in, but you don’t want to because you want to savor every ounce of it even though you know you’ll get a million more of them

#post #I forgot what I was typing because my partner made me smile and all thoughts disappeared #why does my partner make me dumb 💀 #I feel like someone in one of those Disney movies when they talk to their crush and their brain malfunctions 😂 #so the words in this post aren’t exactly what I wanted to type but I can’t remember what it was 😂😭 #wlw #wlw blog #wlw post #wlw textpost #wlw sapphic #wlw yearning #useless wlw #sapphic #sapphic blog #sapphic post #sapphic textpost #useless sapphic #sapphic yearning #lesbian #lesbian blog #nblw blog #nblw #wlw pride #lesbian post #useless lesbian #nblw post #nblw textpost

[ebongrove]

BALDUR'S GATE 3 (2023) dev. Larian Studios

#bg3edit #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #halsin #halsin silverbough #idk what these are. i just wanted to gif him smiling bc he makes me happy #*mine