#we can go so much further

[nickpeppermint]

Evolution of how i used to draw Ness is so funny

Each time he's getting more scrunkly

My dear sweet child, why were you so effing pale omg 😭

#character design #evolution #discussion #mother #mother series #mother 2 #earthbound #Ness #art #fanart #colored #my son is finally going outside and getting tan that he deserves #actually i still kinda want to change his skin tone darker #and god knows i can make him shorter #we can go so much further

[nomiyakazehaya]

a tired and disappointed mom i've been wanting to draw that one tfp concept art for a while, and since my internet decided to implode on itself, i decided to do exactly that to cope 🥲

some silly alternatives under the cut bc i thought they were funny 😂

#transformers #tranformers prime #tfp #megatron #maccadam #rkgk #⋘ 『 ─ noms' art; 』 ⋙ #definitely forgot to fix some things here and there lmao #not really sure if i *should* be tagging tfp but uh #we ball ig 😂 #you done goofed showing me that concept art #i will absolutely go to town with it 😩 #i love masked/faceless characters that can somehow emote with their “faces” so much #zer0 from borderlands further solidified that for me 😭😭 #yes‚ that last one is absolutely a reference to omen

[uncanny-tranny]

A lot of cis people may not want to hear this, but here goes:

You are going to have more in common with trans people who have a similar gender identity to you than you think. Trans people are reliable narrators of their own experiences, and whether you like it or not, we will have similar or even identical experiences to yours. Cis people don't have a monopoly over their gender or the experiences people have as a result of their gender.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #ally advice #like in my experience i have had way more in common with cis men than cis women #and of course it is always more complicated than what a tumblr post can provide. but by and large i have noticed this trend #cis people like to pretend that trans people are a seperate species to them when that can't be further from the truth #cis people don't like to think that their bodies/experiences/lives could be in any way shape or form similar to a trans person's #but they're wrong in that case. there are so many of us with baried experiences. because we are PEOPLE #i feel like i am screaming my personhood into the void sometimes so i hope maybe this reaches somebody #as horrifying as it is (/s) i am as much a person as i am a man #and as horrifying as it is (/s) other trans people are as much their genders as they are PEOPLE #enjoy me posting my stream of consciousness then going back to play skyrim and fo:nv until i pass out or whatever i feel like lol<3

[age-of-moonknight]

“Systemic Approach (Part Two),” Avengers Unlimited (Vol. 1/2022), Infinity Comic, #64.

Writer: Mat Groom; Penciler and Inker: Caio Majado; Colorist: Pete Pantazis; Letterer: Joe Sabino

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Avengers Unlimited #Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic #Moon Knight comic #latest release #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #Jake Lockley #Captain America #Steve Rogers #Marc we need a direct quotation from Jake for the full connotation come on don’t paraphrase #and this made me reevaluate some biases about Cap’s character I hadn���t realized that I had been holding hahaha #because while this is very much a Moon Knight plan (‘why dodge the electricity when you can just take it head on?’) #I hadn’t expected Steve to go along with it quite so easily #but then I remembered ‘naw Steve’s definitely not adverse to taking some risks’ askdhsjs #and furthermore I think it’s just further proof that Steve trusts the Moon Knight system #something that I will infinitely treasure #lastly I now have a vested interest in if the Spector household discussed Cap’s WWII adventures #if Marc and Randall in any way grew up admiring Captain America #Cap has also been added to my short list of characters I would like to see Marc box against (Daredevil being the other short-lister hahaha)

[skunkes]

i have soooo much more i cld say abt him, and have explored more thru other doodles, but quick summary of talon's whole deal, which is subject to change still as he's only almost 2 yrs old as an oc

#oc text #obvs sparse description of the events bc i dont mean for it to be gratuitous #even if i decided to explore it further in some medium the focus wouldnt be gratuitous ykwim #not that there werent awful stuff within that but my focus with talon is also more exploration of like #even stuff that isnt a big deal (which it wasnt at first) can effect someone greatly #and then once it does get a bit worse the focus is still more on the effects of how he views himself and the aftermath #AS WELL AS LIKE. well. did i do this to myself? i went back. do i deserve this? #he's a lot like me and the reason i like the self insert dynamic is bc he thinks of cheye as Me If It Didnt All Go Horribly #bc ive not gone thru the Extreme but i have had interactions with ppl who very enthusiastically thought i was ummmm underage!!! #while they were already being creepy toward me and making me nervous abt my safety ! #so this isnt ''he's umm 400 but looks 12 bc i want to do weird shit with him 😏'' dude drawing him Fed makes me so sad sometimes... #we're also weird eating buddies <3 #and grief buddies <3 he actually further spawned out of my need to deal with a lot of family members passing away in such a short time #severe death phobia buddies... #i still dont know how he really feels about his Old Wrinkly Form btw all i know is he feels safe in it #as much as id love to sway toward ''he thinks he's hot like that. because he is.'' i also dont want to convey the wrong message wrt this #form being due to....disordered eating caused by Issues. ykwim #though! he can shapeshift quite well when he's fed and maybe he'd choose that form willingly if he ever got. Past everything #he does hate that he never gets to actually age...! he wishes he cld age normally like a mortal...(still scared of dying though) #but we cant knoww for certain yet ykwim. maybe he'll let me know soon. #my issue with talon other than i suck at plots is well he has too many of my issues. and. idk how to solve them. #he's growing with me. #oh and have we noticed he's mean to me when *im* being mean to me...MANY such metaphors #ok goodnite

[abirddogmoment]

A video showing Rory ranging very appropriately to find a blindly planted quail. Really pleased with her pace and distance here!

#dogblr #rory borealis #bird dog training #this is a gorgeous video thank you miles!!! #unfortunately she got a full head of steam and got much much faster and much much further as we progressed #she is going to be a great bird dog but she is also going to give me a heart attack #im gonna try some strategies to reign her in without ruining her enthusiasm so wish me luck #blind planting btw just means yeeting without looking where it goes #so none of us really know where they are in the field so no one can really help her find them #i just walk in a semi straight line through the field and trust her to play the game properly #(she does she loves this game very much).

[not-poignant]

every now and then i forget how bad my chronic illnesses are and every now and then my body is like 'hmmm you seem to have forgotten what it's like to be cripplingly bedridden and disabled and we don't want you to forget' and then i'm reminded and it feels a little like being yeeted into a granite cliff wall at full speed and leaving a dent

#mother i am in pain #you know when you're #in the depths of pneumonia #it's like that but without having pneumonia #i think the reason long covid and PSVs scare people with chronic illnesses so much is that #we already have the symptoms #we don't want to find out how much further down the rabbit hole we can go #personal #maybe even dare i say #delete later #anyway i woke up not good and i am still not good #i should not be working today dsalkfjas #idk how relatable 'depths of pneumonia' is #'you know when you cough of blood and pus for two weeks' #like idk how universal that is #/makes sad goat noises

[creauchiergh]

anyways. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT.

#the amazing digital circus #tadc #tadc 2 #tadc spoilers #tadc 2 spoilers #i was NOT expecting it to get so self-aware!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what the hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #waiting for all the pomni screenshots to come flooding in bc she was a Mood this whole episode #i love that they're leaning into her 'done-with-this-bs' attitude #letting her swear and things like that. i think it just adds to her reluctant hero vibe so much and i'm HERE FOR IT #y'all know i love my reluctant protags #OK BUT RAGATHA WITH THE FINGER GUNS WAS SO CUTE FOR NO REASON. SHE'S LIKE SLOWLY CLIMBING UP THERE ON MY LIST OF FAVES #her trying to push aside what happened to be there for pom 🥺🥺 #ALSO I'M SO GLAD ZOOBLE IS OK BUT MAN I WISH THEY HAD MORE SCREENTIME #THEM BEING SOFT IN THAT ONE SCENE. GOD I HOPE THEIR CHARACTER IS EXPLORED FURTHER #i do wish they had cut down on the whole jax thing though simply because i know he's a fan fave and they wanna make the fans happy #it's just a little over the top and his presence is just kinda overwhelming. idk i still love him but i think it'll take time before i can #really see him as a more fleshed-out character #we are Not going to be talking about gummigoo because that was CRUEL. #GOD. I KNOW CAINE CAN'T HELP IT BC HE'S AN AI AND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND POMNI'S NEED FOR CONNECTION BUT DAMN. LIKE SERIOUSLY. #OK THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. FOR NOW. BUT I WILL NOT BE SHUTTING UP ABOUT THIS

[daylighteclipsed]

I think if you convinced Astarion not to ascend, he’s there for the Haarlep encounter, and you fail the CON check (push Haarlep away), he should lose his cool and fire an arrow at Haarlep or something and interrupt Haarlep’s magic, giving you another chance to fight instead. I do think the sex abuse survivor witnessing his friend or lover being coerced into sex would notice when they want to escape and would have something to say about it.

#it’s wild how all of your party members stand there and watch this unfold in silence #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #it’s so uncomfortable and humiliating #i couldn’t handle it i had to reload my save and go the fighting route instead #i had lae’zel and shadowheart with me. and i get how they could ig bear this in stoney-faced silence #but i had astarion with me too. and i just do Not believe he’d watch this in silence #not after you’ve helped free him from a life of abuse slavery and noncon #he should protest more than ‘are you sure we can trust [haarlep]’ #or maybe even offer to take your/tav’s place #it wouldn’t work of course. haarlep would insist on tav #but it would further show his char development since act 1 and how much he’s grown to care about you/tav #that he’s willing to put himself through that again so you don’t have to #i mean #I’m not the only one who sees parallels between cazador and haarlep #AND astarion and haarlep #right #I’m not the only one who thinks haarlep would Really Bother astarion. right #I’ve heard astarion is sympathetic (the only companion who is) if you lose/surrender your body #but i just think he should also be the one who’s like hey let’s Not let our friend be taken advantage of like this

[itspileofgoodthings]

I assigned reading homework for the weekend and was hit by this wave of irritation with the implicit lying that goes on where they act like they’ll read the homework but they never actually do and so I called them on it and started teasing them and of course they laughed but then I was like “you know my secret dream is that you go home and you walk in the door and someone wants to do something fun with you or you get a text but you hold up your hand and say ‘no no, I have to read ten pages of Beowulf’ and then you sit down and do it” and they scream-laughed at the idea but I like to think it at least presented it to their minds as a possibility

#I ended up telling 3 of my classes because I thought it was so funny and so did they #But then it was sweet because my seniors (a handful of them at least) were like ‘but we do!!’ #and then it just kickstarted this real discussion where I told them honestly that my job would radically change if everyone did the reading #like. It would challenge me so much more we could go so much further #anyway I know that mostly it doesn’t work. it being my passion for it and my desire for them to read #but sometimes I’m like if it could light a couple of fires! or help some kids even think of doing the reading as a real choice they HAVE #i also tell them that it’s a skill like any other and they can get better at it. #idk. So much of my job is also just telling them why they should. why they CAN. why their lives will be better if they do #there’s a senior girl who started listening to the audiobook every night when we were reading Emma and she started taking notes #and she’s started to flourish!!! Like you can tell she enjoys it and she’s so much happier with her time #and you guys I just love to see it so. much. #Anyway sorry for all the text posts it’s Saturday and therefore time for weekly processing #this has been #4 text posts in a row with Maria #teaching tag

[soundsofastar]

rant ab the tech industry in the tags read if u want

#uhhhwhere do i begin. I want to work on ai and robots and stuff really bad. I:d have fun. I love them. Etc #But the way the industry is going i really don’t want to be involved in creating things that are actively currently used to ruin people’s #lives. Or even take them. That)s just so backwards #it makes me so terribly fucking sad bevause there’s so much potential to do good but it just isn’t doing that #Because of CAPITALISM and RICH ASSHOLES and VIOLENCE and augh. Augh can’t we all just chill for a minute? Can we kill the rich and start #Loving each other? For once??? Like plesse. Plesse i’m so sicj and tired #I want to help people with new tools but the tool is currently stained wuth blood and it seems to posess people to kill and hurt further #I don’t want to sacrifice my humanity to find more ways to spill blood

[devilbeez]

Okay I love hazbin hotel, I really do. I love the characters, I love the song. But I’m willing to admit that it have flaws and one of it being the pacing.

And ngl I think I found out why and it’s because numerous reason

Production. When Hazbin got confirmed for season 1 for all we could know the team only know that they get 8 episodes and that’s it. They don’t know about season 2 yet so either they got confirmed for season 2 when season 1 already out into work to the point there no fixing the script, or season 1 is don’t in production stage going to post when season 2 is confirmed. Giving benefit of the doubt there’s a certain panic to explain everything to the fandom so it’s just plot point after plot point being stuffed in one season without time to breathe.

Episode. This involved with the previous reason because if you happen to live under a rock, for some reason there seem to be a trend in shorten episodes seasons. It went from 26-25 to 12-15 and now less than 10. There’s not enough time to develop a character to the fullest. It seem rush because with the pressure from fandom and the uncertainty of confirmed seasons.

Lastly, it written like a musical but have TV show concepts. I feel like this is most confusing and might just be me so lemme explain. Hazbin hotel from ep 1 to 6 feel like a one whole musical where they kinda have to rush it a little? Cause musicals usually have 2 Maybe 3 hours and 40-50% of it are songs so you have to rush throughout the dialogue a little bit and let songs expressed the characters the most. I feel like this is what the show been doing, it rush through the dialogue and development to throw all the emotions we supposed to feel in songs and don’t get me wrong if it have one theme, one major problem like a musical it would work. However, Hazbin have all these problems, heaven forces, Lilith and Alastor sudden disappearance, the Vees, Angel’s arc, Charlie’s arc etc etc it all isn’t a minor problems like “oh these kids wanna be respected and accepted as they are” in School of rock or “this demigod lost his mojo” like in Moana. These problems are all main problem worthy and most of the time tv series have time to deal with this. Maybe one season address one of those problems, maybe one season have 2 main problems for first and later half. And so when you have musical writing with mostly songs where you need to have concise story but instead have tv series concept with multiple arcs what you get is a story that feel rush

This have been my tedtalk

#like as much as you love this show you have to admit #Charlie and Vaggie relationship could be more developed because they feel like they already who they want to be when they’re together #they’re not Tbf but it feel like it without episode focus on said characters #Emily and Charlie friendship should’ve been explored so the betrayal of Sarah can hit harder now that we know Emily more #we could’ve slowed down and explored the hotel premises more #we could go all around with character centric episodes that lay down the ground work for further development #for example the fact that Vaggie hate herself or Husk and Angel dynamic outside of Loser baby #do I still enjoy this show unapologetically? #yes absolutely I’m just willing to acknowledge the flaws in it too #also side note #do not compare Hazbin Hotel with Helluva Boss #imo I feel like it unfair to compare a self own self produced production with a production that is managed by a big corporation #hazbin hotel #devilg04 #hazbin hotel criticism

[fragmentedblade]

Ratio isn't just socratic nor is his method just socratic. There's a lot of sophist too, with how he is paid and the Genius Society looks down on that.

#I think there's a bit of that playing there too in his concept character-wise #although yeah obviously the socratic method and arguably in general platonism are more present #With the mention and even use of maieutics‚ reductio ad absurdum‚ and the way we argue and dialogue with him to reach conclusions #The way the story with him is played by arguing with him first and then working together to reach conclusions #is so platonic-dialogue-structured‚ especially with the use of memory #Knowledge as something already in us but forgotten that we can get to if pressed with the right questions and perspectives #Very good #I'll stop before I go on about this even further. I was writing more tags than I should. I'll just delete them and stay quiet but. Yeah #I do love this man a lot #And I hate that I do xD I can't believe I'm so easy #I talk too much #Dr. Ratio #Ratio #Traces #Sorry if this appears in the tag I want to keep this idea for later on. Ignore me

[existencebringsonlypain]

alright, so if we do end up fighting Kris in the last chapter of Deltarune, we will most certainly win. For we are the player, and we have the power of saving and loading. Debatably, Kris has this too, but either way the end result is the same- This will be a fight of iteration and endurance.

I hypothesize that this fight will have two (or three, depending on how you look at it) endings: You persist, or you relent. Persistence would likely look like a LOT of grinding, figuring out which actions in what order will allow you to "win" and take control back over Kris. And relenting, or perhaps convincing them to relent, would look like A: fleeing or mercy, or B: the same thing as persistence, but choosing to pursue mercy. The third option would be death, and subsequently giving up.

Now, we must remember that Deltarune is a 2018 video game developed by American indie developer Toby Fox. Deltarune originally came from Toby's fever dream portraying the ending of a video game. So there's every chance that rather than having the option to either fight to achieve mercy or simply give up and die, you can only die. That IS the only way to free the game from the player. Any other way, and you'd still be in control.

This option also would align with Toby's "there is only one ending"- The ending is persistence, and taking over Kris again. The other "endings" are just death.

This alone makes me inclined to believe that that's exactly how it's gonna go. The only thing that makes me doubt this is how Deltarune is a commercial venture, and that's a pretty unsatisfying "ending". But I could absolutely see Toby doing it anyway.

For we are the player. And if we fight for it, we WILL win. But winning means making Kris suffer, and the only way to avoid that is to no longer fight.

#this also works with chess theory #if we go down the line to Pawn #which is likely to affect Kris a lot‚ since they are. also a pawn #then that could get them the willpower to resist our command for long enough to initiate a battle (presumably with the others on their side #i initially wasnt too on board with chess theory since i really do think in the last chapter‚ we will fight kris #and kris IS a pawn‚ so you'd have to have two chapters with the same piece to end with pawn #the alternate way for this to work is you fight them in chapter 6‚ you can reach a compromise‚ #and then you all team up to fight‚ like‚ Gaster. or Toby. the real masterminds of this game- the creators #but that's REEEEALLY meta and while I don't doubt Toby would DO it #i don't think that's something he would have dreamed up in 2013 #especially with all the context #so. not too on board with that #QUICK GUYS INVEST IN THIS POST BEFORE IT TURNS OUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS #OR THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HAPPENS #nutdealer posting #deltarune #utdr #deltarune theory #deltarune analysis #sort of #theory #theorycrafting #that's just an inference #A GAME INFERENCE #or i suppose it IS a theory #this is what the recent matpat deltarune theory would be if he had the BALLS to go further with it #i mean. he does agree that we'll fight kris at the end. so #i dont remember much of the video‚ most of it was simply proving kris was sentient independent of us. which like. yea. we know #so i guess #that's just a theory

[bunnihearted]

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#it went!!! idk lately my pain treshhold has been so low bc im in pain all the time #so i just dont wnna be in pain anymore... he said that now it'll still hurt for a few days T-T #but he wasnt exactly sure what it was but i had.. a cavity?? #im not rlly sure abt the english terms for all of this but the tooth is dying lol #but instead of immediately killing it nd getting a root fill he said that we should give the tooth a chance #so he fixed what he could fix #i hate dentist treatments bc of all the air nd water nd my anxiety i need to swallow constantly #but this time i actually told them abt it nd he was very helpful sksks #he even said 'ok now take a break nd swallow' so i didnt need to be so anxious #nd it was a relief bc he wasnt bad at all. he was actually rlly nice nd easy to talk to phewww #it cost abt $80 so i can manage to be without that until next week!!!! #so yeah it went much better than i had anticipated so im happy abt that #but yeah the problem still isnt 100% fixed yet so im still not relieved #he said i had a cavity in my other tooth as well but that we needed to check that at another time #im so frustrated bc i brush my teeth 2/day i use mouthwash i floss.... #and for the last 7 months i havent even had any sugar!!!!! like why did this still happen.. o.o #oh nd he also said that i probably clench my teeth nd yeah i do that a lot more than i've realized #your teeth arent supposed to be touching!! never!! only when u eat #my teeth.... are touching pretty much all day omg. bc im so tense nd anxious #he said that he couldnt be sure bc he didnt have enough info to go on but that could have contributed to this #well well... i did it nd went even if i didnt want to #hopefully my tooth will be better now. nd i have another appt in may to see what i could get done further #if financial aid for it gets approved tho it might not #but yeah.. god dental pain nd issues is my no. 1 fear bc im poor nd i cant afford it

[thewhizzyhead]

I know the reunion concert was literally just 2 days ago but my bros my guys my dudes I miss WATT so so much and I really do want this show Actually Revived because I miss my cheerleaders, pma's stories and music are fucking great and I wanna hear more, watt has so much room for improvement, and I wanna see watt thrive aaaaaaaa

#like i have had my fair share of musicals that Greatly Deserve A Revival (alice by heart (!!!) and love in hate nation (!!!)) #but i cheer for watt the most because um well yes it had me hooked in 2021 so im biased #but also because i've spent so much damn time analyzing the damn show #and ive said time and time again that it is a genuinely well crafted show that not only treats the teenage experience with mature respect #(like watt is the only modern-teenage-girl-focused musical that comes to mind that doesnt ridicule its demographic) #but also has a perfectly crafted emotional core (that being the story of vices and grief with annleigh farrah kate and chess) #+ the relationships they all share with one another! #and another reason why i cheer for a revival because i really do feel that show can be improved even further #(i still stand by my 2 yr old rambles that act 2 could be better and that the exploration of guilt with kate annleigh & reese would be nice) #and i really do want watt to improve because frankly the emotional aspects of the show have so much potential! #and lastly: as an aspiring writer and musician i genuinely admire pma and his works so much #and id love to see him become even more successful and prominent in the mt sphere or wherever he wishes to be #anyways yea watt has a special place in my heart and id love to see it officially come back some day #and thats the end of my ramble gotta go bye damn i really am in a 2021 mood #we are the tigers #preston max allen