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It’s crazy how low self-worth fucks with peoples lives

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DeviantArt used to be the place I put new poses up three times a week. It was the best place to get consistent updates of new poses from me.

BUT NOW! I have a self-hosted gallery on AdorkaStock.com 🥰 It's a WIP (and there's a lot of work to do) but I like having my poses on my own site. 😌

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#I use their pose refs all the time #SUPER USEFUL

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Even if Minimum wage jobs were just for teenagers that wouldn't justify such low wages. Call me crazy but if a child can work like an adult and puts in the amount of effort and responsibility of an adult and is expected to work as intensely as an adult would. They should get paid like an adult actually. It's so weird how in this country children are expected to face the burdens of adulthood and be ok with having none of the rights of adulthood.

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This took way too fucking long but I need everyone to be on the same page that Sanji gets absolutely no fucking play

bonus

#laugh rule

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favourite things to say before doing something incredibly stupid

#I love them all

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his chiropractor

#laugh rule

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This definitely bothered me when reading the books but I haven't really wanted to say anything about it because I know the books are so highly praised and criticizing source material can be really risky in a fandom space.

I think, personally, while I love Stroud's writing overall, I can see multiple negatives, like the fatphobia, that to me are more a "sign of the times" of when the books were written. I should hope that isn't really how an author would talk about real children, but I also know from reading other British kid lit that fatness is often used as a punchline or shorthand for describing a character that is selfish/greedy/just outright a villain (thinking of Eustace Scrubb, The Dursleys, Augustus Gloop). I wouldn't say Stroud goes that far, and in fact the way George is portrayed in his role in the story, is arguably much better representation of fat kids but the bottom line is, even if George doesn't value appearances per say, being a child reading about how repulsed everyone else in the story is by a body like yours will do things to your mental health. ESPECIALLY because it's contrasted by Lucy's adoring descriptions of Lockwood's thinness. I say this from experience growing up as a chubby girl.

And yeah, probably part of it is Lucy's internalizing her own self-criticism I'm sure, but making someone's body the butt of a joke is just... mean?

I really don't say this to poo poo the books or say Stroud himself is fatphobic - again this was very much accepted to be how we talked about fat people until very very recently. I just want to be able to say, hey I loved this thing, but this part bothered me or struck me the wrong way, let's not do that in the future.

(TW: body image, fatphobia)

Ok oof this has been in my drafts for MONTHS but I still think it’s important so I’m gonna close my eyes and queue it 🙈

I feel like we need to open discussion about fatphobia in the Lockwood and Co books. I spent 5 mins the other day scrolling through one star reviews on Goodreads (because I saw one who said Lucy is a boring narrator(?!) which baffled me because she’s great???), but most of the negative reviews pointed out that Lucy is always commenting about George’s appearance negatively in one way or another, and I do agree this is true but I wondered what other people thought.

I think this happens a bit more in the first couple of books, which are the ones I’ve read the least recently making my memory a bit fuzzy.

I don’t have any real salient points to say on this topic (yet), but here’s some stuff maybe to get us started:

Lucy is an unreliable narrator in general. It doesn’t make anything bad she says acceptable, but it’s something to consider because we are seeing absolutely everything from a subjective point of view

We know Lucy has low self esteem and body image/insecurities which I guess projects onto how she views others too

I think there’s value in the contrast between Lucy judging people on appearances and then George completely not seeing outward appearances which we start to see more of later on

Please let’s all be calm and respectful if you do have anything to add! We can all learn from each other :)

(and pls pls let me know if I need to add more tws)

#those are my thoughts anyway

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#I'M insane ABOUT this #LOOK AT THEM

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"The bell above the doors chimed just as Anthony was taking his first tentative sip of tea, and he froze, unable to take his eyes away from the person who just walked in. 

Lucy Carlyle looked…different."

YAAAAAAY I'M FINALLY POSTING MY FIRST PIECE FOR THE LOCKWOOD & CO BIG BANG! I had the delight of getting to do this piece for official_djungelskog's wonderful Persuasion inspired fic:

when the night was full of terrors (and your eyes were filled with tears)

Anyone who likes a healthy dose of angst with their Locklyle should go read it!

#lockwood & co #lockwood and co #l&co big bang #locklyle #anthony lockwood #lucy carlyle #fanart

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alexa play ‘on the ground’ by rosé

#look at this dramatic twink #he loves a good dramatic fall down

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white ppl can get by citing their pleasure and comfort as justification for their horrible actions but the rest of us have to excavate our souls nd and chop mountains of books in order to provide perfect answers for our *existence* and the right to live a dignified life. It's depraved! and personally I can't tolerate any of these "debates" as though they had any merit

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#me

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Lucy Carlyle as wolf pupy tweets (Lockwood here)

#I love her

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day 4 | favourite ship

‘You shine like a beacon, attracting the attention of all dark things.’ It chuckled. ‘Why d’you think I’m chatting with you? ’

#so good

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yes yes, i know you guys love lockwood and barnes as a father-son duo, but at least consider this:

lucy and barnes as a father-daughter duo and lockwood as the dumbass boyfriend who the father has to tolerate because his daughter is head over heels in love with him

#this is the dynamic I crave

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Just boys things! its a continuation of this illustration!

#this is excellent #and also i love love love Sokka's vest

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#perfect