#ARE U FUCKING KIDDING ME???????

[inkskinned]

at some point it's just like. do they even fucking like the thing they're asking AI to make? "oh we'll just use AI for all the scripts" "we'll just use AI for art" "no worries AI can write this book" "oh, AI could easily design this"

like... it's so clear they've never stood in the middle of an art museum and felt like crying, looking at a piece that somehow cuts into your marrow even though the artist and you are separated by space and time. they've never looked at a poem - once, twice, three times - just because the words feel like a fired gun, something too-close, clanging behind your eyes. they've never gotten to the end of the movie and had to arrive, blinking, back into their body, laughing a little because they were holding their breath without realizing.

"oh AI can mimic style" "AI can mimic emotion" "AI can mimic you and your job is almost gone, kid."

... how do i explain to you - you can make AI that does a perfect job of imitating me. you could disseminate it through the entire world and make so much money, using my works and my ideas and my everything.

and i'd still keep writing.

i don't know there's a word for it. in high school, we become aware that the way we feel about our artform is a cliche - it's like breathing. over and over, artists all feel the same thing. "i write because i need to" and "my music is how i speak" and "i make art because it's either that or i stop existing." it is such a common experience, the violence and immediacy we mean behind it is like breathing to me - comes out like a useless understatement. it's a cliche because we all feel it, not because the experience isn't actually persistent. so many of us have this ... fluttering urgency behind our ribs.

i'm not doing it for the money. for a star on the ground in some city i've never visited. i am doing it because when i was seven i started taking notebooks with me on walks. i am doing it because in second grade i wrote a poem and stood up in front of my whole class to read it out while i shook with nerves. i am doing it because i spent high school scribbling all my feelings down. i am doing it for the 16 year old me and the 18 year old me and the today-me, how we can never put the pen down. you can take me down to a subatomic layer, eviscerate me - and never find the source of it; it is of me. when i was 19 i named this blog inkskinned because i was dramatic and lonely and it felt like the only thing that was actually permanently-true about me was that this is what is inside of me, that the words come up over everything, coat everything, bloom their little twilight arias into every nook and corner and alley

"we're gonna replace you". that is okay. you think that i am writing to fill a space. that someone said JOB OPENING: Writer Needed, and i wrote to answer. you think one raindrop replaces another, and i think they're both just falling. you think art has a place, that is simply arrives on walls when it is needed, that is only ever on demand, perfect, easily requested. you see "audience spending" and "marketability" and "multi-line merch opportunity"

and i see a kid drowning. i am writing to make her a boat. i am writing because what used to be a river raft has long become a fully-rigged ship. i am writing because you can fucking rip this out of my cold dead clammy hands and i will still come back as a ghost and i will still be penning poems about it.

it isn't even love. the word we use the most i think is "passion". devotion, obsession, necessity. my favorite little fact about the magic of artists - "abracadabra" means i create as i speak. we make because it sluices out of us. because we look down and our hands are somehow already busy. because it was the first thing we knew and it is our backbone and heartbreak and everything. because we have given up well-paying jobs and a "real life" and the approval of our parents. we create because - the cliche again. it's like breathing. we create because we must.

you create because you're greedy.

#every time someones like ''AI will replace u" im like. u will have to fucking KILL ME #there is no replacement here bc i am not filling a position. i am just writing #and the writing is what i need to be doing #writeblr #this probably doesn't make sense bc its sooo frustrating i rarely speak it the way i want to #edited for the typo wrote it and then was late to a meeting lol #i love u people who mention my typos genuinely bc i don't always catch them!!!! :) it is doing me a genuine favor!!! #my friend says i should tell you ''thank you beta editors'' but i don't know what that means #i made her promise it isn't a wolf fanfiction thing. so if it IS a wolf thing she is DEAD to me (just kidding i love her) #hey PS PS PS ??? if ur reading this thinking what it's saying is ''i am financially capable of losing this'' ur reading it wrong #i write for free. i always have. i have worked 5-7 jobs at once to make ends meet. #i did not grow up with access or money. i did not grow up with connections or like some kind of excuse #i grew up and worked my fucking ASS OFF. and i STILL!!! wrote!!! on the side!!! because i didn't know how not to!!! #i do not write for money!!!! i write because i fuckken NEED TO #i could be in the fucking desert i could be in the fuckken tundra i could be in total darkness #and i would still be writing pretentious angsty poetry about it #im not in any way saying it's a good thing. i'm not in any way implying that they're NOT tryna kill us #i'm saying. you could take away our jobs and we could go hungry and we could suffer #and from that suffering (if i know us) we'd still fuckin make art. #i would LOVE to be able to make money doing this! i never have been able to. but i don't NEED to. i will find a way to make my life work #even if it means being miserable #but i will not give up this thing. for the whole world.

[littleoceanbabe]

everyone turning up to guillermo’s hiding spot was actually so heartwarming i felt like i was intruding on the moment. they all love him in their own little freakish ways. they’re all friends!! they’re all family!!! they love each other bitches!!!!!!

#wwdits #i mean nadja and guillermo just having a lil chat abt it #colin’s award to him #LASZLO FUCKING APOLOGIZING?????? #R U KIDDING ME RN????? #the guide even bringing the freaks of nature to guillermo lmao #i’m sorry i cannot call them anything else i hate them <3 #it was actually so sweet

[puppyeared]

Lmk themed training chopsticks :) hire me Lego

Thank u @ritz-writes for help designing the monkey king and tang chopsticks!

#this isn’t all of them but i just picked which ones I liked the most lol #Cher suggested making macaques have the lantern cause I originally had it shaped like macaques logo #mei and LBD was probably the most fun for me to design #the circlet on wukongs bowl was partly for design and partly so the parts where the circlet curls acts as a chopstick rest #like where u put your chopsticks in the little dents on a noodle bowl yknow #I haven’t used my training chopsticks in fucking years so I had to keep redoing the hand poses. still dont know if its quite right #but when I was a kid my mom had to blow on my food while it was in my mouth bc I ate it while hot and didnt blow on it LOL #my art #myart #doodles #Lego Monkie kid #lmk #Monkie kid #lmk six eared macaque #lmk macaque #lmk monkey king #lmk sun wukong #lmk ne zha #lmk nezha #lmk xiaotian #lmk MK #lmk xiaojiao #lmk Mei #lmk golden cicada #lmk tang #lmk lady bone demon #lmk lbd

[theatomickatz]

i am going to be thinking about these shots from the season 2 video ALL WEEK

#bigtop burger #btb #especially the cabinet of dr caligari one #are u fucking kidding me #and THE CRYPTIDS #THE CRYPTIDS #Guys this series is SO MECORE IT HURTS #the noise i made when i saw mothman

[christakisbang]

chanlix moments i think about a lot (7/?) - channie’s room ep. 105

#stray kids #bang chan #chanlix #stray kids gifs #skz #skz gifs #my gifs #chanlixmoments #oh my god everytime he moves the lighting changes i cannot be fucked to adjust every layer im sorry #we're all gonna have to live w it ik it looks awful #anw horrible coloring aside.....this was A Moment. 3rd gif look how he perks up when he hears i made them like u said!!!!!! #sa u get a smooch assuming this is the one u meant unless another one exists w brownies that im forgetting about. if so im witholding #the smooch until u point me in its direction thank u

[stressghoul]

UR FUCKING JOKING

COPIA'S PAPA PAINT IS MADE TO LOOK LIKE A RAT SKULL

#im going to need a moment #no fuck u who has been keeping this from me I'm coming to ur house #fuck this im done #are u kidding #'im gonna throw up no joke #the band ghost #ghost #cardinal copia #ghost bc #copia #papa iv #tobias forge #papa emeritus iv #copia is my husband #copia my beloved

[imminent-danger-came]

One detail I've noticed is that Wukong's outfit is different before and after Tripitaka places the circlet on him (and Wukong was notably unwilling to be chained):

Which is distinctly different than every other iteration of this scene we've been shown:

Other retellings of this moment have Wukong kneeling in servitude...when the reality is he was kneeling after being subdued—continuing lmk's tradition of biased/false narratives (like what was done with the multiple explanations of the samadhi fire). I think it's interesting to see the ways in which Wukong's past was made easier to swallow as time went on (or if you were Azure and didn't want to believe that Wukong had been changed by his journey lol)

#me pointing to MK's visions of Wukong's past in AHiB where Wukong is specifically wearing his jttw outfit: WAIT A MINUTE #WUKONG U FUCKING LIAR #U were not born out of the stone with clothes. Smh. What is this fake version of the story you're revealing to MK #I've decided amnesia rules makes me crazy #(<- could say this about literally ANY lmk episode) #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk SWK #lmk analysis

[babysitterpng]

steve and his 6 lil nuggets

#i drew once and it fucked me up #steve harrington #stranger things #too lazy to tag all the kids #yall when i first heard that line i yelled #steve u fuck u got 6 nuggets right there #and california?? u wanna learn to surf??? guess who knows how!!!!! #the duffers are shoving stancy in my face but i am Looking Away #(disrepectfully)

[mellinda242]

What do i know... after all~ Who am i...Compared to the Great Sage... There's just no contest!

A redraw of page 52 from @swagginmun 's LMK comic Forged Faith, Ch 1 - Regroup and Rebound

My brain will never be the same after that my dear lord-

#lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk macaque #six eared macaque #monkie kid #lmk Wukong #Wukong #Sun Wukong #mel's art #my art #redraw #Swag the way u draw expressions and emotions and everything gonna be the fucking death of me

[yingui]

mean lesbians. am i right

#you can interpret this caption as zoro rolling his eyes and being like yeah what a fucking witch. lesbians like are u fucking kidding me #or you can interpret it as me telling you that they are both lesbians #zoro's butch lesbianness is at a level no human brain can comprehend tbh #zoro and nami kiss but only to annoy people #you can always find them cuddling like cats in the nearest patch of sunshine #one piece #sep 2023 #my art #zoro #nami #zonami

[tangledinink]

day nine of cringetober is rarepair, and there is truly nothing rarer or cringier than a canon/oc pairing. so here's gemini!donnie and the stupid cat he ends up with, sorrelshine, who y'all have briefly met before. they're the first person donnie befriends once they're no longer living under big mama's thumb, and they do, in fact, eventually become an item down the line because i'm a fucking sucker for that shit.

(they also eventually have a pair of oopsie babies, and sorrelshine argues SOOO hard to get to give them traditional bakeneko-styled names like their own)

(... an arguement which they eventually win.)

#they look like turtles but they are so cat-coded #lake and marsh #i just like giving everyone warrior cat names it makes me fucking happy #also leo and usagi eventually get together as well and someday also have a kid #but the difference is 1) they do it on purpose 2) they have a singleton #rather than twins like donnie and sorrel do #and donnie gives leo SUCH SHIT for it #absolutely rubs it in his face #“OH JUST ONE? JUST ONE BABY... OH WHAT A SHAME...” #“NOT VERY ON BRAND...” #“BIT OF A COP-OUT DEAR BROTHER I MUST SAY... ONLY ONE....? TSK TSK...” #and leo is like “can u plz just congratulate me like a normal person” #cringetober #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt oc #rottmnt au #gemini au #fidgetwing #tmnt 2018 #tmnt 2k18 #sorrelshine

[inkskinned]

there are a lot of posts out there that are positive and healthy coping mechanisms for handling the holidays. this is not one of them :)

i think there's like. going to be times in your life you will be stuck in a social situation that you cannot escape from gracefully. i do not know why the internet doesn't believe these times exist. it's not always just that your physical safety is at risk - sometimes it's legit like "i just don't currently have the energy or time to put in the effort of responding to this." sometimes it's a coworker you hate so much. sometimes it's just like, fine, you know? like you know you can handle your aunt when she's cheerily horrible, but if you actually set a boundary around her, it's going to be weeks of fallout with your father.

i don't know why people think the answer is always just "cut them out!" or "don't let them get away with that!" because ... the real world is tricky and complicated. i think kind of a lot of us have an internal "radiation poisoning" meter for certain people. like - i'm talking about the ones who are absolutely giving you gradual ick damage. like, you can handle them, but you'll be exhausted.

and yes. you absolutely should listen to your therapist and the good posts about handling others and set good boundaries and take care of yourself. prioritize peace.

HOWEVER :) ...... since im often in a situation with a Gradual Sense of Ick person i cannot just "cut out" of my life (without losing someone else precious to me) - i have sort of developed the most. maladaptive form of mischief possible. because like, if i'm going to have to listen to this shit again, i like to have a little bit of private fun with it.

now! again, i am physically safe, just mentally drained by this man. you should only do this with people you are not in danger with. which leads me to my suggestions for when your Unfortunate Acquaintance shows up and says oh everyone pay attention to me.

my favorite word is "maybe!" said as brightly and happily as possible. whenever the Horrible Person starts in on a topic you do not want to go further with, particularly if they make a claim that you know to be inaccurate, do not respond to it. you and i have both tried to actually argue with this person, and it hasn't gone well, because this person just wants the drama of an argument. however, "maybe!" gives them literally nothing to go on. it is incredibly disarming. they are used to people having some response. they know they can't prove what they're saying, and maybe! treats them like the child they are. it dismisses them in the politest way possible.

i like to say maybe! and then, in their stunned silence, immediately change the subject. this is because i have adhd and i will have something unrelated to talk about, but if you can't think of topics fast enough, i recommend just pointing to something and saying, "isn't that lovely?" because fuck you let's bring in some positivity.

by the way. that second trick - of pointing to something and stating an opinion about it? - that just works on its own, like, 70% of the time. i picked it up from teaching preschoolers. it's an intentional "redirect". it stops children crying and it also stops grown adults from finishing their explanation on why women belong in kitchens. dual wielding!

keep it silly for yourself. i absolutely do not care if people think i'm fucking stupid (it's more fun if they do) and as a result i will purposefully misunderstand things just to see how long it takes them to realize i've completely removed them from the subject at hand. when they say "women aren't funny" i get to be like. "which women." "all women." "all women in america?" "no in the world." "like the mole people? the people in the world?" "what? no. like, alive." "oh are we not counting the mole people?" "what the fuck are you talking about." "you don't believe in the mole people?"

similarly, i play a personal game called "one up me." my Evil Acquaintance literally knows this game exists (my family & friends caught onto it and now also play it) and it always fucking gets him. i don't know why. you have to be willing to be a little free-spirited on this one, though. the trick is that when they make one of those horrible little bigoted or annoying comments they are always making, you need to go one unit weirder. not more intense, mind you - just more weird. "you don't look good in that dress." "yeah, actually, my other dress was covered in squid ink due to a mishap at the soup store." "you shouldn't wear such revealing clothes." "wait, what? oh shit. sorry, your son tears off strips when no one is looking and eats them. i swear it was longer before we left the building."

the point of "one up me" is to completely upend this person's narrative. we both know this person likes setting up situations where you cannot "win" and then they really like telling other people how badly you handled it. in a usual situation, if you respond "please don't say something that rude", you're a bitch. but if you let it happen, you're letting yourself be debased. they are not usually expecting door number three: unflappably odd. because what are they going to say when they're telling everyone how badly you behaved? "she said my son eats her dresses" ".... okay?"

if you can, form an allyship with someone whomst you can tagteam with. where they can pick up on your weird "soup store" story and run with it.

the following phrase is amazing and can be deployed for any situation: "oh, be nice :) it's the holidays!" i do not know why this works as often as it does. i'll say it for the most random shit. i think this is bc most of the time these people know they're being impolite, they just like to fight.

godbless. when in doubt, remember that you could always start stealing their pens.

the whole point of this is - if you can't escape. maybe see how long you can just be. like. a horrible little menace.

#this is objectively bad advice #don't listen to it protect yourself and do real work on yourself find one of the good posts i've made about this #but also. u know. if u want to have fun while u do the work of setting boundaries #.... it IS fun #i will say that my fear of him went SO down after i just started. fucking with him. #bc i used to get SO fucking upset #i'd spend WEEKS arguing with him. tearing my hair out. sick with anxiety and dread and anger about all of it #and now i just LITERALLY do not engage #instead i'm like '' haha :) mole people" and get the HELL out of any tense conversation #i kind of think some of these people are literally addicted to drama as a form of connection #they like the rush they get from arguing #but those arguments are incredibly damaging for me #so like..... i am in the process of literally rehabilitating this person to figure out how to find connection thru #NORMAL CONVERSATION #he doesn't get it yet #i also do talk to them like they're preschool kids lmafo . ''are you using a safe and kind voice right now?'' #'' do you need a snackie? you sound a little upset. let's have some hummus and come back to playtime when we feel ready''

[b4kuch1n]

THEE audiodrama disguised as podcast

#sherlock and co #s&co #sherlock holmes #john watson #mariana ametxazurra #Ive been thinking abt these design SO much lmao. even while doing other things #decided to take cues from acd/granada more. hence sherlock's headband to mimic slicked back hair #and I went with Colors bc. well first of all Im a clown. but second of all I recall some stuff abt victorian fabrics and uh. the wonder of #arsenic green etc #they were enjoying the colors I can commit to some #and. okay Im so real with u Im also a long haired john truther bc he has a podcast of course he'd have long hair but #I think its gonna take a Hot minute. currently this is still like the slightly-grown-out regulation cut #john's jacket is bc he and sherlock are 90s kids. this was a moment of enlightenment to me. I can give john every windbreaker on earth #mariana gets the jean jacket bc I like to imagine she's a y2k kid #(sherlock I think is only 90s kid in year of birth that man's childhood was skipping class to burn shit in the wood) #(but he canonically sews which I fucking love so much. he has not bought new clothes for almost a decade #if a shirt's disintegrating no it isn't. not on his watch) #a lil sad I cant figure out how to give them hats lol I feel like thats the most victorian thing there is. a stupid hat #I can at any moment give one of them a beanie. but I refuse #there are. like a Hoard of other scribbly sketches I did to get used to drawing them. but those are for me those are not for the public #and also theyre in my sketchbook and Im too lazy to scan them #happened mostly during lunar new year lol. I was getting Hard whipped then thank u s&co for carrying me thru #ok I do other things now. have this for a while ok? thank u #have a good night lads. enjoy motion

[puppyeared]

Communication

#i don’t use whisper but I do remember seeing the wildest shit to ever grace my eyes from there #marriage counsellor MK real!! this boy is so nosy hes all of us rn. what the FUCK happened between u two #I also love the idea of MK going to see more of macaques shadow plays. like I hope they bring that back PLEASEE #macaque starts doing shadow plays about jttw because MK doesn’t read the book. me too MK (hasnt gotten past the first chapter) #maybe. maybe he slightly changes the hero and the warrior story when he starts talking to wukong again- #my art #myart #doodles #Lego Monkie kid #lmk #lmk fanart #Monkie kid #lmk mk #lmk xiaotian #lmk six eared macaque #lmk macaque #lmk liu er mihou #six eared macaque #comic #soysauce duo #i think that’s their tag

[lilacevans]

♡ *.✧ big daddy frank ✧.* ♡

#cevans #chris evans gif #chris evans #chris evans gifs #chrisevansgifs #chrisevansedit #chrisevans #chris evans edit #cevansgifs #cevansedit #frank adler #lila's frank gifs #gifted #lila's gifs #evansedit #christopher how dare u #honestly wtf christopher #are you fucking kidding me christopher #also hey hi how ya doin

[christakisbang]

save seungmin from jeonglix

#stray kids #bystay #lee felix #kim seungmin #yang jeongin #skz #skz gifs #stray kids gifs #my gifs #bokseungah...... #dont look at the inconsistent coloring god the fucking lighting changed w every angle im not good enough to keep up w that #anyway seungmin iii wouldnt judge u #also it rlly cracked me up how he called inie 이놈아 #and the english subs completely skipped it but the korean ones wrote it as i.n.-ah #thats not what he said u cant gaslight me div1