#Chapters store

[sancticide]

see writing is funny because sometimes you have to google things like “can the human body survive with every rib broken” and other times you have to google things like “is there an ikea in manhattan???”

#writing #daredevil #matt murdock #writers block is killing me #writblr #please end my misery this chapter of gay people in ikea is not chaptering the way it should #WHY IS WRITING GAYS IN IKEA SO GODDAMN DIFFICULT #WHY CANT I JUST HAVE MY MATTFOGGY IN A FURNITURE STORE MOMENT

[vintagecandy]

NEW 5x7 PRINTS ! 1950s Spamton collection !

Yes, I know it's been ages since Spamton's had the spotlight, but I am finally able to make prints of this kind! So, as I promised, the 50s Spamton prints are here in the form of matte prints or to be used as postcards! This also means I will be able to do prints of this kind from now on as well, so maybe look forward to more art like that !

#very excited to have a professional printer that actually cooperates ( knock on wood ) lmao :'] #Spamton #Spamton Deltarune #Deltarune #deltarune chapter 2 #deltarune addisons #1950s aesthetic #1950s #1950s deltarune #fanart #etsy store #etsy #art prints

[fictionadventurer]

The more I learn about Civil War politics, the more I'm convinced that Lincoln's most impressive and useful leadership trait was that he never let his pride get in the way of doing his job.

Other people in Lincoln's position would have come to Washington with something to prove. They'd have resented the insults and tried to disprove them. They'd have tried to seize power and credit, rejected help, spent a lot of time trying to reach a certain level of respect.

Lincoln's response to, "You're just a backwoods lawyer with no executive experience who makes too many dumb jokes," was pretty much always, "Yeah. And?" He had no interest in petty personal power plays. He had a country to run. There was a war on. It didn't matter what people thought of him so long as the job got done.

He was aware of his personal shortcomings and was always willing to accept advice and help from people who had more knowledge and experience in certain areas. He presided over a chaotic Cabinet full of abrasive personalities who thought they were better and smarter than him, but he kept working with them because they could get the job done. For example: Stanton was absolutely horrible to him when they were both working as lawyers. Just incredibly mean on a personal level. But when Lincoln needed someone to replace Cameron, he swallowed his pride and appointed Stanton as Secretary of War, where Stanton proceeded to be mean to everyone in the world, but he whipped that department into shape and kept it running efficiently through a very chaotic war. Pretty much no one except Lincoln would have been able to put up with that. He could put up with people who were personally difficult if they could do the job he needed them to do--which he was only able to do because his own ego didn't get in the way.

Lincoln's example is a prime demonstration of how humility isn't underrating yourself--it's being so secure in your own abilities and identity that you don't need to attack anyone or defend yourself to prove your worth. He knew his shortcomings, but he also knew his strengths. He was willing to give other people credit for successes and take blame upon himself for failures if it kept things running smoothly. He was secure enough in his own power that he could deal generously--but firmly--with people who tried to undermine him. In a city full of huge egos, in a profession that rewards puffed-up pride, that levelheaded humility is an extremely rare trait--which is what made it so impressive and effective.

#history is awesome #presidential talk #so i went to a teeny backwater thrift store today #their tiny history book section just happened to have an old lincoln biography #i opened to the page about the cabinet #which describes the situation like 'seward was calling himself premier and lording it over everyone' #'blair was causing problems everywhere' #'welles was insulting everyone in his diary and especially hated stanton grant and seward' #'and stanton hated absolutely everyone in the whole wide world' #and as i was reading this i was internally kicking my legs with excitement and cackling with glee because this is the good stuff #i don't know why but i love these horrible petty men #they're like a bunch of raccoons fighting over territory in a dumpster fire it's so great #i read the whole chapter right there in the store #and it impressed upon me yet again how impressive lincoln was to put up with all these guys #(the writer was a bit simplistic and made a lot of these guys come off as worse than they were) #(like he made seward sound like a complete incompetent when he was a pretty good secretary of state) #(he had some grandiose ideas but the man deserves a lot of credit for keeping england out of the war) #(but for a one-chapter summary of these guys it wasn't exactly wrong and it was a ton of fun) #i very much did not want another book especially another american history book #but it was only fifty cents and i have a pouch full of spare change #and the writer's style was so much fun that i decided to take the book with me #i don't plan to read the whole thing (i'm sick of lincoln bios) but it's fun to dip into for things like this #and i had to talk to you about it

[chase-the-ladybug]

LOVE IS SAND ITS SAND ITS ALL BEEN SAND LOVE IS FUCKING SAND

Anyone remember this? From chapter 42?

This was following his conversation with Chris the day he started going out with Mitsumi. He can’t get a grasp on his feelings.

Love is.. slipping away.. out of reach.. not seen often (he’s only been to the beach once b4). We know that Shima has struggled to have his feelings acknowledged growing up, and this metaphor encapsulates it well.

Then we have chapter 53

Mika walks up to Shima (who she has previously confessed to and since moved on), with a half complaint of ‘its actually kind of hard isn’t it? To walk on the sand’

To tread your feelings is hard. It’s hard work.. to love… to be loved.

But it’s not really a lament, it’s more of an affirmation. All their friends wanted to walk along that beach- together. And it’s ultimately worth it, even if it isn’t as easy as expected.

Then in comes Mitsumi… she doesn’t know the context of their conversation but she hears them query about something in the sand, that they don’t recognise.

She says there is life here. We can find it if we dig. It would’ve been nice to try sooner.

She’s so accustomed to love, she grew up with it from all her family and friends, and here she is showing her friends its got so much there if only you look, if only you have a hand. I can help.

Then Shima asks her to show him that life that’s there.

Love. Is. Sand.

#stl spoilers #skip to loafer #WHAT A FUCKING CHAPTER HELLO #im aggressively rereading as we speak but these two panels popped out to me the most #this isn’t romantic exclusive love btw but i was using mika’s specifically to make the point #also the point Mitsumi makes abt ‘it would’ve been nice if we tried catching them sooner’ like… #like it would’ve been nice for shima to catch those feelings earlier WHEN THEY WERE DATING #but she’s not even sad- she still gives it a try #idk this isn’t rlly coherent but all i can think of rn is love is stored in the sand #skip and loafer #it’s like 2am now i need to sleep smh

[jmdbjk]

Jimin's choices

After reading Beyond the Story and learning more about the culture of Kpop, I think Jimin's promotions were exactly what he wanted. I'm talking specifically about the few weeks he spent making music show appearances. He walked the exact path debut-Bangtan walked in the beginning which were the music show performances, Music Bank, Inkagayo...achieving a first 1st place win on those music shows...and appearances on variety shows. Jimin actually won two 1st place wins.

To us OUTSIDE the Kpop world, it all seemed charming and yet expected that he'd want to perform on Korean music shows for K-Army. That was one of the primary reasons for going that route but at the same time he dutifully paid important homage to the expectations/standards embedded in Kpop culture in order to lay down that first stepping stone in his solo career.

At the time BTS debuted, companies were reluctant to keep spending money on producing a group if they did not show these progressive and specific steps.

Perhaps recalling the strong reactions from the kpop world to debut-BTS, Jimin was sensitive to those still waiting for a chance to criticize anything he did. Sometimes wounds leave lasting scars that still twinge now and then.

So Jimin paid his dues as a debut solo artist and gave a respectful and decisive nod to his Kpop idol roots. He earned a rightful place in the eyes of anyone in that industry.

The Billboard #1 was perhaps an unexpected win on top of all that. The #1's on all of the other charts: also extra on top. STILL dominating in his own country.

And now he's moving on. His next step will be bigger. He's coming for you AMAs, BBMAs, Grammys. I can feel it. Let's get it.

There are things that happened (or didn't happen as people wanted them to) surrounding Jimin's album. I am on board with that. But until Jimin says what went down himself, I won't be flying the "company mistreated him" flag. Mistakes? Yes. Incompetence? Perhaps. Shortsightedness? I definitely think so. Online streaming platform manipulation? Sure looks like it. Western music industry sabotage? Absolutely without a doubt. But his own label maliciously cutting him off? No.

Jimin is my bias and I want him to have everything he deserves and I am going to trust that he knows how to handle his own professional career and he does not need my intervention. If he's not happy with something, guess what? He can call Bang PD and tell him what's what. None of us can do that. Let Jimin handle it.

#guess we'll see #i feel so much smarter after reading the book #jimin face #of course we know haters are gon' hate #and someone who thinks they shoulda coulda woulda #i wonder if jk grabbed seven because he knows what jm has in store #bts chapter 2 #me with unpopular opinions again #the usuals will be tiring in the comments #3-2-1 there they are...

[notbecauseofvictories]

there are some things in the world that, when you attempt to make them yourself instead of buying canned or jarred, you wonder how the hell anyone figured out how to eat it in the first place.

artichokes are one such thing.

#gorging myself on roast chicken and braised artichokes like a roman emperor #there's a chapter on artichokes in the atk vegetable cookbook and these looked so green and delightful at the grocery store #but uh? hm. they are weird. and I don't know what enterprising mediterranean looked at this weird thistle and thought #''......huh. I could probably eat that.'' #''have to take out the pointy bits and the hairy bits in the middle but the rest is good eating!'' #you go you funky little mediterranean but also. you are insane. #tw food #no love sincerer than the love of food

[aspenfrosten]

Noelle Holiday M&Ms

#deltarune #deltarune chapter 2 #noelle deltarune #noelle holiday #noelle #deltarune meme #deltarune shitpost #deltarune edit #deltarune irl #noelle holiday meme #noelle deltarune meme #undertale #undertale 2 #undertale meme #undertale deltarune #deltarune au #undertale shitpost #deltarune fanart #m&ms store #m&ms #preppy #aestethic #corecore #corecore meme #aesthetic #tw aesthethic #tw #meme #shitpost

[valhallasoutlaw]

The Last Lamenter and his lil French Fry (the scout needs a name pls help)

#warhammer 40k #space marines #the blangles are stored in the baals #adeptus astartes #space marine oc #warhammercommunity #oc #warhammer oc #lamenters #lamenters chapter

[koroart]

I’ve been reading @damnilovefaerghus ‘s amazing fic Shield of Faerghus, Stone of Hope and it inspired me to make this piece!! This is the most characters I’ve ever drawn but I’m pretty excited to finish it!

Definitely give their fic a read too! ✨💜

#just click on the title and it should lead you to the fic! #such a fascinating pairing and of course if anything has a hint of lambert in it I’m all for it #can’t wait to see what they got in store for the next chapters ✨🥰 #hopefully I can work on this piece little by little ~ #school is nearly done for the semester and I have just one more commission to work on #im so excited!! ✨️ #:: my art #wip #fe3h #fic rec #WHOO boy lotta characters to tag #rodrigue achille fraldarius #shez fire emblem #shez fe3h #lambert egitte blaiddyd #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #felix hugo fraldarius #matthias raoul gautier

[askblueandviolet]

Ask Box for Macaque is officially open again!

The location here is set in Wen's Warehouse, but don't worry! Everything that came after this part in the chapter still happened to these two! They are aware of what happened. It's just that I wanted to change up the location for them to answer asks XDDD. Otherwise they would just be back in Macaque's flat.

Also, it's fine if you still want to ask Mayor questions, or even a certain fire demon if you want... but do let Macaque have a chance to shine, haha!

I will accept 4-6 questions before I close the box. So have fun!

#lego monkie kid #lego monkie kid fanart #monkie kid #monkie kid fanart #lmk #lmk fanart #lmk macaque #monkie kid macaque #lmk baihe #monkie kid baihe #lmk hostess #monkie kid hostess #lmk little girl #monkie kid little girl #blue and violet #yes I literally made these two to thrifting in this chapter #honestly Macaque's hoard is just filled with absolute garbage #which is a great contrast to Wukong's hoard in which a lot of it is actually useful magical artifacts #but no Macaque just has thrift store garbage #and he's proud of it

[madebysimblr]

Raina: Good morning! Mae has been very excited for you to get here.

Mae: Gampa!

Joy: My goodness, you are too precious for words!!

Mae: Fwen!

Joy: Yes, I'd like to be your friend.

Arturo: Where's Cordy?

Raina: I insisted she take a nap. She'll be down later. I promise.

Mae: Up! Up! Pease!!!

Joy: [giggling] Very polite! Not a shy one is she?

Raina: [laughs] She kind of can't be with how big her family is.

#simblr #ts4 #sims 4 #ts4 story #ts4 legacy #sims 4 story #sims 4 legacy #the steele legacy #the steele legacy: chapter one #mae #joy #raina #arturo #i was going to have mae all shy to meet joy but then i realized!!!! #no!! #her family is enormous!! she hangs at the record store!!! #she always meeting people

[mayhemchicken-artblog]

VARNEY POSTING PART 11: Legacy Varney Shitposts, aka "all the early ones i did where the hair + clothing isn't historically accurate because i hadn't bothered to research it yet and now it Bothers Me"

#art #doodles #varney the vampire #varney posting #these span about 2 months and 160 chapters #for the record those months were may through july. i have been storing up varney fanart for A While. #edit i forgot to tag the dracula cast #jonathan harker #jack seward #mina harker #quincey morris #dracula

[apoptoses]

“And the following night in Boston, Armand was in the dining room of the Copley when Daniel came in. Daniel’s dinner was already ordered. Please sit down. Did Daniel know that Interview with the Vampire was in the bookstores?”

Was doing some research about what the Copley would have looked like when Armand ordered the entire menu and found this:

Assuming the Copley refers to the Fairmont Copley Plaza (which it must, all of the old articles I can find refer to it as just The Copley), the dining room was dominated by a rotating merry go round bar until 1978. The merry go round would finish a rotation once every hour, and you could eat dinner and sip cocktails while it went around.

There were even postcards of it that you could mail home:

(postcard circa 1930s)

By the time Daniel and Armand visited the decor had been updated, and looked something closer to this:

(this photo is from the 1960′s, surely by the 70′s it was even tackier)

So just imagine the surrealism of Daniel downing glass after glass of wine and having Armand have to help his drunk ass down off this thing, all while he goes through an emotional crisis over finding Armand hot when he laughs.

It’s no wonder they ended up together, Daniel is the only person wild enough to decide to go to dinner alone in the kind of bizarre place Armand would be attracted to.

#anne rice's mind i swear #what even led daniel to decide to eat here in the first place #like his first hot check from interview hitting stores gets deposited into his bank account #and he says fuck it i'm going to go blow this at a carousel bar #how did he NOT expect armand to show up in such a bizarre place? #this kind of weird shit is like catnip to him #what an incredible first date #going through and googling every location mentioned in this chapter is a wild ride #this completely rearranges what i was fixing to write tonight #armand/daniel #the devil's minion #the vampire chronicles #armand #daniel molloy

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

thinking so so hard about LaughingStock and how that'd go down. disastrously, probably

#and ill talk about it at Length in the tags until tumblr cuts me off like a rowdy drunk after last call #please keep in mind this is all in my Brain and relationship dynamics etc are all technically speculation. anyway #so while franklydear is your more classic 'oh no im in love with him! / aw shucks im in love with him<3' #laughingstock is 'feelings what feelings / oh shit oh fuck this is bad' #to Me. #in my mind howdy is completely oblivious to his emotions #he's out here like 'gotta get the store impressively neat & shiny for barnaby! and everyone else' without blinking an eye #he starts assembling barnaby and wally's dogs slower an slower so that barnaby has to hang around a smidge longer than usual #he's out here giggling at barnaby's jokes while sweeping Hours or Days after the joke was told like a lovesick idiot #all while being like Ah Yes Barnaby My Dear Friend. My Platonic Buddy Whose Jokes I Laugh At A Little Too Hard. Platonically. #meanwhile barnaby Realizes his own feels. has a minor crisis. goes through the 12 stages of grief and absolutely panics #he's like 'ok just gotta play it cool. normal. dont be weird. he'll fall for your natural charm in no time' #'ill hold all of my feelings right here until i die or howdy reciprocates. i just cant tell anyone about this.' #'....hey wally you can keep a secret right' #and rizzes it up yk. rolls a nat 20 on charisma every time without howdy even realizing it. ig barns rolled for stealth too #and from barnabys pov its going great! #howdy is flirting back! hes showing all the signs! when eddie views their interactions he comes to barnaby later and is like A+ gay as fuck #so barnaby is a soft pining mess and howdy is Absurdly Oblivious despite being a clever & observant guy #so im imagining (will freely admit that this Train of Thought is slightly inspired by the latest chapter of Stamps by Indigopoptart) #that eventually barnaby is Confident in their budding relationship ok. hes ready to ask howdy out. #everyone who Knows (wally & eddie) are like Go For It He Clearly Loves You #and when barnaby tells howdy. howdys like 'ohhhh geez um im really flattered 🥺 but i dont feel the same 😔😭' #cue barnaby turning into the 'never again' meme while trying to laugh it off and pretend like he didnt just have his heart mr starked #so he goes home to smoke his pipe and cry and howdy goes about his day feeling Strange #why cant he stop thinking about that confession. what are these emotions. i mean its not as if hes in love with Ohhhhhh No. Oh No. #so howdy has his 'holy shit! im in love with barnaby! (lovestruck. swooning) ....Holy Shit I Rejected Barnaby (horrified. nauseous)' moment #cue howdy expecting barnaby to come by in the morning as per Routine so they can talk. he Doesnt. cue howdy stressing the fuck out over it #meanwhile wally sally (eddie sent her in his place. hes too busy) and barnaby are having a girls day (eating ice cream and watchin romcoms) #eventually barnaby hears that howdy has been Dropping The Ball and cant not check on him. cue emotional heart-2-heart outside the bodega #this is all very specific but its in my brain. these scenarious lull me to sleep every night lately

[valhallasoutlaw]

Since I've been dead, here's some Tert scribbles I've done! Yes, shortly into going renegade (post devastation of Baal), Tertius joins the Guard under the resume of an Ogryn Ex-Model because who is going to correct him? Why in Holy Terra would a space marine join the guard? BONUS: Inner child and the Triad Lamplighter

#warhammer 40k #space marines #adeptus astartes #the blangles are stored in the baals #blood angels #space marine oc #oc #warhammer oc #space marine oc chapter #tertius #daemon oc