#I love the sound of trains

[decadenceandrot]

I can hear the trains in the distance tonight.

It’s nice.

#thoughts #rambles #train #sound of trains #night time #night time sounds #nice sounds #I love the sound of trains #and trains in general #I love riding in them #or hearing them #or anything #it’s all nice

[ohvun]

D E V I L C H I L D >:D

I just think it'd be cool if her demonia fleur was a lil more grotesque yk?

Got super inspired seeing this post by rly cool @wigglesdtuff about a year ago and finally finished it!!:D

I ended up using a picture of a figurine to get the wings to work better bc I was s t r u g g e l i n g ;-;

#an overwhelming amount of hands sounds fun until you have to draw them #i get why they didnt go near this routw #but still it wouldve been cool! #man i love nico robin #oh thw head is a reference to the fallen angel painting! thought it was cool:) #one piece #nico robin #robin one piece #my art #speedpaint #infinite painter #more art will be coming bc i decided i wouldnt post anything before finishing this #and then it was q wip for over a year #sooooo #theres some stuff #if i dint forget ofc #did i forget part of her hair in the final sketch fase? yes #but we dont talk about that #shhhhhhhhh #thank you trains for helping me finally finish this xd

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

i wanna know more about svsss menopause

They synced their periods together too well. Now they are synced through their perimenopause years.

#Poorly drawn svsss #svsss #shen qingqiu #luo binghe #shang qinghua #mobei jun #ask #I truly think that the peak of the SVSSS (peri)menopause era is just them commiserating over the experience of it. #Not pictured here is Liu Qingge barely suppressing his hormonal rage. He would have it *bad*. #I think Liu Mingyan is the only person who does not have a bad time with menopause because she takes estrogen supplements. #Which sounds like a trans headcanon but I think regardless of cis/trans status she's researched this and is prepared. #I have developed a sense for what menopause is purely by exposure to the various complaints I have overheard/been told. #These are all very specific and yet very common stories. #I do not know what the overlap is for SVSSS fans and people (not just women) going through menopause. I hope this is funny to SOMEONE. #It's an untapped market of potential! Too many young'uns in these woods. #Synced periods this. Ovulating that. Where's the menopausal homicidal rage? #Come on! Ripping off your clothing in a sudden burst of heat is *SO* SVSSS core!!! Make perimenopause sexy!!! #Anyways. Please put your menopause headcanons in the comments/tags <3 I'd love to hear them. #Thank you joblessmonday for following up with an ask and giving me an excuse to release this train of thought.

[best-teen-polycule]

guys remember when both scary and normal gasped at the spirit halloween goth guy. scary having feelings for hermie at one point makes this SO MUCH FUNNIER. THEY HAVE THE SAME TASTE. GOD i love them.

#beth may did the funniest thing possible #i laughed out loud on the train when the i love you hermie came up #and then i relistened #and fucking #I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHOCKED #‘two faced fool’ LIKE #and all the end rhymes of the chorus being the ‘ee’ sound #of course that was the obvious fucking rhyme #anyway #fanart incoming #zyrnstfu #dndads #scary marlowe #dungeons and daddies #dndads scary marlowe

[ukulelegodparent]

Taking the train is so fucking great! I've barely been on it for 30min and I've already seen a bunch of geese and deer and a heron!

#Love that it's called heron in English it sounds so noble. the German word is 'Reiher' #and the verb 'reihern' means 'to throw up' #also this is the connection that goes through the Oberpfalz and Vogtland and I love that connection #just gorgeous views from the train #also I'm not taking the Oberpfalzbahn but if I was that would also mean the occasional announcement in czech which is also fun #still fascinated that regional trains can do that and even throw in English for good measure but for some reason for the db #this is fully beyond their abilities in a eurocity #like the Oberpfalzbahn doesn't even cross the border at any point the EC starts to get operated by db in Děčín #and then you get one more professional pre-recorded čd message and then it jumps straight into #'Sehrgeehrtedamenundherren Ichheißesieherzlichwillkommenimec174richtungberlinviadresden #Dasteamderdeutschenbahnwünschtihneneineangenehmefahrt' with pauses only to breathe and enough background noise to make it #completely incomprehensible #in the certified db announcement cadence #you know the one

[laughingwith-bluelips]

I finally got why I love so much the "dragons are gone" ending in the books while I hate it in the movies:

The books set the dragons free.

The movies simply sent them away.

That's basically the idea but I had a vision yesterday at 3am so I will be getting into detail below the cut.

The books have a very strong message about slavery. Some would say that it is a concept that is only important within the context of the last five or four books, but the ones that have been paying attention to the saga as a whole knows that there are things happening in the background. You know, stuff like

People eating dragons

People stealing dragons from their families so

The dragons can serve the vikings

And they're expected to obey because

People threaten to turn them into bags.

That's mostly the first book.

Dragons are constantly showed as unsatisfied with the status quo trough out the books, some more annoyed with the vikings than others. We have complete monologues from different dragons before the war is even a possibility. Sincerely, when it happens, it feels natural.

The idea of freeing the dragons is not one that comes up in the last book, not even close. The first time it is considered an option is in book 9 (I think), and, by the time being, we've already stablish lots of concepts as slavery within human beings, the dangers of a war, how this could lead to the end of all and freeing the dragons is the only option.

It is fatalist to say the least, but it's not going out of nowhere. There is a lot of worldbuilding (more on that later), but it is also the right thing to do. By the time Hiccup is presenting the option, Cowell has made us root for the dragons to be free and wild and do whatever they want, even if what they want is to hide under sea for thousands of years. Or if they don't want, or if the want to but just not in that moment, they can do it.

Oh, yes, because they leave GRADUALLY.

It is a sad ending, but still manages to get as satisfactory because, yet again, we know this happens and the books remind us this will happen eventually every time they can. “There were dragons when I was a boy” is literally the first phrase in the saga.

And then we got the movies.

The movies never followed the books. Like, not very much. The writers decided that they wanted to tell a story of a broken relationship between a father and a son while using dragons, the heroic and prophetic aspects of the books were getting on the way of that and they scrapped the idea. So, no, you can't tell me the movies actually follow the books.

However, if you're very technical, you know the Hiccup we see in the movies resembles Hiccup I, the one that stopped the war between vikings and dragons in the books, stablishing an equal relation between the two races. And this idea of the movies being a prequel can work for the second and specially the first movie, disregarding the fact that there are no prophetic or magical elements at all.

But THW exist and... Exist.

Suddenly the writers and producers decide that they want to follow the books and want to get rid of the dragons, something that is completely against the message of the other two movies.

(I am just talking about the movies, the shows-books relationship is very different and I will someday make a post ranting about it)

The movies do NOT talk about the dangers of dragons being with vikings or how the vikings mistreat the dragons or how bad is slavery or anything like that. The second movie does, yes, but the second movie also sends a message about how people benefit of being with dragons. They have their dragons and they're strong because of that friendship. Being at war with one another only brings loss and suffering for both bands while being together promises an actual future. A bright future that no one imagined before the first movie and that now they cling to.

Dragons and vikings are friends and together cand do basically anything.

That's a very strong message, you know?

And you know what? The third movie decided that such a strong and important message about friendship should leave the franchise completely.

“Free the dragons” it's a concept that doesn't fit with the movies. They're not slaved, they're not away from wildness and, most importantly, they CHOOSE to be with the vikings in the first place. They are already equals, they can do what they want and, you know, they are with the vikings because they want to.

But no, let's do a movie about letting friends go as if it could actually fit in the saga.

(I know it could actually fit but the execution was terrible).

As I said before, the movies resembles Hiccup I befriending dragons and we know how it ends. And someone who has never read the books will go and say "well, it was bound to end that way, why are you mad?” I tell you the difference right now: there's 1000 years of difference between the befriending and the parting in the book, 1000 years in wich we witness the deterioration of said friendship (from being friends and equals to being slaves). That's no what happens in the movies. The films give us 6 years and the only deterioration is within Toothless' character and how they made him a horny dog.

The dragons shouldn't have leave. This was a whim from the writers that thought that ending both stories the same way would be cool. It isn't. At all.

Long story short, it doesn't fit thematically. The movies and the books have different themes with different concepts and different characterizations of the dragons. While the books got story building and present the theme's since the beginning, the movies get it out of no where ignoring the themes in previous works.

Anyways, go read the books they're jewels and the ending isn't as shitty as thw make it look

#httyd #how to train your dragon #httyd 2 #httyd the hidden world #httyd book #httyd books #im angry about the ending #probably because I'm watching rtte and i llve the relationship wuth the dragons #and the characters themselves #freeing the dragons is an actual theme in rtte but not in the movies #that's sad #also i don't think the shows follow better the books but #they actually use themes from them #english is not my first language #sorry if i wrote anything wrong #i love the films #i know it sounds as if i hate them but i don't #they're basically my favourite movies of all time

[recapitulation]

#i get that this is very specific to my region so im sure i left out something very important to some people #but for me... i love the sound of cicadas #i do miss the sound of the trains passing in chicago though.. i dont get that where i am now

[mitskiluvr]

oh manga rengoku. how i love your bug-eyed bird stare

#if i saw him i’d feed him bread crumbs like a pigeon #rengoku kyojuro #kny #demon slayer #kimetsu no yaiba #mugen train #demon slayer manga #kyojuro rengoku #i love the demon slayer manga art style so much #reading it is so much different than watching it i cant explain it #like the feeling is different #i sound crazy #the point is i love rengokus big beady eyes #he’s so bird

[novelconcepts]

Slowing an audiobook from my usual 1.5x speed (anything slower USUALLY sounds like molasses to my ears) happens for two voices and two voices only:

Neil Gaiman and Tatiana Maslany

#neil gaiman #because the man has a near perfect voice and it just sounds wrong sped up #tatiana maslany #because in this house we respect every vocal nuance of our original clone queen #jk—genuinely there are some audio narrators I love with my whole heart and constantly listen to at my usual speed. #most people sound totally natural to my ears sped up #but for whatever reason these two need to be leveled out #probably because I grew accustomed to their voices long before I trained my brain to 1.5 things #totally weird to think about how brains work #anyway! rereading hunger games via tat’s audio is gonna be a RIDE I’m very excited

[schumiatspa]

Daily words of affirmation: if the Carota Boys have written a book, you can write that fic

#the orange vegetables writing a book wasn't on my bingo for 2024 nor was something I expected to wake up to today #the book is called 'Orange dream - six friends and a crazy love for jannik sinner' if anyone is interested in the translation of the title #riding that marketing train like crazy uh #it sounds like a self-insert fic btw #jannik sinner

[0rosenstern0]

Okay TIME TO GET IN

#re: dracula #dracula daily #jonathan harker #Doing homework at the same time #Because I don't want to just read my class #Jonathan voice sounds kinda sweet #“Train are late” or you have daily cause time change and you don't adapt #He love old fashion we like history that's why we're here #I ADORE DRACULA VOICE

[pigdemonart]

Elesa and her (dance) partners ⚡️

I’ll clean these up later. Just wanted to share a bit of today’s warm up.

Directly inspired by @alfheimr ‘s nimbasa trio dance art btw. Their art is 🥰🥰🥰!

#submas #nimbasa trio #airplaneshipping #cannot rest until i give elesa the love she deserves. #also can people help me come up with a name for these four. i dont wanna leave skyla out of the …. #the gang squad fam friend-polycule lmao #its gotta be something clever but i cant think of anything but -trains planes and automobiles- lmfaooo #my brother my brother and my sapphic ass #they’re like mystery inc but their mascot is freight train #ruh roh ringo -SOUNDS OF METAL SCRAPING TRAIN TRACKS-

[ride-a-dromedary]

I personally think a nice way to give us more chances to talk to Halsin in Act 3 is giving us the option to ask him for a new story from his 350 years of life, and we get a new tidbit of information that changes based on how high his approval is, or whether or not he's being romanced. If the approval is low, he shares little or refuses. I want a chance to hear about how much he studies, meditates, and hibernates and not just the salacious parts!

#BG3 Musing #Halsin Posting #halsin is very clear that he's lived a while and feels a lot older than he is #i want to hear more about high forest and the emerald grove #i want a way for him to tell me things about himself that don't involve me having to have a rendezvous that casually brings up a bad memory #yknow? #karlach asking him for stories and him immediately being like 'no one really cares about those they're only really interested in escapades' #and wyll being like 'do you actually do anything besides meditate council fight train and make love?' and halsin just nonchalantly #'is such an existence lacking?' i know thats supposed to be funny #but he sounds so put upon by it #like okay and..? #maybe im just a sap but i want to hear more general stuff #if that writer on twitter is serious about taking suggestions heres one #also this isn't an invite to bash on act 3 halsin - most of the companions are dead air after you do their quest #this is an encompassing larian issue all around where the companions sort of all fall flat midway through act 3 #but that's another point entirely

[beeduoo]

will he burn down the kitchen

#SORRY THIS ISNT FULLT SHADED Guys it is so late this daily post grind is serious #cranboo #cranboo fanart #went to the park today lots of fun....CRAZY WIND THOUGH Omfg i wouldn't mind if it didn't RUIN MY HAIRRR #it gets so flat i have really loose curls so literally anything disturbs them and ougghh its like i just spent an hour finger waving(? ever #strand Whyyyy whatever i tried to not let that get to me i enjoyed the sun.... #i tried to braid a blade of grass it Kind of worked idk i posyed a pic on twitter oohhh it was so nice out today i was just Sat on the gras #enjoying the sun #i got this skirt at altard state the other day ACTUSLLY KTS A SHORT but like its Layered so it looks like a skirt kind of hold on #altard state raleigh layered lace shorts OUGGHH so cute so COMFROTABLE omg i wore the #m to school on friday everyone lovveddd them i lovr high school everyone is so nice to me #Tomorrow it will be 77 degrees im so excited imma take the train to school there is no way imma b sitting on that bus.... #drawing for tommroow ummmm maube Omg based off the poll imma do a follow up that sounds fun yesssss #Ok i love u guys good night

[abtheb]

April 28, 2023

Despite everything, it's still you.

#me #ive cut back on lifting a lot due to injuries and struggles with my joints and instead picked up lane swimming in march #i had never used a public pool in my life and never swam with intent before #it was new and kind of terrifying but i needed to move my body again in a way that didnt cause pain #the first few times were pretty rough- i couldnt swim well or hold my breath and struggled with the repetitive motion and breathing #one day beams of sunlight shone through the airy space and large windows and cast shining watery reflections on the pool's bottom #i had been learning water caustics for 3d art and i loved to watch them #its gotten a lot easier now and i can let my mind wander and enjoy the sensations instead of worrying about drowning #the cool water on my skin #the muffled amniotic sounds of bubbling fluids #the mosaic tiles and patterns #the sunlight and caustics #every time i go its a social stress test- but I've gotten better at handling it and it helps me connect with other people in a tiny way #i dont know what the future of my body's training will look like as i plow into middle age #but im proud of myself for doing something totally new and finding joy in it

[otwdfanfic]

A chilly Thawfest season sketch of Siri @artinandwritin !!

This is the only idea so far that I could clean up enough to post + that feels sufficiently Siri to me. Inspired by the cozy coat I see her in a lot but with springtime elements based on her adorable flower hairstyle, it’s a bit fancy thanks to the embroidery but too cute to resist. Her earrings are also meant to match Astrid’s in my chieftess sketch and I think they’d probably be stamped with some sort of subtle nadder design since the cousins have that in common

In otwd/itpn she’s about 35 and works with Ruffnut as a midwife, along as just a general assistant to Ruff whenever she needs a hand with any healer stuff. This def isn’t how she dresses while working haha but perfect for perusing the market w Astrid or Ruff on a brisk spring day ❤️

#httyd #how to train your dragon #siri vinteri #I hope I drew her well 🥺 she def looks like a hofferson cousin which is cute #I wanna sketch smth more dynamic of her working #I just love outfits the fancier the better fhdjfhdj #I love having her as another healer bc 1 Ruffnut for a whole village sounds stressful #also willows by Vanessa Carlton is a Siri song #character design