#I'd like to point at some details

[superiorkenshi]

-Somewhere only we know-

And if you have a minute, why don't we go

Talk about it somewhere only we know?

This could be the end of everything

So, why don't we go

Somewhere only we know?

#kenshi's art #marvel #mcu #science bros #tony stark #bruce banner #my art #marvel cinematic universe #tonybruce #brucetony #I'd like to point at some details #like tony and bruce bff bracelet #and bruce having selfharm scar #cause I think it's important #these are healed scars and is not ashamed of them anymore <3 #I love tony and bruce #they are healing their inner child together and I think it's beautiful #anyway i hope you enjoy #now I'm going to cry listening to science bros playlist #I'll forever miss them #iron man #hulk

[windsweptinred]

#Windswept arty rambles ahead #Looking back at my large pen and ink fanart pieces of 2023 and reflecting. #Most of my work involves rare pairs which I know gives them a limited audience. Such is fandom. #So I try not to judge them too much on the amount of likes and reblogs they get. And more on the joy of making them #And the progress I can see with each one. #My lines are sharpening and the detail becoming finer. #I've only just started incorporating colour into them #But I'm happy with the results and would love to work on my ability to do so in 2024. #I'd love to get a few more works in time allowing before the year closes. #I'd love to do a Constantdeath piece. #And a full on 20s themed Desunity work... Going all in with that art deco goodness. #I've drawn something every one of my fics save Metamorphosis too #So I really feel like I should go back and do that at some point #But yeah #overall feeling proud of my progress #sandman fanart #my artwork

[aro-culture-is]

Aro culture is having not a single fucking clue what to say when your coworkers start talking about relationships. Like how am I supposed to contribute to this conversation. I can’t tell you about my nonexistent partner. I can’t whine about how I haven’t found anybody I don’t want. I can only say “oh that’s cool” and “damn sorry about that” so many times. And now I look awkward and standoffish.

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#Anonymous #aro culture is #aro #aromantic #actually aro #actually aromantic #ask #mod kee #honestly i think the best way to add to that #is like... ask about plans and things they like to do together #talk about details #like... say ur coworkers are talking about a date night #you can ask where they went for food and respond with stuff about like. oh have you been to such-and-such place - they've got the best #[similar food style] #or like. just... find a point of connection to the topics that aren't just the relationships #though i'd generally advise leading with a question that includes the relationship so it feels less like an intentional topic change #and for the 'damn i'm sorry about that' types of convos #consider if you've ever had a similar situation in some way. #like... 'wow ngl if i were doing a project with him i'd be losing my damn mind. is he always like this?' #also sometimes it helps to create a topic #like... bring in homemade food and talk about how you found the recipe and thought they'd like it #or like... if u have some sort of hobby you can talk about how you've been working on a project or w/e with that recently #you can also redirect to that stuff! like ur coworker is talking about having a date night -> oh that's neat! personally i'm really excited #to work on my embroidery project - have i shown you any pictures? #or say they're talking about a fight in their relationship - 'that's so stressful! you should do something for yourself - do you read? #i've been reading xyz book - maybe you'd like it?' #overall like. acknowledge their topic and validate their emotions -> handshake it to a similar but more relatable topic

[steakout-05]

so i kinda learned how to draw Captain Picard for my dad's birthday card and i am quite proud of it :D

#captain picard #star trek tng #star trek #picard #jean luc picard #my dad's favourite tng character is captain picard so i thought i'd try to draw him :) #star trek is going to make me excel in the art of drawing old men if tf2 hasn't already...... #it legit took ages to learn to draw this man and then this just. kinda happened. #i like how there's all this careful detail on his face and then his little button thingies are completely misaligned and uneven #apparently i can draw detailed sketches of old men but not 4 simple little circles somehow #truly the struggle of being an artist #also i now have immense power and you will see qcard ship art at some point in the future and there is nothing you can do about it #i hope star trek will be real someday #if there is anything humanity's tech should strive towards it should be creating star trek in real life #like build an entire enterprise with all the technology and all #even make it SOUND like star trek #please please please if we ever end up making starships we NEED to make them sound exactly like star trek ships #we need to make data as well #if ai is so good then why isn't data real yet. huh. ever think about that techbros #anyway i realy like this drawing and it's one of my favourite drawings i've done ever :D

[dramatic-dolphin]

Hopping into your inbox about the college tuition thing: the cost is a big reason why academic performance is so stressed in high school. Better grades equals a better chance at getting a scholarship directly from your chosen college/university, which means paying less out of your own pocket. But yeah...this is why the "broken college student" is such a trope in U.S. media. And why burnout in high school students is so prevalent. So fun :) I love it here :)

😭 that sucks omg. college students are broke here too but it's much easier to get your tuition fully paid off by the state. and even if u pay your own tuition it's... comparatively not as insane amount of money as in america. like yeah i fully wouldn't be able to afford it because i'm broke but looking at THOSE numbers it's practically nothing. what the fuckkkk i'm so sorry for you guys

#like you gotta get good grades/enough points to get accepted for state funding #and it's WAY harder for some majors than others obviously #and also you have to sell your soul to them in exchange but that's details #but it's still. easy? like yea i don't know the numbers but i'd wager to say most of the people at my uni are there for free #anyways jesus fucking christ that's an insane amount for practically everyone to be expected to pay #if i lived in the usa i simply would not be getting a college education because i couldn't afford it 👍 what the fuckkkkk

[lorelune]

biggest L of lorelune is for sure the diluc fic 😔 oh beloved one day i'll work on you again

#i have never put so much time and effort into a piece of writing in my life #and it was fun!! and frustrating to craft #many nights riffing w cielo and mao to work out the dynamic and plot and details #and sadly :'''^) i started posting it last summer as my life began to hit the fan #and the fic didn't get too much traction which is like? functionally fine #i do not write for notes or anything but it was however a lil disheartening #i got a nasty comment on it right away which also like #really soured things!! #and sadly the horrors nuked my memory #so i can't remember a lot of the finer details of the plot #i'd like revisit it at some point but for now it is a sore spot #lore loops

[sysig]

So uh (Patreon)

#Doodles #SCII #Jocasta #Sarah's name is probably too generic for my tag scheme :( #Well whatever lol #Sarah #Okay look this one was lead up for months! I'd been planning to draw them since the last time I was really into SCII /at least/ #The fact that they happen to be really fun to draw is just an added bonus #I did still manage to get some details wrong tho lol ♪ Well wrong is kinda? Like I did technically follow my studies! #Specifically for Jocasta's bra the ref I used had the sides switched but other than that! Haha #I'm also tempted to try her horned(?) headband at some point it's cute #Either way she's fun to draw hehe ♪ That long hair I swear I'm always so weak to designs like that #I haven't drawn that style of hair tied up since my lad Adara ahh that's been a while #It's such a cute hairstyle I love drawing it ahh #And the little flip of her bangs?? I die #Haha my bias towards aliens is showing - Sarah is also very cute and fun to draw! #She is exactly a Human Captain hehe ♪ I don't know how to describe it other than her Vibes suit her perfectly #I love that their dynamic is a kind of one-sided fluster no matter who's doing the flustering lol #It just switches! Love that for them they're so cute

[theclosetedskeleton]

WHIMSY POSTING PAUSED the day I finally stop my compulsive skin picking habits is the day its OVER for all of my enemies

#stares at my family #why the FUCK do they have to point out everytime I go back to picking my skin #“are you scratching your forehe--” YES!!!!!!! BITCH YOU HAVE EYES #it gets so bad sometimes #i'd go into detail but i dont think anybody wants to know this because. its slightly disturbing like tmi #its not an anxitey related thing 100% though it goes on and off #not correlating with my anxiety #i looked up compulsive skin picking or smth and fucking OCD shows up #which OCD wouldnt be too far fetched the more i think abt it #back on the point with my family #MULTIPLE times my sisters have made some sort of “fun” with my scars/wounds #like theyre “jokes” but theyre not too funny #like you do realize i CANT control when i start/stop. When it starts I cant just say “stop!!!!” and its over #istg some days ill look in a mirror and all of a sudden im entranced #15 minutes go by and BOOM now i have to make sure i cover my forehead w/my bangs properly or else ill get comments from my family #wait. was this a vent #falls to my knees IM SO SORRY #oh my god me when tumblr is one of the only places i vent #i doubt thats good though bc yknow digital footprint but then again ive seen way WORSE on a digital footprint #closet rambles again on tumblr

[unproduciblesmackdown]

tbt the deh days baking motif interviews like it's time for will roland cooking v'logs while someone is there to pepper in q&a moments & conversation (&/or extended tangents) starters

#or difficult to say how general/extensive his cooking knowledge is but like 4 pts of evidence abt his Meat Heat technique nowadays #and joel crump's bwaytime interview where he builds a little dish spontaneously....tell us more #(he'd slice quarter inch strips of spam & saute them; have on a nicely crusted bread; add a sweet jam; maybe pickled/fermented onions) #maybe there's been an occasion between 2017/18 & now to learn/practice/hone a skill at home....maybe #tragically one Montage where he's sharing his bacon recipe instead cuts the clips around michael park's bacon recipe lmao #like ok noted 350F in an oven for 25min but will introduced the topic & is talking abt fresh cuts & presumed stoveTop cooking. please lol #summer stock grillmaster....& i think another occasion he mentioned his Skills here #also shoutout to that deh Movie baking virtual interview where nik dodani left in the middle to buy some butter #will roland #whatever will talks abt: a banger occasion. cherished deh nhie video where so little is about deh lmao #bits in either deh baking video like little abt deh b/c there was so little they could tell + Character Questions just generally so rare #the [having a bit of room & start sharing hc's for details of jellicle cats' sexuality] gift that we need more of fr keeps on giving #the classic cats tangents of anytime prior. appreciating the summer stock dancing going off like ah #just like will saying he was just fuming about Tepid Applause in the Big Theater for cats elaborate costumed mega dance break. word #talk about dry technical whatever like hell yes engaging & i love information. pool chlorination. what of the lighting knowhow #& the realest point here is oh boy keep scattering scraps of culinary knowledge in whatever random little moments; epic. jot that down #edit that i was like ''did i say sautee; that seems unnecessary. he probably said seared'' & indeed he said sear it on both sides #sounds great i'd want this spam bread jam pickled fermented onions situation. & the bacon of the unheard recipe

[lenievi]

rewatching The Deadly Years made me rethink my Kirk backstory a bit. Not by much, but I tweaked it.

things I won’t ever give up:

1. Kirk didn’t grow up on Earth

2. Kirk’s parents didn’t have a happy marriage

up until now I had vague concepts:

at the time of Kirk going to the Academy, his father wasn’t a Starfleet officer (I didn’t think much about if he ever was or if he quit the service, the point is that he wasn’t)

his mother wasn’t a Starfleet officer, she was, however, a scientist, she just never associated herself with Starfleet (this was what I assumed Sam Kirk did as well, and I really dislike they made him Starfleet, not everyone needs to be in Starfleet *rolls eyes*) – she might have occasionally do something for Starfleet though

recently, I also started to hc that Kirk’s parents eventually divorced. I tended to think that Kirk’s father was distant and not home often, hence why Kirk was looking for “father figures” elsewhere

I, however, decided to switch it up. 

Initially, because in AOS, Kirk and his mother’s relationship was distant, I wanted a reverse, but I think that even in TOS, Kirk not having a close relationship with his mother makes sense. 

I now have to accept that even in TOS they decided that George Kirk Sr. served on Kelvin, so okay, but he quit Starfleet after Jim was born. He gave up his career for his family, and that ultimately didn’t make him entirely happy. He chose it, didn’t have strong regrets, but it affected his marriage and family life anyway. He was a bit distant with his sons, but not a lot. Jim still respected him and looked up to him, especially as a little boy and young teenager.

Kirk’s mother, on the other hand, pursued her career, and the family often followed, but that made George Sr. feel unfulfilled, so he eventually decided to stay on Earth. 

Jim was supposed to stay on Tarsus IV with his mother, but she got caught up in some research and didn’t join him until after the famine... so by then she decided to take Jim back to Earth and for a while, they lived as a family. She actually really wanted to be there for Jim because of what he went through, but one night Jim overheard his parents arguing, and there was a lot of grief and regrets and blame thrown around, and as a child Jim internalized some of it - the most important part: it won’t make you happy if you give up your dreams/career for someone else.

KIRK: Things wouldn't change if it started all over again, would it? You have your job, I have my ship, and neither one of us will change. WALLACE: You said it. I didn't. 

WALLACE: I met a man I admired. A great man. KIRK: And in your field as you. You didn't give up a thing.

He yearns for love, he yearns for a relationship, but he believes that he can’t have it because 1. he can’t give up his ship/career 2. he can’t ask anyone else to give up theirs [and when he tried to form a romantic relationship with someone in Starfleet, it ended up disastrous]

Love. You're better off without it, and I'm better off without mine. This vessel, I give, she takes. She won't permit me my life. I've got to live hers.

he pours a lot of “love” into the ship and the crew as a whole (to the point of being obsessed), but the yearning for something else is still ever present, but he knows there are no happy endings.

His parents were a good example of that.

As a young man, he was relieved when Carol told him to stay away from her and David, but when he got older, he started to have regrets. Pursuing his career and holding himself back from ever creating a meaningful long-lasting romantic relationship, didn’t make him happy either. And it was only in his mid-50s when he realized that he did create and maintain meaningful relationships, even though they were not what he yearned for or expected.

McCOY: I thought you said men like us don't have families. KIRK: I was wrong.

#yeah anyway #it all always leads to tff #headcanon times #tos nonsense #honestly this is just random rambling and perhaps it has holes #i just wanted to make a sense of the mess i have in my head #at some point i also thought of jim as attending boarding schools which i think might be a part of his growing up too #but i'd have to be more detailed and i don't need that at the moment #like i won't ever use these things they're just there in my head informing how i tend to think about kirk #in my fics but occasionally in canon too #jim kirk

[redfagdiver]

Eye of the storm

#my art #asoue #I'd like to make a more detailed render of this at some point. #daily drawing day 530

[torchickentacos]

#school vent lmao. some classes will just give you the most absolute bullshit documentary you've ever seen and call it a day #2 minutes in and i have several notes. #none of which are positive. #it's a documentary about mcdonalds #and like okay the point is not the documentary. the point is using it to fill out a form about mcdonalds' marketing process #the doc itself is somewhat secondary to the assignment despite being required viewing but STILL #baffling to include it as official coursework. #idk. maybe I'm just cynical and burned by capitalism but i'm immediately on guard with documentaries about companies #I want to know the details about the documentary's production. how involved was mcdonalds' in this. #is this in itself a form of mcdonalds' marketing? did they have a say in this? #if I didn't need to get this done and turned in within a few hours i'd do a deep dive on it #bc i sense some bullshit in here #but maybe later. ughhhh for now i just have to suck it up and watch it for what it is and do my assignment #update this is totally just 'mcdonalds isn't that bad :)' shit #it's telling success stories about the millionaire store owners and managers

[jeanmoreaux]

Hey so I picked up if we were villains on your recommendation and am loving the Shakespeare structure and references. I have been getting "disaster bi" vibes from the protagonist since act one but I'm halfway through and haven't seen the signs of a turn coming in his relationships. Does the book get gayer? Or is it all in my head?

oh, hey! well, i am glad you're enjoying it so far! oliver is *definitely* a disaster bi with a lot of internalised issues and a glaring blindspot in self-reflection. idk if you've read my (very short) goodreads review for this book, but i think what's essential to this story is the simmering potential haunting the text in every aspect. you have characters, relationship dynamics, plot points, mysteries, class dynamics, etc. (even shakespeare's texts) haunting the narrative—mostly metaphorically but in connection to the big "who-done-it" even literally. the subtext is definitely what gives the text its meaning and creates palpable tensions in all aspects of the narrative. in the end it all boils down to a myriad of "what-ifs" that ignite and fuel your engagement with the text.

so, does the book get gayer after the halfway point? kind of, but also kind of not. it's very hard to give a clear answer because the appeal of the story is based on the elusive nature of the text as a whole. that doesn't mean that some things are not more explicitly expressed further down the line. it just means that the story skilfully uses potential and ambiguity (i.e. "what-ifs") to build narrative & emotional momentum. if you get the feeling there is *something* there, then there's probably something there. the story definitely asks you to pay attention and pick up on hints and cues before presenting you with any revelations—it's kind of its charm, i think. so, is it all in your head? no. no, it's definitely not all in your head. but i am sure you'll get what i mean once you've finished the book....

#just thinking about the ending drives me to the brink of insanity #it was one of those endings that i NEEDED to talk about or i would have lost my mind #so if you need to talk about it at some point i am happy to listen and if necessary add my two cents #like as a former lit major i'd LOVE to write an essay about this book istg #it's just perfect for that bc there's so much subtext and ambiguity and narrative potential that remains—in parts—unrealised #i am so so sorry if i am boring you with this lmao #i also tried to avoid going into further detail about the relationship you're hinting at so as not to spoil others #but pls know my dms are always open #anyway have a lovely day #answer #if we were villains

[1o1percentmilk]

guy who says he's not a picky music listener because he likes listening to noise but you meet him and he's actually super picky he just. consistently picks the genres that Don't Sound Good

anyways i am working on my awesome playlist :D if anyone knows any stuff like this send it to me

#one of my many red flags #i'm trying to get it so that i have a mix of more accessible rhythmic stuff with some pure noise wall #have some songs that have nice noise textures and some other ones that are again.... wallnoise #trying to get wallnoise tracks i like that are also not too long ToT ik the length has a point but 1 hr is excessive! #also really trying to get stuff that has minimal vocals because they're annoying. i don't really like it when electronic music puts a ton o #vocals in them..... because im trying to get away from having to hear people #also songs that i like ofc u_u only putting stuff that i'd listen to again and again here #erm yeah #i Love abstract art i love minimalist art i love observing minute details / no details and this extends to auditory art forms etc etc #music tag #milk (delusional) #i'm also going to clean up my breakcore/idm playlist so that we have a nicer more chill electronic sounds #i Do Not listen to this all the time. #moodboard

[officersnickers]

Left Is Alright

or: Handedness in The Promised Neverland 👈👉

Apparently I‘ve got too much time on my hands (hah!), and while re-reading the manga I made several discoveries about handedness I wanted to share with you.

First of all, about 90-95 % of the human population are right hand dominant, which is mirrored in The Promised Neverland with a large majority of the characters being right-handed.

Now it gets (more) interesting – the few left-handed characters we met throughout the story. First and most prominent of them all would be Norman; using his preferred hand was even a major plot point later one when he noticed someone in Lambda had to take the same daily tests as him, but left the pen on the right side of the pad, instead of Norman, who left it one the, well, left side.

Now back to other left-handed characters – for example, Smee. Although we can‘t clearly see him using his left hand while writing in the manga, the anime did so:

(sorry for the low quality😑) and with this, we can conclude Smee‘s left-handed.

Another character that is presumably being left-handed is James Ratri aka William Minerva; the way he wears his watch on his right wrist leads me to this conclusion, since you‘re usually wearing your watch on your non-preferred hand.

Additionally, in the inside cover of Volume 2, we were able to see William Minerva write with his left hand too:

Also adding Adam here, since we see him (once) stitching up his teddy bear with his left hand:

(Isn’t it impressive how a big guy like Adam can now handle fragile objects like needles and is also able to sew after only two years? 🧸❤️)

Which further makes me believe Norman and Adam are clones (in one way or another), maybe even from the same source… the same left-handed source, even?! (looking at you James >>)

It‘s also stated on several sites Leslie‘s left-handed, but… I couldn‘t find any evidence for that claim? As seen in the anime, he‘s playing the mandoline as a right-handed person would do, so I actually doubt he is left-handed (of course if he‘s actually left-handed and we learned about that in the novels, I‘ll take it all back, but it‘s quite complicated to find a source for this).

Last, but not least – Lucas! Because, well, there are no other options anymore than using his left hand (thanks, Leuvis). 

I think it‘s safe to say Lucas wasn‘t left-handed before, but having to rely on his only hand left (hah! unintended pun again!) he counts as left-hander, too.

By now you may ask „But Snickers, that‘s no hot tea and not interesting at all!“ and I‘ll answer you proudly „yes, I know, but now we get to what, or better, who I truly wanted to highlight“. 😅

Yes, exactly.

Yuugo.

He‘s nowhere stated as being left-handed, presumably because he‘s seen on various occasions using his right hand, handling guns or doing other tasks.

But that‘s not how he‘s introduced, because:

Threatening the children with a knife, merely scratching Emma‘s cheek with a bullet as intended, carrying his gun on his left side all leads me to one conclusion: Yuugo‘s ambidextrous. He can use both hands as quite as good, an attribute only around 1% of world’s population shares, which means it’s even rarer than being left-handed!

The question remains, why did Yuugo foremost used his left hand during his introduction arc and later on his right hand? It’s speculation by my side, but I would blame it on this:

Yuugo is a sentimental man who cares a lot about others, even if he can’t quite show his feelings properly most of the time. Still feeling guilty about what happened to his family and especially Lucas, I could imagine he didn’t wanted to hurt the children with the hand that carried a part of Lucas with him, no matter how much he resented the Grace Field-escapees. As soon as Yuugo accepted he’s now the adoptive father of 15 very noisy, very annoying but also very his children (more or less🤔), he started using his right hand with the glove way more often, even to the point you could guess he’s right-handed and nothing else.

In conclusion: We got several left-handed characters in The Promised Neverland, but only one (know) being ambidextrous, Yuugo.

Or maybe I’m just pouring too many thoughts into this topic, who knows?

#that's all of me today I guess ^^ #I'd like to hear your opinions (if you got some of course) about this #I'm still not too sure about Leslie but we never saw him write? so... #the promised neverland #tpn #ynn #yakusoku no neverland #Snickers babbles #yakusoku no nebārando #long post #another note: Yuugo wanted to commit suicide with his right hand (aka glove hand) and you can make out of it what you want #maybe I'm looking too much into little details but it's also so much fun! #it would be nice if you would pay attention to this post #since I carried it with me for quite some time #and also took a while to put onto this website ^^' #if you got other opinions don't feel shy to add them! #discussions about TPN keep me alive at this point I swear

[supercantaloupe]

it's very funny and strange to get asked by a professional oboist probably 15-20 years my senior if i'd be willing to sell him some reeds

#sasha speaks #oboeposting #ik part of it is he is literally Brand New at making american reeds #which i at this point at least have a few years' experience in #but he's complained about not being good at making even european reeds too #(not that i'd be Any help with those whatsoever lol but he seems like he wants to transition to playing american reeds while he's here) #honestly i would love to sell some reeds and make some cash on the side from that but i can barely make enough decent reeds for myself rn #so alas no side hustle for me just yet #also i need new staples the cork on some of mine is getting brittle and threatening to break off at this point lol #my scraping technique is good. i know ehat i'm doing. my tying could use a little work still and my intuition for finishing details too #plus i'd love to have a Fucking Gouger and be able to process my own tube cane already. #but it would be nice at some point to sell some reeds i think. nice indeed