#PULL UP! ALL CRAFT PULL UP

[paunchsalazar]

Fire Emblem Awakening families in my play through…

#tried to go off of kid impressions to think of who would be fun/fitting for their fathers.. #also kind of off if age within reason lol #and wanted a good balance while keeping w dramatic irony #like I think Lon’qu simply should have a daughter and a daughter who is a LOT… #kellam tharja is funny but like quiet father to Noire with her mother’s dark side.. #also Yarne is so anxious and stressed all the time I think Frederick fits as a total worrywart… #+ gaius motivates gerome’s whole look.. he crafts… he doesn’t have a reason to stick around until of course he does… #his son working to not get attached because if he does it’ll hurt more than it already does.. #inigo looks like chrom already and also I think legend father gives him that bravado but also sense of always measuring up… secret shyness. #and silly boy with serious older sister is fun… #also I just think Anna is funny and kinda meta in that she has her shops and is the DLC load screen and I couldn’t feel a pull for anyone #else w (male) Robin… because I think he is in love with Chrom lol… they are so beards #like to me vaike is too close to Owain to be his father.. Virion is too close to inigo and also can’t see it w Olivia anyway #sorry stahl I just couldn’t see him with anyone…. #Libra was obsessed w emmeryn and also is gay imo.. #and say’ri idk she appeared so late… #fire emblem #fire emblem awakening

[anominous-user]

devs released more info relating to part 2's gacha and equipment changes and the catch is that they're making max-level part two stigmata a whale thing and they added weapon refinements

#honkai impact #they lowered the s rank guarantee to 90 but theres no mention of them adding a 50/50 so. #but about the stigmata. part 2 stigmata require source prisms #and only a certain amount can be obtained per patch #you need 21 to max out a full set #and there are three new sets in 7.3. you can only get up to 45 in 7.3 and you get 13 per patch afterwards. #you can also craft part 2 stigmata but that also requires two prisms. you get one stigma box per patch #so if youre not pulling helia gears and are using her stigma box and go to craft her last two gears #you are ONE off from maxing her gears if you also maxed coralie's beforehand. #about the weapon refinements. they added a guarantee for weapons (60 pulls). 200 pulls still guarantee all equip #and for the source prisms you would have to convert dupes. its a 1:1 conversion rate. #honkai spoilers

[touchlikethesun]

one of my fav things about until my feet bleed and my heart aches is how it worked in and reimagined iconic moments from the show itself, like not that they’re the first person ever to do that ofc not, but i think it works really really well for this fic. i finished it days ago and i’m still thinking about it tbh, all those little moments. the tie pulling, for instance.

#i’m catching up on victuuri fic now #i ac hadn’t read umfb&mha or vic’s pov before #and it’s really stuck out bc i really admire how they crafted the au and how they tied back to the show #the tie pulling reimagined was very. memorable. but i also really liked viktor seeing yuuri skate his routine in moscow #i liked the use of the eros costume #i like the pole dancing being the impetus for vic realising that yuuri might not hate him #instead of being the moment he himself fell in love #there were just so many Ah Ha i recognise that moments and it made reading a lot of fun #as for my feelings about the fics over all i prefer vitya’s pov bc yuuri frustrated me immensely #but i really liked both of them they kept me up all night #yuri on ice #victuuri #fic recs

[dykedivorce]

HACKS | 1x10 // 2x08

#me pulling parallels out of my ass just to have an excuse to gif? it's more likely than you think #hacksedit #hacks #hacks hbo #deborah vance #ava daniels #BUT there is something to be said about . god im launching into something but i should have been asleep 30 minutes ago #ANYWAY theres something to be said about being picked out of a crowd and acknowledged publicly for these two #and it ties in with the whole 'being cowriters means deb essentially tells their private jokes to a crowd and ava's the only one who knows #the whole story behind that joke and how it was crafted and the 36 iterations of it that came before' #and thats already intimate #but pointing at someone in the crowd is saying.... you are all looking at me but i am looking at her #it sounds very 'he only got 2 eyes 1d meme dot jpeg' but perhaps the 1d fangirls were onto something conceptually #my conclusion is in the final episode of the show there should be a scene where ava is the one on stage acknowledging deborah #perhaps at an awards ceremony where she wins for writing on deborah's late night show #just throwing it out there for the universe to pick up

[swan2swan]

Remembering how the comics even ruined the Earth King's character... the feats in that were staggering

#absolutely no one was safe in hindsight #like...how do you even have smellerbee and longshot being alive? #we got some good things out of it specifically mai's aunt and a little more time with her mom #I think she was okay #but it was absolutely not crafted by people who sat down and looked back over the series and said ''okay so what happened offscreen HERE?'' #but seriously they had kuei just go back to his throne like no that man wasn't going back for AGES #also you really missed out on a whole Earth Kingdom Civil War plotline where no one knows where this nerd vanished to #and everyone's vying for succession all five generals are trying to lay claim to the throne #meanwhile the king's over in some fishing village learning what a ''boat'' is #he finally resurfaces after ten years like ''I finally know what everything is!'' and Haru of all people has to leave the throne room #because Aang made up some technicality about how he knew Haru's great-great-grandfather and he was actually the former King's banished bro #so now Haru has TOTAL legitimacy and Aang just pulled his Great Divide maneuver again #Kuei has everything straightened out in a month because of his newfound wisdom #has a daughter and we all know how she turns out #seriously though they just...barely tried

[b4kuch1n]

Hey Baku!! I'm considering beefing up my redbubble or selling art elsewhere and wanted to ask, how is it working for you? Do you like it, and do you have experience with other art selling sites?

ah I might not be the best person to ask about that... I don't like redbubble and I don't enjoy the thing they just did with their margin and payout, but also that's just kinda how platforms are? if it's not this then it's something else. any of the print stuff I offer is fully on request now anyway (except for when I really like a piece and think it'd make a great print lol) - I don't really treat redbubble stuff like how merch artists do it, there's very little calculation involved in upkeeping the store, and it's absolutely not where any significant amount of my income comes from. at most I get enough to reach the payout margin every two months, otherwise it's definitely not uncommon for it to lie around at no movement for months on end. I'm not even involved enough to figure out how to tag my stuff on there without getting it lasered off the face of the earth by IP holders lmao. quality-wise their stuff's about fine, nothing exceptional to 'em, it's a good spot if you want to offer a variety of products at about the same level of effort and aren't too fussed about the margin. and that's as far as my use of the site extends

#ask #couchtaro #bakuspeech #I imagine there are elaborate redbubble techs out there. I'm just not at all merch-minded so I invest basically nothing into it lol #I think the only kinds of merch I Really want to do is multipart charms and different types of pins #and redbubble doesn't do any of that. so I really just pull what folks want for em on there now #I'm sorry I can't help u further... this is just deeply not my wheelhouse #I like. barely even bring up the store I just realized. lmao Im so checked out from that ever since the margin stuff #hope u get better insight into the craft than mine! sorry again

[blujayonthewing]

humiliating to ask the guy at the liquor store if they have everclear 190 and even more humiliating when the answer is 'no, and also, it's not legal to sell in michigan at all'

#I HADN'T THOUGHT IT WAS BUT THE WEBSITE SAID YOU HAD IT IN STOCK AUGH... #wretched. feels so extremely shady kfjhkfdjgh like okay well now I Have To awkwardly explain myself to this guy #long story short I wanted to take some camping as a bit of a multi-use item but DRINKING is NOT. ONE OF THOSE USES #pulls double duty for wet collection of insects AND alcohol camp stove fuel-- AND can clean/ disinfect #AND is nontoxic (well. it's still ethanol gfdjhfdk but compared to denatured spirits otherwise used for all those things) #it's not a big deal idk if I'll even end up doing wet collection OR using an alcohol burner I just liked the idea of it #I'd have also probably used it in place of a lot of my current cleaning and/or arts n crafts uses for rubbing alcohol around the house #meekly asking the liquor store guy for potable lighter fluid when I wish I could have been trying to get it at a hardware store instead #about me

[dribs-and-drabbles]

Chains of Heart ep 3

This re-watch really was an excellent idea. I'm understanding who people are and what they're up to much more this second time round. And the colours are so much more obvious! I'm feeling much more confident after ep 3 that Din = green, Lue = red, and Ken = blue (my confidence is helped by @respectthepetty's agreement 💪🏼 Thank you!).

I also think, when used on others or in the lighting, green = a connection to Din/Lue often with high drama, red = high emotions/passion/danger/revenge, and blue...well blue lighting hasn't been used much...but purple has...and more on that below.

As with the previous ep, we start ep 3 off where we left off in ep 2 - with high stakes drama at the temple and Khun Tee (Lue) rushing away from the fight in the green lit temple (with blue and red banners).

In the hotel room - the room that Din and Ken stayed in together - there is so. much. green.

As well as a small blue lamp - Ken's trapped in the memory of him and Din. And even the outside of the room has a blueish tinge to the green. It's their place.

Ken literally bathes in Din's green with either their passion or Lue's presence or Ken's desire for revenge (the red) looming over him (whichever way you want to interpret that - again I'd love to know what these say) and is surrounded by these colours after the bath.

As Ken reminisces/dreams about his time there with Din, they arrive in the room full of their passion but quickly get consumed by the green.

The morning after dreaming about their steamy night in green, Ken dons another green suit for the trip to the police station to identify the men involved in Din's death (but which gets interrupted by the car crash and Lue's subsequent rescue). Notice the red buttons on Ken's jacket! Payu is showing his support of Ken in the blue (also with small red details) and Hin has all three colours in his shirt.

More reminiscing of sexy times and I think this was their first time and maybe Din's confession (??), so it's not surprising that Din's in Ken's blue in a room with a green hue and red curtains. The purple light being a mix of the blue and red.

Later, when they both sign their names on the picture on the wall - with a green pencil! - these colours are still prominent around them.

I LOVED Sai coming into the room in the present day in a purple top - yet another reminder of Din and their time together in that room.

I'm not quite sure what to make of the below scene and the reds and blues. If we're thinking of red as revenge then I can interpret both Ingpha and Din's mum's red as them both wanting to get what they desire - the former needs his crimes to stay hidden and will do all he can to enable that, and the latter wants someone to pay for what they did to her son. With the blue, I mentioned in my ep 1 post that blue on characters might signify that they're hiding or masking something...maybe that's the case here with Ingpha and Ae (it looks like the design on her shirt is a dark blue). Both have much to hide. With Din's mum, her blue is in support of Ken though. One hopes.

And then we come to the end of the ep and Ken is completely encased Din's world...but lo, in comes Din Lue!

Both are wearing a bit of Ken's blue but - and I don't know how I missed this the first time round (yes I do, I was SO confused by the plot) - they're complete opposites...or perfectly complementing each other. Ken has a blue shirt under a black suit and Lue has a blue jacket over a black shirt and trousers. They even have opposite colour shoes - black and white.

And I swear Ken's shoes look like they have a burgundy stripe on the back.

This show really is something!

[ep 1] [ep 2] [ep 3] [ep 4] [ep 5] [ep 6] [ep 7] [ep 8] [ep 9] [ep 10]

#chains of heart #chains of heart ep 3 #ok I'm actually loving going through this show again and pulling out all these moments #this show is so well crafted visually #narratively...well we'll see come the end if all the loose ends get tied up #eps 4 and 5 (and maybe 6) will have to wait until tomorrow now since my bed is calling #thanks for being interested! #chains of heart colours

[jedi-bird]

Pulled my grandma's sewing table out so my partner can help me move it upstairs either this weekend or the next. Also found a large tub of crafting supplies, more crochet patterns, and more craft books, because of course I did. I am on break, enjoying a cup of tea, before I have to lug the box upstairs and start unpacking it. I also found Annie's baby collar, so I'm going to add it to the cat memorial jar I'm setting up.

#birdy tries to be a good adult #I'm going to have to rethink how i have the craft books right now #if this keeps up there's not going to be enough room for all of them #on the plus side seeing them all together makes me want to start making things again #I'll have to sort out and organize the magazines soon and pull all the repeats from them #sometimes i think i should just get rid of everything #but i don't want to because they're mine and i know i can't replace things down the road #it's mostly my mom's voice intruding in my head saying that but it's hard to ignore sometimes

[dobaara]

okay let me tell you everything

#so my grandparents came with me my mum and my sister to drop us till the airport #and we got stuck in traffic #when the traffic cleared the driver sped up #and because there were too many human luggage one of the the non-human luggage was placed on top of the car #and the idiot driver did not tie it #so when he sped up #the suitcase went FLYING 😭😭 #literally it was in the air for one minute and fell like 750 metres away #okay so we got that #Then.... 😔😔 #the airport help kept our luggage on the trolleys #it was two at first but that man was like noo we'll keep it in one #already i knew something will happen #when we entered the gates... i realised i left my purse in one of the trolleyd #we ran back and that man told us to wait for fifteen minutes for the securitu personnel to come and allow me to take it #and my sister's yelling at me my grandparents are yelling #and my mum is silently cursing at me from her place in the queue #we finally got it after i gave all my details and ran in #then during security we got pulled aside... #because my sister got craft scissors in our hand baggage #....that was my favourite scissors 😔😔😔 #got thrown away mercilessly by the personnel #i...only know heartbreak #heartbreak my friend heartbreak my fanilh 😔😔😔 #oh my god then finally when we sat and thought of having donuts.... #....they called us for boarding #my mom has been glaring at me sincethe past 50 years #now we're finally in the flight 😔😔😔

[olibavee]

spent several hours this morning researching/coming up with a custom doll design inspired by concept art for final fantasy. i want to make this doll so bad but i do not have The Materials so i will simply draw and daydream abt it...

#liv rambles #i’m not even sure i have the skill to pull it off either...but i love doing things that i’m not skilled enough to do well. lmao #all my sewing/crafting supplies are Gone...........sob #(luckily they didn't burn up in the fire but they got moved out of the house and into storage....so i have no idea...where they are) #i really want to make this doll someday aahgghaghag

[in-maidjan]

post dnd session vibe check:

#i have a headache now but its so worth it oh my god. #7hr? ish?? sesh?? including combat which they Absolutely Annihilated in like the best way?? #they were looking into sooo many avenues for things and i had to improv more than a few things but a bitch made it through and AAA #y'all are so smart and really kept me on my toes i'm so glad i managed to keep up with the action and how things were going!! #had to genuinely pull my own ass aside for 10min to craft a quick new angle for the next session which is gonna be Eyes Emoji #i love you all man.. what a great goddamn day AA #dnd campaign; the vigilant

[quei]

trying so hard to be normal about hxh right now trying SOOO HARD TO BE NORMAL ABOUT HXH RIGHT NOW

#i jusrt caught up with all the current chapters #. #i cant take it literaly overflowing with emotions right now idk what im gona do at work tomorow my corworker will say Goodmorning and i wil #just start bawling #literaly how could togashi just pull this out after 20+ years of keeping it under wraps #kind of evil tbh. kind of twisted? kind of sick and twisted and evil tbh #that whole stretch of *redacted* backstory was so incredibly well crafted #and just 500 layers of complicated pain.and emotions. and parallels #and pain. and emotions #anyways. im normal #text

[keeps-ache]

why break a tradition y'kno lol

#wip #i'm gonna burn myself out but that's life babyyy #//also i'm feeling Very understimulated and i can't FOCUS HH #i can't find a video that i can play in the background i'm going ot EXPLODE #none of my music is doing it #and i'm TIRED so i wanna sleep but i wanna draw and i'm dddyyyinnnnggg :') #i'm not gonna sleep we all know that so Obviously i need to find something to watch #gosh but nothing is working soooo #i swear i woke up this morning with enough energy to start researching frog populations but zero focus. no wait nevermind that correlates #life could be a dream. if only it was easier to do things. if only i could draw unceasingly. life could be a dream sweetheart #//this might be a good time to stare at a word doc until my noodle brain pulls itself into order lol #//my mom called me a busybody once when i was like 10 #cuz i was Really into arts and crafts for like 3 years and was Always making something #and yeah that's still the case lol #it's just harder cuz now that i'm aware and have so many options to waste time. i'm wasting So Much Time #like man if i Always have to be doing something can i at least pick what it is? #the answer is no. now scroll for the next 17 minutes and Boil #//anyway lol-- i go now! [turns into a rabbit]

[the-average-procrastinator]

I cannot believe I’m not perfect at pottery yet and still failing horribly this is not legal I should be an expert by now

#personal #tiff tries yet another craft #pottery #why is it so HARD #so at least now I can get the clay to stay on the wheel #but the minute I start trying to pull up walls I get issues #they go thick and thin and it all starts to wobble #so I need to go watch more videos I guess #baaah #still have no idea how people cone #I cannot get my clay to Do That #please don’t think I’m trying

[ketchuppee]

During the 2008 recession, my aunt lost her job. Her, her partner, and my three cousins moved across the country to stay with us while they got back on their feet. My house turned from a family of four to a family of nine overnight, complete with three dogs and five cats between us.

It took a few years for them to get a place of their own, but after a few rentals and apartments, they now own a split level ranch in a town nearby. I’ve lost track of how many coworkers and friends have stayed with them when they were in a tight spot. A mother and son getting out of an abusive relationship, a divorcee trying to stay local for his kids while they work out a custody agreement, you name it. My aunt and uncle knew first hand what that kindness meant, and always find space for someone who needed it, the way my parents had for them.

That same aunt and uncle visited me in [redacted] city last year. They are prolific drinkers, so we spent most of the day bar hopping. As we wandered the city, any time we passed a homeless person, my uncle would pull out a fresh cigarette and ask them if they had a light. Regardless of if they had a lighter on hand or not, he offered them a few bucks in exchange, which he explained to me after was because he felt it would be easier for them to accept in exchange for a service, no matter how small.

I work for a company that produces a lot of fabric waste. Every few weeks, I bring two big black trash bags full of discarded material over to a woman who works down the hall. She distributes them to local churches, quilting clubs, and teachers who can use them for crafts. She’s currently in the process of working with our building to set up a recycling program for the smaller pieces of fabric that are harder to find use for.

One of my best friends gives monthly donations to four or five local organizations. She’s fortunate enough to have a tech job that gives her a good salary, and she knows that a recurring donation is more valuable to a non-profit because they can rely on that money month after month, and can plan ways to stretch that dollar for maximum impact. One of those organizations is a native plant trust, and once she’s out of her apartment complex and in a home with a yard, she has plans to convert it into a haven of local flora.

My partner works for a company that is working to help regulate crypto and hold the current bad actors in the space accountable for their actions. We unfortunately live in a time where technology develops far too fast for bureaucracy to keep up with, but just because people use a technology for ill gain doesn’t mean the technology itself is bad. The blockchain is something that she finds fascinating and powerful, and she is using her degree and her expertise to turn it into a tool for good.

I knew someone who always had a bag of treats in their purse, on the odd chance they came across a stray cat or dog, they had something to offer them.

I follow artists who post about every local election they know of, because they know their platform gives them more reach than the average person, and that they can leverage that platform to encourage people to vote in elections that get less attention, but in many ways have more impact on the direction our country is going to go.

All of this to say, there’s more than one way to do good in the world. Social media leads us to believe that the loudest, the most vocal, the most prolific poster is the most virtuous, but they are only a piece of the puzzle. (And if virtue for virtues sake is your end goal, you’ve already lost, but that’s a different post). Community is built of people leveraging their privileges to help those without them. We need people doing all of those things and more, because no individual can or should do all of it. You would be stretched too thin, your efforts valiant, but less effective in your ambition.

None of this is to encourage inaction. Identify your unique strengths, skills, and privileges, and put them to use. Determine what causes are important to you, and commit to doing what you can to help them. Collective action is how change is made, but don’t forget that we need diversity in actions taken.

#long post #some thoughts I’ve been having