#Should i post pics of whats done

[kagooleo]

doodlin some joh’s

#kagoodles #trainer kris #trainer ethan #trainer lyra #rival silver #green background bc I’m a spinach head lately. and a mustard green enjoyer bc i had some good potstickers that had it in the filling #kris to me should be a little cartoonishly malleable. a smiling smirker. like >:] #i also think ethan has a little unevolved natu on his team. purely for the “you can evolve when you feel like it buddy” vibe #been considering what to make team wise for the joh's but a fun idea i've got brewing is that lyra and silver Both have chikoritas #i know he canonically has a totodile but i have a fun workaround for the future that i'm workshopping a lil #when getting starters silver thought he stole the only chikorita in the lab. then when lyra comes in elm gives her a Shiny chikorita #12 year old absolutely devastated hammering fist on the floor mad but he gets over it (but maybe still a Little salty) #learns to mellow out a bit with his potato dino over time and the evolutions for both of their meganiums have different flowers/colors/type #i know i've been out the whole month i've been unfortunately stuck in the post midpoint of the sem where the workload is Crazy #been prepping works for an art show at my college And getting projects done for deadlines and it is. a Toll #but I will get One illustration done. i've been planning out lyra's dress for a piece and the second to last pic is the test for it

[sergle]

sergle i thought you didn't like ppl objectifying you :/

god okay this gave me whiplash. make sure you remember how to read before proceeding. sound words out for a friend or family member if you need to. People Being Thirsty in my general direction is different from people like. seeing me only as JO material. I Don't Like people thinking they're smooth as hell trying to dm me what they assume women want to hear. Describing some cringe ass shit. I Do Like a compliment. I even like a compliment that is clearly thirsty. I don't think "I've jacked off to you" is a compliment. not from yall anyway. super controversial, I know. a fat fetish blog following me and reblogging my selfies Is objectification. someone being vaguely horny can be good, or bad, or funny and I show it to ppl on discord and laugh- depends on the specifics. Most of the people following me are too uwu to even get close to the line. they've backed so far away from the line out of fear that they tripped over something while they were backing up and it was embarrassing for them. People trying to push me into sex work specifically while I'm fundraising, because they know I'm more vulnerable at that time and they want to take advantage of me needing money, is definitely sexual harassment, that's definitely me being objectified. the ask I just got, though, was not that. 😭 just telling me that some girls think I'm hot? that is tepid as hell. thinking someone is attractive isn't objectifying them. all attraction is not objectification. please. work with me here

#also I'm just a regular lady and I am more lenient on some days and more annoyed on others #but like the type of thing I was just sent. is nothing. that isn't anything. #that's not on the list of crazy things ppl have said or done #sergle answers #it's so. funny? i guess is a word to use #it's so funny to me the way that- if I'm trying to establish a boundary. I get people who are annoyed. #and if I want to like. god I don't think I've ever posted a thirst trap. but if I post something like that. then people are annoyed. #if I accept a thirsty ask then people are mad on my behalf. if I'm mad at it I get asks about how I should be grateful #like people saying I should take the deals for selling pics/videos or start an OF because #''some girls make a fraction of that amount'' #so I should do it what. out of obligation? yeah that's a great reason to get my pussy out #so many conflictions from people. and then there's ppl who don't know what a line is or where it is #so they always think it's crossed at the wrong time. and are unaware when it actually Has been crossed.

[bonkalore]

Idk why I always end up getting clammed up with posting things and maybe get embarrassed to both explaining the pics bc it gets too deep in AU stuff that it’s all gobbly gook to an outsider anyway but... I should try and share the art still. Trying to be better at that.

Here’s some more demon-y form Jayce and him struggling with the Dread magic/entity or whatever.

#Daniel Spellbound #daniel spellbound jayce #Jayce Chinda #demon #transformation #my art #I still have not been totally sure how I want the dread stuff to work in this AU but I'm just trying concept pics anyway #and I should share them otherwise I'll sit on them forever. :/ #I literally will bc I've done it with many... #also what my patreon is for where I post a lot of that backlog lol

[hwanswerland]

look at this and feel nothing challenge failed

#sorry i have no idea who took this i found it already reposted on twt #i also have nothing to say #like #what do i even say #let me just.....idk. die in peace over here #seonghwa #fio.txt #nahhhhhhhhhhhh he's not real he can't hurt me #thats a lie and also this is in no ones tag so i can have a break down here without bothering anyone #bc i feel like i need that rn #he's so pretty omg how does he just look like that???? #3/3 of posts i made today involved smiley hwa and i thought that was a great idea but its not because HELLO #what am i supposed to do? just watch the time go past and have done nothing but stare at this pic? #i should have gone to sleep like 2.5 hours ago actually but well here i am again #what else is new #AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[raatopaikka]

I’m not even doing Inktober but the day 16 prompt is “Angel” so… you now. the most angelic man in kpop ref pic © HYOG027

Day 17 demon prompt Taem here😈

#taemin fanart #shinee fanart #taemin #shinee #kpop fanart #inktober #inktober 2023 #angel #hyog027 #2023 #posted this earlier but it's invisible on my blog on pc just like my doyoung post from feb so trying again! #dude what?!! there's at least an empty space on my blog where this is supposed to be now but it's still invisible on raatopaikka.tumblr.com #it's only visible on tumblr.com/raatopaikka someone please tell me what's going on :''D #it's now visible on my /tagged/taemin at least tho ayy #anyway! i have absolutely not done justice to how cute he is in the ref pic so you should check that hyog link in the description out! #& DEVIL TAEM COMING TOMORROW OFC!!

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

idk im glad they didn't give us any actual details about caleb and evelyn beyond belos's memories and like. fifty-sixth-hand information from masha's story so audience members not paying attention would at least know who they are.

whatever nitty gritty details the audience comes up with on their own for what happened to these two would be infinitely more satisfying to them than what the show would have been able to depict in a flashback. especially working within what's appropriate for children's television.

caleb the person isn't important to the story anymore. the MEMORY of caleb, which belos has never let himself get over in 400 years, is the important thing. and you don't need to know much about caleb for that to work. and while i loved the parallels between the wittebanes and hunter and luz, as well as the clawthornes being a descendent of evelyn, i'm glad they never confirmed it, and it remains situational irony purely for the audience.

hunter's only connection with caleb is his DNA, which also ties back to belos's feelings. him befriending luz is something they did of their own volition. it's not because hunter is fated to play out every beat of caleb's life by virtue of being his clone. similarly, while i love a good hunter clawthorne, dell taking hunter as an apprentice and eda showing care towards him in s2 are because eda is kind to children and hunter independently had passion for palisman carving. it's not because they found out they were related, because the whole show is about found family.

having flashbacks to the real caleb and evelyn wouldn't have contributed anything to the story aside from fanservice. what matters is how belos feels about them. belos's ego and the desperation to be acknowledged by his puritan community and God aside, the idea of caleb haunts his every action. not the actual ghost of caleb-i've already discussed here why the idea of caleb's ghost literally haunting belos would be a poor writing decision. belos knew the person his brother actually was, killed him, and imagined a perfect version of him that he chased after for the next 350 years.

the tragedy is that the perfect version of caleb is unattainable, and now belos can never get the real caleb back. he refuses to acknowledge that caleb may have been flawed before the influence of evelyn. to phillip, everything he thinks is wrong about caleb is because he was corrupted by the boiling isles, and that's part of the reason he starts on a quest to kill all the witches. it's also why he makes so many grimwalkers. he desperately misses that ideal version of caleb, so he makes copies of caleb and plays family with them.

and belos loathes the grimwalkers. he kills them because he hates the magic they were made with. because he hates being reminded of his brother and what happened to him. and of course, he hates the grimwalkers for not meeting his expectations of what his "ideal" caleb would have been like. it's a fluid expectation that belos, subconsciously or not, changes as he goes, all in order to take out his anger on innocent children. he seems to recognize his enjoyment of harming the grimwalkers, though it's unknown if he understands the reason-which is that the "perfect" caleb will never exist, and likely never did. phillip's brother is gone forever, and it's all his fault.

and idk maybe in the writers minds caleb was a perfect brother and baby phillip was just a possessive little shit. or maybe it's the opposite and caleb messed up a lot in communicating with phillip on his relationship with evelyn. maybe evelyn was a perfectly nice girl who was perfectly supportive of caleb and phillip's choices or maybe she hated phillip and the other humans and did convince caleb to leave it all behind. it's a fascinating piece of backstory and i love seeing fanworks that talk about it! but anything more about caleb and evelyn that the creators add in canon would give actual context to their situation that we don't need! their story has been over for 350 years and dont affect any of the other characters beyond how it affects phillip!

nothing more about these two can be said that will contribute more to belos's character that isn't already conveyed with the barebones material we got in the show. this story isn't about "forbidden love," this is about how phillip was confronted with the fact that his brother found happiness outside of him, and that someone he's been taught since childhood to hate may not be all bad. it's about how he plugged his fingers in his ears in response to this and went on a 350 year long killing spree to prove to himself that he can never be in the wrong.

basically, i wouldn't go so far as to call caleb and evelyn's backstory "purposefully unexplained," but i definitely think the story is a lot stronger as it is than it would be if they did explain it all. not every detail of a story needs to have a word of god answer as to how it all went down. sometimes adding in unnecessary detail for completionism's sake just distracts from the point you're actually trying to convey. while there are a lot of things that i wished the show could have explored in more detail had it not been shortened, caleb and evelyn's story is not one of them.

#shut up pandora #the owl house #toh #emperor belos #phillip wittebane #caleb wittebane #evelyn clawthorne #shut up pandora indeed lmao this post is way too long #the second to last sentence? #'sometimes adding in unnecessary detail for completionism's sake just distracts from the point youre actually trying to convey?' #thats me writing this post babey! #anyway yeah the whole forbidden love schtick that caleb and evelyn had has been done so much #that the show basically expects you to get the gist via background hollow mind pics and spooky halloween stories #this isnt to say the romance was necessarily dull or bad what i mean is we dont need any more info to know how it turned out #and maybe this is just the way i write stories but if the info isnt necessary for plot or characterization of relevant characters #then including it would just be indulgence #which is great for fanworks but will make an independent story bloated if youre not careful #but anyway this could also be the danganronpa enjoyer in me but i dont think you should go out of your way to explain everything #sometimes canon logical explanations for things that only matter on an emotional and thematic level... are worse

[cantofworms]

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#ok ik all the hot take asks are pre much done and the sparkly say smth nice asks are better but well I’ve been having thoughts all day at #work and want to get them out now so that’s what I’m doing lol #obvs for the past few months i think ppl are vv heavily leaning into the dnf /r and I firmly believe that they aren’t #like yes I enjoy being a multi shipper but I still primarily read dnf fics bc they’re cute dnf writers and artists MWAHH ilysm #but it’s been increasingly annoying how every move dnf make ppl hyper obsess over it and ignore everything else like blog what u want this #is tumblr dot com but I think ppl how only see dnf thro the lens of romantic do much more ‘harm’ than ppl who dont #like the argument about taking validation out of their very REAL amazing friendship just gets over shadowed by omg Dream posted a pic of #geogre they’re in LOVE and sucking and FUCKING every night. like #and then completely disregard when dnf do and say the exact same shit about all their other friends #like dream has explicitly said they aren’t dating (ignore that tho) amd that’s he’s kissed multiple ppl since coming out (ignore that too) #and their friends naturally say that they’re all single (ignore that too) idk man it’s ok they like to pander amd that dream is a toxic #dnfer but it’s all just For Funsies. another thing is ppl CONSTANTLYYYY putting geohres sexuality under a microscope oh he drinks lemonade #from Starbucks he’s soooo gay like dumb shit like that is so irritating #the fact that geogre has never once talked about his sexuality except that one instance where he got a DONO about it proves how much it #just doesn’t matter or apply to the type of content creator he is/wants to be #to be clear if he is or isn’t or dnf every explicitly announce their romantic relationship im gonna be sooooo happy and supportive like aw #dnfogies🫶🏻 but I think there’s a 99.9% chanve that’ll never happen so maybe we should all just care a Little Less and focus on out lgbt #creators if that’s smth u wanna watch/blog about idk maybe I’m just burnt out from the phandom but whyyyyy does is matter what their #sexualities are they play minecraft who cares who CARESSSS idk maybe just having older brothers around dtqk ages has made me realize that #guys will just act homiesexual no matter What #guys are just Like That and tbc I’m not saying that just bc gnf hasn’t made an official coming out doesn’t mean he’s not queer but for the #sake of his contwnt it doesn’t matter either way ? so why are ppl talking about it on the daily idk man it’s just annoying but Oh Well #at the end of the day they’re all famous white guys and nothing matters hurray !!

[carcarrot]

hollywood bowl btw. if you even care

my most expensive event ever??? no one ended up buying my extra tickets. and i flew here and got a hotel room and the shoes and etc but concerts are forever!!!!! especially this one

friend and i worked HARD to nail our ron and russ looks. so many people complimented us and took our picture

got TWO official sparks shirts and the socks. they didnt have the pins :(

also got a hollywood bowl christmas tree ornament :)

tmbg show was SUPER FUN. but also very loud and a little harsh sound wise. they thanked sparks twice for having them open for them

sparks don't address tmbg at all when they come out lmao

the energy for the sparks show was insane from the start they were really giving it all

really hoping theres video of this little hip sway move russell did near the end of so may we start. really enjoyed it

he did a similar move during the groovy instrumental part of when im with you think. he was selling it

unlike ny this time i managed to remember to watch for russells shirt unbuttoning during shopping mall of love. all thoughts are redacted

the concert goes by so fast!!!! but what a time

stood up for music that you can dance to and just kept standing/bouncing for the rest of the show

no escalator :((((((

russell's weirdly long intro to we go dancing. thanks for the intricate context abt north korea

russell saying 'that looks beautiful!' in between lyrics of all that when everyone held up their phones w the flashlight on

edgar taking the band photo :)))))

weird al was also allegedly there (did not see him) and christi haydon was there (i was too shy to talk to her but she looked so fab)

just a general incredible energy of the show you could tell they made the hollywood bowl show so special

got a weird bootleg sparks shirt after the concert from a weird guy

#I LOVED THE SHOWWW #being further back as in not front row meant i could really take in the spectacular light show it was amazing #ok now im sorry but . time to be me abt this #idk what it was if it was the bit of rosé i had or what but there were really some moments where i was like 😵‍💫🥴😳🫠. you know #there were a few times i think russ made eye contact w me i think. considering i was pretty noticeable in the suit #BUT. in the continuing saga of this. #had my letter in a rose bouquet and i was prepared to give it #made my around to where the garden boxes were separated from the poor circle #but the security people were just like no. you cant! #so i was like. now what . my friend offered to throw the bouquet and maybe we should have done that but i dont think we were close enough #so we walked around the bowl but god bless i had zero idea where backstage would have been #not as easy as beacon theatre stage doors #so we returned to our hotel but not before buying a couple bootleg sparks shirts ill take a pic and post it #either life is trying to tell me something or i should go for third times the charm and use the fan club address #we will see. but overall great show and such a fun time #ron was also havin fun during shopping mall of love #and did a great full grinning ron shuffle #whew ok. if i think of more ill talk abt it plus ill post some of me videos n photos #i was also going all out singing as youd expect. it was great #spars #EDITING MY TAGS I FORGOT TO MENTION TUMMY. WE LOVE TO SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sheliesshattered]

Goldwork repair, finished! Neckline trim, pinned in place! Time to start sewing this trim to the dress, woot.

#RRD cosplay #my cosplay #my sewing #Dragon Con prep #Dragon Con 2023 #somehow the center back turned out just slightly steeper of a V than the center front #they SHOULD have been identical but eh #I wouldn't have even noticed it if not for the mirror pattern of the neckline trim #it's off by millimeters maybe #but really as long as it's symmetrical left to right it's fine #front to back was never going to actually be symmetrical by the end anyway #okay gonna post these progress pics to IG then start handsewing the trim down #probably from center back working towards the shoulders #since getting the center back sewn down is what is blocking the grommeting phase #the front and shoulders can get done whenever #but it'd be nice to start grommeting tomorrow

[mattodore]

usually i never really feel like something i've edited warrants a before and after, but i really went out of my way to learn some new things for this one and i'm so proud of everything i did here 🧎

#river dipping #matthias evanoff #theodore doe #a burning house to live in #echthroi #these are the 3k versions if you wanna zoom btw <3 #but god........... WHO WAS I before color overlays...... literally WHAT was i doing before this #the second i started adding the blues and reds and purples it was like i felt a physical punch in the GUT #like ?????? SO GOOD SO GOOD #also do you see what i mean abt the hair strands kjdghfjnghk they took me FOREVER but they're intentionally subtle...... so like. #you barely even see all of the work i put into them lmaooooooo #so serious when i say i'm just here posting things for myself like who else would even notice them kdjgnhdkfjh #anyway.................... i'm very obsessed with that theo pic so........ i'm probably going to be changing my mobile theme soon here 🧑‍💻 #like fr goodbye orange hello reds and blues #really i'm like. should i not just immediately change every icon background and wallpaper i use to theo......... #ALSO!!!!!!! i did not take any pics of mattodore hugging or start answering that ask from yesterday... i'm SAWRRY #this has just been the only thing on my brain dknjghnfh i will definitely get to it tho <333 MWAH MWAH MWAH #i gotta play catch up now that i'm done with these but first i need to eat............ which i haven't done krjdhndjkfngjhnkgf

[zecoritheweirdone]

me when i think about vagabonds by scorpionoesit for too long

#zecori rambles #my art #realized that this is my blog and i can post whatever the hell i want here. you all have to suffer L /lh #idk if i've talked about this fic; like. a Lot here. but know i am so so so normal about it #(i am vibrating in place as i say that) #i wanna talk about it so so soooooooo fucking badly #i need to ramble to someone about this fic #i also feel the need to make more art for it #unfortunately a good portion of the characters don't actually have mentioned designs; and i am. bad at making them myself sknddknsks #mainly the outfits; the outfits is what trips me up #this goes double for superhero/villain outfits. and guess what fic is a superhero/villain fic;;; sksnwksjks #i'm also bad with poses. tried drawing that one scene where tommy finds masquerade on his couch and. it is Not Good. #shoving it in a closet and never speaking of it again. #(didn't know. how to draw karl on the couch 😔. tried looking up the pose he was mentioned to be in; but uhhh– #–let's just say there were no good reference pics;; fkdjksjs) #anyway. holding this fic so gently. it lives in my mind rent free #mx. scorpio if you're reading this. o/. #you know; next time i get motivation to draw; i should make digital art of v!michael. haven't done that yet;; dkdjsksj #or i could also continue drawing vagabonds dragons designs like i did yesterday;;; skdjskjsksjs

[todayisafridaynight]

i see you are a fear and hunger fan. Injecting my brainwaves onto you

ouuugghhh these branwaves make me want pretzel sticks.....

#snap chats #UGH FINALLY DONE MOVING EVERYTHING IN time to munch on these sticks... #should i post a pic of where i have my tv and consoles set up it makes me giggle #the feng shui of this room is ACTUALLY so much better than my last room im so happy #the last room i had was so. Why Would You Put These Here but this one is about as perfect as can be #it probably helps that. i actually had time to pack and i wasnt just scrambling to grab what i needed LMAO BUT YK #oh but yeah. yeah i like fear and hunger:] if i needed to make the reminder :] #i think caharas my fave but i like the funger 1 cast a lot near equally. for whatever reason. #theyre just simple chaps- tho funger 2 DEF has a lot of great charas..... ougghgh.... #ough i said id work once i was all done but im so tired.. #and we're supposed to have a first-day meeting tomorrow night and uuuUGHH #i still want to stream tomorrow so hopefully im not like. DEAD by the time i get to that #anyway . im gona see if i can force myself to doodle something just so ican wake myself up then its grind time #BYYE #ps should i get actual food. i could make onigiri or pasta but Im Tired and i prob shouldnt exclusively eat pretzel sticks #WAIT I HAVE GRAPES YAAAAAY YIPEEEEE #ok bye

[baeshijima]

im such a comedian

#sophie's idle chatter #i just spent the past 2 hours making these variations of blade memes and i find them way funnier than they should be #all i need to do is make jinglius pic a transparent background and then im done #will probably post it tmrw bc its part of what will bring him home 😌 #<- delusional

[coulrology]

Oops! All berries

#art vs artist 2022 #my art #iggy's art #MOST PEOPLE ARE ASLEEP so I can safely post this 🤡🤡🤡 #I realize that photo makes me look like a star wars fan. I am not. but I DO have a sick lightsaber though 💃 #tried hard to include non juniper stuff but erm. there was only so much 💔 #should I tag irl pics of myself. what do I even tag that as #iggy irl #<< yeah okay that'll do #okay done rambling sorry

[ace-sailor-uranus]

DID i buy a buy a denim jacket just to painstakingly seam rip the sleeves off just because i couldn't find a jean vest that i liked?

MAYBE

may. be.

the world may never know.

#rayn's flat #sewing while inebriated is tbh harder than i thought #also i am sorry my dearest darling neighbors for using a hammer at two AM #but i wanted to put the thingamabobs on the vest while i remembered #:) #also it is surprisingly difficult to find a jean jacket in like grey-black? with a collar #i wnted the collar idk why #*wanted #i should post a pic of the final project sometime #but i dont want to until I'm done w/ it #but tbh probably this is going to be one of those forever projects yknow? #ive got a leather jacket for winter and a vest for summer lol #idk what all embroidery i wanna do on the vest #but maybe some flowers or smth? flowers are fun #im not that good at embroidery but as they say practice makes better lmao

[petermorwood]

More on pre-electricity lighting.

Interesting to see this one pop up again after nearly two years - courtesy of @dduane, too! :->

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After experiencing a couple more storm-related power cuts since my original post, as well as a couple of after-dark garden BBQs, I've come to the conclusion that C.J. Cherryh puts far too much emphasis on "how dark things were pre-electric light".

For one thing eyes adjust, dilating in dim light to gather whatever illumination is available. Okay, if there's none, there's none - but if there's some, human eyes can make use of it, some better or just faster than others. They're the ones with "good night vision".

Think, for instance, of how little you can see of your unlit bedroom just after you've turned off the lights, and how much more of it you can see if you wake up a couple of hours later.

There's also that business of feeling your way around, risking breaking your neck etc. People get used to their surroundings and, after a while, can feel their way around a familiar location even in total darkness with a fair amount of confidence.

Problems arise when Things Aren't Where They Should Be (or when New Things Arrive) and is when most trips, stumbles, hacked shins and stubbed toes happen, but usually - Lego bricks and upturned UK plugs aside - non-light domestic navigation is incident-free.

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Here are a couple of pics from one of those BBQs: one candle and a firepit early on, then the candle, firepit and an oil lamp much later, all much more obvious than DD's iPad screen.

Though I remain surprised at how well my phonecam was handling this low light, my own unassisted eyes were doing far better. For instance, that area between the table and the firepit wasn't such an impenetrable pool of darkness as it appears in the photo.

I see (hah!) no reason why those same Accustomed Eyes would have any more difficulty with candles or oil lamps as interior lighting, even without the mirrors or reflectors in my previous post.

With those, and with white interior walls, things would be even brighter. There's a reason why so many reconstructed period buildings in Folk Museums etc. are (authentically) whitewashed not just outside but inside as well. It was cheap, had disinfectant qualities, and was a reflective surface. Win, win and win.

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All right, there were no switches to turn on a light. But there was no need for what C.J. describes as stumbling about to reach the fire, because there were tinderboxes and, for many centuries before them, flint and steel. Since "firesteels" have been heraldic charges since the 1100s, the actual tool must have been in use for even longer.

Tinderboxes were fire-starter sets with flint, steel and "tinder" all packed into (surprise!) a box. The tinder was easily lit ignition material, often "charcloth", fabric baked in an airtight jar or tin which would now start to glow just from a spark.

They're mentioned in both "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings". Oddly enough, "Hobbit" mentions matches in a couple of places, but I suspect that's a carry-over from when it was just a children's story, not part of the main Legendarium.

Tinderboxes could be simple, just a basic flint-and-steel kit with some tinder for the sparks to fall on...

...or elaborate like this one, with a fancy striker, charcloth, kindling material and even wooden "spills" (long splinters) to transfer flame to a candle or the kindling...

This tinderbox even doubles as a candlestick, complete with a snuffer which would have been inside along with everything else.

Here's a close-up of the striker box with its inner and outer lids open:

What looks like a short pencil with an eraser is actually the striker. A bit of tinder or charcloth would have been pulled through that small hole in the outer lid, which was then closed.

There was a rough steel surface on the lid, and the striker was scraped along it, like so:

This was done for a TV show or film, so the tinder was probably made more flammable with, possibly, lighter fuel. That would be thoroughly appropriate, since a Zippo or similar lighter works on exactly the same principle.

A real-life version of any tinderbox would usually just produce glowing embers needing blown on to make a flame, which is shown sometimes in movies - especially as a will-it-light-or-won't-it? tension build - but is usually a bit slow and non-visual for screen work.

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There were even flintlock tinderboxes which worked with the same mechanism as those on firearms. Here's a pocket version:

Here are a couple of bedside versions, once again complete with a candlestick:

And here are three (for home defence?) with a spotlight candle lantern on one side and a double-trigger pistol on the other.

Pull one trigger to light the candle, pull the other trigger to fire the gun.

What could possibly go wrong? :-P

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Those pistol lanterns, magnified by lenses, weren't just to let their owner see what they were shooting at: they would also have dazzled whatever miscreant was sneaking around in the dark, irises dilated to make best use of available glimmer.

Swordsmen both good and bad knew this trick too, and various fight manuals taught how to manage a thumb-shuttered lamp encountered suddenly in a dark alley.

There's a sword-and-lantern combat in the 1973 "Three Musketeers" between Michael York (D'Artagnan) and Christopher Lee (Rochefort), which was a great idea.

Unfortunately it failed in execution because the "Hollywood Darkness" which let viewers see the action, wasn't dark enough to emphasise the hazards / advantages of snapping the lamps open and shut.

This TV screencap (can't get a better one, the DVD won't run in a computer drive) shows what I mean.

In fact, like the photos of the BBQ, this image - and entire fight - looks even brighter through "real eyes" than with the phonecam. Just as there can be too much dark in a night scene, there can also be too much light.

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One last thing I found when assembling pics for the post were Folding Candle-lanterns.

They were used from about the mid-1700s to the later 20th century (Swiss Army ca. 1978) as travel accessories and emergency equipment, and IMO - I've Made A Note - they'd fit right into a fantasy world whose tech level was able to make them.

The first and last are reproductions: this one is real, from about 1830.

The clear part was mica - a transparent mineral which can be split into thin flexible sheets - while others use horn / parchment, though both of these are translucent rather than transparent. Regardless, all were far less likely to break than glass.

One or two inner surfaces were usually tin, giving the lantern its own built-in reflector, and tech-level-wise, tin as a shiny or decorative finish has been used since Roman times.

I'm pretty sure that top-of-the-line models could also have been finished with their own matching, maybe even built-in, tinderboxes.

And if real ones didn't, fictional ones certainly could. :->

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Yet more period lighting stuff here, including flintlock alarm clocks (!)

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