#already existing image

[inkskinned]

the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.

sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.

you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.

it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.

but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.

they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.

they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.

barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.

and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.

but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.

they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!

this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.

#this shifts gender so much bc it actually affects everyone #yes it's a gendered phenomenon. i have written a LOT about how different genders experience it. that's for a different post. #writeblr #ps my comments about seeing someone cry -- this is not to shame any person #and on this blog we support workers. #at the same time it's a really hard experience to see someone that looks like you. clearly in agony. and have them forced to keep going. #when you're young it doesn't necessarily look like acting. it looks scary. and that's what this is about - the fact that teens #have likely already been exposed to that definition of things. because the internet exists #and without the context of healthy education. THAT is the image burned into their minds about what it looks like. #it's also just one of those personal nuanced biases - #at 19 i thought it was normal to be in pain. to cry. to not-like-it. that it should be perfunctory. #it was what i had seen. #and it didn't help that my religious upbringing was like . 'yeah that's what you get for premarital. but also for the reference #we do think you should never actually enjoy it lol' #so like the point im making is that ppl get exposed to that stuff without the context of something more tender #and assume .... 'oh. so it's fine i am not enjoying myself'. and i know they do because I DID. #he was my first boyfriend. how was i supposed to know any different #i didn't even have the mental wherewithal to realize im a lesbian . like THAT used to suffering.

[theminecraftbee]

the fake fic ask game

🐝 send me a fake fic title, and I’ll make up a summary for it!

🐑 send me a fake set of fic tags, and I’ll try to come up with a summary for it!

🦮 send me a summary I already did for one of the above two, and I’ll try to write a snippet for that summary!

#ask game #this ask game already exists somewhere but I lost it :( #so I have recreated it In My Own Image #hopefully that last one. isn’t too complicated? hopefully.

[canisalbus]

I really appriciate how often Machete is depicted struggling and feeling like a burden, while still being loved and supported by Vasco. It gives the top tier angst of "i'm not good enough, I'm not worth it" but you frame it in such a way where it's clear that's just how he *feels* and is not how things really are, but also it's so nice to see someone who struggles quite often in a loving and unique relationship that suits them. The narrative of not being able to love or be loved unless you're consistently healthy is really tiring lol.

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#ah thank you! I'm so glad these themes come through the way I intended #this touches on something that I've been thinking a lot so sorry if this gets a bit ranty #but I have massive personal beef with the sentiment “you have to love yourself before you can love someone else/someone else can love you ” #I hate it with a passion #I know it's meant to encourage positive growth and I get that self-love and healthy self-image are something you should strive for #but it also sort of sends the message that people who struggle with these sort of issues don't deserve to be loved #not until they reach some external invisible standard of “okay I'm normal and well adjusted now” #“perhaps now I'm worthy of entering a relationship without the danger of dragging the other person down with me” #people who aren't in perfect health mentally or physically already feel like they're inconveniencing others with their mere existence #depriving them of the possibility or even the idea of loving and being loved won't make them better #it's just a stupid idiom it doesn't matter but to me it just comes across as unspeakably cruel way to think #and it rustles my jimmies #answered #anonymous

[lynnbutlertron]

fuccking scudlertro n/.......... . GOD. if its not real by the end of season 2 i will throw a hissy fit equivalent to the one mr b pulled in season 1 over e cybo-pooch. ALSO the first one is a redraw from this VVVV

#i will probably draw more im so sorry #i cannot escape #also i draw scudworth different in every drawing #im posting these now so maybe i can clump some later ones in with other ch drawings #duno #anyway AHGRHUIGHJRGRfHJGF: #doodles #clone high #scudworth #principal scudworth #mr butlertron #scudtron #scudlertron #alsooo the fans thing was partly inspired by the like. one fanfic that exists of them on ao3 #:3 #sorry for drawing the same pose twice since ive basically already drawn the third image

[front-facing-pokemon]

#okay. before you ask me why this image is so fucked up. it's because the version of this model i would usually use #had fucked up invisible textures. so i downloaded the one from poképark 2. and it was showing up sideways. for no apparent reason #so i took this screenshot sideways and then flipped the image 90º. and also they were super polygonal already. none of this is convenient #accelgor #regardless i often forget this pokémon exists so i have nothing interesting to say #let my complaining and excuses serve as the commentary for this 'mon

[sparklings-bf]

its true

#val posting #idk if an image oike this exists already but. #i am feeling soo unwell rn i know my beloveds are here for me.. #self ship

[littleapocalypsekitten]

Pictured: Vash the Stampede running into the Boops he cannot dodge.

#trigun #vash the stampede #image already exists on my trigunblr as part of yeehawgust #boop

[youssefguedira]

luca marinelli character FIGHT: FINALE

thank you all for coming along on this ride with me i've been having a great time.

in first place, our winner is (entirely unsurprisingly):

nicolò di genova! by a not insignificant margin (view the polls here and here)

and of course, in second place:

primo nizzuto! he almost made it.

tied for third are martin eden and fabio cannizzaro!

thank you all for playing this game with me! but it's not over yet: starting tomorrow we'll begin with the Bonus Rounds, i.e. matchups suggested to me by You, or ones i thought would be funny. not all suggestions made it to keep from dragging this tournament out forever. there WILL be another post with some extra statistics from this tournament tomorrow, but that concludes this Luca Marinelli Character FIGHT, and i'll see you all in the bonus rounds

#luca marinelli character FIGHT #this post largely exists so i could photoshop a burger king crown onto primo. it was funny to me #worth the time i spent removing the background. slightly cropped because the image is awkward but who cares. enjoy #really am glad you all decided to take this and run with it. it's achieved its primary purpose (giving Me something to do) but i am glad it #semi-took off. have had a great time reading everyone's tags abt it #id add the winners of the audience award for funniest tags to this post but everyone wins that one i can't choose. might compile some of my #favourites tho. anyway thank you all for coming this has been the conclusion of this silly little death match #luca marinelli #the old guard #nicolò di genova #primo nizzuto #trust fx #i was gonna use the same image of nicky that i used for the tournament but i already had this one saved in my powerpoint of images for this #anyway. so i figured this was funnier

[abyssalzones]

ok confession i don't think I've ever drawn a cuter mabel than this...... i like how i draw her now but this one is just so iconic to me shape and energy wise. platonic ideal of a mabel

#lab notes #turned rbs off just because this image already exists in a different post #i've drawn her with a similar ponytail somewhat recently too but not this specific hairstyle

[ph-cutie]

sometimes i imagine a world where disco elysium somehow reached widemass success and acquired a community of male fans who have the specific combination of brainworms to create either inspirational alpha quotes atop grayscale pictures of lions or joker smoking png "they laugh at me because im different I laugh at them because they're the same" + the middle ground between them. don't question too hard how this predicament would happen just roll with the scenario. my question is which disco male would be most likely to end up in the clutches of those dudes. i think jean and maybe harry have the highest potential

#kim would get some but idk I just struggle to imagine like edgy airbrush art kim smoking image with some text about keeping your cool #harry is pathetic yes but this is already a hell world I think these hypothetical guys would be able to overlook that #cunoposting would not exist but it's hilarious to imagine we should create that actually #disco elysium #honestly every guy in this game is either too fruity or commie or both for this Fuck

[grand-line-shenanigans]

wahoo wahey

#trigun #trigun maximum #trigunbookclub #sssssorta...? #vash the stampede #manga edit #i like fish...i hear there is a fish called a wahoo fish...i make a joke #ok but i swear. i SWEAR. in my head there is an already-existing image of this #has someone done this joke before?? #or is my brain being weird #i genuinely cant remember but idk how id go about finding the other one again (if it exists) so uh..... #my edit #id in alt

[kedreeva]

Make him pay. (insp.)

Gif 1: An image of Eddie Munson from Stranger Things celebrating in the forest by pumping his fists and then pointing toward offscreen. Text reads: "The world should have protected you"

Gif 2: An image of Dustin Henderson from Stranger Things in the woods, opening his arms in invitation. Image switches to Eddie's face as he squares his shoulders in resolve. Text reads: "But you have been asked to protect it."

Gif 3: An image of Eddie in a green, grassy field, testing his new shield, made from a garbage can lid and spikes. Dustin sits in the background, watching. Text reads: "What an Honor..."

Gif 4: An image of Eddie in the Upside Down, dressed for battle and looking worried. The color slowly fades from the image until it is in black and white. Text reads: "What an Injustice"

#Stranger Things #Stranger things 4 #Eddie munson #justice for eddie #my gifs #if possible I am even LESS over it than previously stated #gif image descriptions under the cut #fun fact: the font for the big words #is called 'Rage Italic' #also this is my very first 'art' gifset #one that's not just lines from the show like a moving screen cap #and I'm very pleased with it actually #the scene clips I had in mind ended up fitting better than I thought they would #like I already thought they would! but the pointing?? #god that was cool to see #I cannot believe I can just make gifs and no one can stop me #I can just have ideas and then make them into little moving pictures #to inflict on others #I'm so goddamn excited just to exist and do stuff #learning and creating things is so wonderful

[stonefaced-skink]

going to keep making goofy dragon doodles until morale improves (i land on a style i like)

this is loam he was born on july 7, 2014

#flight rising #yeah the doodle is messy thats why its a doodle WHAT OF IT #getting used to digital art still #aaand i feel like i'm not great at drawing “my version” of stuff that's already art #like #if i draw smth from life then it's already in “my style” #i feel like if i draw a creature that exists only as an image #i either cleave rly closely to its style . which is what im actively trying Not to do #or i make a shittier verison of it lmao #gotta experiment #and i have no shame any more so i will b sharing them

[uncanny-tranny]

First project update:

I hated the way the fabric was laying (because I didn't believe in counting stitches at all), and I hated the shape. I've accepted early on that the only way to do good work is to get rid of bad work. This has probably taken me between 50-100 hours, and it took maybe half an hour to frog. I'm not angry about this, actually, and I was actually smiling most of the way through it. This is the only way to make good work, and I've learned that the hard way before. Why bother doing anything but good work?

#art #fiber art #crochet #my first project tag #my crochet projects #described images #image description in alt #has anybody seen that guy who makes those 'how to flex your muscles at a funeral wothout making it obvious' videos? #because that's how i felt while frogging this. it felt like i was trying to flex my gainz the entire time #the thumbs-up was to emphasize that this isn't a pity party #does it suck? i guess. time goes on. there's already evidence that this already existed #also i'm watching a funny video and i'm very sure this youtuber lives in the same state and same part OF the state as me 🫥 #i've watched a lot of youtubers who live in my state. what are they doing there. this is MY state. #(insert the part in twilight where bella goes 'shes MINE' because that's me about [state redacted] (joking)) #okay so it's very late so i'm maybe a little delirious but i've stayed hating this secretly for a while

[creaturefeaster]

Are mime's limbs required to be arms/legs? Could they be more tentacle-like?

They can be anything. Depending on the mime, their appendages can be jointed (Rede, Atrox), segmented (TyV, Scuppy), or rubberhose (Uppsulka, El Ganso,). This basically dictates how their appendages can bend and be manipulated, but beyond this, there isn't much else that dictates their form.

They technically can stem from anywhere on their torso (or in some cases, their head. See: Twiddle's mustache), not just at the shoulders and base. They don't even need hands or feet, and they are not limited to 4 limbs (Uppsulka has 8, N&O both have 6, Maggie has 6).

With this all being said, a theoretical rubberhose mime with no interest in functioning like a humanoid, could have 8 spindely tentacles at their base that can be manipulated just like tentacles. Or, even segmented or jointed as well, though they would lack the native fluidity of tentacles.

The most recent mime I drew yesterday, Chamberlain, has jointed, tentacle-like limbs on their lower half. Not as fluid as a rubberhose could be, but still tentacle-esque nonetheless.

A mime's appendages can go beyond this possibility as well. It can be possible for mimes to skip the length entirely and just have hands and feet jointed at the base. One could have knives protruding from their body, instead of limbs (Caelas legs are similar to this, in a way). A mime could have a single spring at their base to hop around on, or wheels, or fin-like flaps. Really, anything.

The only reason so many have limbs and hands and feet is just because they often view themselves in the same light as their god, who is a humanoid. This doesn't stop some from being more creative with their image, though :3.

TL;DR: Yes, a mime can have tentacles, or anything else for that matter, in place of limbs.

#they cannot change themselves post fault though #i mean its a little more complex than just deciding what they wanna look like #its more of an inherent image of themselves that they know already #also some designs were just made early on and i didn't ever get too wacky with it #but weirder and less humanoid mimes do exist #there is an old mime design out there thats like some kind of weird insectoid dude #never did anything with it but it had like a thorax and much more bug like limbs #in true form i mean #brambleramble

[bmpmp3]

thank god for indie devs making like tiny little maximum 10 megabyte freeware games on itchio keeping the art of filesize optimization alive. ASSET REUSE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#im watching a video about wario land music -> 'the bizarre music and sound design of wario land 4' by geno7 #good video so far! i like this guys stuff. he talked a bit about how they did some of the sound effects for warios voice #a very like. chopped and remixed sample style of doing his vocal lines. which is very cool 1) because it saves a bit of #precious space on that gba cartridge BUT ALSO 2) it just sounds cool and interesting stylistically #and man sometimes trying to keep a file size down really does give way for some really interesting stuff #on my own personal interests in games i ADORE rpg makers rtp and how people can find creative uses for it #i love that a bunch of games can draw from the same asset pool as one install on ur computer #no bloating your hardrive with a bunch of copies of the same assets - its just already here! #and from a developers perspective i love when they reuse old assets from other games in new weird ways #some small visual novel companies will reuse backgrounds and other assets #altho i dont mind a bit of bloat with VNs since a big draw can be the big pretty images and big pretty sounds #but its still cool when people find ways to get creative with space saving. and from a players perspective its also nice #space is cheap nowadays. but its not Free. we can swallow terabytes whole with micro sds and everything #but a lot of players dont get the chance or ability to upgrade their internal memory that often. so i think being considerate of filesize i #very important. and thats not even getting into the download bandwidth limits - a lot of people all across north america can only get like #internet from 1 provider and that 1 provider often likes to upcharge and limit shit because they can #we might live in a future where a lot of powerful technology exists. but access to that tech is another story #so remember the filesize. remember the filesize. #dies in your arms