#also I'll be completely honest

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order #at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers #90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies” #serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent #like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries #but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate #and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited... #i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something #cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare #and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest. #it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!' #'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members... #..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)' #anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language? #maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity #and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media #and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons #and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators #instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period #anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value” #and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives #so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs) #happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world #(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills) #and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on... #...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin #oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works? #beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value #and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the #important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)

[babacontainsmultitudes]

save me, hot Glenn holidays. hot Glenn holidays. hot Glenn holidays, save me.

#I ACTUALLY GASPED AT MERCEDES' LINE #I AM SHIELDING SPARROW WITH MY ENTIRE LIFE BUT ALSO WHERE IS HE LARK LET'S LOOK TOGETHER OKAY? #dndads #dndads spoilers #dungeons and daddies #dndads s2 ep 48 #sparrow oak #sparrow oak garcia #henry oak #henry oak garcia #mercedes oak garcia #god not to mention ''you'll probably never forgive me for this'' and Normal *tugs collar* definitely having some not great feelings rn #(truthfully I have some bones to pick with how Will is going about things to be completely honest with you but I'll keep that to myself) #(for now at least)

[kan-be]

bunch of very old and not so comms I never posted for some reason but still like 😇 the more recent ones were made for @raven6229 and @frog-frussy !!! the owners of the old ones are lost in IG im afraid......

#some of them are from 2020-21 i believe #I do hope that my memory doesn`t fail me and none of the owners were against the publication atm #but IF pls contact me and I`ll remove it asap #also I'll be completely honest with you dakimakura is what I learned to draw for #its my magnum opus #it has a second side but I`ll leave it to your imagination 😋 #hetalia #aph england #aph france #fruk #aph canada #aph russia #aph roman empire #aph china #aph australia

[stealingpotatoes]

closing ko-fi requests ):

I'm honestly so sad abt doing this after all these years but I've gotta close ko-fi requests 😔 I really can't justify the time I spend on them against the amount I earn on them ): it's been fine before but as I'm goin into my last year of uni I need to get a better balance between uni work and art-money work. on this, commissions are getting an overhaul in the coming weeks bc I know I'm super undercharging lmao which I can't keep up, bc again, I've gotta try not to fail my degree while also making sure art is a viable side hustle loll.

I may open kofi reqs again when I've got more time (or failing that make them a part of kofi memberships at some point)!!! but for now rip kofi reqs ): (my kofi will obvs stay open for support and -- if you want smthn back for ur support -- kofi membership early access!!)

HOWEVER in better news with my commissions overhaul I'm gonna be opening a new, cheaper type of commission so hopefully that'll be a nice balance for everyone!

got one last request to finish and it's a big'un so should be a nice sendoff to kofi requests!! hopefully done by tomorrow

#im so sorry i love kofi reqs but yeah they just take a lot of my time and its different to my just-personal art #bc i prioritise them like commissions even tho they Aren't #and i'm starting to prep for goin back to uni and i've got a lot on my plate #also i'll be completely honest the kofi req system has changed a lot from when I started it as a 'hey little bonus if u support my art' #and yeah i'll say a few ppl have ignored my friendly guidelines and abused it a lil #BUT THATS NOT WHY IM CLOSING OK not letting a few bad apples ruin this its ENTIRELY bc of the time/money thing #ily guys thank u all sm for ur support w requests n stuff!!!! sorry again #talk is cheap

[colgatebluemintygel]

how is oao going? any thoughts on when a new chapter will be uploaded? okay also—have people been secretly bookbinding ur fics for profit? ive seen like thirty tiktoks about ao3 maybe being taken down bc people are exploiting writers and selling their work which is so evil and scary!!!

re: oao not long now ... chap needs a heavy edit but is otherwise pretty much complete :o) this chapter has been a lot of fun to write mildly scared 4 the next one tho ! 😇😇😇

and re: the bookbinding, not that i'm aware of. i feel terrible for the affected writers though .. i genuinely don't even have words. it's insane. unsure what exactly is in the air rn but it's hugely disheartening to see and i don't blame a single person for stepping back and/or removing their works. the recent trends towards commodifying fandom are worrying, especially because i'm not sure i see it changing any time soon. these little bitches have shown time n time again that they have no regard for the literal fucking law, let alone other people's boundaries. i'd like to believe it’ll change but i just don't trust that it will. idk i feel v jaded and i've been keeping fandom at arm's length for a while now; i have my treasured circle of mutuals and i very rarely step outside of that these days. it's sad bc i've always enjoyed exploring diff pockets of fandom but alas . it's scary and i'm tired ! 🤒🤒 these people did not live through anne rice's reign of terror and it shows

#i'll be so honest anon . i did consider not finishing oao for a while #i also had a plan 2 finish the fic but to not mark it as complete . partially to weed out the losers who refuse to touch a wip #but also the freaks who do this kind of shit. because they're the same fucking people most of the time #i've made my peace w it now but stuff like this is a neat lil reminder at the lack of respect people have for fan works #and the people who create them 🤒

[cmdonovann]

LAST DAY OF SHIPS WEEK so i am posting this to SHAME MY HUSBAND INTO FINISHING THE BETH/PAUL FIC HE IS WRITING. jk i love you and you can finish your fanfiction Whenever @chemicalcain but i am too impatient to NOT post this.

anyway. 2006 teen beth flirting with post-fracture paul serene to try to get information out of him is possibly the best excuse to ship them i have ever heard of and i am. obsessed. thank you all for your time

#quantum break #quantum break appreciation month 2024 #paul serene #beth wilder #listen this entire concept may or may not have been my idea in the first place #because ive recently gotten REALLY into age gap power dynamic weirdness in ships #(hence raz and luvo. tbh. if im being completely honest.) #and also because i just really fucking love the song 'dont stand so close to me' lmao #its a vibe! its a mood! that song understands the appeal of teacher/student ships. for real. #also im considering offering amnesty for anyone who wants to submit posts for the week themes like. later in the month. #probably the last few days... #like the 28th and the 29th... #i'll post about that later probably.

[screwpinecaprice]

Ko-fi commissions? UNAVAILABLE (Reserved slots for June if you're interested!)

Wanna order a drawing from me but you're on a tighter budget? Perhaps you'd like to consider my Kofi commissions instead?

Ko-fi commissions are the cheaper options among my commission list! ^^

>> My Ko-fi account here

if you're unable to use ko-fi, you can use direct to Paypal or Payoneer. See, I actually just keep calling it "Ko-fi doodles" just to differentiate it from my much more casual personal doodles. 😅

Style A Ko-fi doodles:

$2/5

flat colors / simple gradient overlay filter

Won't be a multi-paneled comic

$2 will be busts but we can work around more body parts shown if I feel it's needed to convey the message of the drawing, or if it's a simple chibi.

Only applicable for $5: I do best with thighs up/knees up visible so that’s my standard. But it can be full body if the scene requires it or if requested.

Can be up to two characters; additional character will cost extra.

samples:

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$8

It's basically the same as above but added a little embellishment for added atmosphere or for (relatively) more detailed environment.

Can be 2-3 paneled simple comic (Simple as in few details and/or characters shown are just head/bust.)

For comics, you must provide dialogue.

samples:

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Style B Ko-fi doodles:

The anatomy is a simplified version of my regular commissions, but can be in style A if specified.

$10 - single image

Flat colors / simple gradient overlay filter

Can be up to 2 characters. (Additional character will cost extra.)

I do best with thighs up/knees up so that's my standard. But it can be in full body if the scene requires it or if requested.

samples:

$15/20 - single image

Same as above, added a bit of embellishments for atmosphere/ if there's a lot of details/ for a more detailed environment.

samples:

[note: You'll notice the last sample had more rendering than the other ones, and it's simply because this is on the max $20 price without extra elements such as heavy details, additional character/s, and/or background. Basically I had more time to spend on it. In case you do like to have more rendering while having extra elements, it will cost extra.]

$10+ comic !!! Under price reorganization... or whatever you call it. 😅 The old prices were too vague, I will have to make it more specific!!!

Can be a multi-paged. (But still limited number of panels per page.)

You must provide dialogue (if there is any) for comics, specially the longer ones.

samples:

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TERMS/DETAILS:

If ko-fi is inaccessible we can use Paypal or Payoneer directly.

If you're interested and would like to discuss details before tip, hit me up with a DM. (Recommended, tbh.)

I will not do complicated/detailed drawings. Any backgrounds would most likely be super rough ones with monotone colors or no colors at all. (Remember this is a doodle! Drawn casually; rough and simple.) If, say, the background or little/extra details are a necessary, it would cost extra.

There is no deadline.

I can also do suggestive, NSFW, Grimdark, blood, and gore.

If it's a major nOTP, I can't do it. 😅 (Ask if you're uncertain.)

For NSFW/suggestive: Nothing that depicts the character/s as minors. No incestuous and/or adult X minor themes. No explicit feral or softcore porn feral. There are certain fetishes I can't do like scat, inflation, etc. (Ask if you're uncertain.)

I may draw subjects that makes me uncomfortable if I'm desperate enough for cash that day. But the specifically stated on the last two bullets are always a no.

You must be 18+ if you request NSFW.

No NFT or AI use. No claiming you draw it yourself. No monetizing the doodles. No refunds.

I'll credit you as your ko-fi username by default, but let me know if you like to be credited in a different name or be anonymous.

By ordering a Kofi commission, you have read the above and agreed to the terms.

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Interested in my Regular commission?

#eh why not? #Ok I'm to be completely honest here. If you're going to even simply actually ask me an adultXminor or an incest ship; I miiiiiiight refuse #any commissions or requests from you and any in the future if I remember who you are. haha 😅 #commission deets #my shiz #my commission deets #doodles for tips #ko-fi #ko fi requests #There can also be inconsistencies on the speed of how I draw the initial doodle. #I extended the time the doodles are made because sometimes I take longer to finish the initial doodle (doodle before clean up) #edited the pricing to make em less vague! #Please don't hesitate to ask for clarifications. #My comic doodle requests pricing had made a few people confused so I'll be working on making it more specific. #I can't do minimum $1 now because although Ko-fi doesn't take fees; Paypal does.

[mercymaker]

— you wear your indifference and cruelty like armor. so no one would dare come close

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 tav #bg3edit #gamingedit #there i made 2 gifs hope it was enough to satisfy the urge #aLSO tumblr's new editor is ???????? hELP #she's drow she does magic and she has a complicated relationship with power #idk much about lore i'll be honest #i just think she's neat! #if this doesn't completely flop i maybe make a proper character sheet for her #but my computer is crying anytime i boot up the game so getting crisp footage is impossible #and it BOTHERS me so damn much i am foaming #my gifs #gifBG3 #oc: maleane

[mitamicah]

Throwback to the beginning of the Käärijä eu tour for the first round of Cha Cha Cha in Stockholm

#I had completely forgotten häärijä already had his bolero on at this point I feel bad :'D #honestely I was probably too caught up with just singing along and filming all the slutty dance moves x'D #also his pants are still so dang low x'D #I hope you enjoy this :3 #it was the longest non huhhahhei video I got in stockholm #now I'll move onto the berlin videos #käärijä #jere pöyhönen #häärijä #jaakko jokela #jukka sorsa #käärijä eu tour #my gig #stockholm gig #mine

[wayfinderships]

April fools everyone! ...I don't really have some super cool and elaborate scheme planned so instead I will give you all Snoad, ribbit! Take good care of him!

#pan rambles #I love Snoad so much-afksnfkdn #There is not a single thought in that toad head of his #Head is completely empty #I'm being honest about having no elaborate scheme btw. All I'm doing is changing my pfp and that's it really #maybe a few Ribbits here and there but that's the most I'll be doing #OH ALSO #Boop to you all <3

[nerenda]

Sometimes I remember that Jamil is 17 years old and has had a job looking after Kalim basically 24/7 for years, his childhood spent making sure this other child stays alive and safe from assassination attemps while also managing their mundane things. And while I refuse to believe there weren't adults involved while Kalim lived in the Asim household, that is still absolutely an undue pressure to place onto a child - not to mention the whole child labor aspect of it.

And every time I dwell on it I'm just all

But also I want to punch every single adult involved who decided that this was a totally good and a normal idea and there's nothing wrong whatsoever with this arrangement.

#twisted wonderland #jamil viper #I am seething #and shaking #also why are there so many parallels to Shizuki here and why do I keep on being drawn to this kinda characters? #surely one could write a responsible reliable character without heaping on a servant role #and some complicated relationships and history #anyway if Jamil ever wants to go on his villain arc (again) I'll be the first in line to be his right-hand henchperson #just. man #be free #make a mess #scheme like no one's got anything to lose and you've got everything to gain #he deserves it and I'd love to see it #(and to be completely honest I'd find it kinda hot probably) #(so he's free to lure me into his plans whenever I'll dive right in) #so yeah basically ever since I read Scarabia's book Jamil's definitely been one of the blorbos in rotation

[cronenfag]

hi i was makinga secret sideblog for purposes and i got um. an url. god i want to use it here

#my older followers probably think i've stopped liking homestuck already so like -_- i'm still a homestuck!!! #also my tagging system... #gonna be completely honest i'll probably make the change but i'll keep my 2iimone url on a different blog just in case i want it back #my blog organization became kinda mess too unfortunately so i ought to start anew

[spottedenchants]

Okay. I follow you and see you tag #phil and I'm like, "damn, Phil Lester goes hard" and I just wonder sometimes if that's who you mean.....?

Ah- no, I do not mean Phil Lester xD The name is taken from Caleb's pirate alias Philip/Phillip :D

The long and short of the tag is that I made a typo a while ago and now I'm obligated to reblog bro and/or bromance posts and tag them as phil XD

#i'll be completely honest and say i am so uninvolved with dan and phil things that i don't even recognize their names when separate xD #i read lester and my brain immediate went 'hannibal??' #no silly that is lecter #there is no phil in hannibal #unless there is #idk i also don't go there xD #phil #moriartyfortheevening1 #chanswers

[smile-files]

CLOVER II IS REAL. THIS IS NOT A DRILL

#melonposting #spoof #ii spoilers #hellooooooooo what on earth #i liked this episode but some things were kinda strange #i found it absolutely hilarious that nickel's character development has been so abysmal that clover just had to come back to fix him hersel #like i'll be completely honest. what has this guy done to better himself? like at all?? #clover left thinking yeah this guy's gonna be a marginally better person. but then nope nickel is what?? worse??? #i'm glad they're clearing up the bot-testy-cabby thing though. and the new blueberry stuff is insane #i think ii3 is going kinda overboard on the suddenly-manipulative characters but i dunno maybe this'll be fun? #the new twist with blueberry isn't my favorite thing but i'm not like specifically against it or anything #also they have very explicitly acknowledged now that mephone just left ii2. sir you have now canonically taken a huge dump on the timeline #still processing that #anyway i thoroughly enjoyed the new bfdia but what else is new? :)

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

semi-important!!

hello my mothlings!! just popping in to request for you all not send me asks of shipping content for canon Genshin characters! this is a Foul Legacy x Reader blog, plus everyone has different opinions on ships so i'd really like to not accidentally start any potential conflicts!! i'll be updating my rules list shortly

you are more than free to DM me your ship thoughts, though! i'm always available to talk :D

and no this is not directed at anyone specific, i just realized it a few days ago /gen

#important #housekeeping #wifi speaks #dangit i KNEW i forgot something in my rules #but hey it's just a few things!! still pretty good in my books #i'll be honest i've never been an avid shipper #a lot of ships i can see the appeal but it's just not my thing! #i'm too busy loving the characters myself to make them love each other!!!! /lh #i'm completely fine with being sent ship content through DMs but it's weird to post on my Foul Legacy blog #at least that's what i think!!! it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable #plus for the characters i like it's like nooo :( i like themmmm :( #so if you want to chat about shipping my DMs are open but please keep it to a minimum on the blog proper!!! #also fingers crossed that no one dislikes me after this aaaaaaaa #good evening :) #anyways hello hi my neck still hurts

[ox1-lovesick]

sorry for being ia I just haven't been in the best place mentally

#just trying to work through some stuff on my own at my own pace #social media gives me a lot of anxiety so I felt it would be better to stay away from most of it until I feel better #I honestly don't know if I'll come back to blr #I've been thinking about deleting my blog altogether #I do love writing but I'm not sure I want to continue writing fics #If I'm being completely honest I feel like I've been growing out of (?) reading and writing fanfiction #I'm not really sure what changed it just doesn't appeal to me anymore #Which is kind of a problem because the whole point of this blog is for me to read and write fics #Also writing is very stressful for me and I do not need something else to worry about right now 😭 #But I hope you all are doing well an taking care of yourselves <3 #Please eat well and stay hydrated #I just need to figure myself out ig #But I'm doing a lot better than I was a while ago so #Merry late Christmas 😭 #sorry for the rant aum 🧍 #That's all I have to say