#also bronze as well

[abronzeagegod]

I am, once again, employed!

And thank god it’s before I started burning through my savings savings

#back to event bartending which is so much less stressful than restaurant service #and it’s a high end place so they pay well #also I’ve got some freelance writing work going on #it’s all coming up bronze #except for when the printer ate my ballot at the polling place

[bronzefuryfic]

Made my babygirl Rhae

edited the coloring a bit, gave Rhae her scar and added a dragon!

Goddess Freya Dress Up

#customization options were weak for this game #not even shorter hair or a frowny face which are quintessential Rhae traits to me #but oh well! she can be happy for once #and the dresses are still pretty I think Rhae would favor earthy colors #i also couldn't make the gold into bronze but TRUST if it was an option I would've

[jayswing101]

#hello i just watched this video and started crying when they said the original sculptor's finger prints are preserved in the bronze casting #this is so cool and i love this sculpture so much #im also thinking i need to start looking into archaeology in turtle island and see if there's any Indigenous archaeologists to work with.. #bc ive always wanted to do archaeology but archaeology in turtle island has such a bad past #and is very closely associated with theft and disrespectful practices for Indigenous peoples past and present #so i never really considered doing archaeology here as an option #thought the only way to do archaeology in a way that honoured and respected the people of the past would be to go abroad #but this video and the care that was taken when recreating the pots in bronze makes it clear that no #it is possible to do archaeology in a good way here too #i just have to find other Indigenous people who are the ones leading the research teams #anyway. this is a v cool video and it made me emotional so here. for you all to see as well! #indigenous #indigenous art #sculpture #experimental archaeology #archeology #video

[roobylavender]

considering what you have spoken about regarding selina do you also get frustrated with like…i cant quite explain it but sometimes especially in more recent years shes been posed or positioned like some sort of damsel that needs a big strong man to save her and like im not saying she should be portrayed with the “hollywood level feminism” for lack of a better term im just think about how old versions of selina would have hated that. like im just thinking of anytime in the reeves movie where bruce grabs her or forces her mouth shut or even when he didnt allow her to kill falcone and im just thinking she should claw the fuck out of him for that. i just miss a version of selina who wouldnt allow anyone to walk all over her personal autonomy like that

oh absolutely! in fact this is specifically why i can't stand loeb's take on her character lol (and as we both know that was a significant point of reference for the reeves film). it's really jarring to transition from her volume one and two canon to the long halloween / dark victory / when in rome. i think a lot of people tend to latch onto these books because tim sale's art is to die for and it's obv hard not to enjoy a good murder mystery. in that aspect they're still books i can enjoy in isolation. but i find it very difficult to enjoy them as a selina fan specifically because in every single one it's like she's looking for solace and security in a man and i'm not sure why. like what was so bad about her original backstory of having a deadbeat dad (whether you ascribe to the volume one or volume two version of him) and why did she need to go looking for her "real" father in carmine falcone. why did she need to seek out temporary boytoy relief in italy. why did she dream about being saved by bruce. none of it really has a reason other than to create a "lack" in her for the sake of it being there, because she'd never needed a man like that before in her post-crisis narrative. as you mentioned it was quite to the contrary and she was fiercely independent and protective of her own peace, esp from men. when she felt empty or without a connection or lifeline to someone real, it was mostly about people like maggie or holly or arizona. her people

what i think it ultimately comes down to are two things: the first thing is the diminishment of her post-crisis origins. after all, it's convenient to ignore how distrustful selina is of people, and of men with power at their leisure to abuse specifically, when her post-crisis origins are no longer relevant to her personal characterization. although selina's status as a sex worker is more prominent now, it was more or less completely swept under the rug for the bulk of volume two. loeb also refused to engage with it in any capacity. it only really resurfaced with the conclusion to volume two because it drew direct parallels to how we initially found her in volume one, and then brubaker expanded on it once again in his take on the character, which was notably juxtaposed against a pre-existing romance with bruce and brings me to the second thing. i've already waxed about this at length so this may very well be recap but i really don't think selina's lack of control over her personal autonomy can be divorced of the modern portrayal of the romance. when selina looking for security and understanding and comfort in bruce is what drives the romance forward there's not much room to maintain her original values and guarded demeanor, if not her outright defensiveness and hostility. a lot of people look at the extensive trauma selina has experienced and argue that she deserves to be in a relationship with someone who allows her to let those walls down. this isn't incorrect in theory. but it does repeatedly ignore who she is. it's kind of like the point i was making about bruce yesterday. exploring the inherently abusive nature of robin or of bruce's right to his children in light of that fact is interesting to do, but the actual execution has rarely managed to take into account who bruce actually is

for however nice it might be for selina to let her walls down romantically and look for solace in bruce—and i say this mostly for the sake of argument, personally i would argue against its necessity—it's realistically not something she's actually going to do. at least not as willfully as she's been portrayed to. realistically she's going to make it extremely hard, which if anything is precisely the appeal. i love it when selina gives bruce a hard time. i love that it's not supposed to be easy or maybe even a possibility for him to win her over bc there's so much about his own ideological stances that's flawed and in opposition to her own. she doesn't have to be any less unrelenting in her principles and worldview for that romance between them to be compelling bc at the end of the day the entire crux of it is that against all odds bruce cares. for however wrong he thinks she might be in a given moment or in her stance against the government, he knows who she is and how hard she's fought and what she's survived and it makes him sympathetic to her because she's real. she's a wonderful character through which to explore the logical limits of bruce's self-righteousness and categorization of crime, as well as a wonderful mirror to hold up to his face as he starts to ask himself whether what he's doing is really the only means of keeping the city safe. and the novelty of it all is that you don't have to sacrifice her character for any of that to be true. writers have simply deluded themselves into believing that they have to and that's why we are where we are today

#you're so real about the reeves movie btw i think she should have kicked him off of a building personally #outbox #also not something i mentioned above but i think a looooot of people cling to bronze age selina #because it was purportedly her first 'positive' portrayal. personally i would argue against that though #i think her golden age iteration was plenty 'positive' and there was an inherent understanding that although she loved supervillainy #she wasn't necessarily evil in a way comparable to other rogues. she always had an inclination towards mercy and bruce Noticed that #which is what made their relationship really interesting. bc she was committing crimes and in his head he was like #yeaaaah she's wrong. but she's also not hurting anyone per se. and she's so pretty. let me turn a blind eye it's fine #these were more generic ideas that newell subsequently rewrapped in new skin and then further developed along a political lens #but i think a lot of people comparatively prefer bronze age selina bc it fully embraced a romance in the most traditional sense #so at the end of the day a lot of the fan sentiment really comes down to preferring wish fulfillment over good storytelling. at least imo #bronze age selina to me is one of the most boring characters ever. and i also hate that she has to 'prove' she's no longer villainous to br #to bruce. and the fact that he suspects her. like since the 40s it's been word of law by the ogs that bruce Doesn't suspect her #he's the first person to not suspect her while everyone around him is judging him for it #i know writers and perspectives change etc etc but when that's what the original creators of both characters are telling you #i feel like it has to hold some weight #so yeah. bronze age might as well be the shit under my shoe it's so boring and bland and most of all ahistorical #bronze age batkat i mean

[thegoldenavenger]

I will admit... svsss really got that "obliviously romantically dense" character trope LOCKED down.

#misc #sqq? sqh??? lqg??? all of them. so FUCKING dense #any other fandom i would be screaming #but in svsss shen yuan going 'oh. boyfriend? you mean like. boy. friend. friend who is a boy. like a gal pal. yes. we're “boyfriends”.' #is so believable bc this dense mf CANONICALLY felt up his love interest hard on and went #'oh no :( how mean of me to put him in this situation. should i help? like. as a bro. :( well he's unconscious so probably i shouldnt. :(' #and it is completely believable this man compartmentalizes like it is his JOB #and SQH im not letting you off the hook either. #'i really should kick you to the curb but all i can muster is squishing your face. truly i have no feelings at all' #and lqg [succubus poisoned] : 'dont leave me alone :( but also im definitely not in love with you' #hands out the gold silver and bronze awards for blissfully ignorant novel characters

[library-whale]

I lost to a team of all Aerospray RGs and they proceeded to do this to me!

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #this was the most humiliating stomping i received all night #ah well i also got bronze flag on big swig later so it’s good lol

[julystruck]

It really was never a problem and I'd just love you back if I had half the mind

#spilled ink #evil lovecore #bronze #static #me adding useless texturing to art: this will make it look good (it does not) #rghghggh they r horribly codependant #I prommy I will script e3 but also 💥 had this idea in my head 💥 have a rewrite idea 💥 I STILL WANNA DO ANATOMY PINUPS 💥💥💥💥💥💥 #rghghggg i cannot decide if I liked the way this turned out or not. sigh. oh well #link takes u to lavender #I do kinda feel bad for doing self indulgent el things (static and bronze) when people probably want other things

[quick-drawn-a]

     to play ranked this season or no —

#✯ — нorѕeѕ ιn тнe вacĸ × [ ooc ] #i never actually took ranked seriously #but when i sorta did i hit diamond and stopped. #but it's literally been so long it'll probably put me in bronze LMAO #that was back in the triple tank meta era — you young whipper snappers probably don't even know what that is #idk i'll probably play one comp game and just see how it goes. #if it goes horribly i'll be around here the rest of the day. #y'all better be taking care of yourselves #don't make me do it for you — #i'm also open to playing with y'all — comp or not #hit up my dm's or if you already have my blizz just join the group pLEASE i have no friends #( well there's like........two people that put up with me on a consistent bases but feel like i need to spread that out a little more ) #( because what if they get tired of me then i'll really have no friends ) #tbd

[monotone-artist]

idk been doing some concepts for a spiderman oc, aka spider-woman aka bronze spider aka spider-claw aka veronica "nickel" jackson. this is the most effort ive put into designing any oc ever tbh

uhhh additional stuff under the read-more

[id: some images of colorless digital sketches. the first one is a few concepts for her outfit design, based off victorian-era clothing, mainly in the shape of a tunic, baggy trousers, and boots. her eye-lenses are goggles, which can widen and squint spider-verse style. there are also several concepts of her spider symbol, most of which are in a mechanical style. a list of text tucked between the designs reads, "stockings, beanie hat? coats, belts, chains? handkerchief, tophat." there's also "Bronze Spider" written in the corner of the image.

the second image is some earlier concepts. the main one is just a plain fullbody without any detail. there are some shots of just her torso to figure out the spider symbol placement and design. there are also a few spider symbol designs, though they're not mechanical.

the last image is of nickel in one of the victorian-style designs, seeming to be in midair, her legs hooked back and her arms bent outward, as though she's in the middle of a big jump. end id]

she's gonna have two versions, this is the one before The Incident, and she's gonna have one for After.

she lives in this like, modern fantastical steampunk society (there's technology like phones n computers; there's dragons and unicorns n other creatures; and steampunk. her nyc is called the Tiered City because it is. in tiers. for general inspiration, i imagine it as classic steampunk stuff (cause i dont wanna do worldbuilding, except that they have modern technology too, just steampunk-ified) mixed with some arcane with a hint of lady trent's memoirs (in terms of the fantasy wildlife). but im still figuring things out though

nickel's whole thing is that she is actually one of two spiderpeople in her universe. they're known together as the spider-twins, even though the other spidey is actually her cousin (whose name is victoria jackson) but it's not that important. nickel also has a gf, her name is elsa but im still not sure of a surname

anyway The Incident happens and victoria dies and that rlly screws up nickel, and at some point (before, during, or after idk), nickel gets some drake dna and now whenever she's stressed or angry or anything, she turns into a drake. (it's a process that depends on how awful she feels though so she can just have like, dragon horns only for example). and because she's rather self-destructive at this point she starts calling herself spider-claw.

there's a whole metaphor thing going on w her and dragons are awesome so im using that. also this is all subject to change because im still figuring her out x_x but im having fun with it so it's fine

#spider-man #spider-verse #spiderverse #monotoneart #oc: nickel jackson #it's weird for her nickname to be nickel AND her spidername to be bronze spider but yknow what i might just roll with it #depends what victoria's spidername will be #im thinking that the spidername names are mostly for all the spiderverse shenanigans. #in their universe theyre known by the city w the classic spidernames: spider-woman spidey etc #but yeah #...i also just realized it's also weird for them to be victorian-style but for one of their names to be victoria #well!!!!!! i can do whatever i want forever

[lovelyrotter]

to this day i cant believe how many people full heartedly dont want any kind of conflict or antags doing antagonistic things or even just well written, nuanced, realistic teenaged characters fucking up and making bad choices in HS. like are. are we reading the same thing. have we been reading the same thing. yall didnt pay attention in eng lit AT ALL i see

#my t #too many posts today talking abt 'eridan wouldnt say slurs :( hussie shouldnt write that thats bad' YEAH THATS THE POINT #eridan is fantasy racist!!!! of course hed say hemo based slurs!!!!??? #and hussie thinking about hemo based slurs is good well thought out writing that adds to troll society as a concept??? #if you want to write a class system in your story that has characters face oppression then you should populate it with vocab like that??? #it doesnt mean youre doing an irl racism what the actual fuck are yall on about #and it certainly doesnt mean that HUSSIE is doing an irl racism #do any of yall bleed bronze or teal? didnt think so. hemo slurs are not real and are not 1:1 matches for irl slurs #some of yall dont know what worldbuilding is #my own high fantasy setting does in fact has in-world slurs in it!! bc i want that nuance??? #i want to show my characters facing that struggle and also facing their own prejudices???? its just fucking worldbuilding #why do you want fictional oppressors to be 'nice' and know that slurs are bad and not use them #ofc they know slurs are bad thats why irl bigots say them #if u want a fictional society to be based on oppression you should think about the vocab and phrases that are included in that oppression

[clarabowmp3]

getting ready to have my drivers license photo taken and omg. Why do I hate all my necklaces. And t shirts?? Boooooo they make me look so boxy and do NOTHING for my small head

#They’re not baaad it’s just they don’t go w my outfit and it’s killling me #But it’s not like i chose them either since most of them are hand me downs #Cuz i have to wear a dark shirt and the only one I have is a green one with white hearts #So I matched some pearl studs to the white of the shirt #So obviously silver jewellery is the best but all my silver jewellery has someee hint of gold don’t ask me how it works #but I’m also wearing gold/bronze rings which goes so well w my nail polish #Idk what to do shxjksksms #also none of my necklaces seem to be long enough helpppp

[prismaticutie]

I've been watching a lot of Omega Strikers guide videos lately and the one thing all of them have in common is that every single one of them highlights the importance of "just have fun".

That's something people say all the time, about any game. But there was one guide I watched yesterday, and in addition to giving that tip, also mentioned the importance of not being toxic and blaming your losses on your teammates.

This is genuinely the most helpful tip of all time. Like this guide really grilled into me just how horrible having that toxic mentality is. The full first minute of the video was dedicated to that. He also talked about how being toxic and playing w that mentality actively makes you worse at the game, period. Full stop. And he explained the reasoning for that as well.

I've heard this said and yeah I believe it as well, but this was the first time I'd ever had it thoroughly explained to me. It really put things into perspective for me.

Hoping I can improve at both Omega Strikers and Splatoon by keeping this in mind 👍

#The whole 'just have fun' + 'stop blaming others' is smth I've needed heavily reinforced for a while #I'm very bad at just having fun bc I want!!!!! To rank up!!!! So badly!!!! #And my Rasmus is horrible!!!!! #But. These guides have put a lot into perspective #It's so weird for me to actually follow anyone else's advice bc I've never had tk do that when I play splat yk? #Like I've been playing that game for years. I have a good grasp on it and I'm comfortable at the level I play (X rank/Egg vp) #I don't needa get crazy highwr than that #But Omega Strikers? Bro I'm stuck in FUCKING BRONZE 😭😭😭😭😭😭 #I don't play too much tbh...but it's honestly cuz I'm super scared of ranking down #I also...don't practice...like if I'm playing I only play comp... #Why would I play without stakes...it's less fun to me that way... #But gahhhh maybe I should practice a little bit #Mostly need to work on fundamentals rn #Striking the core; dribbling; learning Rasmus' fucking hitbox + delay on his primary #Reaction time as well #I suck at striking the core bro 😭😭😭 But I will get better... #Mmmight do some practice later...but I wanna practice in quickplay... #Nah...I oughta play normal since it emulates the style of comp

[augustheart]

i always feel bad posting about the jsa because i feel like a poser, forgetting i have actually read a fair amount of jsa comics. i should actually feel like a poser because i don't care about half of those people

#the thing is i haven't read a lot of GOLDEN AGE jsa comics #simply because. well. a) they're often hard to find in legible quality and b) the golden age isn't really my era #i've read a lot of silver age crossovers with them because i love the silver age and they're easier to find in good quality legally or not #and then modern stuff is also easy to find although often hard for me to care about #i've read much MUCH more silver age and bronze age JLA than i have modern JLA too #me seeing people post about the modern justice league: that's crazy. does anyone remember STEEL and VIBE and CINDY MY FRIEND CINDY

[jack-of-all-daws]

I have this one fic idea rattling in my brain and the fact that there's nothing similar to it on ao3 means that I should take the plunge and write it myself 😔 pray for me dear followers

#i am really here thinking of writing a swanqueen dragonriders of pern au in the year of 2023 #BUT IT FITS SO WELL #regina is of course a rider of a gold queen and emma should be a bronze rider #pern is really a great setting for family drama with some dragons thrown in #one big hinderance might be that i only read some of the pern books and in polish so i don't have all of my pernese lingo figured out #also that i despise writing but oh well #caws

[mangostar]

just got back home after a 4hr train ride 👍

#i am. tired #went to my grandpas #went to a national park and saw an emu! #also saw some bronze wings ! thought they were quails at first becuz they were so fat but then when i got my binoculars i saw they were #pigeons #but they were cool #also saw.a kookaburra on a lawn getting some bugs to eat! #also drove along a lake or river? and saw a bunch of cool water birds #lots of waterhens #some cool herons and ibis #and a pied cormant #lots of pretty parrots as well

[beneaththeshadows]

Laena Velaryon

Here it goes a short story about this, I made this Laena on November of 2021 for targaryen November but since I didn't know how saddles worked I decided not to make it my first post. So now I decided to pick it up back again, i didn't change a thing on Laena and just made the saddle (and this part of Vhagar) and colored the whole thing and it's kinda funny, in a non annoying way, how many mistakes I made originally on Laena's design and what i learned in these last horrible 8 months of my life, not much but still a lot of progress.

#laena velaryon #house velaryon #asoiaf #my art #fanart #a song of ice and fire #valyrianscrolls #pre asoiaf #twoiaf #You can kinda see how much I was clueless making the scales of vhagar #also bronze is quite of a vague color #I googled and got like shades going from orange to a brownish type of bronze #on the saddle I looked over many horse saddle and asoiaf official art #and went for more of a simplified version #Also what did dragonriders wore? #As I was coloring it crossed my mind #What kind of riding habit would be useful for a high altitude fly #it's funny how much can you fix of a drawing with the coloring #The face still sucks #But I think it went as well as it could be expected