#and also very significantly

[indiefluencer]

I have a lot of feelings about parch and killing.

#c: motw #cha: parch #but most of them I can’t discuss here #however I can say parch is far less pissed at the kids than he is. Cedar’s parents. Beowulf. Yaz’s family. #He didn’t like arguing with them and he knows now that he’s cooled off that it won’t help #but it’s like trying to explain things to his kids if the consequences were not what they have for dinner and instead sapient lives #and also very significantly #them. like it’s not easy to explain but to parch the stakes are these kids #their ability to ever exist in a world beyond the one they do now #they never had a choice or a chance #will was wolf napped and now can’t face her family #cedar was raised by crazy people #yaz was also raised by crazy people AND has some prophecy like at least they loved her but that doesn’t make this ok #parch really wasn’t trying to call any of them bad people. they’re good kids in bad situations. #in that respect everything he says about whittling club is true #but boy does it upset him beyond words how they live in a world of not just necessary but normalized and comfortable violence

[inkskinned]

"the strike is gonna kill my favorite shows" babe okay if you don't want to think about the human livelihoods at stake (you should really be thinking about the humans though) like. think about what happens after this. when writing pays you enough to eat; more people get to be writers. more stories. more interesting plots and ideas. think about what gets made when artists aren't starving.

you've been complaining for years that tv is going downhill. part of that is because the writers aren't paid enough - a screenwriter needs to be able to live with a very low paycheck while being virtually anonymous, so as a profession it self-selects for a very slim number of people. part of bad writing is burnout and the absolutely criminal amount of influence corporations have over scripts. writing is actually a craft, despite what people who love chatGPT will tell you - and, as a craft; it takes time, diligence, and support.

and yes, i understand. you have a connection to a piece of media, which is what writers want. but we regret to inform you that your blorbo is as real as the image in the mirror - is your reflection actually you? can the reflection ever show anything but the truth? as writers, our work is the reflection. you can't keep throwing our bodies under buses and then being shocked that our work is bitter, 2d, "needs revision". imagine what gets made when the artist is inspired and has the time, space, energy, and fucking budget to actually make what makes them happy.

i love you so much. but also, really - and for real - before anything else, please remember it's human livelihoods at stake.

#tbh i think we're about to see another rush of “reality tv” #idk how well that same approach will go for streaming services bc that's a lot of how cable skirted around the last one #but also at the same time social media exists and reality tv has been dying pretty significantly - #there's a huge push for 'definfluencing' and being LESS involved in parasocial relationships which is VERY GOOD #but i wouldn't be surprised if netflix starts some kind of big brother/love island/etc #im writing this to seduce one very specific person #it's you

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

At rest, your lungs wish to deflate, and your ribcage expands outwards.

#better drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #yiling laozu #Happy Friday the 13th! #This is scientific fact btw! #Ventilation operates through a series of active and passive forces #The active forces being muscular contraction with inhalation and exhalation having their own set of muscles. #but the interesting part is the passive forces at work: #The lungs have a certain level of elasticity to them - meaning the more they expand the more the those elastic forces are functioning- #-to try and return the system to rest (exhalation passive forces). Your diaphragm is the main force - pushing against the lungs at rest. #Your ribcage on the other hand is under a state of being pulled outwards. It *wants* to be as open as possible. #These to contradicting forces create a constant push and pull which assists in the ebb and flow of air. Most significantly with exhalation. #Now that being said - the primary action of inhalation ventilation is through control centers in your brainstem. #If you lose connection to that due to trauma you're going to need ventilation assistance. #Small note: Respiration is the cellular event of chemical exchange in the alveoli. Ventilation is airflow and pressure. #They are both important but also very different things. Sadly used interchangeably. #My anatomy nerd brain is screaming over the inaccurate ribcage...but its...recognizable. I will get it right one day. #Okay nerd rant over (I cut out a lot of stuff about pressure gradients. They are cool. To me.) #This is a redraw of an mspaint doodle I made back in april. I yearn to make the Yiling Laozu eerie as he deserves #Tear that bitch (affectionate) apart! #Been playing around with hatching for a while and its amazing how many styles there are! Not sure I'll stick with this one (but it was fun)

[astrolavas]

random Hunter headcanon GO!

AHH OKAY one of my random hcs is that hunter's smile is kinda asymmetrical/lopsided/wider on the left side cuz of his scars, especially after thanks to them. i imagine they'd significantly pull on his skin and could even affect nerves and definitely some range of motion, so-

sorta like this:

#i think it'd be very charming and neat :) but also sad cuz of the Reason for it OOF........ but charming. little dude #the owl house #hunter toh #in general i also feel like his scars are gonna significantly affect him cuz like. they cover a LARGE area. realistically they would #he has lots of experience with scars and injuries and knows how to deal with it all #cuz he rather didn't have access to a healer but needed medical attention a LOT so he defo had to learn how to patch himself up on his own #but also... i can imagine that with all of his responsibilities at the coven properly taking care of scars wasn't exactly his no.1 priority #so i like to think that if he gets a palisman woodcarving mentorship from the clawthornes dell will give him some advice #cuz he has a lot of experience with that himself as well and truly understands what hunter might be going through re: scar-related issues #anyways........ gah #hunter #toh hunter #hunter noceda #my toh talk #my sketches #my art #? kinda #nicole answers #Anonymous

[artandbrimstone]

tag

you're

it

blame @drorey for this one

#you've ruined me with this #drey looks very dead in the last one i didnt mean for that whoops #also i recognise that he would have had a significantly larger beard in the block but i remembered halfway through colouring #is there even a tag for them #i have so many emotions #im trying to work on my composition and i dont know how its going #drey ferin #jayson ferin #drey jrwi #art #my art #jrwi #artists on tumblr #jrwi fanart #jrwi show #just roll with it #jrwi riptide #jrwi spoilers #riptide #riptide fanart #ferin brothers

[mayhemspreadingguy]

I just wanted to draw Dream wearing tight pants and fancy shoes... idk how this happened but it escalated quickly XD

#this time there's nobody that I could blame this one on XD #this is the treat myself drawing :D #also thank you magnusbae for your input in the latest stage of drawing this. it's very much appreciated #and i think it significantly improved the final result <3 #dreamling #hob gadling #mayhem art

[carlyraejepsans]

Do you enjoy underfell? I thought you disliked aus /genq

i don't dislike the concept of AUs itself, I'm just not a fan of like... the subculture that spawned around them in the UT fandom specifically and how it eventually took over almost all canon content (especially when it limits itself to the bros)

i like aus visually! i am an artist at heart after all. it's just that, if I'm going to care about them as stories and not just fun design ideas, my bar is uhh almost impossibly high the further you move from canon lolol.

#uf being one of those! the story is centered on certain characters (mainly asgore) behaving very ooc #so as a stickler for canon I don't have much interest in it #but there is a very clear visual idea and motif in the redesigns that ties every character together very efficiently #and also fucks like a rabid rhino #so i can appreciate its visual/aesthetic aspects instead #i mean you can't understate the impact that good *artists* specifically had on the proliferation of aus back in the day #good writing is almost inseverable from good characterization because dialogues and characterization ARE an integral part #of what makes writing good. while good art (as much as it too is tied to its own conventions) is free-er from the bounds of accuracy #as was as being easier & faster to consume. writing has to be read first. you can just look at a piece of art and go ''wow that looks sick'' #without thinking about logical details/accuracy #you can show a pic of sans to an artist who's never touched the game and they might draw you the most gorgeous piece of art you've ever seen #it's significantly harder to do for writing #swap aus are a fun design challenge to see how you'd incorporate different aspects of some characters visual signatures into another #it's a game of translation of sorts. but if you want to treat it like a story well... the matter becomes a lot more complicated #answered asks #au tag

[curioscurio]

sometimes I forget that when I was 7 my house and all of our possessions were destroyed in an accidental house fire that left us homeless for quite a long time. alongside other life changing traumatic events outside of my control that may have had a negative impact on my mental health as a whole. and I feel better because oh yeah there's reasons why I feel insane in the brain half the time. it is, in fact, NOT a punishment from God explicitly for being Not Good Enough. unfortunate Events were even happening after the fire if you could believe it. such is life

#i try not to think about my life earlier than high school for multiple reasons but i truly be repressing that shit #high school was significantly better in many ways and also significantly worse in others. #college was hard but it ruled compared to this #2020 post degree . well imagine covid plus living in florida plus moving back in with your parents plus absolutely no job in your field #for three years #well anyway im doing very good right now and have had a stable job for almost 4 months and a girlfriend as well

[benevolenterrancy]

I started reading A Marvellous Light and I'm already deeply invested in this poor bastard just having THE worst first day of his new desk job.

#and then things only proceed to get worse from there #a marvellous light #robin blyth #edwin courcey #PLEASE don't pay attention to my actual like. character design or anything. i started this yesterday because this scene made me laugh #i had to exorcise it before i could continue reading #so hair and clothing do not match the time period very well #also i have now read SIGNIFICANTLY more and my mental image of them has evolved #but c'est la vie it will work for a quick GO READ THIS BOOK doodle #go read this book #i am in love i can barely put it down long enough to slap colour on this #my art

[kishimotomasashi]

“It requires an intolerable sacrifice. [...] To apologize.”

Naruto Shipudden (2007) // Black Sails (2014)

#naruto #naruto shippuden #sasuke #sasuke uchiha #uchiha sasuke #edit #mygif #So hey y'all I've just finished season 2 of Black Sails which I was induced into watching through tumblr propaganda #and thought ''fuck it! let me be a gifmaker for the one hour it took me to make this set'' #btw this show (Black Sails) is very good so far I enjoy it. probably should've looked at a trigger warnings document before watching it #though I was... unprepared for how graphic the violence was. and I mean woefully unprepared. #anyways I actually wanted to make a Lelouch gifset at first bc that's who Flint reminds me of significantly more #but I am also an incorrigible Sasuke enjoyer so y'all get this instead #naruto // black sails #send post

[uncanny-tranny]

When I find it hard to do certain things, I like to pretend I am a neanderthal living in a cave with my clan, and I must do The Thing in order to survive.

So, when I'm doing cardio at the gym, I'm actually chasing and tracking a mammoth, and when I need to cook, well, I'm not cooking on a stove top, I am hurdled over the first fire and watching the fat of our kill drip down onto the burning wood. And when I find it hard to crochet, I pretend that the first winter storm is coming and our clan needs me to make blankets to hurdle under and that I must contribute.

I hope whatever you do to do The Things will help. It is a uniquely personable trait to motivate yourself through pretend and stories. That's what makes this life interesting - that's what makes you feel larger than yourself 💛

#mental health #positivity #it helps that i absolutely adore learning things about ancient people too - it's endlessly fascinating #unironically if somebody has textbook/video recommendations about neanderthals/ancient civilization let me know i will froth at the mouth #i like talking about this because it gives other people ideas about how they can motivate themselves #and personally the feeling of being ancient or a part of something old makes me feel that #in addition to the There Are 8 Billion People principle i work on the There Have Been ~117 Billion People Here principle #i find it comforting to think that i don't stand out significantly in a good or bad way because of the sheer NUMBER of people who have live #the human brain is bad at computing those numbers but... just... that's an insurmountable number #there truly are very VERY few experiences truly unique and that's not a bad thing #that just means that you aren't forgotten nor are you alone in anything #i was watching a video about somebody making flax into thread using a paper that was published about ancient textiles #and holy shit i wanted to bite somebody because i was so interested in it and it's just so humanizing to both us but also ancient people #those people probably used very very similar techniques that the video maker did - at first she used a rock to get the fibers #and then she remarked that saliva helped to get to the fiber of the flax and i wonder how many ancient people also did that

[benetnvsch]

guy who meows and second guy who has impossibly high standards for meows

#Don't know what im talking about?? look up Kunikida close call (trust- he meows in that it's great) #ALSO FUN FACT - Dazai reacts with the exact same phrase after each meow (マジか) regardless of quality which is so funny to me #kunikida is out here putting his entire soul into that last meow and Dazai reacts no differently than his first <//3 #it's basically a phrase meant to be like “for real?”/“for serious?” way and can have both pos and neg connotations but given Dazai says it #the EXACT same way all three times I think it's funniest to imagine he still wasn't satisfied with Kunikida's last meow #he's a lil shit and I love him for that #kunikida doppo #Dazai osamu #kite draws #though this is more like a doodle #hhh #kite watches bsd #bsd #my caption for this on twitter was significantly funnier I think- #it was uhhh very similar but better #it was guy who meows vs guy who only reacts with マジか #who will win? #FKJHF

[seawardboundsammy]

started writing in between classes and im deeply obsessed with orpheus parallels with ortega/chargestep so have this. warning for ortega being inebriated and wanting to die.

Time to rise Orpheus. The day breaks and you with it. 

(I don’t want to. Don’t make me.)

That’s not an option. Get up Orpheus. 

(I have no legs. I have no hands.)

You will be repaired, doll of lyres. 

(I don’t want to be. I want to lay here and die.) 

Scio, sweetheart. 

(Will I see her again?)

Only on her deathbed. 

(I don’t think I can do this anymore.)

You will. 

Get up Orpheus. 

Get up Orpheus.

Get up-

“Ortega! Get down from there!”

Chen pulls you off the ledge of the building you guess you were climbing over. You're not really sure. 

You’re downstairs now. Your arm is over Chen’s shoulders. 

“-tega! What did you drink? Can you even hear me?” 

You’re nauseous.

You’re not nauseous anymore. 

“Ok that’s. That can be someone else’s problem, come on.” 

He lifts you once more. He’s good at that. He does is a lot when you fuck up or do something stupid which is always cause you’re a poor excuse for man. 

You snuggle into the passenger seat of his car. It’s cozy, it smells like him. You don’t smell good. 

“Drink this.” He says. He tips your head back and water pours into your mouth.

You do your level best to not choke.

You’re on the wrong side of your couch. This is Eurydice’s spot, not your’s.

Sidestep. Sidestep’s spot.

You shake your head, the smallest bit of clarity returning to your vision and mind. Chen has pulled a chair from the kitchen to sit in front of you. His expression swims but you think he’s concerned. Not a clue why.

“So. ‘Never gonna drink again?’” You spit onto the carpet and he grimaces. 

“Don’t know what you expect from someone like me. When’s my word ever meant shit?” You wonder if you could get him to punch you.

“You- I’m not entertaining this. You need to get your shit together.” He doesn’t say ‘before you end up dead’, but you hear it anyway. Or maybe that’s you saying it.

You let your head tip back over the couch. He wants you to try. You don’t know how. 

Yes you do. Rise from your corner. 

But you’re already so far gone.

Then go all the way. Pursual when you cannot see your target is what you do best. Find them.

They’re not dead. 

No.

They’re dead.

Not to you. 

I already failed them.

Then fail again. 

Isn’t the definition of madness trying the same thing over and over expecting a different outcome?

No, that’s a misconception. And anyways, when has that ever stopped you before?

Fair. 

Now tell him something so he doesn’t send you to a madhouse. 

You look back at Chen. His clenched teeth twist his scars on his lips and his hands are clasped together so tight you swear you hear the creak of metal. You slump forward, uncoordinated, and put one of your hands on his. 

“I’ll tell my… therapist,” the word is still a rock in your mouth, “about. This.” You’re not sure if you mean the drinking or the climbing. 

That’s not true.

Yeah well fuck you I’m not getting sent to a madhouse. I’m not crazy.

Then what’s this?

“That’s good.” Chen breathes out in a long relieved sigh. “That’s good.” 

You tug him off the chair and into a hug. You know he can feel your heartbeat through your shirt, and you know he needs that. 

Out of his view you stare daggers into the wall. You’re determined (for now). You have to find them again.

Miles to walk Orpheus. 

And promises to keep.

And promises to keep.

#i am asking you to endure it'' #also the last three lines are pulled from robert frost's ''Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening #this is far from my only thoughts on him and orpheus #might post this to ao3 even though its short just for organization purposes #he makes me. insane. #this was written in like. an hour. #significantly inspired by intactics' #sammy speaks #fallen hero #fhr ortega #ricardo ortega #fhr #fallen hero rebirth #fhr chen #he's here a little at least #also this is very much unedited #oh also! very much inspired by disco elysium skill conversations #sammy writes

[tj-crochets]

I'm not iron deficient anymore!!! :D I just got the blood test results back and for once I had a fixable problem and it is fixed*!!!! *well okay my total iron saturation % is still a little low but the rest of my numbers are in the normal range! Even ferritin!! My ferritin levels have almost quadrupled and are now in the normal range!!! :D

#the person behind the yarn #medical mention #blood mention #my ferritin levels were 3 and now they are 11 :D #I am not at stop taking supplements stage but I think I won't need an iron infusion anymore! #I was really not looking forward to finding out if I was allergic to that #like. very grateful for the opportunity to get an iron infusion if I need one #but given all the other stuff I'm allergic to...I was concerned lol #also this doc was the first doctor to bring up testing me for the Significantly Worse version of a thing I have #like. I knew the worse version existed but no doctor had ever mentioned it to me #I do not have the Significantly Worse version. It's not the kind of thing you have for a decade. #and once I told her when my symptoms started she stopped talking about doing the test #but it was nice that she knew enough about it to bring it up and that she was willing to. you know?

[swordsonnet]

sorry but saying that the accessibility needs of mentally disabled people are just preferences or about "comfort" is blatantly incorrect. if i can't enter a building because the bright lights and loud noises would send me into a meltdown, then i can't enter the building, and that's not less important than me not being able to enter a building because it's not wheelchair accessible. if you genuinely think that mentally disabled people aren't really struggling, and that it's okay to mock their very real concerns, then that just shows that you've been refusing to listen to their experiences. do better or shut the fuck up.

#yeah yeah i know i said i wouldn't post about this stupid fucking 'discourse' anymore #but i keep seeing takes that make my blood boil #physical and mental disabilities are two sides of the same coin! yes there are differences but also a lot of commonalities #but nooooo expecting people to have even an ounce of fucking compassion for those who dont share their exact lived experience #is too much to ask for i guess #i've said this many times before but gatekeeping and infighting will get us nowhere #throwing your fellow disabled people under the bus won't help you #i get people's anger - i have a lot of anger too as someone who is housebound with a physical disability #but other disabled people arent your enemy #and taking your anger out on them is just a dick move #especially if you do so using the same ableist 'its all in your head' rhetoric #that mentally disabled people have had to put up with since forever #disclaimer: obviously not all physically disabled people act like that. from what i can tell its just a small (but very vocal) minority #but it's pervasive enough to make me wary of online spaces for physical disabilities #which is kinda sad seeing as i have a physical disability myself and would love to connect with others #but i'm not super keen on being told that my autism (which has significantly impacted me my whole life) doesn't matter

[ride-a-dromedary]

Feeling some kind of way about this exchange between Rath and Kagha post if you expose Kagha working under the Shadow Druids and convince her out of it.

Kagha: I see it on your face. You hate me. And I don't blame you.

Rath: I do not hate you. I am ashamed at how far I let your machinations spread.

Rath: I was blind not to see it. Too trusting. A fool.

Kagha: Not a fool. A friend. Would that I'd realised it...

#BG3 Musing #Rath #Kagha #it really is interesting that how Rath and Halsin talk to her changes (sans the Halsin chewing her out scene) if she's redeemed #and the way *she* talks is different #it's *significantly* softer even as they indicate that mercy is not for them to bestow - that is for silvanus to decide #and she's very remorseful - she even suggests that first herself #her remorse does not change what she's done but how she speaks of the refugees post the reveal is **far** kinder #and more in line with someone you can see would have perhaps been halsin's second - rath's friend #which makes people's complaints of 'well how did they not see it' to be moot - because she *wasn't like that always* #*that's* how they didn't see it at first #you are not immune to propaganda and all that #again not to sound like a broken record but this narrative with the shadow druids really is a good metaphorical example #of how...easy it can be to pluck at threads strategically and work at pre-existing weaknesses and flaws and emotions #to get people to fall in line with radicalized thinking and dangerous pitfalls #anyway there's probably more intelligent things to say about this but rath and kagha were friends and that's all you need to know #also rath blaming himself for the failures of others...seems familiar wonder who he trained under? (halsin)