#but they are not the same

[mossypidder]

If you click the names of the birds below, you will find photos of the actual birds I’m referring to; mostly provided because the second two are morphs

EDIT: So honestly. Contrary to final poll results and my initial lean toward the grosbeak, I think I might just go with the crow. The design’s grown on me and in the last week I’ve collected many bones and observed many local crows and found myself just quietly very drawn to them. Nothing’s set in stone, but. . . It feels more right than the grosbeak- there are still things that draw me to the latter, and I still really love them and might switch in the future, right now I relate more to crows I think.

Rose Breasted/Cutthroat Grosbeak (female)

Similarities (between myself and the bird) - small and chunky - eats mainly seeds, fruits, and nuts - elusive and relatively solitary aside from nesting season - very intricate, unique nest type - monogamous - take care of young for a month after fledging (which is longer than quite a few birds) - dwells mainly in deciduous forests - I honestly think I do look a bit like a grosbeak overall - there is limited information on them (which is obnoxious, but kinda goes with my aesthetic honestly)

Things I Like About Them - very pretty markings, especially on face which makes for fun character design - they were my favorite bird as a child and I would get so excited during the brief period that they would be at our feeder

Differences - females don’t sing as much as males - I am very much a mimic- I echo other people’s words as well as animal noises a lot, mostly without thinking, and grosbeaks do not mimic. The males learn songs from their fathers, but that’s different, and I’m not male anyway.

Black Billed Magpie (cinnamon)

Similarities - eat a lot of fruit and grain - they are skilled mimics - mate for life something I aspire to achieve one day - have only been seen in Michigan ten times in the last hundred years, so it fits the “elusive bird who’s sightings should be documented” narrative - parents allow their young to stay with them as long as needed, sometimes even years - males and females are both very vocal and sing, talk, and chatter quite often - wary of new things and will shy away from bright colors and flashing lights (yes, that includes shiny things) - many widely believed myths spread about them (such as tendencies to thievery, attraction to shiny objects, and hoarding things tho I am guilty of that last one)

Things I Like About Them - Gorgeous wings and tail (though rather plain facial markings which is sad) - they’re just nice, funky little guys and they were one of my favorites when I was younger as well

Differences - not a bird I’d really call chunky lol - they eat meat (mostly bugs) and meat is not my favorite honestly - while some do only stay in groups of two, many others have tribe of up to twelve

Common Crow (cinnamon)

Similarities - will bring people they like random bits of things such leaves, rocks, lost keys, and bones, as gifts - stops for roadkill (though I don’t eat it, I’m just there to steal feathers or check opossum pouches for potential surviving babies) - bones is good, we like bones - also talented at imitating human speech, other animals, and just random noises they find intriguing - mate for life - very family oriented and good at taking care of each other. They’ve even been known to adopt unrelated fledglings - stay in the nest up to forty days after hatching and often remain with a family group for two years, helping their parents look after younger siblings - males and females are very vocal - wants to eat rocks - scavengers - likes fruits, nuts, and seeds - seen as weird or gross by the majority - slow to trust humans, but is very loyal once they do - could be considered chunky - cinnamons tend to have blue or silver eyes

Things I Like About Them - they are just. very good. - wing markings of cinnamons are very interesting, and while I’d like more intricacies to work with for facial markings, they’re still good and simple

Differences - they are very social birds (but most of that social time is spent with their family, which is where most of mine is spent as well, so I’m not sure this is a true difference) - consumes a lot of meat (which, as stated, is not my favorite) - they are very common in Michigan and easy to spot almost anywhere

#avian #avian character design #character design #poll #because I’m indecisive and need help #I know which design I like best #and I know which personality fits best #but they are not the same #and that is irritating #avariel #me #Ava art #sona #persona #my art #small artist #artists on tumblr #oc artist #tumblr poll #tumblr polls #chibi style #digital art #young artist

[gotlostlosingsleep]

He’s my

Eldritch abomination boyfriend!

#the summer that hikaru died #horror #body horror #manga #fuck however said this was ‘if junji ito made BL’ it is NOT #I love mr ito #and I am loving this manga #but they are not the same

[king0fcrows]

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#saw notes in a post that were about a fandom I’m in #that said: it’s exhausting to constantly see this adult man written like a teenage girl in high school #and I can’t even remember who said it #but HARD HARD same #a big reason I can’t vibe with younger fans #like it’s not that their expression is inheritly BAD #that is not what I’m trying to say #I’m saying they fill a function (a form of cathartic self expression) that is just not the right fit for me #and when I was younger I probably vibes with it really hard #but now it’s not the case #because I want to see characters filtered through a more accurate lens of their ages #and it’s hard for a 19 year to write from an accurate perspective of an older character #when they themselves don’t have those experiences #(and again I’m not saying the prose can’t be excellent or the logic sound or the world building isn’t solid) #but the reality is that as you get older you simply gain life experience and perspective you CANNOT get just by reading about #you can only get it by living through it #and it’s very hard to depict those experinces and internal changes accurately if you haven’t experienced them first hand #me and younger fans are just looking for completely different things from our fandom experiences #and both are valid #but they are not the same

[figureofdismay]

also RG girlies hands off the andy virgil illustrations, that’s not the dynamic and you know it. Gerri is not a cuddly possessive publicly demonstrative person :/

#it's norma/n coded though 💕 #those paintings are for pairings with boundariless clutching clawing possessive snarling cloying affection etc etc #not the 'sex but with the door close between them' and the 'literally touched twice' pariring #they're both high tension dynamics! #but they are not the same

[grayintogreen]

Y'all I will absolutely hit the floor hard to nail every character I write's voice and even if I fall on my face, by god, at least I tried.

But I honestly forget the sound of Trent Ikithon's voice the second he stops talking as a defense mechanism much less remember what his cadence and word choice sounds like so if the series of bullshit being spewed forth from his anus mouth in this chapter of OUADYA sounds off, know that I didn't try. I just wrote someone I wanted to scream at to shut the fuck up every sentence. Also this chapter is going to make me die. Content Warning: Violence and Trent Not Shutting His Whore Mouth.

#people ask me how i can tolerate lucien and not trent #and the short answer is PRESENTATION #and the long answer is if you think lucien and trent are comparable characters i don't know what to tell you #like matt said one of the characters was an actual chaotic evil person incapable of empathy #and one of them is labeled a tragic villain #you can be skeeved out by both that's cool they have nasty traits #but they are NOT the same #my writing #chris speaks #once upon a damn you all

[marry-me-malfoy]

people on twitter saying they wished all ccs had tumblr bc “it’s easier to get notices”

no. stop.

listen to me. on tumblr, they aren’t celebrities the same way they are on twitter. getting an ask answered or a comment replied to isn’t the same deal. yes we like them (usually). but the ccs that are here are very specific and not all ccs would fit. they’ve earned their place and this is where we let them chill and just use the site the same as we do. we don’t need them all the other creators to come too, we’re ok over here enjoying the content without the need to be recognized by them for it. take your twitter things back to twitter and leave tumblr things to tumblr.

#idk what inspired this #but #em’s bullshit #idek what to tag this as #it applies to alot of fandoms #i’m not claiming any kinda of purity either #but i keep my twitter shit on twitter #and tumblr shit on tumblr #where it belongs #i love both sites #but they are not the same #and cannot be made to be that way #maybe this whole thing is just me idk #i’m not saying you’re not allowed to send asks or comment or reblog or what have you #it just #isn’t the same screaming ordeal that a twitter notice is

[astrabear]

I've decided that when I encounter fic/headcanons/etc where the characterization just seems completely off, I will imagine Nicky with a goatee and Joe with... what's the opposite of a goatee? Muttonchops? Joe with muttonchops, because I have stumbled across their mirror universe versions. Sure, of course Joe is [redacted] [redacted], and Nicky in turn is [redacted] [redacted] [redacted]. Makes total sense! This is, after all, the same universe in which Captain Archer's beagle was a rottweiler.

#TOG and Star Trek #but not in a crossover way #this is my attempt to be more chill #about things that I really ought to be more chill about #your blorbos share names with my blorbos #but they are not the same

[mayhemchicken-artblog]

in the hour or so it took me to draw this op turned reblogs off

EDIT: reblogs are STAYING OFF. op was right and correct and i have never regretted making a post as much as this one. if you want to reblog my art you can reblog something else from my blog. or commission me, lord knows i deserve financial compensation for the nightmare this post has put me through

#art #i had to block multiple people because of this post and i easily could have blocked more #do you guys have any idea how exhausting it is to hear 400 people make the exact same unfunny joke each thinking they're being original #or worry that another person might get harassed over a post i made because of the way people are talking about them #or be harassed/insulted YOURSELF because some people don't know how to fucking behave #you guys don't get reblogs back. you should be grateful i'm leaving the post up at all.

[cafffine]

my prof just explained on the syllabus that he’s included more points in the class than we needed to pass, so we could skip up like?? 20 small assignments/quizzes/participation!! and still get a very high grade!!

the idea was that we could focus on assignments that played to our strengths - only do the participation stuff if we like to talk out loud - only do the quizzes/readings if we want to do the class remotely - only do online discussions if we like to talk and share opinions but struggle with anxiety in class ect.

and that’s cool enough but then he pulled up DnD character sheets with drawings he’d done of these hypothetical student player classes and how our various accessibility needs could be gamified to ‘max out’ different aspects of the class to get high grades and like!!!!!

hell yeah!!!! let’s treat accessibility in higher education not just as a necessity but as the fun, engaging, and creative aspect of learning that it is!!! I love this!!

EDIT: For proper credit or further questions about his system please find my professor on twitter @/kurtishanlon

#his drawings were so cute too and they had titles like ‘silent warrior’ ‘voice of the people’ ect waaaa im so #excited for this class #he also promised to wear a mask and asked us to do the same my mannnn #double shot

[witchhickx]

Mean Girls (2004) House MD (2009)

#corporate wants you to find the difference between these two pictures #theyre the same picture #house md #gregory house #mean girls #james wilson #regina george #movie parallels #transition

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

#same #relatable #twitter #meme #memes #tweets #tweet #funny #lol #humor

[stuckinapril]

guys i actually beg of you to not let palestine become an unpleasant flashback, a transient tumblr trend, a hasbeen subject that just faded away. as an arab—and specifically iraqi—girl, i know what it feels like to have family displaced all over the world as a result of western imperialism. i know what it feels like to not be able to step foot into your homeland because it’s no longer safe. as an american iraqi, raised in the us and insulated from my roots, it wasn’t until last summer that i was able to visit iraq for the first time, and even then my family was worried for my safety—in my own blood country. although nothing like what palestinians are experiencing right now, it might be the tiniest semblance of what it feels like to watch your country disintegrate in front of you.

and this is a universal arab experience. i volunteer weekly at a refugee center that serves middle eastern refugees, and every day i see the longing in their eyes when they speak of where they hail from. it’s safe to say that we will be getting a wave of palestinian refugees very soon: just another generation of arabs who can’t inhabit their own country.

arab culture is so rich, so profound, so beautiful. i am tired of being told by the world—through literal genocide—that it doesn’t mean anything. please never let this be forgotten. free palestine. free palestine. free palestine.

#i can’t describe the way being alive through this has changed me but i will never be the same #palestine #israel #gaza

[doccywhomst]

#i’ve been thinking abt that cringe post #i think the latent feelings behind ‘cringe’ are shame and sometimes envy/bitterness #same vibes as when six year olds say ‘those toys are for babies’ if they’ve been shamed for their age by older kids #anyway. i think part of the healing process is realizing that shame puts you at war with yourself bc part of yourself is a social being! #and that part of you wants community and acceptance (maybe love). shame is the absence of acceptance #unlearning shame means learning self-love and gaining the confidence to find your people #jerma #cw jerma #(someone asked me to tag lol)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The math just adds up!

#dungeon meshi #falin touden #marcille donato #farcille #I always loved how chapter 27 ends with them both so bloody and 28 starts with them in the bath. #not just because of how iconic the bathtub moment is but because you know they had to scrap off so much gore first. #I think everyone in the party took a very long and methodical bath but Falin was basically *all* blood*. #Being covered in blood is one of those 'just girly things' that women deserve to stop being shamed about. #I just don't think Chilchuck is progressive enough. He probably made them take a bath first B*/ #Okay jestering aside I want to just highlight - #The magnitude of Marcille's joy at seeing her dearest friend again! Of holding her and sharing her presence in the same room! #Something about this reunion feels like a beautiful dream you are afraid of waking up from...

[heedra]

unsung benefit i think a lot of ppl are sleeping on with using the public library is that i think its a great replacement for the dopamine hit some ppl get from online shopping. it kind of fills that niche of reserving something that you then get to anticipate the arrival of and enjoy when it arrives, but without like, the waste and the money.

#im not much of an online shopper myself but i do find that the feeling i get from browsing the library catalogue to place holds #is the same i get from figuring out how to spend a gift card

[whaledocboi]

ai generated images make me increasingly sad and tired the more i see them in more and more casual contexts. i dont know how to explain, but it just fills the world with a bunch of nothing. no matter how visually stunning the pictures might be, there's nothing behind it for me. no dedication, no emotions, no feelings, no hard work or creativity, nothing i can truly think about, admire or enjoy. i dont think thats how art is supposed to be

#not to mention ripping off and plagirazing real artists hard work of course #which is a whole other conversation #i cant feel the same love and adoration for whatever the slop machine produces #it will never be the same #im just really tired #anti ai #anti ai art