#cheers!

[avalencias]

red moon rising….

#critical role #my things #imogen temult #we’ll not talk about how I haven’t been caught up in too many episodes I just love imogen #this did start as portrait practice but very rapidly……….evolved so here we are #as i’m sure you’ve all sussed out i’m incredibly stressed out and that’s why i’m drawing again #cheers! #ok also in reality I enjoyed this one bc it was a different….method of drawing/rendering? I was essentially re-showing myself how to do it #throughout and frankly I think it worked out for the better #so there’s that! #im sure I have the actual timelapse somewhere too……….

[lunarfuneral]

#cheers!

[haphazardlyannotated]

So I was thinking about how Steven, Connie and Stevonnie all have a duet with one of the main Crystal Gems and I realised how masterfully these songs are deployed to tell us things about them.

First of all, On The Run for Steven and Amethyst.

Amethyst is the Crystal Gem who relates the most to Steven's experiences and vice versa. They're both the 'juniors' in their household, they've both been struggling with being respected by the older Crystal Gems for a while now, and though Amethyst is very much Steven's guardian when it comes down to it, she's also Steven's peer in a way that Garnet and Pearl just aren't even when they try to include Steven.

And now this song sets them up as parallels in other contexts, too. They're both from earth! They both don't wholly belong in one category (Steven as a half gem, half human, Amethyst as a Crystal Gem who never fought in the rebellion and whose existence runs against the Crystal Gems' original wishes for Earth), and as we are about to learn, they both came into existence at the cost of other life and might harbour guilt about it, even though they had literally no say in this.

And then later on they continue to be parallels, especially in season 3 (though they share the child of divorce energy during the Sardonyx Arc). They both compare themselves to impossible standards of what they 'should' be (Steven to the idea of Rose, Amethyst to Jasper) and it is their recognition of their own struggles in each other that allows them to at least partially overcome them. No wonder Smoky Quartz is Steven's first fusion with another gem!

Next up: Do It For Her, sung by Pearl and Connie.

Speaking of parallels! It's pretty obvious watching the episode that Pearl is spending some time in projection city regarding absolute devotion to a beloved, if not revered partner, but she might actually be closer to the truth in some respects than she realises.

Remember Lion 2: The Movie? When Connie said that she didn't understand why Steven would hang out with someone as normal as her? Doesn't this remind us of someone else who feels like she's objectively inferior to a special (in several ways) someone? Someone who stepped out of the predetermined role she was supposed to fill to join her loved one on their dangerous path? Who lived a double life to avoid retribution from controlling authority figures? Couldn't say.

Also, they're both the knowledgable planner to their all loving goofball partner.

With all of this, I think Do It For Her both draws parallels between Pearl and Connie as well as Pearlrose and Connverse, and shows us how the example of Pearl and Rose's unresolved dysfunction could stop Steven and Connie from falling into the same trap before it was too late. I think seeing Pearl demonstrate the end of the road they were beginning to walk was what enabled Steven to step in before they got to Pearlrose's point, where Pearl was to deep in her self sacrificing mindset for Rose to reach her.

And finally, Here Comes A Thought for Garnet and Stevonnie.

First of all, obviously, Garnet and Stevonnie as an embodiment of the love and harmony between Ruby and Sapphire and Steven and Connie respectively.

It also draws parallels between Ruby and Connie and Steven and Sapphire though. (I saw a great meta about that in my lurking days, which I will link here if someone could kindly direct me to it). Sapphire and Steven as people who would rather bury negative feelings, like Sapphire tries to in Keystone Motel and Steven in... the entirety of suf to name just the most prominent one. Which of course only leads to more problems in the long run, because they haven't processed the feelings at all.

On the other hand, the comparison with Ruby draws attention to a trait of Connie's we maybe wouldn't have noticed otherwise: She is, for the lack of a better term, much more confrontational about things that make her unhappy. Just look at The New Crystal Gems.

Also, letting Ruby and Sapphire demonstrate their conflict resolution for Steven and Connie gives us an insight into what goes into keeping Garnet together through everything. Love takes work indeed. It's also worth pointing out that Connverse have been paralleled with both Pearlrose, Rupphire and (a little bit in We Need To Talk) Gregrose this way.

This show has so many layers, I swear, I'll be on my deathbed and I'll still find new nuances to write an essay about. Well done, Crewniverse.

#su #steven universe #crystal gems #su garnet #su amethyst #su pearl #su steven #connie maheswaran #stevonnie #su ruby #su sapphire #pearlrose #connverse #rupphire #meta #there's probably more but i'm tired and my brain is turning into cream cheese despite my vegan diet #so you get this #cheers!

[deuynndoodles]

[id: a colored, digital drawing of uraraka ochako from my hero academia. her costume has been redesigned slightly, with fingerless gloves, no heels, among other small tweaks. most notably, the white section on her chest cuts off at the belt.

she floats, looking amazed and excited. her hair sways in the antigravity. stars are doodled onto the background. end id]

its been a hot sec, sorry bout that! take an emotional support uraraka

#doodles #bnha #mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #uraraka ochako #uravity #<- w those out of the way! i recently started college and it is A Lot for me #my anxiety was going full speed in anticipation + i was correct to be worried #i dropped a class to focus on myself better so i should be good now :] #cheers!

[littlewitchbee]

Sargent study but make it Roy Mustang 🔥

#fma #fullmetal alchemist #roy mustang #littlewitchbee art #when my wrist stops hurting I will finish up riza and put them together as a set 💕 #but for now it’s rest and margaritas 😎 #not celebrating the fourth but I am celebrating an excuse to day drink #cheers!

[time-eatingnoodle]

"I do"

~~~

12/12 Days of RinShi - Family

Happy Holidays!!

#aoex #blue exorcist #ao no exorcist #rin okumura #shiemi moriyama #fanart #rinshi #rin x shiemi #12daysofrinshi #and that's it folks! #what a delight it was to work on these #here's to more rinshi in 2024! #cheers!

[parttimesarah]

🖤🍻💛

#cheers! #swaymark #jeremy swayman #linus ullmark #boston bruins #bruins hockey #goalie love #ice hockey #nhl #i made a gif #use it wisely… or not

[thesargasmicgoddess]

“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”

H. Keller

Taking a moment to reflect on what an adventure life has been this last year. Grateful for every moment as I shift gears to jump into the holidays ❤️

Cheers to a beautiful day!

#out and about #adventures #grateful girl #cheers!

[theirloveisgross]

*puts on conspiracy hat*

so... outro song in milwaukee was "i can see clearly now" by johnny nash. the song has these lyrics,

"here's the rainbow i've been prayin' for"

and... even if i haven't seen a clear photo/video, i know there was a rainbow lights project during the megamix.

yeah. i know. to make it more... interesting. the song was added to the playlist 30 minutes before the end of the show. here's a screenshot of my laptop (as a bonus, enjoy the addition of "baby one more time" to the playlist 2 days ago):

so, it was 8:50pm when i took it. song was added 44 minutes before then, making that around 8:06pm for me.

the megamix ended around 7:52pm for me (thanks to our screaming the shows in the server, i know this).

so like... you feel me?

louis: john, mate, whenever they finally get it and do the rainbow lights for the megamix... play this song.

jdelf: you got it, mate.

#am i reading too much into this? maybe. #am i freaking out? maybe. #was it because it stopped raining? maybe #but like i said... i put on the conspiracy hat #so... don't come at me with other possibilities because i'm the person that takes into account all possibilities trust me #this is the clowny one that popped up in my brain #cheers!

[the-writing-mobster]

Underfell sans in your style is very hot. I wanna hug him

eeeee, thank you so much!!! I think so too~

#cheers! #saving this ask for a rainy day #hahaha #underfell #underfell sans #wdyw sans #undertale #my art #he's very handsome #thank you!!! #ask and answer #thank you for your kind words <3

[artsyreower]

Cause for heart attack: When your android son is a bit too wholesome for a bit too long

#Detroit: become human #DBH #Hank Anderson #Connor #rk800 #DBH Connor #So I maaay or may nooot have gotten accidentally pulled into another fandom #cheers!

[dearheartdont]

Salt and Skin

Fandom: Bodies (TV 2023)

Relationship: Alfred Hillinghead/Henry Ashe

Additional Tags: Intimacy, Facial Shaving, Henry's continuing aversion to clothing

Alfred’s world narrows to the planes of Henry’s face being revealed with each scrape of the blade; the clockwork rhythm of his breath and chink of the blade against the bowl when he dips it to clean it of the lather. When Henry leans his head back Alfred pauses, struck by the exposed line of neck beneath the chin he palms.

Henry’s eyes are closed, his plush mouth relaxed and slightly parted, posture so open and trusting when Alfred has done nothing to deserve it. Alfred understands why men like Henry, like him, would risk exposure to have a moment of intimacy like this recorded.

#bodies netflix #bodies netflix fic #alfred hillinghead #henry ashe #micamicster #i've stolen your idea #cheers! #bodies 2023 #my fic

[sunflowerdigs]

Back on my Buddie shit after those pictures! I can't help but see how old Christopher looks. What if he puts up a fight when Eddie tells him Buck is going to babysit him while Eddie is on his date because he feels like he's too old for a babysitter? I would love that, actually. As Eddie is going off to waste time on his date with Marisol, Chris would remind him that the days of using Chris as an excuse to see Buck outside of work may be drawing to a close. And Eddie might have to examine his actual reasons for wanting Buck close that aren't Chris-related.

Probably won't happen, but it could be a good fanfic, if nothing else!

#911 spoilers #buddie #cheers! #those pictures are awesome i'm so excited! #even if they're two different scene their being released together like that is a good sign #as is their similar lighting despite the differences in time of day i think #idk i'm back on my buddie bullshit

[skysurfing]

#quick sth bc i just thought of it and wouldnt think about it ever again #cheers! #jjk #stsg #jujutsu kaisen #geto suguru #gojo satoru #fanart

[axolotlclown]

Alright, everyone's talking about the recent bans happening on Tumblr and I want to spell it out plain and clear for anyone lost or confused. Basically, what's happening is community guidelines are being enforced unfairly, and at times, nonsensically.

Here's what started it: a trans woman attempted to post some transition photos— one at the start of her transition and one of her now. The photos kept getting removed for "violating community guidelines." Most of us have seen this post. She kept trying to reply with the photos and every time they got removed. What community guidelines were violated was not made very clear. It seems that in the second photo, she was wearing cat ears and a fashionable choker collar. The photos may have been flagged as "fetish gear." But is that the line? Cat ears? No one can wear Hot Topic chokers anymore? How is this fetish gear if she was fully clothed? What happened?

I believe what happened was the post kept getting reported by TERFs. Tumblr infamously does not have many staff members and relies on bots and AI to scan posts for unwholesome content. With that, I am not confident that a human was involved in the original removal of these photos.

Frustrated, not just this trans woman, but multiple trans people have made posts expressing ways they hoped the CEO or Tumblr staff would cartoonishly die. For example, "I hope a piano falls on your head as you're walking out your front door." They have been banned because of this. There isn't a whole lot of weight to this decision, because clearly these users had no intention of bringing real harm to any staff members. What about the real harm and harassment that not only these trans women have experienced these past few days, but the entire trans community deals with on this app? This decision already felt like a slap to the face.

Then, the CEO threatened to get the police involved. Again, this threat holds little legal ground. These are clearly not real death threats. In order for the police to seriously consider a death threat, it has to be explicit. For example, if you make a post saying "I am going to shoot up the school tomorrow," then the police will investigate it. This is a realistic threat. If they find a gun and have reason to believe that you were actually going to shoot the school, you'll get arrested.

The CEO knows this, of course. That's not why he's made these threats. The banning of these blogs means that real staff got involved. They agree that these blogs have violated guidelines repeatedly and agreed that they should be removed. Keep in mind, the threats must have been reported multiple times as well, so there may have been more hands involved in this decision than it appears.

We have to remember that this website is full of trans people and allies. These decisions have rightfully outraged this community. The threats to involve the police were made to encourage the rest of Tumblr to stop talking about it. The problem is, we've been talking about this all along.

Society views trans people as a fetish. Over and over again we've expressed how frustrating it is that our bodies only exist in porn. Can you fathom how frustrating it is to hear that porn is allowed on this website but not cat ears? Trans people could breathe air, and we'd immediately be sexualized. It's a real world problem that is much bigger than this site.

To the Tumblr CEO and staff, you can't keep unfairly banning trans people. If you tried to ban every trans person on this site, you wouldn't have anyone willing to use it anymore. These decisions are going to cost you greatly. Please be clear about the community guidelines and enforcing them realistically moving forward.

And to my cisgender followers, please don't stop talking about this. You may have the privilege to forget about these issues, but we don't. Please keep posting about it. Please support the inevitable blogs that will be banned in the coming days because they dared to talk about it.

#thoughts of dante #tumblr #transphobia #trans #transgender #if i get banned for making the most clear and nonviolent post #please screenshot this and spread it as far as you can #i will not go down quietly #staff i will not threaten your lives #but if you push the rhetoric that threatens mine #i will happily watch this website continue to lose money #and all the layoffs that will follow #cheers!

[helenvader]

I'm slightly tipsy and, as it always happens, rather sentimental, so here be the stills to go with my favourite Halbrand quotes.

I have been searching for my peace for longer than you know. Please, for both our sakes, let me keep it.

2. What do you know of darkness?

3. No dialogue, but...

#the rings of power #myropstills #halbrand #i am a woman lost #even when sober #cheers!