#demystify this for me

[rainbow-musician]

there was a guy on here asking for what font joehills used in his thumbnails, saying he was “desperate”, so i used a font identifier and found it and sent it to him in an ask and then i took a three hour nap and when i woke up his blog was gone, my ask unanswered. i wonder what happened in those three hours.

#joe hills #hermitcraft #joehills #true story #seriously if you remember that guy let me know #please i must know #demystify this for me #who was he #what did he want

[the-sappho-of-lesbos]

You know when you are little and you get hit with that “oh wow. My parents are like just people. They aren’t just Mum and Dad. They are their own flawed person who was once a kid”

You start getting that feeling about lgbt spaces / history / culture when you look into a lot of our stuff.

#you meaning me #it’s me #and it happens everytime lolol #being demystified by stupidity #personal

[astriiformes]

Many, many of my Ao3 commenters: It's really incredible how much you know about history. I can tell you did so much research for this fic. I would never even have thought to look some of this up. Your attention to detail is amazing.

Me: [typing "when did they name the bones" into Google]

#i will admit that 'when did they name the bones' got me a vague time period but not the actual answers i needed #but also. i hope this demystifies my process

[spw-art]

Is it my body…?

#someone I might be? something inside me? #me #trans art #yeah sure I can tag that #got spooked by my own body today so I had to demystify it

[space-blue]

As both an artist and a writer, I have no idea why I react so differently to works recognisably better than my own.

I'm not the jealous type, and in general I'm more confident in my writing than my art, even if I've had art classes since I was a kid and studied it at school, vs. writing being an 8yo hobby.

When I read someone who is clearly a superior storyteller, I get very excited. I pay more attention to the way they construct sentences, develop characters, etc. I can get so pumped that I'll drop the story and go work on my own, like it gave me a boost.

Art is the opposite. Seeing pieces that are significantly superior, it's a toss of the coin whether I'll just adore it, gawk, save it, move on... Or start feeling down on myself.

Again it's not jealousy, and this post is not an appeal for compliments. I've been practicing loads recently and I'm seeing the improvement in my art even just over the last couple of months.

I just have this tendency to *see* in vivid detail all the ways the Gorgeous Art does things I guess I think I should be able to do/wish I were already able to do/wonder if I'll ever be able to do...

And it's a downer. It's almost never motivational. I'll analyse one such piece, try to learn from it. Draw a flat, shitty pancake of a face doodle, tell myself I'm wasting my fucking time and I should stick to fic, and not draw for a day (I come back eventually).

I refuse to let that sort of feeling affect my attitude outside that though, and always make a point of sharing/saving/commenting/etc. on such pieces anyway. They're often the ones I respect the most.

Art that's gorgeous but not my style or taste never gives me that feelings.

So I guess it's envy and self pity in the end, even if dilluted.

But why do I not get it in writing or 3D?

Maybe it's got something to do with how much keener my eye is for art? Trained, educated to see, but not trained enough to do? Maybe it's because I was raised amid toxic ideas of innate ability and failed next to 'truly dedicated' students who were completely consumed by their art? Is it some personal unresolved hangups?

Maybe it's because I feel I've mastered the basics of writing, or at least there is no mystery to the craft. Reading, practicing, exercises of style, ad vitam aeternam. While art can remain baffling. How is this piece so good? Even if the artist explained I wouldn't know HOW to make it. My hand would fail my eye. Too many moving parts in my mind's eye (I need the perspective, the anatomy, the dynamic lines, the colour theory, the painting experience, the satisfactory brushes, the confidence to pull a decent piece from a rough sketch...)

Whilst writing now is only a matter of growing from sound foundations.

Art feels like the foundations are never done being set.

I have no idea. I wish I knew, so I could enjoy art and drawing the same way I do reading and writing.

#art #writing #drawing #musings #snips talks #ruminations #honestly one of my fav things is process videos #that can really demystify some insane art #like 'oh ok they spent 1million years on it and smoothed this all with a tiny brush and tons of colourpicking' #'they're insane and a master' can be just as soothing as a process that teaches me practical new things #and better habits

[shokuto]

I know Peter Parker’s really intelligent but when it ventures into “Top 10 of the Marvel universe” territory it’s always because of something someone said and never something he’s actually done

#Like. Reed Richards saying Peter’s probably smarter than him. My man lmao he made wristwatches that bust nuts you’ve crossed universes #T’challa in particular can talk all the shit he wants he invented a new branch in science that demystifies magic. MAGIC #Not ‘’the magic of the universe’’ I mean hocus pocus bippity boppity boo when Peter does some shit like that THEN you can call me #spiderman #peter parker

[lottiecrabie]

Ur such a fictional Matty girl. What about real life Matty. I feel like we know so little about you. When did u become a fan etc etc. fave album? Have u seen them live? I’m just rlly curious lol

i understand what you meant but when i read it for the first time i thought you were saying ‘you are a made up the 1975 fan. we all collectively thought up this smut writer.’😭 this is Also funny because you are the Third person to tell me they get surprised when they remember i’m actually Real and a fan lmao. literally two friends have told this to me before.

my favorite album varies i’m sooo indecisive in life but rn i’d say it’s iliwys and just under bfiafl. i was a casual fan and listener for a while but i actually became more into the band with bfiafl! my controversial opinion is that abiior is my least favorite album🫢 my favorite song changes all the time too i’d say rn i’m in a big roadkill, heart out and the 1975 (bfliafl) phase. my fav of all time always stays she lays down though it means so much to me i think it is. such a heartbreaking and empathetic song and let me not go on because i would incessantly rant

#hope this Demystifies me #i am real😁😁 #or am i…… #ask

[deanmarywinchester]

don’t we all find unfinished supernatural porn in our google docs while digging around for class notes sometimes?

#never to be finished since lee was utterly demystified by me starting leverage lmao #anyway. I feel insane I think it should be a Geneva convention violation to make me do an exam about management consulting while it’s so #nice out and my brain is full of wool yarn #personal

[vermillioncrown]

pretty sure your snare trap has math for cheese

you'd think so. i thought so, too--but no one talks to me about the actual math from my fanfic (me getting hurt feelings from everyone fixating on 'bruce wayne batman dating' rather than chasing the 'data regression' -> 'fast fourier transform' -> 'dick grayson is a former mathlete about to read korvin to filth', but i fucking did it to myself and know it)

actual math/stem people more knowledgeable than me take one look and go "lmao poser" and ignore it

laymen read my fic and don't care beyond the spectacle

i think the math acts like a filter. you either vibe w my processes (which cannot be separated from how i write) or you [x] immediately

#inquiry #Anonymous #there is something else that is the lure #a certain menthol illinois if you will #dude idk sometimes i wanna joke and advertise 'get some fucking science here' #but i also know a lot of fics over the decade that touted that kind of . uh. and they didn't vibe with me #don't agree with their portrayal of stem-related things + research + 'intelligence' and 'capability' #so many fics i've read wanting more 'realism' of certain mechanics or whatever #i pass away as soon as i see how they handle the subject matter. i see it enough day-to-day. i do not need the same attitude in fic #idk my goal isn't to blind someone with math and science it's just how my square-shaped brain thinks #and i wanna demystify + also allow people to give the subject respect. a measured treatment in a candid manner #so i think if i ever advertised myself as a math/science-focused writer i'll become the enemy #that's when you guys put me down like a lame horse. promise okay? #but at the same time i cannot lie to myself and divorce the thinking patterns i'm used to from my field #bc despite not studying lit + last lit class ever i slept through four months... #my current work requires me to put stories together. subject matter is technical and non-fiction. #(i'll also say... the bruce wayne sugar baby punchline will not end how most of you probably think it will. based on heuristics) #(but that's not bad. it just means i'll continue to make y'all spittake)

[juppsenn]

Cars are just women for men

#demystifying why the burger joint gives my friend extra chips but not me

[decompose1]

I keep considering making a lil blog to compile resources n keep handy a lot of sources/log surgery stuff/etc for a variety of trans ppl but i am unsure just bc of how much negative and/or discoursey attention they tend to attract

#i wouldn't wanna be the type of blogger to like #get involved with any infighting/discourse/etc #NOR AM I EQUIPPED TO GRANT STRANGERS MUCH ADVICE #NOR DO I WANT STRANGERS TO VENT HEAVILY TO ME #buuuut #i would love to like #make a handy and easy resource blog esp for demystifying things abt bottom surgery and other lesser known details #meow.txt

[solemntitty]

hey. it'll be alright. rice with chili crisp, ok?

#jamie has made a statement #i watched a lot of chinese cooking demystified and they made a video about 'rice killers' and #that made me realize like oh shit. yeah rice is a blank canvas to put whatever the fuck you want on it #i also liked their recent video about how in chinese cooking it tends to have sauces not like added to the dish #but incorporated #and i'm like oh hhhh that sounds like a great idea damn i should do that #anyways recommend their channel tbh they're very informative #recently saw a video that did smth similar but was indian? cuisine and with chickpeas and i'm like ouegh i should do that #i need to get a gas burner and a wok someday but i'm also scared of high heat and oil splatters alkdjflsjf #sorry i'm just hungry and making rice and i'mlike who was i before i used a rice cooker bc this shit is the best thing ever invented

[wheretheeternalare]

why does seriously considering applying to grad school without fail give me a panic attack

#i mean i know why the real question is why have i not gotten over it yet i've been like this for 3 years #grad school has been sooo demystified for me i should be able to imagine getting rejected from yale without wanting to fucking die and yet

[waterloggeddaughter]

Giving fake beginner level plant lessons in my head if anyone wants to come

#by no means an expert I just like talking about them #and demystifying plants #plants #you cannot silence me

[reikunrei]

I wanna talk about ST but the way I wanna talk about it is like a very pretentious art student-y way where I don’t really wanna discuss the content of the material, rather I wanna discuss the process and how and why they chose to do what they did from a creator standpoint and I wanna see all their notes and abandoned threads that they severed or repurposed for something else and I wanna see the thought process of the creative team to whittle it all down to the final product. talking about the story itself is inherent in that conversation, but I want to come at it from the standpoint of speaking objectively about a piece of art and how it is created rather than the meaning of the story. or something. I can’t articulate it but I just want to gush about art as art and the work that goes into creating something and all the messy behind the scenes rather than just the final product

#having a real one at work rn #i say things #stranger things #I think it’s just bc for me personally the best part about art is the process and learning #like. getting a final piece is nice. but I like the exercise of the work itself #so it makes me wanna see the process of everyone else’s work too #idk it’s fun to lift the curtain and have things demystified I think #like being immersed is cool and all but. don’t you wanna know how it all works???? #basically I don’t always wanna talk about the characters as people #I wanna talk about them as the pieces of art that they are #and I don’t mean that in a romanticizing way lmao I mean ‘they are a figment of someone’s imagination. they are fake’ kind of way

[vimbry]

finally watched gigantic documentary and it was greatttt. man, being privvy to the inner workings of how creative projects are developed is always so fascinating. also very funny, and with so many stories of creative relationships gone sour, lovely when they include those moments of just how much they like and respect each other. surprisingly bittersweet too and actually somewhat of an instant period piece.

#also that. 1 bit. from the extrovert and introvert chapter. um. 👀 #srry to anyone who recently followed me. I talk about handsome dads a lot #I love ''man it's so loud in here'' so seeing that one be worked on particular was interesting #it's cool to demystify the project I guess? since you mainly only engage with the final result and don't see creators' rough stages #I think at the same time you don't want to spoil the magic so to speak #but you also find a new appreciation in how someone compiled something