#do you get what I'm saying

[bookwyrminspiration]

being an older sibling is like. you've never known a life without me. mom yelled at me and it taught her she never wanted to yell at you. I painted my room purple and grey and then you did too. we live in the same house but I haven't spoken to you in months. I don't know your favorite color. I saw it was going to rain so I picked you up from school on my way home so your books wouldn't get wet. i was so worried when you woke up sick when you were three. you don't remember being sick. mom and dad made their worst mistakes with me and I'm glad they didn't make them with you. I'm doing everything for the first time so you won't be in the dark. I don't know any of your friend's names anymore. I used to know them all. if something happens to mom and dad you won't have to worry because everything will fall to me. you don't like to be home alone but even if you don't see me just knowing I'm there makes you feel better. at least that's what mom told me. you still give me jars to open for you because you can't quite get them. I only see you during dinner. i'd never even think about missing one of your concerts. I stand at the counter when I eat and now you do, too. when offered a selection of books you picked the same one I did when i was your age. I'm terrified you compare yourself to me. I love you. I don't know if you like me. I want you to. mom says dinner's ready

#quil's unholy underworld #siblings #sibling relationship #older sibling #eldest sibling #listen. #does any of this make sense #this has all been just circulating in my heard forever and I had to put the words somewhere #so now the words are on tumblr #do you get what I'm saying #i don't know who my sister is but like. we're right next to each other. she's just down the hall #something something it's already a poem just look at it it's on the ceiling #but instead it's we're a poem just feel it we're standing right here

[lazy-toad]

There's something about both innocent and punished Hunter having the same scar on their face that just makes me sooooo ofjkskakakfjgjekakd. like, we have innocent who was once Mike's best friend, who is still an ally when the circumstances align, and then we have punished who is absolutely not an ally or a friend, who has gotten into physical fights with Mike who was even killed when a fight got that intense, and who is often thought of by Mike as the most cruel and they both have the same identifying feature.

#do you get what I'm saying #hunter you make me so ill ily #woe.begone #w.bg

[artekai]

i can be your angle or yuor devil. do you see my vision

#persona 5 #persona 5 strikers #p5s #kuon ichinose #p5s spoilers #deni's art #deni's stuff #image #please please please tell me you see my vision. #me as a depressed teenager if we're being real. even still now as a depressed adult #do you get what i'm saying

[mumbledramblings]

to everyone who followed me for trigun, let me explain why ffxv has me in such a grip rn:

#ffxv #prompto argentum #do you get what i'm saying #do you understand what i'm going through #do you forgive me for all my ffxv posting recently

[byler-alarmist]

It's the way that so many of Steve and Nancy's fits at various times throughout the seasons have hidden stripes... nearly invisible at first glance unless you really look

#you can tell with some of them they really had to try #something something more than meets the eye #something something the stripes being more invisible the more conformist rhey were #do you get what i'm saying #stripesgate #st costume design #st costuming

[sergeant-angels-trashcan]

I literally truly and honestly cannot fathom creating The Force Awakens, from the score to the cinematography to the costumes to the editing, and then being like “nah Rey isn’t Luke’s daughter” 

#the force awakens #star wars #luke skywalker #yeah i just watched tfa for the first time in a while #i forgot that they LITERALLY PLAY LUKE'S THEME FOR REY #how do you allow that script #how do you allow those acting choices #i'm foaming at the mouth #if it was just a few of those things!!! #but no it's ALL OF THOSE THINGS!!!! #'that lightsaber was luke's and it was his father's before him and now i'm giving it to you rando girl' #like i GET where rey nobody could have been really cool and you could have done that!!! #but EVERYONE being like 'the droid was with a gIrL. wE mUsT gEt ThE gIrL' why yall freaked out #kyle why you worried what's that about #is it because you thought you killed her but you didn't hmmmm? #why did you give her luke's theme. why did you give her luke's theme #why not a swamp. why not an ice planet? #do you get what i'm saying #rey is luke poe is leia and finn is han do you see. do you see.

[bronzetomatoes]

it feels like 90% of the notes on my ray toro post come from people w gerard pfps or urls like d3adliest2lead or threecheerrssss and while it does make sense i guess it's also very funny to me it's like that guy at the tattoo convention who said WOAH i love spiderman while wearing the shirt that said i love spiderman

#look anika's talking! #do you get what i'm saying

[lindwurmkai]

you know what though??

i want to see more middle-aged characters who emphatically don't have their shit together, but not because they're in denial about something or otherwise oblivious to the often very obvious reasons for their problems.

where's the chaotic uncle who just has really bad adhd and meds are not an option for whatever reason (setting, allergies etc.)? where's the autistic person with bipolar disorder who's doing everything right but just can't hold down a job? where's the "addict" who's actually deliberately self-medicating for a chronic condition because better treatment is not available? where are the queer people who've never been in denial but could not live the lives they wanted for one reason or another and are now dealing with the fallout?

denial and obliviousness can make excellent plot devices, but i would like to see some self-aware human disasters. and not the "stubborn old person too set in their ways" variant, either!!

#do you get what i'm saying #where are my people #;

[wellnoe]

i actually really dislike that the hellfire gala outfit turned into jean’s superhero costume. i think when she was first wearing it i said it looked basically like a superhero costume, and it does, but i personally think it is a very boring costume that’s not really any fun in the way costumes can sometimes be. also! just in general! i think it’s weird to repurpose a gala outfit as a more general costume, the way they did with jean and the way they did with ororo for a while. like. if marvel is going to put all this emphasis on unveiling these dramatic looks for a specific event, then i feel like that is cheapened somewhat by just having these outfits become the characters’ everyday clothes, because costumes seem to be people’s everyday clothes on krakoa.

#do you get what i'm saying #they don't feel like special event wear really bc they are being worn all the time #like when jean wore the full gala get up on that one mission it's like. #she basically just clipped a skirt/cape to herregular outfit #i don't think this has the effect you were going for #also like i said i just think it's a boring costume personally. it doesn't do a lot for me #w.me

[bookwyrminspiration]

Line for you to find:

“It’s yet another reason I didn’t want to involve my family. I’ve never done anything I didn’t believe in—but that doesn’t mean I haven’t crossed hard lines.”

I have to concede this one to you, Mr. Pyren. I knew I recognized it, but I couldn't place it even after over half and hour of brainstorming. Because I got it in my head that it was an Alden quote, but when I couldn't find it I went to the internet to double check, and unfortunately it showed me the page number, so I ruined the test </3

alas! it is so obvious now that I've gotten past the Alden thing! but I think it's no surprise I missed the lodestar quote, that book mysteriously vanishes from so many memories

#quil finds quotes #quil's queries #fintan-pyren #i wish I hadn't ruined it for myself I would've liked this challenge #the way I've been timing it for reference. is I don't start the timer until I actually open the first book #any brainstorming before that is free game #but once I hit 15 min or I can tell I'm off and I'll allow myself to look up the quote for a tiny bit more context to jog my memory #i did it with one other #and that didn't show me the page number #so I thought i'd be good here #alas. I was not #if I'd stopped thinking about alden and remembered it was juline? #would've taken me like 3 minutes tops she's not here a lot. so #but anyway! touche fin! #in my head you are like. my companion. my rival but we are on the same side. and also friends and not rivals. you know? #we've both got keeper special interests so in my head we are brain beaming each other always #I would say equals but I don't want to imply everyone else is inferior #do you get what i'm saying #like. if I fuck something up you're gonna be the one to call me on it over anyone else #said positively #i'm getting distracted woop

[lacebird]

when marc said “i have to finish this. if not, i’ll never be free” and robbie said “i thought if i settled the score, it would go away. it didn’t happen” 

#ghost rider #moon knight #robbie reyes #agents of shield #marc spector #DO YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING

[exhumedicarus]

thinking about audience participation literally giving characters who died a second chance. their death was pointless and they deserved better so we are going to use our limited control of the narrative to give that to them

#fans gaming the system to resurrect jaylen hotdogfingers #people caring about and theorizing about light pit so much that he's relevant in multiple nccts #etc #do you get what i'm saying

[juneiper-art]

I just rewatched Contact and that film is so sacred and profane coded to me. I could write so much about it. Alas. Whomst has the time.

#juneiper chats #when i was in grad school a lot of the logicians in my cohort #used to argue about the rationality and objectiveness of science and math #it's so ahistorical but it's also like ... #do you not experience the ectasy of these things #do you not see the way in which devotion and faith are axiomatic to the scientific method #and i don't mean this to demean science by saying it's based in faith #i mean it is so utterly compelling and i just want to dig my teeth into #the sacred/profane nature of Truth in both science and faith #I'm a philosophical pragmatist so i don't think there is Truth #so both science and faith are so so so like OUAGH to me emotionally #like your beliefs are so... obsessive and rich #you actually believe you can Know about this universe #that there is a Truth that is both discoverable and knowable #I'm like William James studying prophets #but the prophets are scientists #do you get what I'm saying #do you see how these two ideologies are so opposed but two sides of the same coin #foaming at the mouth

[bookshelfdreams]

yk when you see someone share a finished handmade item that they clearly spent a lot of time and money on and it's just. The absolute tackiest thing you have seen in your life. And then you ask yourself why someone would waste all those resources on such an eyesore.

(no, of course you can't relate to that because you're a much nicer person than me)

In any case.

BEHOLD!

A wool coat!

The top fabric is handwoven and handspun, the whole thing is sewn by hand, too.

Leftovers. Barely anything, all things considered, which is very satisfying.

This thing took me well over 3 years to make, on and off. And now I'm done.

Thank you for your attention.

#carry on XD #i hope y'all realize that when I say tacky it's with nothing but love in my heart #yes it's ugly. that's the whole point. #everyone should have an item in their wardrobe that will get Looks and raised eyebrows #it's good for you #anyway can't believe I'm done! this is a huge boost to my crafting hubris I CAN DO ANYTHING #wizard bathrobe adventures #handweaving #handspinning #hand sewing #look what i made #crafts #overall I'm happy with it even though there's. things that aren't ideal #the pockets are set a bit too low #and i should have made it a tiny bit longer not much but maybe like 5cm #anyway #overall it's a nice coat i think #Now That's What I Call Slow Fashion

[striving-artist]

Tumblr skews young, so let me just share this.

The worst thing you can do in a job is not be bad at something. It's to say you are great at something while being bad at something. If you need to improve and you're upfront that you're not the best, people will probably help or teach or explain. They will sympathize when you get put on a task you're not qualified for.

If you claim to be awesome at something when you demonstrably suck at it, all of that good will and sympathy is gone and it will not come back.

Confident is good. Stand up for yourself, know your skills.

But the other side of this is to Know your Faults.

This message brought to you by the 23yo who bragged about how he was great at X and had the best program for it, and I spent the weekend doing his job for him because he is so so bad at it, and only about 5% of what he did is salvageable.

#real life #can't overstate this #you're in better shape if you say you're not certain #if you go 'hey can you walk me through exactly what you want' #even if its just you saying 'I have never done this HERE can you help me be sure I'm doing it the way you want?' #confidence will get you the job #but if you lied? #its going to be years before we trust you again #and yes I work in a teeny tiny industry #so we will gossip and ruin your chances for a longgggg time #but even in larger fields #office jobs love to gossip

[cozylittleartblog]

worst way to start my new year, thanks. i have a lot of things to say about these companies but i'm tired and just keeping it focused to the pin side of things for this one. do not ever buy pins from these companies, literally ALL of them are stolen from small artists like me. if you want to buy enamel pins, check out etsy, and artist's personal websites and shops! (though even Etsy has some bootleg pins that ship straight from china, so tread carefully…)

Every pin I've designed is, thus far, EXCLUSIVE to my etsy. if you find it anywhere else, it's been ripped off! and once these stupid bootlegs pop up, it's basically a never ending game of whack-a-mole trying to get them all taken down...

#psa #art theft #pin theft #aliexpress #shein #wish #temu #deltarune #the bootleg pin is just over an inch tall. do you know how BAD this design looks at that size?? i'd know. i tested it. #they didn't even use the black nickel of the pin for the black parts of the design. and the listing says copper for some reason. what. #some people never even get their designs taken down. its really sad #so i might just have to deal with bootleg queens out there forever :( i hope nobody confuses the ripoffs for the real thing.... #my pin is so much nicer! its almost two inches big and it has two posts on the back so it doesn't spin #because spinning pins are the bane of my existence #im out here working my ass off out of my bedroom in my parents place trying to make a living and here come these pricks #i watermarked all my listing photos exactly so they Couldn't steal my fucking pictures so at least there's that #my new years is just full of bad luck so far i hope this isn't a bad omen #if my registration isn't accepted by the aliexpress copyright department I'm SOL and this will just. stay up i guess #i'm sad #bootleggers kys