#especially this one friend of mine

[spitblaze]

I don't see people gas up gnc and butch transfems nearly enough, can we get a fuckin round of applause for gnc and butch transfems

#spitblaze says things #transgender #transfem #mtf #several very good friends of mine are butch/gnc transfems and they both rule immensely #also theres just not enough appreciation for butch/gnc women generally but especially not transfem ones #not to do performative activism while having a post about not being a performative activist going around #i just wanna shout out a group that i feel is often overlooked #doin numbers

[riickgrimes]

It's been so long. If he were alive, he would've found his way. You don't know- not for sure. You can believe he's out there, that he's not gone. You can believe a little longer and still go home to your kids. You can know when to go- you can do both. I can do it with you. I will.

MICHONNE X NAT 1.02 — GONE

#the walking dead #the ones who live #twd: the ones who live #twdedit #towledit #michonne grimes #danai gurira #matthew august jeffers #mine and only mine #I LOVED THEM 😭 #it was so nice to see michonne with friends #ppl that really loved her and looked out for her #nat especially #i wish we had more of himmmm

[vellichorom]

it is a mystery,

FEATURING !!!! @tommy-terror‘s Stanley & Narrator, && @lemoneychicken​‘s, @jesperjohansen’s & @staticlake‘s Narrators too!

#uwu art #The Stanley Parable #TSP Narrator #The Narrator #TSP Stanley #Stanley #The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe #anonymous #TOMMY'S NAR IS THE ONE W/ THE CURLED HAIR - LEM'S IS THE SPEECH BUBBLE - PASTA'S IS ( u know ) '' FAT BASTARD '' & DIA'S IS THE SCARFED ONE #i love my friends they're so talented & have tasty narrator designs #THEY ( ESPECIALLY TOMMY & PASTA ) REALLY INSPIRED MINE #ALSO HEYYYY THANK YOU I'VE NEEDED AN EXCUSE TO POST THESE #& there's still MORE #i've been on a parable kick & nobody here knows it #ALSO ALSO TOMMY COLORED THE MIDDLE TWO BENEATH ALL THE NARRATORS #she also inspired my narrator's own colors i love her dearly

[coulsart]

Um.

It should go without saying, but don’t “compliment” me by insulting someone else’s work. Thanks.

#blabbababa #especially not if its a friend or loved one of mine #use critical thinking.

[nocturnalnewsiestrash]

There are two types of Bottoms (2023) rewatches (for me at least)

Or

#lets play a game of guess which one i am in tonight 🥹 #spoiler its not the first one #isokay though im managing it well *well being a relative term for my usual amount of my panic attack management system #bottoms 2023 #bottoms movie #the amount of giggly smiling tricks my brain into thinking we're actually feeling happy and in a giggly mood #and the unhingedness gives my empathetic nervous system a chance to redirect its focus onto THEIR issues instead of #mine and then suddenly my brain has realized we're not in immediate danger #and boom we've got a perfect panic disorder management strategy for me #the other type of rewatch is also very fun. trust. Especially when I'm introducing it to my other sapphic friends. so much glee #and unintelligible thoughts. giggly unintelligible thoughts #anyhoo here you all go :))

[plutos134340]

Look look look!!!!!!! I drew heart!!

I originally drew it on paper but i wanted to attempt coloring it in digitally so thats why theres two versions 😭

And then heres mind

Designs by @starclawz 😁

#i love these designs and i wanted to draw #so i combined those little thoughts of mine #chonny jash #chonnys charming chaos compendium #cj heart #cj mind #and if ur one of my irl friends seeing this #this isnt me ok i swear this is like not me this is a random person ily guys #also the digital versions are wacky #i like the traditional versions better #especially minds #it just didnt turn out the way i wanted it #my art #🗣️

[thebirdandhersong]

well mark that down as situation 2938489 that I don't know how to handle

#i would love advice on this if y'all have any thoughts to share because i know what my parents think and im having trouble sorting it out #i love these three friends of mine but it is really draining to be around them now because all they will talk about is church drama #(re: our old church) and rehashing it all and being Outraged about the horrors etc etc #either that or being downright condescending about protestants/non denominations and acting like it's funny to talk like that all the time #i end up being more angry or resentful or exasperated at the end of our conversations than glad and at peace like i did before #(before all THIS ish happened and the three of them were like okay this is all we're going to talk about now) #i've tried to say in gentle ways (i am simply not capable of this kind of blunt confrontation) that maybe we should not be talking #so uncharitably towards other people especially behind their backs. like. yes bad things happened. we have to acknowledge that. #but continually making jokes and jibes at a priest's expense really rubs me the wrong way especially since i KNOW that he loves us #and in many ways was trying his best in the circumstances. and are we not supposed to be loving our neighbour #and is this not downright slander to keep going on this way esp since it goes on for HOURS at a time #anyway i don't know what to DO because if i keep chatting with them/meeting up with them conversation will be 90% this thing and i Hate It #but on the other hand i feel responsibility towards them because my godson's one of them and another is a friend who is a fairly recent #convert and if i leave them to stew in their own echo chamber i doubt it'll do them good #am i supposed to keep some distance? am i supposed to keep arguing whenever one of them says something unkind or inflammatory? #am i supposed to keep speaking up so that they hear a different perspective? am i supposed to run in the other direction for my own peace o #mind? anyway i am still thinking this over and it stresses me OUT #it used to be fun and life giving to be around these people and now it is so exhausting and seriously alarming in many ways

[hadesoftheladies]

hate going for christian weddings sometimes because i always see the prettiest women with the ugliest men, the sermon is always some shit about wives being slaves (but not like bad slavery, mutual slavery except the husband is a benevolent master which makes it okay) and making babies for their husband, the music is always lame, the mc is always weird and obnoxious, and older women keep fucking asking me when it's gonna be my turn and never take no for an answer.

#mine #personal #brief storytime in the tags #one of my family friends got married and i was happy she was happy #her parents are like an aunt and uncle to me #i was happy to share that moment with them #we cried and laughed together #and my friends #their other daughters were on the line and looked gorgeous #it was just beautiful watching us all grow up in a way and move on to “the next” together #BUT #im a pastor's kid #and my dad loves weddings #he drinks them in whenever he can now especially because they make him happy and he's had to attend a lot more funerals this year #he's been burdened a lot by how many people he's had to bury and how many hospital visits he's had to do #so i was happy to see him happy too #it just all felt so bittersweet to me #because i know how badly my parents want this for me and for themselves #there was a daddy-daughters dance at some point and i could feel my dad beaming beside me watching that #and i was a little sad about it because i was like im never gonna give you that #this could be the best thing i could ever give you and i will never give you this #i can never kneel at an altar in front of a pastor and swallow that sermon #i would never marry a man in my generation #if i married a woman you and almost the entire tent filled with people that watched me grow up would not attend #my happiest day would be another funeral for you #it was worse because im kind of a small celebrity in this community because of my parents and their siblings who are politicians #so people i barely knew kept coming up and asking me when it would be my turn and how they so looked forward to the day #and i was like i love that we're a community here and i missed the pestering of aunts since i left church #but at the same time i was glad to remember why i left #there is no freedom to be myself at all with them because all they do is project their beliefs and ideas on me because that's what children

[moopermoment]

when there’s another danganronpa idk

#meepo art #danganronpa another #dra #satsuki iranami #kinji uehara #monokuma #girl help i'm danganronpa posting for real now. #okay but i've been watching a playthrough done by a friend of mine and i'm very interested in this fangan. it's very good #also i'm obsessed over satsuki as a lot of players are. especially me and my other two friends. including the one lets playing #i love this goofy clown lass so much fr but she also made me insane. just like another blue danganronpa motherfucker after chapter 4 #also uehara sketch because i find him pretty neat too. only catholic i respect /joke #oh yeah i gave satsuki some plus-sized swag because she deserves it :]

[tomwambsgans]

#tomgreg #im personally torn between st paul and rome #just bc its funny that theres a como lake in st paul #and Lake Como in italy is one of the most popular wedding venues #and was also namedropped by tom and be says 'but im worried about the fog' #so then like. for ppl to get the wedding memo and be like 'holy shit hes taking greg to como??“ #only for it to be a different como lake #just feels very good #but also a Classy Old New York wedding feels VERY tom #in any case it would prob depend on who all they even can invite #and i think tom would be pretty nervous about another big wedding #like he already got his Big Fancy Wedding with shiv but also the venue wasnt his choice #and look how that turned out #hed probably have this fear of declaring their love in front of too many people cursing it #ultimately i have to think its just family and closest friends there #and also theyd prob wanna avoid the roys just trashing it. especially roman #so they would not need/want a huge venue necessarily. food for thought #mine

[designernishiki]

y3 has made me feel many things but one of the things that lingers with me the most about it is how majima takes every possible opportunity and makes every possible gesture to say “please don’t leave me alone again, please take me with you when you leave, I WANT to be right next to you when you need me, I’ll literally do anything for you, just don’t leave me alone again” always indirectly but in strong enough ways that i think it’d be obvious to anyone paying attention EXCEPT Kazuma Kiryu, The Densest Man On Earth, who he’s pleading to in the first place. it’s. frustrating to watch. someone needs to grab kiryu by the shoulders and tell him. for the love of god. this man loves you so much and you keep leaving him when all he wants to do is help you and be with you please just take him to okinawa oh my god

#kazumaji #it’s FRUSTRATING #specifically thinking about the scene in the bar after the pink truck debacle #where majima finally says like. if you’re going to Okinawa to deal with this whole assassination thing or whatever comes up I’m coming #with you. you don’t have a ton of support down there and me and you together are basically unstoppable #pretty much completely outright #and kiryu. the dense stubborn motherfucker he is. is like. i don’t have No One down there I have a few friends (missing the point). I’ll be #fine. I don’t need your help there. you should stay here #I’ll give him some credit because then saying ‘someone has to stay here and keep the Tojo clan from total collapse’ is a good point and it #does mean something that he trusts majima to be that person (especially given I don’t think anyone else on earth would trust him with that) #(despite him being totally capable- you know mad dog persona and all that blah blah blah) #like that’s a good point idk who else would be a good choice to do that considering daigo’s out of commission and who’s even left after that #obviously mine is Sketchy. kashiwagi is (supposedly) dead. everyone else kiryu trusts in the yakuza is dead or injured more or less. #not gonna leave fuckin DATE in charge or something #so. fair enough point. but nonetheless it doesn’t erase the fact that kiryu overlooks what majima means in the grander scheme of things #and still believes first and foremost that he doesn’t need/want his help when he does and he should #he’s just. allergic to making life easier for himself #among other issues #sigh #yakuza 3 #y3 #goro majima #kazuma kiryu #kiryu #majima #rambling

[somecunttookmyurl]

Sorry to just drop into this, but another thing to consider with handmade good and the ‘overpriced’ idea is that you also have to factor in how much stock might sell at any given time.

For example, if you make 100 pairs of earrings in a month but might only sell 30 (because you need to give people options etc.) then the profit from those 30 should reasonably cover the time you spent making all 100.

Also, it should pay for the time you spend at craft fairs, replying to any commissions/ purchase requests, packaging time and going to the post office, any online marketing you might do (tumblr posts etc).

Peolle don’t often factor these in when thinking about the value of crafts they buy, which is a bit unfair.

yes there are other overheads but the thing is. basically all of those to some extent also apply to fibre arts

but sure. to be thorough. i spend 10h a week at my market stall and an hour... let's say 2 be generous with it... updating the shop

if i made 50 pairs of earrings and sold 15, the "materials" cost of 1 pair, to cover their unsold breathren, goes from 42p to £1.40

earrings are far from the only thing though, and account for less than half of the sales. so. we can say that about 5h of stall/shop time is covered by those

(plus the hour it took to make them)

sale price - materials cost but split over 6 hours of labour instead of 1.5 is still £12 an hour

#but then. i don't charge for the time organising crochet commissions either #so even charging for labour on jewellery that i DON'T charge for in fibre arts #and more than triple the material cost #which really is fudging the numbers as much as possible in one direction to try and even them out #i can get it down to oh. just over double the hourly rate for crochet #the reason i dont charge for that labour in fibre arts is bc it's expensive enough as is #the reason i dont count 'market time' as paid labour for the other stuff is bc i am doing the exact same thing i would be at home #(making stuff and talking shit) #but downstairs instead of up here #it's a 5h craft hang but occasionally someone hands you money #which i think is a lot of the reason most [makers] dont count it #especially if it's a regular stall setup like mine and not a one-off craft fair #there's no set up/take it down again time it just stays there #i walk downstairs i make jewellery with my friends for 5h and then i go back upstairs again #(hell quite honestly me and babs dont count the money we spend on supplies for the simple reason of We Would Be Buying Them Anyway) #crafting is a disease with no known cure

[hushedstars]

There is one thing I'm kind of wondering about.

Do addicts, ones that are so deep in like Ray is (I've been observing him more this ep and he really is constantly buzzed, his cheeks flushed. The most sober he looked was in the club, when he talked to Sand.), could really see that they should not introduce drugs etc. to sb else?

Especially in Ray's case when he would do anything to please Mew. Mew wants? Mew gets it. It's not like Ray is sober enough to actually think rationally (he does briefly question Mew about smoking, but hey fun is fun right?). He doesn't even want to admit he is an alcoholic, never mind a drug addict.

Mew knew FOR YEARS that drugs, and too much alcohol, and smoking (I guess) are bad. But he is having his moment, and doing bad decisions. That's on him.

Yet everyone is blaming Ray for this? That he is dragging him down? (Top and Cheum did mention how Mew is changing himself, but it still circled back to "the bad friend" Ray when even Mew was like "I do what I want".) Sure, Ray is not a saint, not blameless. But Mew walked into his lifestyle with open arms. Looking at what he said to Top that "he is only caring about himself now, a free man", I would gather a guess that he doesn't see Ray as a person anymore. Just sth that he can use to: change himself, spite Top (the kiss), have the fun that everybody seems to be so into. Also the faithfull one (welp, that didn't go well).

Ray is drowning. Had been for years. Mew knows that but it kind of looks like he either forgot or never really got it. That this "fun lifestyle" Ray has is his way of destroying himself, of escaping from reality, and not sb he really wants to be (or still would be if he didn't have his issues). Yet he chose to be like him for his "Mew upgrade". Sb others see as a burden. Sb people keep getting mad at, even Cheum went from "Ray you are perfect" to thinking the worst of him - so not sb you want to be to become one of the cool people. (Weird choice in my opinion. You want to be unbothered and just there to have fun - be like Boston. But he needs Ray for revenge since that is sb Top was jealous of so there is that.)

The others don't see that Ray is so deep in addiction and so mentally unwell that he won't stop Mew from joining him in his idea of fun.

(Top was using drugs but smh dropped them cold turkey as if it's not a big deal. He wasn't in the state Ray is but it's still interesting that he could just stop with no problems.)

#only friends the series #raymew #i think i keep Mew more accountable because in a way I am Mew #bookish #no romantic life (he is better here than i ever was) etc. #i get his doubts about himself #his lifestyle and he seems to know he is the one making poor choices #it's time for his friends to see that too #some of this probably doesn't make sense #also i can't believe i am kind of defending an alcoholic and a drug addict #i have the former in my family #they don't see that they have a problem and they won't keep you from drinking #the more the merrier for them (but won't push #especially if you are known for not drinking) #it's up to you to protect yourself #(tags look weird 'cause tumblr was messing with me) #mine post #only friends mew #only friends ray

[sivvan]

HANA YORI DANGO (2005)

#hana yori dango #boys over flowers #jdramasource #jdramaedit #mine #udeokmis #grrrrr idk how i feel about this colouring #i had two #this one's the more matte one and idk how i feel #anyway iconic scene #so many memories of watching this drama #just had a mini rewatch of this on the weekend #there were quite a few bits that i'm glad f4 thailand didn't include #but it's still just.....one of the greatest dramas ever #the angst is so good rui was heartbreaking (ESPECIALLY HIS 'DON'T COME HERE ACTING LIKE HER BOYRFRIEND' LINE #i need to gif that) #but also just bc.....i've said this so many times to anyone who would listen lmao but it was my first drama ever #and i watched it while i was in high school #i remember borrowing the cd from my friend #and i remember what it looked like too it was so cute hehe #and just......memories of watching this at that time of my life #when life was simpler #ahhhhhhh #idk when i'm gonna have time to do a proper rewatch #but i really want to

[vi-enti]

i turn 23 next week and it’s a little strange to me. my first birthday where i won’t be in school bc now i have a degree. a job. an apartment filled with groceries, and i pay for all of it myself.

#i am so scared of being an adult. it’s really hitting me this week that this is what the rest of my life will be like #it’s not so bad but it’s different and that is scary to me #i might not be living in the same place or at the same job next year #but i will still be someone who has to provide for themself now #also. slightly related. i LOVE birthdays especially mine #not only is it a time i get to hear from a lot of my friends and loved ones (note: attention whore) #but it’s proof i am still alive and aging and living! #which kinda contradicts my fears of. yknow. living and growing up and being an adult #what can i say? i’m multifaceted #and an aquarius! #moon babbles

[samaspic31]

I love trans people’s love languages so much. Do you want me to do your nails ? Yeah sure ill buzz your head. You're not crazy that person was unkind you didn't deserve that. What color of hairdye you want this time ? here's the site i use to find movies. show me that new tattoo! I’ll teach you this craft im learning off the internet. Let's help you get a job together. Here's my netflix password. I can do your hair bleach. I wish we all moved in a big apartment and live freely motivating each other. This movie is terrible we HAVE to watch it together. Look at this piece of queer history i just learned about, old milestone of queer representation. You said you liked my make up, here's all i used and techniques in case you want to do it. I love you. here i made your flag but in a subtle form so your parents wouldn't catch on. i'll pass you that thing i pirated. Do you want to move out, how can we help ? you should tell your parents to fuck off and wear what you want. A partner should treat you better. Let's call all the characters in that movie gay together. I have one don't buy it i'll lend you mine. I wish the world was less awful to us. you make the world worth surviving.

#queer friend groups ? you mean crochet nepotism circles ? #we are defunding beauty salons singlehandedly- #i have trust in my friend group i could never develop with my family and how much we share ressources make me so happy #none of these are trans exclusive but my friendships are with trans people (and one token cishet lol) #trans people i love you i love you i love you #trans love #nontransactional nonconditional relationships my beloved #many are about hair cause this is mine especially i love doing my friends' hair #at this rhythm im gonna end up opening a gay salon- not even a joke