#friends should be supportive

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

What Making Friends Should Feel Like:

I CAN Network Ltd

#making friends #what it should feel like #friends should make you feel safe and to be yourself #you shouldn’t expect rejection from friends #friends should be supportive #mental health #mental wellbeing #feel free to share/reblog #source: I Can Network Ltd (Facebook)

[yasmeensh]

A Master Study featuring Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. In which Link hangs out with the two Zeldas post-game (Who do you think became the Queen of Hyrule?)

This was a difficult piece, but I'm happy with it!

Based on 'The Chess Players' by Jacques-Clément Wagrez (1902)

Information on inspiration and process under the cut!

Original piece: "The Chess Players" by Jacques-Clément Wagrez (1846-1908).

The moment I saw this artwork I immediately thought of Zelda II. One of the women is wearing a medieval-esque red velvet dress, and she looks a lot like the design I made for the cursed princess Zelda!

I thought it would be very fitting to reimagine this artwork in a Zelda II context, so I went ahead with it! doubles as a master study and LoZ fanart.

I learnt a LOT from making this piece! Since I worked on it digitally, I got and made brushes that acted as close to traditional brushes, and I also worked on the entire piece in one layer. So whenever I made a mistake, I'd have to paint over. No return. But it was a big learning experience! Learnt more about rendering silk and velvet by observing how they are painted and blended in the original.

Here are some WIP shots! It took a long time to get to where it is now xD It was difficult to finally pen down the right proportions and placement. I probably should've done a grid copy, but I opted to just eyeing it out all the way through. It was... hard. (lesson learnt?)

I read that in a lot of older pieces, they are made in greyscale, then flat colours are overlaid on top. makes rendering much easier. and it truly has! I probably should’ve rendered the greyscale version even more. Since there were still a lot of mistakes that I had to rework and adjust while colouring.

Very fruitful experience overall, and I’m just happy to make a grand-scale Zelda II artwork xD I’ve never seen one so I made it!!!

#please check the cut!!!! #loz #legend of zelda #Zelda 2 #Zelda II #The adventure of link #master study #atelier hylia #shoutout to my atelier hylia friends for their support #this was a difficult one #very glad to have an artist community I can turn to for critiques and support <3 #Jacques-clement wagrez #I should pair this one up with my other zelda 2 master study and sell them as prints huuuhuhuhu #but I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START #catprint? #if anyone has experience with selling prints dm me ;-;

[cowboythewizard726]

beautiful orc girl leed helllOOOOO beautiful leed alert oh my GOD she's so cool WOOAHHHH beautiful siilly girl she was really pretty and awesome and so kind i think shes wonderful and there should be a statue made just for her thats really big and in the center of everything and she should get anything she wants ever smile face

#LEED LEED LEED!!!! #thank u for being s pussy chilchuck mouse man so she could yell at you #okay u wermnt being a pussy you just watn your friends to be okay i get it #i think its funny to call you a pussy #and mosue man #im sorry your're divorced i get it #this istn about YOU this is about LEED #LEED ORC LEADER #LEEEDDDD #GOD SHES SO COOL #AND AWESOME AND GREAT #yesterday i played dnd for the first time #and i got bonked in the head with a stone club #and now id like to imagine that was her she did that #wow #shes so cool #and shes really cute too awww awww #wonderful girl everyonme should love her #gonna be honest i wish she had eaten all of them #i support and encourage and endorse and urge women to eat people #leed dungeon meshi #leed delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi spoilers #delicious in dungeon spoilers #dunmeshi spoilers

[seagull-scribbles]

All of my Out of Touch Turts-day for easy comparison 💕

Which one is your favourite?

[1987] [2003] [2007] [2012] [2018] [2019] [2023]

#TMNT #out of touch turts day #studying all the different styles was fun and I think I learnt skills as it went on for sure #it was a lot of fun doing things differently than usual each week all summer #whats your fave animated turtle version? did I do it justice #one of my irl friends was very supportive of this & asked if i was going to do a comic version and idk maybe next year i should explore tha #but im happy to stop for now like drawing 7 characters 7 times is just a lot for me #well almost…..rip mutant ay hem Casey jones ahaha #i worked out this took somewhere between 65-75 hours to do and just gosh....i didnt know i had that in me

[ryllen]

well yuu said watch, not hear

#sorry i really just like u more than malleus that's it; well correct that i like malleus but not when u describe him no #i know general public encourage to go straight into listening and supporting whatever ur partner's hobby or like is #but sometimes u have partner that's into sport or kind of game or film genre u have no interest in at all and i guess it's okay #it's more fun if u both r but yeah not everybody perfectly came from one pod like that; we should be more accepting of the difference #twst #twisted wonderland #sebek zigvolt #twst yuu #twst mc #fanart #beside this is when friends with same type of interest come to play #go make friends boy

[introspectivememories]

#that's their emotional support bisexual son!!! #tim better not even Look at bear wrong #ik in my heart that pie immediately texted the marina gc after talking to tim #pie ����: just found out that tim had robin over for the night #louie: are you sure? #pie 🥧: absolutely. saw robin's costume and tim said he had friend over #sophie: we should kill tim #cam: i knew that boy was up to no good! #lauren: well pie did u ask tim if bear knows? #pie🥧: tim says there's nothing going on between him and robin #lauren: well i vote that we tell bear and then kill tim like sophie suggested #bernard dowd #tim drake #timbern #dc

[spielzeugkaiser]

I'm procrastinating so hard (and still coughing my lungs out) that I not only procrastinate on the things I have to do but also on the things I planned to draw, sooooo... another trans!Hinata piece 👉👈 Poor guy feels a bit insecure first.

#haikyuu #hinata shōyō #kageyama tobio #kagehina #sugawara #daichi #asahi azumane #and all the rest I'm not gonna tag them all lol #I thought I was done with trans!hinata but alas - they're like comfort food and I'm feeling bleurghhhhh #also procrastinating SO hard right now :'D #but what I like about this is the colour! it fits them well #I should do this more often! just a pop and woosh and a pow of colour! #listen i love them #they are babies #who are genuine friends and supportive of each other!! #more than anything I just like the wholesome silly guys being dudes stuff :') #the laugh and cry and are silly and there for each other as a team! #it's very sweet

[inkskinned]

you examine yourself like studying a virus.

for days after, months - years, even - you torture yourself over small objects. times where you misspoke or interrupted with a joke when you should have listened. times when you didn't know how to show your support. times when you were louder, brassier, inappropriate for the situation. times when you were too quiet, shy, cold.

fucker. you constantly promise that next-time you'll do better. you will make sure every person you come in contact with leaves smiling. that they'll all feel loved and accepted and held. that you take care. other people do it! other people are actually good people; you're just cruel.

it feels like you are fighting a horrible little beetle. one of those parasites that control ants. one who comes up and wiggles into your brain and makes you a shameful ghost of a person. too spineless to ever be a demon. so what if you were having a bad day? you don't get to stumble. so what if you are overwhelmed? you don't need to make a scene.

all this time on the earth. you are still somehow convinced: the mistakes you make are more important than any other part of you. you still feel like you are wrestling a nature you do not understand; one that coils horribly inside of you. one that seeks to destroy, to undo.

you go home. you replay the moments where you weren't perfect. be better, you scold. do more. you are an accident. a train wreck. something to abhor.

the questions always ringing in your head: why did i do that? why do i slip? why can't i just fucking be normal? what if all i am is just ... this?

#warm up #this due to me regretting a conversation i had literally 3 years ago #nothing bad was said i just should have shown more support #they're literally still my friend #i just legit still feel bad about it bc i misread the situation and thought they were in a joking mood #and i cracked a joke when i should have listened #did we ended up shifting into a serious tone and talking for the next 3 hours ? yes #but i was SO mad at myself for even a FRACTION of a second of misunderstanding the vibe #i got that CATHOLIC guilt

[nightshadeowl]

Something that's been on my mind.

Aromantic folks who enjoyed Lovejoy and Wilbur's music, who felt that he championed aro perspectives which are largely ignored in pop culture and especially music: I'm so sorry. Obviously there are more prevalent forms of hurt right now and very pressing troubles to focus on, but saying this as an individual, to a group who gets few acknowledgements, losing that has to be difficult and I hope you find other comforts to turn to. Take care of yourselves.

#the majority of our attention should be put into showing support for those he hurt. i'm just taking a moment in my own space for friends. #wilbur situation #maybe this is a stupid thought i don't know. aro folks i see you. those who have suffered by him have all my love. that's all #passenger status

[comixandco]

cleo sertori had a fear of swimming since she was a child and nobody considered for a second that getting stranded on a boat in the middle of the sea then falling into a cave system where she had to swim through subterranean water tunnels to the ocean where she had to tread water until a s&r team found them would be traumatic and exacerbate her fear into full aquaphobia

secretly becoming a mermaid helped her get over her fear but to everybody else her being cagey about the pool party and washing the dishes makes 100% sense when they stop for a moment and consider she’s probably terrified

#h2o just add water #cleo sertori #lewis like ‘i don’t know what’s going on with her lately’ bestie you know what’s going on #they were missing for hours #it’s fucking rude that her parents weren’t more supportive like ik it was the 2000s and nobody believed in therapy but it wouldn’t be that #hard to switch cleo from dishwashing to hoovering and bin duty or fucking. yard work. or if it’s about helping out at dinnertime they could #teach her how to cook she could do meal prep #honestly not enough people thought cleo was pretty courageous like she was out there facing her fear everyday #she went through those tunnels she painted her room like the ocean and kept fish she helped emma with her training before the incident on #mako she was trying to overcome her fear every day #also. emma’s parents thinking she had depression and trying to help was A+ parenting but it was also possible that emma was also traumatise #like?? it’s one thing to swim in a pool and be fast it’s another to push against currents while pulling your friend who can’t swim #and the tunnels were long too they almost ran out of air #i think after that her reluctance to swim should make a bit of sense lmao

[lotus-pear]

finally finished watching aot, rainah and berutolto were my fav duo out of the whole cast 🫶🏼🫶🏼

#oh uh spoilers in the tags so don't read if you plan on watching the show #rip birth control you would've loved s4 reiner he was hot af #idgaf about the historia and annie thing these boys were gay #friends do not look at each other like that while lovingly talking about going back to their homeland together #friends do not have an official duet about their shared trauma sang by the actual voice actors #and the most winning piece of evidence. friends do not share a bed #reiner and bertholdt 🤨🏳️‍🌈❓️ #ik we should support positive male friendships but reiner and bertholdt are most definitely gay #attack on titan #shingeki no kyojin #aot #snk #reiner braun #bertholdt hoover #reibert #???? is that their ship name #lotus draws

[eluminium]

my favourite middle-aged podcasters minecrafters streamers youtubers dads besties *<3*

#imp and skizz #impulsesv #skizzleman #dose of impulse #dose of skizzleman #I LOVE THEIR FRIENDSHIP OKAY THEY'RE SO GOOD TOGETHER!!! #THEY'RE BEST FRIENDS!!! #THEY KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL #THEY'RE EACH OTHERS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT! #Irl hermits #or i guess irl hermit and irl skizz #SKIZZ SHOULD BE A HERMIT THOUGH #and yes they are wearing Grian merch

[profounddefendorcrusade-blog]

I feel bad for Starlo.

Star has a point, idk what the four were ticked off about, there is like 99% chance everyone willingly participated in the trolley problem, based on what we've seen of his behavior thus far it's not like Starlo to be that big of a jerk/drag them by force/yell at them to do it. Ed's words:

he does it because Star asks NICELY

clearly jealous

It genuinely seemed like a fun time/fun roleplay, especially since every day is the same. Like, the five are supposed to be a rowdy and adventures bunch, what exactly did Starlo do wrong, I'm genuinely confused and curious. Except taking a big liking in Clover (his posse should know that this is a big moment for him, according to Blackjack they've known each other since high school and had the same liking for westerns. So they were basically a nerd gang.) Starlo was kind, patient and considerate towards Clover the whole time, even warned Mooch about them not being bandits, taught Clover gun safety, wanted to bring his posse along for a fun time, thanked Ace for telling him about getting Clover a new hat...

Sure, at first he only liked Clover for being a human, but as Ceroba says, that changed and he grew to genuinely care about them, plus I can't help but think Star saw himself in Clover and that's part of the reason he was so proud of them all the time even when they messed up (I'll talk more about this at some point)

What exactly made Ace want to leave the gang? He even said how he doesn't mind "getting run over by the fake train"

he's so nice. says sorry for forgetting the safety goggles even when he was scatterbrained due to his excitement. I love him so much

The only real "faults" (I'll call them temporary faults) I saw in Star during the Wild East section was that he was even more enthusiastic and more proud than usual. But how couldn't he be when he met a member of the species that he has admired for so long because they have real cowboys and sheriffs on the surface (who are seen as brave heroes who deliver justice, while Star canonically feels like a nobody farmer). His posse should have realized Clover wouldn't be there forever and just let their boss enjoy himself with his "deputy who'd have to leave sooner or later anyway"(or be more patient with him/ask him why he feels this strongly towards Clover/if there's a deeper reason for that). His friends including Ceroba just turn their back on him so quickly instead. The moment he's gotten the chance to feel valued for once and put himself first and not have to take care of this whole town and everyone in it and live his dream of meeting a real human, suddenly "his personality is damaged?"

Star's literally built this whole town, organised everything, he worries about everyone, Ceroba (plus was the one to give her emotional strength before and after Clover's sacrifice), Kanako, the monsters, his family, struggles with feelings of worthlessness yet never wipes that smile off his face, always does his best to be hopeful and optimistic and make others laugh, gave his posse a nap time so they don't become exhausted, gave Ceroba a free home, didn't act upon his feelings towards her and was a 110% supportive, caring friend instead. THAT'S who he is. He's the papa bear of this friend group, the glue holding everyone together.

He was just *really* excited. Y'all know he's insecure and just wishes to escape who he is and yet y'all blame him for liking Clover so much. Yeah, the four are very clearly jealous. But why won't the four of you control your feelings for a while? As mentioned, Clover WILL HAVE TO LEAVE EVENTUALLY. They won't be Star's "deputy" forever (the kid who's just as into westerns as he is, who values justice just as much, who also values doing the right thing. Someone he clearly felt understood in the presence of, whom he loved; just look at the way he talks about Clove during Showdown). Star seems genuinely confused of what he did wrong poor guy just wanted to live his fantasy for once and feel important:

Even at the beginning Moray's like "oh no Martlet is upset" Mooch replies "don't be a buzzkill nothing exciting ever happens around here" and Ray's like "Yeah you've got a point"

If you all agreed to have a little fun with a human who will very soon leave forever why is Starlo's enthusiasm such a big problem? If the posse weren't into this after all (unless they were simply too jealous which could have been solved with a honest talk and a little patience) why are you doing this "rowdy" job with Star in the first place? Do you want your boring routine day to day life so much back? Or just for Clover to leave (which they will soon enough)? You, western enthusiasts, literally met a real human, A HUMAN FROM WESTERNS YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PASSIONATELY INTO (clearly not as passionate as Star but passionate ENOUGH to understand where he's coming from).

... okay.

#Like idk if I'm being biased because Star is my favorite character but I kinda just started thinking more and more about this and... yeesh. #Felt like a BIT of an overreaction to blame Starlo this much #No wonder he cracked #and unlike with Ceroba we actually see him do his very best to “fix” what he did “wrong” #i feel so much sympathy for this guy man #WAY more than for Ceroba #sorry fox lady #uty #undertale yellow #starlo uty #uty starlo #like dude literally had to come crawling on his hands and knees for them to forgive him #what “loyal” “supportive” friends they all are #sobbing for star #poor poor man #meanwhile everyone forgave ceroba for much much MUCH worse #she didn't need to burst into tears and beg for forgiveness even though she SHOULD have #everyone forgives her immediately on the spot + she gets a hug from clover #I'm sorry Starlo #like how was he “selfish” and “reckless” #he did something for himself for the 1st time in his life #y'all are reckless too btw #you put yourself first ONCE and they call you selfish #Star had the right to be mad at them for attacking Clover for no reason other than jealousy #wdym he's throwing you around for human business you literally wanted this #he watched the tapes more than 50 times bc that's how much he hates himself #and yet he's still been doing EVERYTHING in his power to be there for EVERYBODY

[cinamun]

Even if you block me for very teeny tiny, itsy bitsy reasons (and subsequently follow me from a burner account because you like my story), if you make cute shit, I'm going to download it.

I don't know how anyone can block me anyway! I just call out anti-Blackness quarterly, geek out about old people music and am well versed in the brain development of 19 to 24 year olds.

But its your blog, do you, I love you and happy new year!

#good morning friends! #i've been blocked because I don't think you should say you don't want to be around mentally ill people #i've been blocked because you can't tell how I support palestenians on my blog #even when you have no idea what I do for a living and if that involves international politics #but when I say its because you physically aren't mentally mature enough to have a larger convo #then I get blocked #but its okay because I know you blocked me because your prefrontal cortex hasn't fully matured #I have people blocked and forgot why and end up unblocking them #tumblr shenanigans

[junebugtwin]

what if they were happy huh?? what then!!!!

#worm #parahumans #taylor hebert #skitter #brian laborn #grue #auggg they were just teenagers....should have been able to have a bunch of sibly dates an stuf.... #i think they could have worked! #and also i think even in a no powers au those 2 could have possibly been friends it just would have taken two years #of them being in the same theater class that they are both there against their will at #taylor because its an elective without her bullies in it and brian because aisha is in it and he wanted to support her interests #and they really needed a stage hand come ON brian dont you LOVE your SISTER #they would stand silently and uncomfortably next 2 eachother while all the other drama nerds laugh and joke around eachother #thinking vaguely homophobic thoughts before eventually having extremely tame conversation every two days #also man i sure do hate drawing humans!!!!! poses and hands and faces!!! suffering!!!

[edwards-exploit]

Troublesome Tangmere and 249 Squadron Reliable Rebecca!

In an ideal world, we could've had a story where Tangmere causes good old Sundrian Confusion and Delay and then promptly eats shit.

Rebecca as 249 Squadron wasn't my idea, but it's been ingrained into my head nonetheless. I like the idea of a Rebecca that spent most of her life in scrapyards and storage and then still coming out singing- quite literally! But the trauma of it is still very much there, just... lingering. I imagine 'What Rebecca Does' was one of those moments where her anxiety and self doubt got the better of her- she only spent a short while on rails, and while she did pull expresses like The Night Ferry back on the mainland, here on Sodor it seemed that everyone is much more.... experienced and worldly and cool, and most of all, they got modifications and rebuilds to work around their design flaws while Rebecca is still very much an unrebuilt bulleid pacific. Poor girl's not sure what she can really do, after all these years and with her mechanical problems. This isn't even getting into when she WAS in service- her family was fine, and quite loving actually- and the ex SR engines were a decent sort! Everyone else, however...

#this is all to say that i heart rebecca. and i think the bulleids should get more attention in ttteblr CAN WE GET A HURRAY FOR THE BULLEIDS #live from tidmouth #creative on the mainline #ttte #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #ttte rebecca #ttte oc #ttte oc tangmere #stream pollyanna by catherine warwick and maybe you'll understand rebecca as a character #ALSO i imagine that the bulleid pacifics were... looked down upon by the lms and lner pacifics shall we say #the sr engines were probably ignored at best #but i think the other pacifics saw an easy target in the merchant navies and west country/battle of britains because of how... shall we say #rather janked the classes were #which led to the bulleids becoming both supportive yet also very defensive #rebecca's defensiveness manifested more positively. with her not taking stuff personal and playing along #her siblings... not so much #tangmere in particular will go for the jugular if you tease him even slightly #and also im writing a series of rebecca one shots from start of service to being sent to sodor #we'll see if i manage to post even one....