#go look at the sun and it’s shade

[imidori-ya]

Screaming crying scratching at the walls of my enclosure because it’s now somehow necessary to not just use social media but excel at it to even be considered for any of my dreams jobs??!?! Since when do I need 30k followers to be good at something other than a popularity contest?? Why does follower count matter to how good of an artist, writer, or general creator I am? I shouldn’t be required to know how to market and pander to the masses when all I want to do is create art! I just want to make things! I don’t care about selling them to the most people ever! I don’t care about notoriety! I’m a creator! I. JUST. WANT. TO. CREATE!!!

#sorry for the rant #it just makes me so mad that there is no more creation without gratuitous self marketing #I see so many posts from artists (tattoo artists especially) where they’re talking about not getting hired until they have 30k+ followers #this is insane!!! thousands of followers from all over will not directly contribute to your business outside of marketing #which should be the studios burden. not the artists #you want customers for your shop? Pay for an ad #it’s not your artists job to serve as your main source of marketing #the same with writing books #it used to be you turned in your manuscript- got chosen- and the publishers would market it for you #now it’s all about clout #your following #publishers are actually choosing books based on follower count bc they want a guaranteed sell #they’ll choose these books in favor of actual well written pieces bc the author had no following #it’s disgusting #the introduction of social media to the artistic process was insidious and cruel #you think this isn’t negatively affecting the quality of todays literature? #go look at the sun and it’s shade #horribly written book #no clear world building or any real sense of plot or genuine storytelling #but does it have thousands of sales! the author had thousands of followers on booktok #so of course it’s good! #right? #RIGHT?!?!

[a-very-tired-raven]

sometimes i like to imagine how he'd react to other bug 'mons..🐛🔥

#jeep.jeep #guzma #guzma pokemon #pokemon #sizzlipede #pokemon sun and moon #pokemon sword and shield #team skull #talon.scribbles #anyways here ya go. i did this bout two days ago? #kinda proud of it it ngl #but no way im coloring cuz i have no idea how to shade or render LMAO #but ye hes been plauging my mind...drawn him thrice this month #ALSO I KNOW THE SIZZLIPEDE LOOKS FUCKED UP DONT CALL ME OUT ON IT #and my dumbass forget to actually draw the zigzags on the side of his jacket.....shhhhh

[featherlouise]

The day the Sun went cold

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#alt caption: death of the sun #this thing is based almost entirely on the one I went with tho #URGH this thing is getting shoved out of my WIPs folder #you're DONE now FUCK OFD #this is supposed to be the aftermath of her fight with Shade Lord :D #i wrote her backstory down under her initial design so if u for some reason want more context go on any of the 'the radiance' tags #my art #hollow knight #hollow knight gijinka #the radiance #hk radiance #hk fanart #gijinka #ohh I was gonna make her armour look like it was melting but fuuhuhuhhuhhhk that #huevember #huevembercember #..uary

[opens-up-4-nobody]

The way that the sun hits leaves and clouds. I feel like I could watch the colors change forever. If I could slow down for that long.

#i keep forgetting a have a deck now. i can go outside and sit there #im doing that now. sitting in the corner of a deck full of empty chairs. staring up at a big pine tree where the sun is striking it gold #at the top. i like how thr light hits the needles. if the sky was black it would look like its on fire #theres a tree outside my bedroom window too. in the morning. after the sunrises it catches thr light and refelcts the most perfect shade #of green. the kind of green that flutters translucent like youre looking up from the bottom of a pool. the light the light its all about #the sun. everything everything is about the sun. when i start my project I'll be focused on understanding how organisms catch the light bc #its so incredible and complicated it would make my chest swell to bursting if there wasnt an empty bleeding wound in my gut. a #metaphorical wound of course. i dunno. its just difficult bc right now my mood is inflated by hormones. not even that much i think I'm #just at what shoulf be a normal level of happiness so i can be slow for a minute. but just a minute bc i kno it won't last long #sorry i cant shut the fuck up when im like this but i dunno i just feel like i havr to document these ephemeral moments before they're gone #its just difficult when you kno the world is so full of beautiful things but 95% of the time your eyes are too clouded to see it #everyone tells me i work too much but i feel like im just staring off into space being miserable 60% of the time. ive just done so much #damage over the past few years im coming into a new lab as damaged goods. ive got an albatross around my neck in thr form of data i #collected so self destructively that the idea of having anything to do with its publication makes me hate myself. everytime someone tells #me good job on collecting so so so much data it feels like they're congratulating me for breaking something within myself. like i slit my #wrists and bled out on a lab bench and theyre saying good job and theyre excited for me and i have to grin and bear it and pretend im #excited too. but im not bc ive burned everything inside me to ash. so when im elevated enough to be distracted by the clouds and trees it #feels like healing. like seeing angels. beautiful ephemeral beams of light. i wish i could slow down enough to watch them. but now thr sun #is hitting the horizon and the sky is going gradually dark and i should go inside. bc i have many things to do in the morning. so that's #what ill do. and ill try to get more thsn 6hrs of sleep but its hard when your body is vibrating over with energy #but at least i dont feel tired in the morning. something in my head must be on fire #unrelated #hm i should maybe add a tw to this #tw self injury #but its the kind thst makes u good at ur Job. its the kind ppl reward. so they don't understand when u say its destroying ur life #but im trying to get better. i say as i gear up for an insane semester lol but i do mean it

[enevera]

that time of year (have been informed that i need to go outside more bc i am “too pale”)

#I GO OUTSIDE!!!!! I SWEAR I DO #I DID NOTTTT INHERIT THE ITALIAN SKIN THAT TANS #I BURN!!!!!!!! SO I WEAR SUNSCREEN IF I GO IN THE SUN!!!!!!! SO I AM ALWAYS PALE!!!!!!!!!!! #I USED TO DO MARCHING BAND AND MY VERSION OF A TAN WAS PATHETIC TELLING YALL RN #i am.. the same shade as printer paper <- guy who has been joked as looking like a vampire since like middle school #this isnt even abt anything im just talking rn

[mangostar]

I think its stupid that not all bus stops have seats and shelter

#the sun is killing me and i have no where to sit or shade #my social worker is helping me go on buses and what routes to go to places i frequent so i can #be more independent from my mum #sometimes its confusing but i also have my phone to look anything up

[earl-grey-love]

So I got a bit silly with it and decided to paint my nails green to match S-tan, and it actually slays really hard like it legitimately suits my skin tone perfectly? Winner.

#I went a few shades darker than he wears cus I knew a brighter green would look wild on me #I'm as pale as it's possible to be I get violently sunburnt if Im in moderate sun for 30 mins without sunscreen #so I always go with darker shades for that contrast #but nothing slays as hard as this green does? I gotta start wearing it more in my general wardrobe #I love soft pink sooo much but technically Im not supposed to wear it cus it doesn't suit my complexion #but nothing but death can stop me from wearing pink and even then I'd probably rise up once more #anyway my point is sometimes you gotta fuck around and do something silly and find out that your anime bf's colour suits you #satan slay 💅 #sunny speaks #ship: cat demon

[seokmashu]

i keep forgetting matt has blonde hair now so every time i see a pic of him on my tl i get whiplash

#i'll see the pics and go huh it looks really light in the sun- #OH YEAH HE'S BLONDE #🤦 #but thank u wakeone u actually chose a really nice shade of blonde for him 👍 #seok matthew #zb1 #zerobaseone #nina thinks

[miqojak]

Better to have the last laugh,

than the first bite.

- J tribe proverb

#miqo'te #j tribe #seeker of the sun #gpose #ffxiv rp #ffxiv gpose #the Jackal #gposers #ffxiv balmung #lfrp ffxiv #lfrp ffxiv crystal #look I had the death/commerce thing going before I knew about Nald'thal! #his stage was a perfect backdrop and I needed a break from the raid #shades of red

[spoolofthreat]

#if youre near dallas eclipse is happening rn!!! also theres other states in the us where its going to happen- look up the times 4 them! #if you dont have eclipse shades- you can stab a paper plate with a pin or something sharp and thin and get a piece a paper. #hold the plate towards the sky where the sun is facing and hold the paper as far away from the plate as possible n u will see the #eclipse shadow on the paper more clearly #hnt6687

[theflowerofthecommonwealth]

Companions: (Spending the day at the beach, almost all of them in swim suits)

Nick: (Opens a bottle of sunscreen, still dressed in his detective getup)

Jasmine: (In a pink bathing suit, eyes growing wide at the sound of the lid opening) (Dramatically) “Noooo!!!” (Attempts to bolt forwards)

Nick: (Catches the teen girl by the arm, gently pulling her back) “Hey, it’s been hours since you last put this on.”

Jasmine: (Trying to slip away) “I’ve already been marinated in this stuff!”

Nick: (Squeezing some into his good hand) “Need I remind you about what happens to a person under the sun?” (Carefully rubbing some on his kids cheeks and neck) “Can’t have you turning into a lobster now.”

Jasmine: “But Dad-…!”

Nick: “But nothing, Jazzy. Hold still.”

Cait: (Shuffling by in a faded purple bathing suit, glancing over at the girl trying to squirm away)

Nick: (Stops for a moment) “Ya think you need some Cait? The sun can be pretty merciless in this heat.” (Offers the redhead the bottle)

Cait: (Waving it off) “Naw, don’t need that oily stuff. Made it this far without it.”

Nick: (Raises an eyebrow) “You sure?” (Starts rubbing sunscreen on Jasmines shoulders and back)

Jasmine: (Gave up on trying to fight and just accepts it)

Cait: (Sashaying away with a scoff) “Yeah yeah, I’ll be fine Valentine. Don’t fuss about it or ya might burst a leak.”

Nick: (Mumbling) “Mark my words, this is gonna comeback to bite her in the ass…” (Goes back to soaking his daughter in sunscreen)

[Hours later]

Jasmine: (Beautifully tanned, sitting perched on a rock over the ocean)

Cait: (Laying down on a lounge chair, burnt crispy red with Curie rubbing some aloe gel on her back) (Pained) “OH GOD MAKE IT STOP!”

Curie: (Hasn’t changed a skin shade the entire time) “I’m afraid you might have sun poisoning, Madame Cait. Wearing a generous amount of sunscreen could have prevented this.” (Peeks up from the brim of her sunglasses and giant sun hat)

Jasmine: (Blinks at the scene, glancing at her own tanned arms and legs) (Calling out) “Thanks for not letting me be stupid Daddy!!!”

Nick: (Waves back from the shoreline with a smile) (Jokingly calling out) “That’s what I’m here for Kiddo!”

(And this is why you listen to the toaster Dad)

#Nick offered everyone at the beach sunscreen. #He pestered some of more than the others #Jasmine was the only one who was required by him to wear it. #Dude would not let her go if she didn’t put any on every few hours. #Someone found Curie a giant pretty sun hat and she always wears it at the beach. #And for the life of me I can’t explain Jazzys skin tone. #She has Latina heritage from her biological mothers side. #And she is a spitting image of her biological mother. #But every skin chart I look up has a different name for the skin shade I have in mind. #I’ll figure something out soon. #The fan art by my friend got it right. #fallout #nick valentine #fo4 #fo4 curie #cait #curie #fallout original character

[sparkarrestor]

So I had this idea….

What if “NWR Red” is actually furness red? The LMS would chuck most of it out upon the grouping anyways, so the NWR could easily steal take it!

James just goes into Barrow and all the ex-furness engines want to murder him for “Stealing their red” lol. James also insults all of them, including old Coppernob, and Edward has to defuse the situation fast.

#ttte #ttte james #ttte edward #furness railway #i had this thought after seeing a picture of furness 20 #And going “damn that kinda looks like James red” #It would be even funnier if James thought that was his own unique shade of red #And accuses Coppernob #who Is still in FR colors as “stealing” his red #And then Nobby proceeds to dress him down with the might of a thousand suns #lol

[raininyourblackeyes]

Going to Budapest in 24h, my brother is so scared of flying. He is also so uninterested in anything not relating to the f1 race.

#rip i'll have to walk to the airport in this heat tomorrow #we live too close to it for the taxis to want to drive #i also dyed my hair a more intense ginger shade people will think i'm a mclaren fan and i'm literally not... #i look like a carrot btw #i do like it tho #anyways my brother is driving me insane i was like we need to get transportation tickets online to avoid queues #because it's a shit ton of people going to the race and he was like omg you need to chill!! yeah good luck standing in the sun for 2 hours

[mynameisbillandimaheadcase]

There's something in my mediterranean DNA that gives me the irresistible urge to swim every time I see the sea or the weather is warmer than 20° c

#it also makes me become 4 shades darker to the point where my brain has trouble recognizing my face #i spend 8 months looking white as paper bc yk slavic DNA and then i get that dark without going out in the sun much

[fiisheyes]

i had alot of dreams last night

#one i was running around town to go to school but i didnt have money for the bus a mask or anyone to drive me #and then when i got to school (i ran into an old frienemy from another school n they drove me) i felt like i didnt have all that i needed #so i started walking back down the highway #and then this hall monitor type guy who was Steve Carell chased me down and he was acting like my math teacher n asking me to come back #idk he made me feel safe like it was very nice to be noticed he remembered my name #but i didntwant to go back #oh and also in the car with the old friend we had this weird conversation about middle school #huh anyways i also dreamt i woke up for a second but it was a dream i swear and i was really distraught about going to school 'tomorrow' #laat night irl i kinda thought that it was sunday and today was monday #i like sat up and my room was light like the sun was at the brightest part of it risig when it comes thru ur shades #and i started praying about not having to go to school just for anything to happen thatd id feel something that next day #idek i mean nobody likes school but i was like very desperate in this dream. i wasnt scared of anything idk #uh and the last dream after i went back to sleep in the 2nd dream #i was gonma be in a movie .. i wasnt main character but i was like .. a significant character #i was with my whole family and we were kind of just ghosting around the set until they needed us #then it was coming time for my scene and i got to wear my own clothes and i had this whole pile of tshirts i was choosing from n i kept on #puttinf on a shirt but bc it was a dream i actually still had the other one on #eh then i got in this car and it was sundown and they gave me .. a bass .? and then this kid who kinda looked like young dev patel was at #the intersection and he came over and then i got a text from my friend and the dream switched bc i was on my phonr #dreams

[whereisthedamndaddymanual]

Pepe Le Pew is a lie.

In real life it was the kitty chasing the skunk

Can you blame her? Have you ever listened to cats having sex?

#perhaps another car was chasing you #like.... that's weird on so many levels #like I don't kill animals but I would kill one that was trying to stick you with its tiny thorny penis thing #Al Simmons has enough time to tell Lilith she's beautiful before she goes into the Sun to burn the fuck out of something #it must be surreal to feel yourself under my gaze #you could see it as I pull your feeling through myself and give it back #just examing your spirit caressing the parts that needed My Attention #shin snorkel #there is make for storm tomorrow #This isn't the bass pro shops you're looking for #if rving you're like yeah mmm go up those atairs...head to the side looking at my ass #and I felt that btw #me: bitch look out the window #bitch looks #so much anger I am like I am close enough to strike you #like I was gonna talk to some yokel for weed in that place #I am like no I'm Florida just visiting #fine copper products #were u calling me bro when I was a little tipsy #yeah but you were like flirting with her too #hey bro (tits on my shoulder rubbing on my arm) heh ....ok sis #me: maybe she's into incest roleplay #she's like its a really good roll though #beeee a ut if u C #shy natural eye shading #but eventually #eventually #I look....and you're fucked #I mean the naked woman in terri in spawn feeding him a pipe like ok welcome to my lap and pass that #take a fat rip of whatever and give it to your club bro