#gonna keep on chugging

[hushed-chorus]

Hi everyone and thank you for the tags @cutestkilla @thewholelemon @roomwithanopenfire! I wanted to reblog and gush but tumblr won't let me WHY WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?! But be assured I am so stoked to see more of what you're all working on!

Here are some sentences from an upcoming chapter of Those Glowing, Magickal Years.

“Are those dogs?” I ask. “No,” Ebb says. “Those are paindeer. What the bloody hell are they doing here?” “Paindeer?” I don’t like the sound of that. Not at all. “They’re dark creatures. They’re like muntjac deer, but they cause mischief.” I have no idea what a muntjac deer is, but I don’t tell Ebb that. “They break things, steal, and eat everything.” “Then why are they called paindeer?” “Because they’re a pain in the arse, Simon!” 

(Also thank you everyone who tagged me in the ask game, not taking part because I'm unsure my answers will be interesting *cough* I'm busy with a puppy)

Hello tags and some personal thoughts on TGMY below the cut.

@artsyunderstudy @facewithoutheart @raenestee @cutestkilla @ivelovedhimthroughworse @larkral @stitchyqueer @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @ileadacharmedlife @confused-bi-queer @aristocratic-otter @whogaveyoupermission @nightimedreamersworld @fatalfangirl @thewholelemon @onepintobean @shrekgogurt @theearlgreymage @martsonmars @blackberrysummerblog @orange-peony @valeffelees @j-nipper-95 @rimeswithpurple @wellbelesbian @imagineacoolusername @youarenevertooold @iamamythologicalcreature @supercutedinosaurs @alexalexinii @bookish-bogwitch @cosmicalart @bazzybelle @theotherhufflepuff @that-disabled-princess @prettygoododds @mooncello @noblecorgi @roomwithanopenfire @emeryhall @monbons 

It's been a hell of a fortnight, which has shaken up all my self-doubts and insecurity regarding TGMY. Like, is this a dumb idea? In a fandom with so much fanon, will me building my own vision of the Watford era be unwelcome or seen as arrogant? For example, having no DeNiall and giving them my own invented surnames? Or will I bother someone with my own interpretations of how magic works, or how pre-CO canon events went down, or what creatures like paindeer might be like? But I also know I don't care when someone else does that (in fact I love other people's interpretations of this stuff) and this is just crappy brain self-talk. I'm writing this fic because I enjoy it. Give me power, give me strength, and please give me a decent night's sleep

#six sentence sunday #simon snow #simon snow fic #ehhhhh #those glowing magickal years #I probably shouldn't even post this lol #anyway #here it is #gonna keep on chugging

[zebratimw]

#svsss #scum villains self saving system #shang qinghua #how I be feeling these days ahdnfjgkg #I keep stressing about life in general and its seriously bumming me out hajdjg #how nice it would be to not exist #everyday I wake up and do the same things I hate #time hasn't felt real in years and it goes way before covid times #I haven't felt real in most of those years either #Look I'm lucky I'm not like depressed or whatever but frankly this derealization shit is seriously startin to get a little worrying at times #tbf I only really notice it recently so maybe its just a bias #I've been chugging along this way for years all thats changed is my perception of it #but at the same time I really want to do more too #I get I'm a very boring and unreliable person #and I know I just said its my perception of it but like I do genuinely think my social skills my general living just like me mentally ig #I'm kinda deteriorating in my stagnation ig? artistically too but more worrying in my life idbfjg #priorities sorry anyways I also think I do have adhd or something and that rejection thing dhfjgjg I really can't start things anymore #idk I really just feel so clueless in most things now and I'm too scared or too confused or both to start fixing things #like how do I even fix things? what do I even search for in this kind of thing? #Idk I'm just gonna go sleep ig god I'm so tired of everything #I haven't been able to draw I've really lost passion for a lot of things again and everything irritates me #I can't stand my phone sometimes but it's kinda the only thing getting me through it all ha #ngl I wish I were depressed sometimes if only so I'd actually have the balls to do smth but Ik that's just the Metnally Ail part speaking so #chug chug going along #I also have to make wushi before I die. haha #god my life is so empty #what am I even doing #I'm really so tired why can't my life end here already? modern lifespans are too long how am I supposed to keep going on like this? #so pointless and vapid and its just me ? why did it have to be me that was born? couldn't someone else have been here I hate it here so much #I strive for nothing but I have such a long life and so many people to disappoint haha maybe I should go outside more

[anto-pops]

I’m torn between posting the first chapter of the friends/enemies/lovers fic now or waiting until I finish the second chapter. I’m not used to this. How do you multi-chapter writers cope with these types of decisions

#FUCK #this is why long fics stress me out #chapter one is short and dense (intentionally) cause I didn’t want all that action/plot crowding up the dialogue heavy second chapter #but it’s for that very reason I wanted chapter 2 done so I can just put that out right after #AUGH #gonna chug wine and think on it while I keep writing #a.txt

[majimasleftasscheek]

🤔‎ 

#life is stressful rn lol gonna keep chugging out comics tho cuz it makes me happy #yakuza #ryu ga gotoku #kiryu kazuma #majima goro #kazumaji #sawamura haruka #my art

[stromer]

"you know, to have his support is unbelievable. he’s rooting so hard for me."

#the florida faithful was always going to experience brady's presence 🤞🏼 lets be so honest to god fr #brady will be in playoffs next year.. i believe… but until then he's gonna be chugging beer out of golf cups and wearing his rat king shirt #not a single place he'd rather be.. maybe the playoffs but he's working on it TRUST #sipping on his wine and gin and tonics.. wearing his adio$ hat. rooting so hard for his brother #'my dad never had an opportunity to play in the scf so i think he's living this through me' HELLO!!!!!! #give keith a ring let’s make him worse #just needed this here on my blog. for safe keeping and what not #brotherhood as hell #panthers lb #matthew tkachuk

[aceofwhump]

Okay so there is a very strong possibility that I will not be a whumptober completionist this year 🙃 I've only got 21 days fully planned out and I've only completely made 6 days. Only 6 days are ready to go. That's awful. By this point in September I'd have at least 2 weeks done. I'm very behind. Gonna do my best but yeah you probably won't get close to 31 days this year.

#it probably doesn't help that I'm way more into my david tennat gif making than i am the whumptober prompts 🤣 #gonna keep chugging along though! #im doing my best! #mod post

[cicadaemon]

Decided to have a bit more fun with Himeko

#yowapeda #yowamushi pedal #arakita yasutomo #original character #cicadart #himeko akiyama #congrats girl youre getting your own tag since Im obv gonna keep drawing you #she is honestly so fun to draw #her chugging the bepsi was suppose to end in her doing a spittake onto arakita's face but that came out looking like crap\ #also her without a headband is so cute #I imagine her hair is very silky and very soft

[buggyandthebartoclub]

I am trying desperately to focus and my husband put on a movie called dragon ball evolution and I am absolutely screaming!!!! We’re like???? 10 min in maybe???? Why is Goku some random white guy??? Why is he so old? He’s some “geecko” who gets bullied and has horny thoughts??? He’s at a party at chichis house fighting a group of bullies???

WHAT IS HAPOENING LOL???? They took goku and Kyle-fied him!!! Like what is goku but he chugged mt dew and played cod 😂😭😬 PICCILO????

IM SO SORRY DADDY BAHAHAHAHAHBFFKOENWKXJFJEEJ

I FINAIHED MY TAGS AND BULMA IS ON AND WTF!!!!! IM SO CONFUSED LOL I CANT STOP LAUGHING AND GASPING

#WHAT IS HAPPENING????? #THIS IS A FEVER DREAM #THIS IS DRAGIN BALL AU FANFIC ON CRACK!!!! #WHERE IS ROSHIS ISLAND #god I’m trying so so so hard to focus these meds SUCK!!!! #I’m going to have to chug caffeine to focus #I hate coffee and I don’t really drink soda lord help me It’s gonna be chai o clock #Oh my god what the fuck is happening in this movie it keeps getting worse!!!! BULMA is on now and they were like inches from kissing??? #Goku canonically asks bulma where her balls are or like where her p3nus went I don’t remember which when he sees her naked bc he’s like wha #6???? in db ???? #Why does goku have like spidey sense for danger and dragon balls lmfao I absolutely can not what the actual fuck is happening

[releasemefromthevoid]

MY ATLA LIVE ACTION S1E2 THOUGHTS

EP1 - EP3

We all know that ATLA’s character arcs and just. character building in general is one of if not its absolute biggest strength. This show has a lot to live up to on that front, and if it can manage it, then that’s all the better. I’ll probably be critical of this aspect in particular, keeping in mind that this is generally meant to be an alternate canon which leads to Some changes in order to fit a shorter form.

Without going too far into it, I’ll say I will continue to be a little worried about the new spin on Aang’s character arc until I can see it play out all the way through. 

I’m also a bit worried about Zuko’s character. He seems a bit more willing to hurt people than in the cartoon, so I think they’re gonna have to play that pretty carefully moving forward. 

There are, of course, some things they’re doing incredibly well. Zhao’s character is On Point, and Suki feels about right too. I also am generally liking how they’re adapting plot points so far. There’s at least one episode from the original cartoon that I can tell won’t be adapted because of something in this episode, and it feels natural enough, I guess. I don’t have too many complaints on that front. 

Stay tuned for episodes 3-8! Live reactions/spoilers under the cut!

really fucks with me to not start with The Monologue

still don’t know how i feel about this iroh yet. is it just bc he isn’t mako? idk it’s like. uncanny valley iroh

also still not a fan of aang being so serious already. hopefully there will be a substantial enough character arc to replace that

katara so far is reading the most like the original to me

MOMO

gran gran. just had a waterbending scroll?? i mean. i guess. bringing back the southern waterbending style. i do think i like the original more in this case, it’s just a little more horrifying to have that style basically wiped out completely. that being said this is definitely a way to consolidate the waterbending scroll episode right? i shouldn’t expect to see pirates?

ok the iroh and zuko dynamic in the marketplace was on point

there is NO unagi, where is she

SUKI!!! suki looks GREAT no notes.

suki’s. mom? interesting.

kyoshi island seems a lot less welcoming to aang, even though they know he is in fact the avatar, which does a lot to remind us that they were supposed to be a neutral party in the war. this is not a bad change

zhao definitely has the right vibes

omg, suki 😭get some queen

okay so we finally get to see aang being a kid for a minute (please just let them be kids sometimes it’s okay)

SUKI IS EATING AND LEAVING NO CRUMBS. love that we still get the classic suki beats sokka’s ass scene

oh,, is that what they’re doing with aang in this series?? not a learning to be serious thing,, he’s learning to deal with the fact that he is powerful and he has to control that so he doesn’t hurt people. that’s interesting, so i’ll reserve judgment until it plays out. it just. doesn’t feel the same

the sukki romance is almost playing out in a more believable way than the cartoon, so that’s pretty great

so like. what happened to avatar roku? is he just gonna be replaced with kyoshi? like she’s a badass and we love her, but. why?

sokka is not hearing a goddamn word suki is saying. he is Too Entranced. i have never been more on board with this ship

how are they dealing with this without the unagi

gotta say the spirit world appearance is really cool. chromatic aberration was a good choice

oh yikes kyoshi that’s a bit harsh. i miss roku

was zuko. about to kill katara?? he would never. tell me he would never.

ok so this is a winter solstice at the fire temple moment. happening now so it doesn’t have to with roku later? interesting.

“only call upon the past avatars when i’m at their shrines” lol okay. fair enough. roku did Not adhere to that in show

zuko’s digging himself a hole with zhao here. bro IMMEDIATELY called the fire lord

ngl i’m loving this iteration of zhao. absolutely despicable vile man. hate that guy. great character. 

liking: SUKI <3, Zhao's characterization, set designs, sokka and suki's relationship

worried about: aang's character, zuko's character

disliking: roku's absence (though i do love kyoshi, god bless), no unagi :(

#atla #atla live action #avatar the last airbender live action #avatar the last airbender #gonna keep chugging along #expect to see another one of these in just over an hour #long post

[kurtbrussels]

i have a singular cut OAT lodged in the back of my throat its been 2 days and nothing will get it out 🥲

#im bitching abt it everywhere #ik its a Food Thing bc it keeps moving #its back further than my tonsils #i tried using a toothbrush #i chugged sm water i was pissing for 5 mins straight #i hurled #i gargled McDonalds Sprite #i waterboarded myself w my showerhead on the powerspray setting #i dont.. want to go to the va #theyre gonna make me wait 6 hrs then shove a tube down my nose #and i Dont Like That #i can feel the oat trying to crawl out of my ear canal #i wish it fucking would

[crafting-mojo]

👀👀 sneak peak 👀👀 shhhhh

#bitter content #i am chugging away on this guy #4 hours in yeesh #i really wanna color this one so. i figured id do a little teaser cus its gonna take me a millionnnnn yearssss #shes a WIP for sure but shes a beauty #freehanding all the details is very fun but its so time consuming #about me #i heard joel lurks on here hey joel stop building new additions for two fuckin seconds man i cant keep up #hermitblr

[elegyofthemoon]

While reading the relic story for Fleet of the Ageless, I ran into some mention of the "Three Sufferings":

Yet, just like the shifting of the sun and moon, what once prospered was fated to decline and what once brought elation must eventually induce agony. It was not until the arrival of the Three Sufferings, when people were tormented to near extinction, that the Xianzhou people finally came to understand the true nature of this so-called miracle, which was nothing but harrowing calamity. (The Xianzhou Luofu's Celestial Ark)

And I'm not really sure if they mention it elsewhere on the Luofu (I'm very slowly going through everything. Except I keep getting sucked into reading Belobog stuff >_>), but what it did make me think about however is that in Buddhism, there is something called the "three marks of existence", which refers to the three sources of suffering in the world. So I wanted to mostly write this up as a comparison between what's going on in the Luofu vs. Buddhist belief! (And a very big warning: I might be skimming over important details about the religion. I was born into a culture that is very heavily influenced by Buddhism and have grown up with some understanding of it while having to study it on my own, so I'm sure I'll get a lot of details wrong. So if I get anything wrong, you're always welcome to chime in!)

At least in my memory, I remembered that there was a suffering because of attachment to objects, to self, and to others -- all with the concept that all things do not last, so I had to search up these names properly.

anicca (impermanence): This is the core concept in which nothing lasts in this world. The inability to recognize the impermanence of life will then lead to grief -- suffering -- that humans face, as a result. You can actually see this with the Sanctus Medicus's desire for eternal life with Dan Shu who grieved the loss of her friend Yufei via the diaries that you could pick up

It's this idea of attachment to something bound to end some way or another that will inevitably lead to suffering/pain when that loss comes.

dukkha (suffering): The idea behind this mark is that the truth is that life cannot be satisfied. If there isn't suffering, there are moments of joy, but as all things in life, even the joy is brief.

I wouldn't exactly be able to pinpoint how this gets carried out on the Luofu. I would have said something about how the Luofu had once sought out eternal life which then led to the implanting of the Ambrosial Arbor by Yaoshi, but now are unsatisfied by their gift of eternal life to them. I could also say that at least with the longer lives that the Xianzhou natives have, they eventually lose interest in life itself because they've had the chance to sought out anything they could with their many years, which is better described in Yukong's third character story:

and for the final mark of existence: anatta (not self): If suffering comes from attachment, then an attachment to an image of one's self too can lead to a source of suffering. With time, everyone is bound to change and grow, so any attempts in trying to hold onto one specific image could lead to a source of pain.

I think the best way to display this concept is actually through Yaoshi's acts and why the Alliance condemns them and their "abominations" (themselves included :'D). To rid of the suffering that comes with death, Yaoshi hopes to grant the gift of eternal life, but it seems that coming back from the dead doesn't mean returning to one's old self, which I feel can be seen at least with Blade's case with his revival and no longer being Yingxing. These undead are what the Alliance hopes to get rid of. I think it can also be seen through Bailu's story quest with the girl who slowly becomes marastruck who panics the moment the armor and her skin becomes melded into each other, no longer able to retain her former image before meeting and reuniting with her lover, in which case the idea of "self" is an attachment to a physical form rather than something more abstract instead, and that leading to her own suffering in the end.

I'm sure that a lot of Hoyo's writing with weaving in Buddhism with the Luofu lore isn't coincidental (looks at Dan Heng) , and I'm sure that there's bound to be better show of each of these principles, but I think this is what Hoyo might be referring to when they write about the "Three Sufferings" in the relic. Maybe I'll come back to this post later if I find better evidence BUT I thought worth noting at least for now :) ty for reading if you made it this far

#hsr notes #< you can block this tag cuz i tend to use this as when its my rambles #BUT i also use it for others >_> #i feel like i shouldve just kept the rambling blog but meh it's fine idc (yes i do LOL) #xianzhou luofu #i'm not tagging any characters i'm just kinda gonna let this one just float off to god knows where #if people see it they see it alskjdflahk #honkai star rail #hsr #also nobody asked for this. #and this was DEFINITELY NOT ON MY LIST OF THINGS TO WRITE #except one of the things i feel inadequate to discuss #and was also very overwhelmed by the idea of doing so #the other thing i might actually but this post was definitely spur of the moment that i decided to keep chugging on #so yes. its not edited. i'm literally just stream of conscious throwing up words #(with some added photos and reference) #(also i'm noticing. I seem to keep writing posts like this when I'm really down in a ditch LOL) #(that's what happened w the sampo and stellaron hunter/masked fool post and i kinda >_>) #maybe ill come back later to pretty this up. for now you get 11 pm garble from yours truly lol #also the way this post made me open and close star rail JUST to get evidence #my laptop im certain probably hates my guts for doing that to it sorry dear lol #....wait i might do the phantylia post in a sec. i want to. check something. #snow plays hsr

[legofemme]

Too many people are in the mindset that you need to know as little as possible about a story to enjoy it and thats... not true? Esp wrt movies. A lot of ppl are saying the teenage kraken movie is going to be bad bc it 'spoils itself in the trailer' when 1: people thought that about megamind and it was a plot twist and 2: does it matter???

I get not wanting spoilers but its also clear that the mcu made everyone obsessed with never ever seeing a spoiler of Any Kind or else all hellfire will break loose. Id argue that those kinds of trailers are worse bc they rely so heavily on luring people in with mystery bc they know the movie wouldnt be compelling if you knew the end. If the entire story can be ruined by hearing the end then its just bad writing, not the fault of spoilers.

#vani verbals #i keep seeing grown ass men tearing apart the kraken movie bc 'spoilers' and its like... #to an extent i get it but also its literally a movie made for little kids #i dont think any beer chugging beard having growm men are gonna stomp on their hats bc they really wanted to see it #and if they did then theyre going to see it anyway #its all very silly and as always is the mcus fault

[keygen]

Without fail that damn truck always gets here when I'm on break 😔

#noa.txt #whatever im gonna keep chugging my monster energy he's gonna wait lmao

[toytulini]

man i remember complaining about The Bone Bees and someone asking why i drank the 5hr energy and my answer being that i was "a little sleepy!" and saying that "god i shouldve just been A Little Sleepy! it was Fine!" and someone being Concerned by that and being like you shouldnt drive when youre A Little Sleepy! and just being like. i dont know how else to tell you that the Bone Bees Were So Much Worse Than Being Sleepy. i cannot stress enough that the condition it put me in was Worse. i recognize and acknowledge that drowsy driving is bad. that is why i made the Caffeine Mistake in the first place. i was trying to Avoid Drowsy Driving. and i had not Realized that the Caffeine was going to make me So Much Worse Than Drowsy. 0/10 never again. 5hr energy evil.

#toy txt post #i don't remember who it was but man. the bone bees. guys the bone bees were so bad. it was so bad. i never wanna feel like that again #not to admit to reckless driving on main and i want to stress i dont endorse this behavior and also never want to do what im about to say #again either: having once driven after taking a benadryl. and once driven in The Bone Bees. the benadryl was not as bad #i will grant. the benadryl. i was also So Fucking Full Of Adrenaline. for bug reasons. and i also want to stress i really did not want to do #it at the time but really did Not Have Better Options. and am comparing the bone bees to that and saying it was not as bad as the bone bees #to stress just how bad the bone bees were #if the bone bees ever happen again im gonna just fucking wait it out at a rest stop and chug water and piss til the bees fade #you know the feeling when you take adhd meds with no food and then you also have coffee on top of that with no food and you forget to eat #all day and you keep not eating and then to top it off you decide to have more coffee and it feels like you have been hollowed out and like #all of your bones are vibrating and also like you might pass out and stop breathing? it was like that but food wasnt helping and it was just #one single 5hr energy #(i did also have my adhd meds that day) (but it was not at the same time the 5hr energy was way later in the day) #anyway you know how ppl in their 30s will be like oh man i cant do things like i used to when i was 20! that was me at like idk 24 with the #5hr energy #anyway #this is why that battery acid spaghetti post felt like they were really overhyping the effects of the beverage. it didnt taste bad and it #gave me zero bone bees

[munamania]

ok wow sorry for rambling to high hell about it. i hate you streaming tv. im going to go watch a mediocre show and have some dinner

#define mediocre. no i wont. im just gonna watch something else though #hmm maybe an ep of merlin he was in my dream last night. i def need to keep chugging along in my rvd speedrun #maybe ill fit in an ep of a show including one of my parasocial bestie actors #abby talks