#i have a lot of options

[nothing-wrong-with-me]

I've this username since my blog was first created and a part of me doesn't want to let go but also I feel like I should change it because nothing lasts forever...

#I'm still trying to think of a new one #I have a lot of options

[humming-fly]

Every now and then I'm reminded Real People with Actual Jobs use tumblr and I've always been legitimately curious what all you weird adults are up to when you're not on this site and with tumblr's New Poll Feature I can finally get an answer! (or the closest approximation of an answer possible with only 10 available options h a)

#tumblr /really/ shortened the character limit on these posts huh #could've sworn it was longer when i made the wizard one #anyways no shit i have always been curious #tragically 10 options limits things a lot but I tried to be broad XD #i'll start i'm an academic researcher studying civil engineering :V #humming-rambles #poll

[inkskinned]

you're in the habit of denying yourself things.

if someone asked you directly, you would say that you love a little treat. you like iced coffee and getting the cookie. you drink juice out of a fancy cup sometimes, and often do use your candles until they gutter out helplessly.

but you hesitate about buying the 20 dollar hand mixer because, like. you could just use your arms. you weren't raised rich. you don't get to just spend the 20 dollars (remember when that could cover lunch?), at least - you don't spend that without agonizing over it first, trying to figure out the cost-benefits like you are defending yourself in front of a jury. yes, this rice cooker could seriously help you. but you do know how to make stovetop rice and it really isn't that hard. how many pies or brownies would you actually make, in order to make that hand mixer worthwhile?

what's wild is that if the money was for a friend, it would already be spent. you'd fork over 40 without blinking an eye, just to make them happy. the difference is that it's for you, so you need to justify it.

and it sneaks in. you ration yourself without meaning to - you don't finish the pint of ice cream, even though you want to. the next time you go to the store, you say ah, i really shouldn't, and then you walk away. you save little bits of your precious things - just in case. sometimes you even go so far as putting that one thing in your shopping cart. and then just leaving it there, because maybe-one-day, but not right now, there's other stuff going on.

you do self-care, of course. but you don't do it more than like, 3 days in a row. after that it just feels a little bit over-the-edge. like. you can't live in decadence, the economy is so bad right now, kid.

so you don't buy the rice cooker. you can-and-will spend the time over the stove. you can withstand the little sorrows. denial and discipline are practically synonyms. and you're not spoiled.

it's just - it's not always a rice cooker. sometimes it is a person or a job or a hug. sometimes it is asking for help. sometimes it is the summer and your college degree. sometimes it is looking down at scabbed knees and feeling a strange kind of falling, like you can't even recognize the girl you used to be. sometimes it is your handprint looking unsteady.

sometimes it is tuesday, and you didn't get fired, and you want to celebrate. but what is it you like, even? you search around your little heart and come up empty. you're so used to denying that all your desires draw a blank.

oh fuck. see, this is the perfect opportunity. if you had a mixer, you'd make a cake.

#warm up #this isn't good #writeblr #this is complicated by the fact i can't stand up too long or i fuckken pass out and <3 hit my damn head <3 #but i did take a deep breath and buy myself the stupid rice cooker #and!!! a very cheap sushi kit!!! i have been wanting to try making sushi for literally YEARS #the kit was only like 15 dollars!!!! and i haven't purchased it bc?!!??!?!?!?!!? #..... i didn't get the mixer tho that felt. like a lot. like too much. #on my list is a kitchenaid. one day when i get a check and i have paid off my student debt #and medical debt #i will put that first little bit of cash #into a kitchenaid 5qt stand mixer (with attachments) #i really do just go into their refurbished section and stare lustily at each option #but yeah i feel guilty about the rice cooker even tho i know for a fact this damn thing is gonna be a lifesaver #oh shit also fuck i forgot to mention . poached eggs

[tellmewhatyouc]

looking for an angst fic for my summer reading bingo card and i'm glad nearly half the genloss fics on ao3 are tagged with angst. good work everyone

#i have a lot of options #rambles

[rainbowtransform]

I want to make something super clear: all of Brennan Lee Mulligan’s battles are to the death. It is kill, or be killed and that extends to the Rat Grinders.

I like them just as much as the next person but I knew they’d die. They’re amazing antagonists and it’s great that we like them but this is their fate. They were doomed the minute they chose Porter, and yes they chose him and to come back.

Lucy didn’t. It was painful but she didn’t.

The others did. They were doomed by the narrative the moment they got the mark on themselves.

#this was always to come #and you’re allowed to be mad #but you are not allowed to say that the intrepid heros aren’t thinking it through #they absolutely are #just because you don’t like their chocies doesn’t mean they aren’t thinking #and plus #they talk a lot off screen #maybe they discussed the pros and cons #and deciding killing was the better option #i am blockkng anyone who says that they’re not thinking this through #the bad kids have lived these battles for three years #and you think they’re not thinking it through? #fantasy high junior year #fantasy high junior year spoilers #fhjy spoilers #fhjy #dimension 20 #d20

[canisalbus]

Real fan art is coming one day, but for now I really wanted to see if it was feasible to simplify their gradients into something that would fit a simple style like Bluey’s 😅

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#aaaaaaaaaAAA #they're so precious I can't ;m; #I still haven't watched Bluey so I can't really comment on show accuracy but to me these look spot on #if you ask me the gradients work really well #if you look at them and unfocus your eyes they look like their normal markings #Vasco might benefit from having one more band between the base yellow and the lighter brown but that's totally optional and might take away #from the simplicity of his design #their colors are so true to the way I color them which is both cool and kind of uncanny #like Machete's pink details which in reality are very peachy almost closer to light orange than true pink #and their colored linearts which use the same colors I use for my colored linearts #I don't know I thought that was really cool attention to detail #they're adorable #thank you! #gift art #apupcalyptic #own characters #Machete #Vasco #their lives would be a lot less stressful in bluey universe I reckon

[hannaxjo]

Okay but like, toothless was not domesticated. Hiccup didn’t tame him, he befriended him. That’s the whole point. Toothless is not hiccups pet, he’s hiccups best friend. They learned to communicate and understand each other, i could write a whole essay about how they are equal in that relationship. They’re best friends.

#there is no ‘wild’ toothless #and ‘domesticated’ toothless #any more than there is a ‘wild’ hiccup #or ‘domesticated’ hiccup #i have a lot of options about this #httyd #how to train your dragon #httyd hiccup #toothless

[reblogforsamplesize]

I tried my best to include as many as possible but its difficult with only 12 options

#my polls #i saw a poll like this that didnt even have a neopronoun option which bothered me a lot #so heres a better one

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

You’re my favorite blog with an amazing costume and stellar art, so I hope to bestow upon you the small pleasure of asking you:

Trick or treat?

Thank you very much! I'm incredibly honoured to be your favourite blog! I know this is late but please accept this treat, happy belated Halloween!

#asks #fanart #tintin #adventures of tintin #captain haddock #archibald haddock #comic #halloween #trick or treat #i have no time to check for mistakes in this i will just have to live with them #haddock knows what a child is #i cant really imagine tintin and haddock celebrating halloween normally because it just wasnt really a thing in europe until very recently? #like im 24 and it was introduced here a little before i was born #halloween as it exists today is pretty american #i know a lot of people who arent that old who didnt even think about it growing up lol #i love halloween tho #it's a holiday that's purely optional and you can celebrate however you want it with whoever you want #alcohol tw

[hinamie]

obligatory water tribe alt outfits so i am not held liable if they freeze

jjk atla!au with @philosophiums

#my art #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #itadori yuuji #fushiguro megumi #kugisaki nobara #fanart #jjk fanart #jjk atla!au #lmhs #atla!au: art #atla!au: design #head in hands yuuji is just wearing korra's outfit i realized too late thats just her s4 fit....... #THE ARMBANDS AND SLEEVELESS TOP HAVE TO STAY #theyre SO necessary . but they r also The Problem :< #though in my defense theres rly not a whole lot of options 2 make each culture's clothing look visually distinct Within that culture #the colours and silhouettes r all so similar there r only so many combinations i can frankenstein tgt... #it makes Not accidentally copying an existing design so difficult #im trying my best out here :( #though it would have been nice if i didnt rip off . u kno. the PROTAg #sighs gomen korra im plagiarizing. yuuji keep ur coat on. #i do like their outdoor fits better tbh so maybe it will b ok #or maybe i will rework. we shall see

[gay-otlc]

The people who think gay trans man have straight privilege because they have the "option" to "escape" homophobia and live as straight women are blatantly disregarding the fact that for a lot of trans people, the options aren't "gay trans man" or "cis straight woman." It's "gay trans man" or "dead."

#this post was inspired by my friend (mostly stealth trans man) who has dealt with a lot of homophobia from his bf's parents #and transphobes might make the argument that the homophobia he faced doesn't count because he could have just lived as a woman #and then dated his bf more safely #but i genuinely don't think he would be alive right now if he hadn't been able to transition #so yeah. just being a woman to escape homphobia isn't really an option for a lot of trans men #transandrophobia #apologies if this is not my place to speak about as a straight trans man. i was just having thoughts and wanted to share

[blog-of-frontiers]

Actually my ideal Sypre sidequest is THE PARENTS ADVENTURE, starring:

Surena Marie and Carlos Luna as Wilma and Digby Thistlespring

Izzy Roland as Sandra Lynn Faeth

Brennan Lee Mulligan as Jawbone O'Shaughnessy

Rekha Shankar as Sklonda Gukgak

Aabria Iyengar as Hilariel Seacaster

DMed by Lou Wilson and cameo starring Raph Chestang as Gilear Faeth and Ify Nwadiwe as Gorthalax the Insatiable, in Carlos-as-Doctor-Wenabocker style

#i also think izzy as jawbone and brennan as sandra lynn would slay #i'm just obsessed with the parents and their whole deal #and i also think aabria would bring a lot of depth and tragedy to hilariel #fantasy high #dimension 20 #please i just need rekha back in the dome again #the other funny option is just having the same player do digby and wilma at the same time #they are a UNIT

[wis-art]

little comic i made based on this ask @scyrus42 sent me

#sketch #doodle #comic #lucy #wiki #lesbian #my art #art #artists on tumblr #cute #idk i always wanted to do something ask blog adjacent #+very fun prompt i had lots of fun drawing it #sorry for little art lately i have not been doing that good #i am now on mood stabilizer meds hehe #demongirl #angel #hehe #sapphic #sapphic art #none of the options fit so i just doodled out this little comic about them

[bilolli]

Heyyyyyy @betweenblackberrybranches did you know that I like your automatons designs a lot?

Scans under the cut

#2 versions because yesterday I found out my scanner has two options to scan differently #mind blown #the first is the “photo image” setting and it's more like what it looks in my sketchbook #the second is the “document image” and it changes the color of the paper to white...and adds a lot of contrast too lmao #rambling #automatons au #obv moon because the guy had issues tm and I'm here for that #and because i might have a preference #but don't tell sun lol #i wonder what he's gonna do with that little pendant? is it a gift for someone? *WINK WINK* #ok i'll shut up now #bilolli's art

[finemealprompt]

DP x DC Prompt #34

Dani's destabilizing. She's destabilizing and Danny's almost out of ecto-dejecto. It was never meant to be a permanent solution. More of a band aid to help her until they could find something better. But they haven't, and she's running out of time.

With little options left, Danny makes a decision.

Lex Luthor's successfully made stable clones before. Perhaps he can help stabilize an unstable clone. And Danny's prepared to pay any price he needs to in order to ensure Dani lives.

#finemeal prompt #dp x dc #danny fenton #danielle phantom #lex luthor #destabilization #clones #see will lex luthor make a good decision here #probably not #will danny make a bad one #probably #also feel free to give dani whatever nickname #i typically call her ellie #but not everyone does so i wanted to make it clear who it was about #lots of options of things to do with this one peeps #so have fun

[stil-lindigo]

bedside bouquet.

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a sapphic comic about a village girl and the fae she fell in love with.

creative notes:

#i didnt really have to struggle that much with my sexuality since once i realised it was an option i jumped the comphet ship immediately #but i wouldnt have reached this conclusion without the help of the queer women in my life #so. shoutout to them. i adore you #and i know the queer community is rife with infighting a lot of the time #but we shouldn't forget the simple joys of being known and acknowledged and empowered by people like you #those are just my thoughts #also #this comic has girls kissing in it #shock!! horror!! etc!! #im returning to my brand which is queer comics about relationships that are dubiously healthy #a romance has to be the slightest bit obsessive for me to really get into it unfortunately <3 #fae #sapphic #lgbt #lesbian #comics #stillindigo art #stillindigo comics #hearteaters