#i see like tiny improvement

[sentientstump]

its that time of the year, i had to redraw it

happy anniversary of me drawing tc art and doodles and stuff. awesome

#yall saw the original in the summary of art post and it has completely different artstyle xD #i could say that i am improving because i see the details that ive missed back in the day that i know now #tbh i had another idea for a redraw for half a year? but then yesterday i drew a sketch for this one and i was like no way #no way im finishing this guy now what are you talking about #so here we are i guess xD it didnt match any of the actual tiny anniversaries i had but hey #at least the month is the same LOL #ethoslab #vintagebeef #pauseunpause #team canada #artstump

[wilberave]

the terrifying moment of realization when talking to a self proclaimed Leftist when you can immediately tell “oh. this person has never done an hour of community service in their life.” like. i know it’s been said before but your politics truly do not matter if you’re not interacting with your community in any way. you can vote in every single election and it will not have a fraction of the impact of 17 year old tyler who got sentenced to 20 hours of picking up litter and weeding the community garden. you can never once vote out of protest and read piles of theory and not come close to making the change that the group of 80 year old catholic ladies at St. Mary’s on the corner do with their weekly community meals and school supply drives. we live in the rotting corpse of an evil empire. ideas mean fucking nothing. the only thing that matters at all is physically extending a hand to try to help the people around you.

#getting super involved in volunteer work in my tiny ass town in rural ohio has perhaps radicalized me more than anything else #like truly it is so easy to make sure peoples lives have been tangibly improved even in some small way #just by serving and packaging meals or sorting through clothing donations #or keeping kids entertained while their parents talk to someone abt SNAP or even fucking scrubbing the sinks and toilets in a halfway house #because the residents have much bigger things to worry about than cleaning #all things i’ve done within my own town that were easy and fun and great ways to socialize and meet people near me #literally just fucking google volunteer opportunities + your city and there that’s more praxis than 90% of this fucking webbed site #god. sorry for the rant. can you tell i’ve been seeing an i fluc of Very Stupid posts recently #influx*

[kenobihater]

you ever write up a combination of words you're really proud of at the time bc you think it's vivid but it's actually so atrocious that you remember it eight years later bc it's burned itself into your long-term memory? just me?

#i'm literally laughing my entire ass off rn. i can't believe i found this fic i wrote at 15 and orphaned when i came to my senses abt both #my complete inability and total aversion to writing first person as well as the fact that the english language should never have been #subjected to its words being done dirty like this 😭 #also i straight up fucking LIED in the authors note??? i said i'd broken my knee as a kid which is categorically false. i fell down some #stairs and banged it up and it's a tiny bit weak ig but i didn't break it? all any teens born after y2k know is eat hot chip and lie... #still not over the first line... the flip flop bit i remembered but i'd COMPLETELY forgotten 'a shriek seeped out of my throat'. girl. what. #how does a shriek seep exactly? the world may never know... #and the use of 'groped' is also sending me 😭 AND 'crash bash whump thump' girlllll send help holy shit i can't stop coughing & laughing #the rest of the fic isn't quite this bad but it's very purple yet ineloquent and rough. it's a good reminder of how much i've improved and #honestly i'd rather read this utterly amature fic bc it's at least charming in its lack of skill rather than infuriating like some of my #oneshots that are still on my page bc they're more comprehensible but just bad enough to make me cringe. getting mad at this oneshot would #be like getting bad at a kid's stick figure drawing. like. it's just kinda cute to see someone starting out on their creative journey #my old sw oneshots on the other hand are like the awkward growing pains of puberty. you just can't help but wince at the reminder #this is okay to reblog btw bc it's objectively hilarious and i don't mind ppl finding humor in it #len speaks

[the-kremblin]

beep beep it's the mi(a)lf(ey) mobile

shitty doodle while i work on getting the motivation to work on better stuff

#god throwback to my ace attorney era #can't lie i did not deserve the support i got i was so shit at drawing people #but i have improved a tiny bit and am not showing old art for comparison #mostly because i do not have it backed up to my current laptop #partially because looking at my old art is like taking a sledgehammer to the face #but also hey if you wanna see other aa characters do request #digital art #krems-doodles #ace attorney #mia fey

[floor-time]

missing old hyperfixations/special interests, like yes it's nostalgic but it's also my long lost lover that went out to sea a long time ago and may never come back.

#ve improved etc etc #but then like. ok I #this falls apart a tiny bit maybe about the coming back #cause like . it depends #if i'm going with like. minesweeper #then yeah it's like that with coming back #because it comes back full force sometimes #and like I grow with it or whatever and look back to the first time and see how im thinking dsmp #I'm missing it #but. like I feel like if the hyperfixation/whatever is back #it'll feel more like missing the old times and nostalgia and stuff? #tho that could still happen #idk

[yuriyuruandyuraart]

I hope you know I'm keeping your tags to look at later. I'm glad you're enjoying my art and writings for this event. Hope you're ready for tomorrow's art, I think that one is my best for this week, in terms of art. I'll even tag you in it if you want.

waa i'm so glad you enjoy them!!!! i try to add as many as i can but sometimes i feel like it's too much rambling or too little and it's just!! comforting to know i brought you some joy >:'Dc <33333

(no worries i check your blog for the prompt you posted every day the moment i open tumblr so i'll definitively see it >;)c)

#ask #me too!!! i actually adore how my piece looks for the final day and i honestly can't choose which one is my fav tbh hhh xD #they're all not my best per say but definitively not my worst and i feel like. sigh i guess i DO like you...<3 sort of affection to it hhh #definitively curious to see what you got!! :0 i didn't say this before but the fact that you did both art AND writings for this week? #power. absolute POWERR i would give you a medal if i could #cause i'd rather paint irl then look at an empty word doc for hours trying to squeeze words out of my poor two neurons HHHH #sorry sorry i'm exaggerating a lil xD but fr your works have been a blessing to see!! keep on improving you tiny little bean<33333

[wavetapper]

cleared my first 40 and somehow managed to clear holic as well 🤘 wtf good at video games era???

#arcadeposting #holic was super unexpected i cannot stress this enough. played it as a joke with dj pass plat so no failing out + i can do 3 11s #and i just. first time. with an A as well like i get its just the very very end thats the fucked bit but even the beginning with #the stupid jacks. what a weird chart. weird fucked up chart. but i kinda enjoyed it... i like jank #the 40 as well was one of my classic 'well im going to do smth outside of my range to see how long it takes to kill me' adventures #and it didnt 👍 but i WAS scared so #i could feel my popn skills improving so much actually since the last time i played. im getting better w staircases #and my hand speed is a bit quicker as well. still need to work on stretching my hands in a non painful way to hit Button Triangles #but i guess thats just. what 40+ is about from now on. just trying not to break your tiny hands and remembering that #tutorial image with the freakishly long fingies

[teaandinanity]

The Baldur's Gate 3 character creator is GREAT so now I just need to get some decent clothes.

The bard starter set is um.

A thing.

#I am also save-scumming but in my defense failing checks is only fun in Actual Tabletop Situations #where I can grin like a moron while I create Situations #anyway at some point I'm definitely going to Break Things so I can have a tiny god #as is tradition for me with BG games #like... I am literally just here for character interactions and to see shit #combat is mostly only interesting if there are people around the table going OH MY GOD NO STOP WHAT ARE YOU DOING #I'm still so proud of the time one of my character's own teammates shot her in the leg to keep her from doing a thing #SO proud of that #anyway I'm sure anyone who reads these tags is like 'oh my god I never want to play anything with you' #and you know what you're valid and probably correct #although I will say in my defense that I'm good at improv and I love yes-and'ing other people's shenanigans and not just causing them mysel

[mrblazeflappybird]

I wish I was old enough to put my privilege to use.

#like i may be a trans bi white boy but I look like a cishet white boy #You couldn't tell I'm neurodivergent if I didn't tell anyone (probably) #I have all this priviledge and I can't use it because I'm too young to do anything that makes an impact #I wanna be a politician or go into politics and do human rights #I wish I could do that now because i'm worried by the time I'm old enough the world will be in peices #I just wish I could do more than just share posts and like fundraisers and spread the word on the problems people need to see #I want to actively help improve things but right now my role is to “like comment and share” #It sucks seeing people suffer and not being able to use the priveledge I've been blessed with to try get ignorant people to understand #Anyway sorry for the tag rant #I just want to do something more than just post about things on my tiny tumblr blog and pray someone else can do something #because I cant yet #and that really sucks

[alorz]

VERY dramatic tags

#skin picking cw #self harm due to prev cw #i’m noticing like. pits in my face thatll scar. #i have bio oil and stuff and accutane apprently .. improves scarring. so its not over for me yet #but jesus fucking christ #looking the mirror and seeing tiny little pits in my face where i’ve opened it up???? #dude the amount of BLOOD and i just keep going i feel so fucking insane and helpless?? #and i hate it because i know. i’m NOT . its NY HANDS !!!! TONY YOU CHOSE TO DO THAT #i feel like my #normal support systems are. exhausted by me . or i’m afraid they are. or i know they are and also dont blame them!!! cos like #how many times can you support someone when they come and say ‘umm hehehe i did it again’ #i dont wanna put ppl thru that. but as a result i feel so fucking lonely and ashamed #i keep talkign to therapists about it but i feel like they give me nothinng #i’m just trying to get thru accutane at this point #but i’m so scared i’ll scar my face badly. because its avoidable. its completely avoidable. i feel crazy #sorry this is so . intense i just dont know what to DO with all these feelings or how to liek?? process them??? #and idek why feeling alone is a problem. i wish i could handle things myself but idek if i’m built like that. i dunno

[transphilza]

if you’ll recall i was asleep for the start of the last wilbur stream so i missed the part where we watched the live rehearsal. finally got around to watching it and ohhhhhh my goddd oh my god Oh My God y’all i cannot wait for whenever lovejoy does shows i can’t wait to binge watch every performance and watch wilbur do his little dancey dance around the stage i’m sooo excited to see what their stage presence will be like in front of a crowd and most of all im ready to sell my damn soul to see it all in person. Fuck

#sorry i just had to rave #it’s been soooo long since i’ve been to a concert i’m soo like I NEEEEEEEED MUSIC IN MY FUCKIN VEINS RIGHT NOW #ITS SOOO COOL #it’s so funny seeing all the pent up energy cause will is all awkward in the gig #but the stage is teeny tiny so there’s no space to move or do those dramatic gestures he clearly wanted to do #so excited to see him on an Actual stage with the space to move around #so excited to see him get more comfortable on that stage too #he’s so like. uggggghngngnhnnn hmmmmmm hhhhntntggg the potential in him like lovejoy srsly are just starting #and they’re still improving a lot and i cannot fucking wait to see what kind of frontman wilbur becomes #my little guy my awkward dude who plays minecraft on a stage singing his heart out lord it makes me proud

[a-force-dyad-in-space]

I had this random thought today (and I'm probably not the first) about Arthur reincarnating into present day with no memory of his past life and becoming one of those better-than-you incluencer celebrities and Merlin having to go through the whole "I'd never have a friend who could be such an ass" spiel again like "Are you fucking kidding me, not again 🙄".

#1000 year old merlin just suuuuuper done with this shit before it even really starts #he's like 'so i went through years of grueling attempts to turn this guy into a good king watched him die waited for him to return for #like a THOUSAND YEARS and this is what i get????? a white canvas instead of the masterpiece i worked on for fucking YEARS???' #and this version of arthur is even worse because at least the old arthur had a tiny of responsibility for his kingdom but this guys?? #this guy is just entitled on so many levels and old grumpy merlin who doesn't even bother turning into his young-looking self again because #fuck that is like 'is there even a point in trying this time???' #but then of course during one of his many stalking sessions he sees arthur being super friendly and sweet toward either #an animal or maybe an old person or something and he realizes that maybe deep down there IS something he can work with #so he creates more and more scenarios where arthur has to unknowingly prove he's not a total dick and merlin realizes that hey #maybe he actually can do this again he just needs to nudge him in the right direction #and maybe as a reverse juxtaposition to young merlin becoming old merlin when he needs him to do something #old merlin becomes young merlin and pretends to be his own grandson like 'yeah my cooky granddad can be annoying haha' #and now arthur can bond with young merlin again and just like the first time he improves more and more until one day #(old) merlin reveals his young self and gives arthur some of his camelot memories back and oh sweet reunion and happily ever after #i should go see if there's fanfiction like this like i said i can't be the only one who's ever imagined an arthur-as-a-celebrity scenario

[foxgirltail]

I'm beginning to suspect that the attempts at stretching I've been doing lately are not making my thigh/quad/hammy areas more flexible as I desired, but instead increasing the flexibility of my upper back, which comparatively does not need that bonus

#like yeah i can (nearly) touch my toes now but if i try and bend only at the waist i don't think the angle there has gone down from the #like 120 degrees that it was a few weeks ago... #maybe im not doing strethes for long enough or frequently enough or something. #im pretty sure some of them are supposed to help in that region but im not seeing even tiny improvements its been a few weeks

[traaanskimkitsuragi]

repeatedly bashing your head into celeste b-sides is better than sex

#ive started 6b and its absolutely insane so far and i dont have the energy to get through more of it rn #but it did help w my mood so thats nice #me every time i enter a new screen: oh this is literally impossible #me when i pull it off w no help or guides: #the platforms you need to dash into are. brutal. sweet jesus the devs are sadists #i appreciate how heavily the game emphasizes skill #like if you fuck up its on you #9 times out of 10 i can generally tell why i keep dying and what im doing wrong #i think thats part of why its so easy for me to keep going w it even if im slow #its the fact that every single screen is doable as long as you practice it enough #its the same thing i really enjoyed about rhythm games when i was still hardcore into them #me? enjoying skill based gameplay? unheard of. hk and celeste have rewired my brain #also i love that i can just save quit mid level #it makes it so that if i want i can just open the game and make a tiny bit of progress and close it again #it makes it a lot easier for me to try harder bits because i know i can just come back to them later if i cant do them rn #i totally wanna go back to pop/white palace in hk after i finish this game #i wanna see how much my platforming skills have improved #my reaction time is still shit but i can keep track of stuff considerably better now than when i first started out

[momochiiee-reblogs]

Oh yeah, two days ago, I had a checkup with the surgeon to see how my scars are healing!

They're finally starting to heal properly! It took them a couple of months of actual rest!

It may sound silly but I am so happy I didn't have to get more meds injected on them... I really needed to quit my shitty fast food job for them to be able to heal up properly 😔

#momochiiee mussings #It's been 84 years since the whole healing started! we're finally starting to see improvements! #also mom decided it was due that I retired my old trusty boots that same day and took me shop seeing for a new pair #I'm happy I got to find something I liked cuz it's always a real struggle to find anything to my liking #it's either too full of detail or has shiny things or weird shapes #mom said they weren't too cheap but this new pair should last another 10 years so it's worth the extra coins #I'm aware my techwear preference isn't exactly cheap so having any tiny new piece once every couple of years feels like a nice improvement #little by little I'll replace the old normal clothes for casual techwear ones #just you wait for the day I get an actual decent paycheck! #I'm so hyped next month I start classes again! 💖💖💖

[sophiamcdougall]

I am never going to complain about Greek Duolingo again

I mean, I am. But still.

So, as some of you know, my family has been coming to this tiny Greek seaside village for several years. Just over a week ago I came out here with my mum, under the impression that early September, after the height of the summer heat, would be a good time to have a holiday. ANYWAY Storm Daniel had other ideas about that. Locally things are improving (I'm actually really pissed off about the disaster-porn tone of most English-language media coverage, but that's another post). The power is back on, there's running water most of the time, and though the latter is not drinkable, a truck from the government came and handled out free bottled water yesterday. But we are currently kind of stuck. Can't do tourist things. Can't go home. There aren't any local flights out until Saturday and the road to Thessaloniki is still closed.

So this evening, feeling kind of aimless and depressed, I go down to the nearest beach with a couple of binbags and start cleaning up in an effort to at least do something positive. I always try to do this at least once out here and obviously, after the storm, there's a lot more plastic and rubbish than usual.

At some point I find this large, round bit of metal - some kind of machinery part, I think -- that's too big for the bag, so I take it to the bins on its own, leaving the rubbish bag on the beach. And when I come back for it, something among the stones beside it moves.

Specifically, it pulls its head sharply inside its shell

So, meanwhile I've been trying to learn some Greek with the help of Duolingo.

I currently have a 33-day streak and... I have questions. Shouldn't I be able to use the past or future tenses by now? Shouldn't I be able to say "x is like y"? I can't do those things. But one thing I absolutely can say all day long is έχω μια χελώνα : I have a turtle.

This is far from the limit of Duolingo Greek's turtle-related content. "An obsession with turtles" is my mother's characterisation. I can inform you that the turtle is not a bird, and, improbably, that the turtle is drinking milk. I can introduce you to a turtle in company with a horse and an elephant. As far as Duolingo is concerned, it really is turtles all the way down.

Now this, you may be able to see, is not a turtle. It has claws rather than flippers. It is a tortoise. I know there are wild tortoises in Greece: my aunt once rescued a pair of them shagging in the middle of the road -- but that was up in the mountains. I've even seen one myself, but it was also on a road and very dead.

I am 95% certain they don't belong on beaches. There's nothing for it to eat, except, unfortunately, a lot of plastic. Even if it gets off the beach it will immediately find itself on a road where it could get hit by a car. I'm pretty sure it must have been washed down by the floodwater and has been just sitting there, dazed, ever since.

Now obviously the first thing I want to do on encountering this unusual animal is to go and tell my mummy, so I do. The tortoise immediately brightens her day. She agrees that the tortoise is not happy on the beach and needs to be taken somewhere safe. it gets surprisingly wriggly when picked up so we put it in a carrier bag with some grapes and cucumber and go looking for somewhere to rehome it.

We find a path leading up between the houses towards a likely-looking field, but before we get very far a dog in a yard goes berserk and a man's head pops over a fence and demands to know what we're doing. He does this in English, as evidently we're just that obviously tourists.

"I found a tortoise on the beach!" I explain. "We want to find somewhere to put it."

"A what," he asks.

"It's like a, you know," I begin and then to my astonishment I find myself saying... "μια χελώνα"

"Oh! A turtle!" he says.

"But from the land. δεν είναι χελώνα", [it is not a turtle,] I say, as I am worried he will tell me to put it back near the sea where I found it. As it turns out it actually IS a χελώνα, Greek does not distinguish between turtles and tortoises, but I don't know that; I can't even name the days of the week or identify any colours other than pink yet, give me a break.

The man's entire demeanour changes and thaws. He does not worry about my turtle-that-is-not-a-turtle conundrum. He knows where οι χελώνες come from and where η χελώνα μας belongs. He leads us through a gate into a courtyard area.

"[somethingsomething] μια χελώνα," he explains to the assembled onlookers, of whom there are, suddenly, a surprising number.

"ΜΙΑ ΧΕΛΩΝΑ!!!" crows the throng of delighted small children, who are, suddenly, everywhere.

"μια χελώνα!" I agree, accepting that at least for current purposes, that is what it is.

"Μπορούμε να δούμε τη χελώνα σας; [can we see your turtle?]" asks an adorable little girl, shyly, and I understand??

The children fucking love looking at the χελώνα and showing it to them is kind of magical?

I finally put the tortoise down on the grass of this wild area off to the side of the courtyard, and marvel aloud that it is weird that I barely know any Greek except how to say μια χελώνα.

"I think she will soon run off," a kind lady called Aspasia assures me, seeing I remain slightly anxious about its fate. "I don't know why I'm saying 'she'. I suppose because χελώνα is feminine in Greek."

"Yes! I know that!" I exclaim, thrilled.

"Well done!" she says. And also she asks if we are OK for drinking water after the storm and if we need any help with anything and is just generally incredibly lovely and now we know more of the neighbours!

So "μια χελώνα" has just become, by a long way, my most-used and most understood and all-around most conversationally successful phrase in Greek. So I guess I have to admit I was wrong to doubt Duolingo's wisdom: it is correct to be obsessed with turtles. And I concede that prior to learning how to count to ten or to distinguish right from left, the simple ability to yell the word TURTLE over and over again is, it turns out, a crucial element of the responsible traveller's social skills.

(I am pretty fluent in Italian and turtles haven't come up in conversation even once?)

#story time