#idk how to determine that

[nightjarring]

I still haven't read DM but if there's one thing abt Laios that doesn't seem relatable it's that I am fully, acutely aware when people hate me and find me annoying

#going to a conference tomorrow and the person driving the van gives very strong I Barely Tolerate You vibes #its a bug conference. if your wondering #i used to be less good at it when i was a child but i remember one time i was talking to my friends mom at her house #bc i always thought adults were easier to talk to as a kid #and i was telling her abour cloned sheep and shit like that #and later my friend was like haha yeah my mom looked like she was about to snap #and i guess i was like. shocked and upset as a 9 year old that i still remember this extremely acutely. like oh i was tellingly you about #about the first time they cloned a sea urchin and you were on the brink of maddness ok why did you. allow me to continue then? idk. #many such cases. #ive rectified this by becoming a hermit and only seeking out repeated interactions with people i feel like i can trust which. actually. #idk how to determine that

[lazycranberrydoodles]

i think the barbie movie would have a profound psychological impact on hua cheng

prev comic / next comic / follow for still more hualian barbie movie content because i am not done

bonus angsty version 🎉 i hate love expressions just a couple tiny lines on the mouth and eyebrows and it goes from silly to sad

:(

#this is a haha hua cheng devoted joke but idk it’s nice to think about how much of his identity and self worth is placed on xie lian #obviously since he was 10 most of his major life choices were to serve the crown prince #but in the interval time he became one of the most dangerous men in the world and decided it was his responsibility to create a ghost haven #he works on artistic mastery and alternatively brokers deals with and evades assassination attempts by heaven #if asked i think he would say he only does good for dianxia’s sake (What Would Dianxia Do) and is actually a bad person #and similar stuff about his combat and art skills #theres a question here about how much of his success is due to being such a determined person and how much #of it is luck from ‘the savior’ reversing the star of solitude #how much hua cheng is left when you take away xie lian? #he would say nothing #xie lian would say a billionaire genius playboy philantrophist etc #tgcf looooooves to talk about destiny and free will and so do i #all this to say if it was in character for hua cheng to cry at a movie hed be sobbing #this can be read as pre or post confession btw #the poll decided which version of the comic was the ‘main version’ above the cut #tgcf #art #comic #hualian #hua cheng #xie lian #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #hob #mxtx #my art #barbie #barbie movie #tgcf meme #lmao

[fisheito]

collab #2 with @xenole i was given a chibi yakumo and i.. i...... turned it into thiS

#I AM SO SORRY I DREW YAKUMO AGAIN ADFSJEIADKS LOOK OK so xenole gives me the tiny crying yakumo. #says DO WHATEVER YOU WANT and THUS i get to thinking #my immediate thought was #i'm going to make oli breast boobily while comforting him #bc i was determined to draw xenole's fave this time. i swore it to myself. i WILL stop being so self indulgent #but the chibi on chibi comforting scene didn't sit right with me. it was too straightforward. not something i would draw normally #it was hhhh as u say.... not on brand.? it did not inspire me. idea benched.... #so days pass and i'm still pondering ideas on what to do to the sad spaghetti. #configurations of clan members danced in my head. some defending yaku. some comforting. some bullying #the ideas usually involved at least oli or kuya bc once again. xenole bias #then while i'm in the shower i got frustrated with my lack of ideas and thought #i'll jujst eat.him. just. chew on him. i'm tired of him #AND THE IMAGE OF KUYA EATING YAKUMO FOR BREAKFAST POPPED INTO MY MIND #originally it was going to be kuya eating yakuflakes and oli giving him serious side eye but then the brain went #WHAT IF IT'S YAKUMO WATCHING KUYA EAT YAKUMO. THAT IS FUNNY. IT MUMST HAPPEEN #BUT I REFUSED at first. i was angry at myself. this is not a competition to see how you can STILL sHOVE YAKUMO into a drawing. #plus the composition would shrink xenole's chibi down! i would take over so much space by comparison! THE DISRESPECT! TO THE COLLAB PROCESS #but once i get fixated on smth...well. i ended up doing the idea and just praying xenole wouldnt eviscerate me for it #i'm sorry my liege. my grip on the reins was weak. the goofy clown horses went stampeding #so idk now it's the two of em having a peaceful breakfast in kuya's cabin but only kuya is at peace and yakumo's this close to a breakdown #i feel like there should be something in the space between them. a speech bubble or something . something mean is being said #kuya #yakumo #yakuya

[starrysharks]

headcanon that homura does the ghibli hair floaty thingy when she's mad / determined / lovingly looking at madoka idk

#it makes a wing/angel/bird silhouette. its all about the silhouettes people #nun - like design/silhouette when her hair's down (see my personal pmmm designs) n angel -like when shes determined or with strong emotions #esp for madoka ... i like to think im smart with this one #the power of a himejoshi knows no bounds. ill make everything yuri ill make yuri yurier #tho idk how you could make pmmm any more yurier #pmmm #puella magi madoka magica #homura akemi

[cadaverkeys]

I noticed that on mobile, there's a little button on the bottom right for booping on everyone's blog. The color of the paw doesn't change, and when I spam it for boops, it has the paw animation only in that color. Found out your blog is a white cat!

My sister noticed this as well!! A bit sad that I wasnt a black cat but I feel like the paw colours might have been determined by the colour of your blog theme :o? I don't know how air tight that theory is tho!

Anyway. april fools shay.

#ram asks #xylinthia #i do love the cut off on my pinned post so it just says SHAYS TOP #some1 said in tags that the paw colour was determined by how many boops u gave #but i had all of the badges + maxed out my boops so idk

[void-pitcher]

i will literally never stop thinking about that one glass onion analysis video that said “i wouldn’t say i’d destroy [the mona lisa] to save a stranger’s life, but honestly? it’s kinda fucked up that i wouldn’t. we should value a person’s life, stranger or not, more than a piece of art.” like that changed something in me. bc our society DOES value art. not new art, not artists, sure, but it values the results. they put the results at a higher value than the artist themself, and if they think the results is worthless? they’ll still value the artist less than the result.

#thinkin abt my one friend who said she’d rather die than not complete her art #and another who said he’d kill himself for talent #and another who said the mona lisa was da vinci’s legacy and if it’s gone he’s gone #like what are y’all on abt? what value must u put on art to value urself as less than? how little do u value urself to put ur art as more? #i want so badly to be able to say i’d burn the mona lisa to save a stranger but idk if i would #and like this guy said: it’s fucked up #what we make doesn’t determine our worth. what we can or can’t do doesn’t determine our worth. how much talent we have doesn’t determine our #worth. and it shouldn’t. #idk. it just feels so twisted. and it’s not even abt what art they can make in the future. #it’s abt how we and the ppl around us are alive and that’s our most valuable gift #not some oil on a canvas #glass onion #glass onion a knives out mystery #art #mona lisa

[percyverance]

Lauchlainn is the only one in the entire coterie who can drive, and all they have is a motorbike. Shenanigans ensue.

Tags via @gen1talp1rate on the last ask lol

#percy draws :) #lauchlainn douglas black 🐺 #wren markova 👁️ #arthur wilburn ✈️ #dr. ludwig teague ⚙️ #tobe determined 🧨 #idk HOW THIS HAPPENED. THEYRE NOT EVEN ALL THAT GOOD A DRIVER. THEYRE FROM THE 1910S #tbf some of the others can Drive they just dont have anything *to* drive #tobe’s player missed a session and i made the joke that this was why LMAO #ludwig is the nosferatu. he gets backpacked so everyone fits #vampire #vtm #vtm oc #vampire: the masquerade #wod #world of darkness

[pretty--in--purple]

divorced babygirl father of three

#chilchuck tims #< i just found out his full name #also looked up his age - he's 29? younger than i thought but idk how the author determines halfling aging #dungeon meshi spoilers #< only barely but yk #sky's dunmeshi liveblog #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dunmeshi

[affinitee]

silly guy (he’s my favourite)

#doodle #my art #sonic fanart #shadow #shadow the hedgehog #this was my first digital drawing of him pls be nice ToT #I’m learning how to draw hedgehogs slowly but surely #It’s a whole process but I’m obsessed and determined #Fanart #shadow fanart #Redraw #but idk where the original is from I just found it on Pinterest

[fxrehawk]

i yell about weird horses a lot for someone that never draws weird horses

just playing around with some Ideas and one of red dead mercy's other horses; this one's tarot, her bay frame criollo

commission info | ko-fi

#bo.png #fallout fauna #ghoul horse #*chanting* ghoul horse ghoul horse ghoul horse ghoul horse ghoul horse ghoul horse ghoul horse ghoul horse ghoul horse ghoul horse ghoul ho #fallout fanart #i cannot tell y'all how determined i was to show off those molars LMAO horse molars are so freaky looking #don't ask me how bits or bridles work with that mouth. i don't have an answer for you. it's just a lot of vague hand waving #maybe a VERY well padded bosal??? i dont fuckin know man i just work here #probably gonna draw speedbump next. might make him a slippie idk

[labetalol]

this scene in s1e3 when the team realizes dale is the most babygirl in the entire county

#cannot tell me they all aren't a little in love with coop. wym i'm projecting #anyway <3 yes i'm insane. i really genuineyl thought peaks'd be more popular on tumblr. where is my unhinged fanart and insanity #wuntrum doing the lords work <- love their peaks art #ok. tag time #dale cooper #<-implied #lucy moran #harry truman #andy brennan #deputy hawk #WHAT IS HISFULL NAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #twin peaks #my art #how soon is too soon for re-watching the show. i did this instead of preparing for my osce 2mo yayyyyyyyy #i do love that scene. the way everyone leans in in their chair swuinting eyes like what the hell is he gonna do... #how he maintains such an air of professionalism despite literally talking about dream worlds + throwing bottles as a means to #determine who is guilty. bonking andy on the head... oh andy the bestie andy andy andy #i miss them... dream blunt rotation tbh . idk obviously fuck cops etc. but they are just some guys... #like small town cops idk. fwwm's sheriff & deputies sucked MAJORLY so like. we know it's literally just trumans dept like just them #they are the only good cops ever... sigh. girl help i'm getting emotionally attached to a tv show that aired before i was born

[hotwaterandmilk]

I'm still not well so this isn't going to be articulate, but I wanted to say something anyway.

In the wake of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (amongst other titles) being purged from streaming I've seen countless posts saying "This is terrible, we need to stop this practice -- they might purge a good show next!" and yeah, for sure a lot of titles being impacted by streaming purges/lack of physical media/a decline in archiving right now aren't going to be remembered for changing the world.

However, I think it is vital that we fight to preserve these titles for their own sake not just because "What if next time it's something we actually like?!" There is value is preserving things widely regarded as "bad" not just because I have firm beliefs about the absurdity of taste, but because who gives a shit if something is deemed "good?" Actual human people put their time and energy into realising these artistic visions. Even if the results are arguably not "good" or "popular", should the efforts of these artists be lost to the sands of time? No, no they fucking shouldn't.

I share a lot of art on this blog from titles very few people consider culturally important or valuabe. However, I don't look at the things I collect & share like that. Even some of the most objectively absurd titles I own are still pieces of art that were developed, published, and consumed by humans in the real world. Whether they've turned out to be broadly memorable or not is irrelevant because they existed and that in itself makes them worthy of preservation so that others can choose to familiarise themselves with them long after the original creative team is gone.

So yes, we should all be trying to preserve the media that's important to us and not let corporations try to stamp out every trace of a financial (though not necessarily artistic) misstep. However, it shouldn't take the threat of something we, personally, like being taken away to stir us into giving a shit.

Even the demise of less admired works should concern us and make us start to burn copies of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies because it might not mean anything to you or I right now, but to some kid in 20 years it could be a seminal experience that leads them to follow their dreams. Or it could become a cult classic that people reflect on at watch parties years in the future. Or it could continue to be a footnote in the history of television that nobody really cares about.

Ultimately I don't think it matters what level of value we arbitrarily assign to media now or in the future, we should be trying to preserve as much of it as possible so that generations from now people can enjoy the option of engaging with these titles should they so wish.

#personal #idk i just feel strongly that even trash should be allowed to exist #and all of us be able to access it if we so choose #some of the most meaningful film experiences of my life have involved B movies and other “low” culture properties #i'm not well enough to even start rambling about high and low culture and the rich #but as an audience we should be able to select what we want to consume #and we should be able to access it regardless of local laws or cultural norms #that's why the efforts of archivists and media preservationists from the lost media wiki to the louvre are so important #“but this spongebob ad had no impact on society who cares if it is accessible or not?” #you can't determine the value of something based solely on your own experience with it #so yeah spongebob ads and episodes of wheel of fortune should continue to exist #and so should the trashiest shoujo manga in the world #god and i haven't even touched on how disproportionately things like this affect work by artists of colour #queer artists and disabled artists #it's super fucking shit and i refuse to let streaming take away these media choices #ok back to my covid sick bed

[citrlet]

nelle curio foodie / daydreamer / squeamish

gen 1 founder of @simelune’s joy of life legacy challenge

#ts4 #sims 4 #ts4 gameplay #ts4 legacy #*jol #im absolutely obsessed with her #she's babey!! #idk how much ill be posting of this challenge #ive never made it past like gen 3 or 4 of any legacy ive started afjkdsld #but this time im determined! #really want to make a lookbook and a character page for her already tho haha #sim: nelle

[distortedmoondisc]

I think we as a fandom don't talk enough about Aira being Hiiro's fan—y'know, as an idol.

It might be because most people don't read the main story, or because it's not blatantly stated in there like other things, but it's something I think is a very unique facet about their relationship.

As we know, Aira separates his professional life and his personal life a lot. He will wait in line to shake hands with Hiyori Tomoe and buy a dozen CDs just to have a couple of extra minutes just talk to him, even though he can do this at any time since they're both idols living in the ES dorms and friends from the same circle.

And while this is admittedly silly from Aira's part, he truly sees this something serious and actually, he's kind of justified in thinking this way? He takes pride in being an idol otaku, and he wants to play as fair as possible with fellow fans, he doesn't want to take advantage of the fact that he's living and working alongside these super stars, and in my eyes that just shows how pure-hearted and honest he is.

With that in mind, it would be obvious to conclude that Aira would be a fan of his unitmates. He's definitely a fan of Tatsumi and Mayoi, but it's explicitly said in the MS that Aira is a fan of Hiiro.

This is from episode 89, "Grace"

(this episode may or may have not changed my brain chemistry forever lol)

Here, Aira makes the statement that he wants to protect Hiiro as an idol.

Hiiro is new to this world; he's a rookie, he's unpolished, far from perfect, but he's brimming with potential and he shines brightly on stage regardless of his imperfections — especially to Aira's eyes, and Aira wants to protect that, he wants to keep Hiiro's shine, and to help him grow and become the great idol Aira sees in him.

And I just can't express how much this means to me??? To their relationship??? This is why I can't understand people who say Aira doesn't care about Hiiro (these are opinions I've read way too often on twitter...), when Aira more than anyone wants to protect him not only as a person (like when he comforts him, cheers him up and motivates him after Rinne disowns him), but also as an idol. Aira trusts in Hiiro the idol. He sees his potential and he admires him deeply — not only as a fellow idol or as a friend, but as a fan.

And what gets me is the wording Aira uses here. He talks about wanting to protect Hiiro, to defend him. This is stated in another chapter and I don't remember exactly where (I believe it's one of the last episodes of the MS, but please correct me if I'm mistaken), but Aira states that he wants to protect Hiiro's purity — and this can be interpreted many ways, be it in that he wants to protect Hiiro's innocence as in his personality trait (his endearing naivety, his trusting and friendly nature, his endless curiosity, his earnestness and sincerity), or his purity as an idol, in the sense that because Hiiro is an idol, he has an appearance to keep, he has to be shining and to be pure and beautiful all the time (because that's the image idols give to the world, to their fans; the image that gives countless of people like Aira hope); this can include protecting Hiiro from the darker sides of the industry, such as toxic fans, unhealthy relationships with fame, corrupted producers or people from the industry, among other things. Aira seems to be aware of these issues (as he mentions in the second chapter of the main story, see below), so it makes sense that he wants to shield Hiiro, who knows absolutely nothing about this industry or the city, from those things.

Episode 24, "Suspicious"

And personally, I think Aira means both. He wants to protect Hiiro's purity as a person: he wants to protect the cheerful and positive Hiiro he knows and loves and admires (Aira himself states this. Multiple times. So much so that Aira often comments about how uncomfortable he feels when Hiiro is gloomy or troubled, that he is always the first to ask what is wrong or if something is bothering him.... but talking about Aira's high perceptiveness for Hiiro's emotions is a topic for another day) — but he also wants to protect Hiiro as an idol, wants to protect the immaculate image he gives to the world and to his fans, because Aira loves him, the same way he loves an idol from a fan standpoint. And he hopes that by protecting this purity, Hiiro will grow to be the talented and shining idol Aira knows he can be.

And what gets me is that after thinking of Hiiro this way, Aira snaps out of his self-deprecating thoughts and decides to give his best in the Ullambana (episode 89). Aira literally overcame his insecurities because of Hiiro. Thinking of having to do his best and keep working hard in order to keep up with him and with Alkaloid gave him the strength he needed to stop spiraling down his own insecurities and focus his efforts into something that was worth it: in keeping Alkaloid alive, and keeping Hiiro The Idol alive, because Aira believes he will become an idol that will soothe, delight and captivate hearts of many like Aira in the future — and Aira has to become an accomplished idol and a strong person if he is to be next to him on stage to protect him and to help him grow.

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I say a lot, mostly jokingly between my friends, that Aira is the biggest HiiroP... but after writing this whole post, I realize I'm not so far off from this assumption. Aira loves Hiiro as a friend, we all know and understand that, but what is often overlooked is that Aira—who divides his professional and personal life so strictly—recognizes the rookie, unpolished, but talented Hiiro as an idol, and he wants to see him grow and succeed not only as his friend and unitmate, but also as a fan. Hiiro is so shining and wonderful on stage that it awakens the idol-ota instinct on Aira, it brings him back to his roots where he watched and admired idols from afar and inspired and soothed his lonely heart. And honestly? I think this is terribly wholesome, if not incredibly beautiful, and I'm getting emotional over hiiai once again, so I'm going to finish the essay here. Thanks for reading ahdjfk

#we also don't talk about aira being the one protecting hiiro enough... #we usually think of hiiro since he's physically stronger and there's been scenes where he acts very protective of aira #like the famous “let go of aira!” scene w rinne #but we as a fandom often forget that aira does protect hiiro #albeit in a more subtle way #but honestly to me that's what makes it even more noble and admirable. #aira is tiny and weak but he's still one of the most determined and hardworking characters in enstars #and if he has as one of his goals to protect Hiiro's purity #then he will #idk man im just very moved by kanojo-kun trying his best to protect hiiro and his smile #and how he wants to nurture his potential as an idol bc he knows hiiro is capable of giving other people hope #the same way idols in the past did for aira #ueueueue #sorry for the long ramble #this was kinda copypasted from a chat w a friend on discord #but i tried changing it a bit so it makes more sense all together #hope it made sense lol #ensemble stars #enstars #enstars alkaloid #alkaloid #aira shiratori #hiiro amagi #hiiai #my post

[shepherdfeathers]

Watched Helluva Boss and impulse-made a jester hat and now I’m obsessed

#idk how to sew y’all #I made this with cloth a fizz plush and determination #helluva boss #Fizzarolli #jester #jester hat

[squiggl3]

Winter cryptids! Done as a coloring page for art club.

#cryptids #artists on tumblr #my art #coloring page #doodles #did this in one day and idk how. determination? #anyways this was so fun to work on #featured from left to right top to bottom: #flatwoods monster #jersey devil #loveland frogman #mothman #fresno nightcrawlers #loch ness monster #and bigfoot