#informations I forgot to tell

[surreal-duck]

With love, for you.

(extra vers under the cut!)

#tshirt that says i am normal after raison d'etre #duck scribbles #valkyrie #mika kagehira #shu itsuki #shumika #mademoiselle #enstars #another tshirt that says i am normal after the valkyrie trip album. (extreme lie) #never drawing hair drills ever again after this that was kind of painful #funny thing that happened while i was doing the lineart my friend saw and asked hey that kinda looks like mademoiselle #and i told them it was!!! and had the pleasure of informing them how it was shus grandpa madonee was modelled after and grandpa itsuki's #doomed parisian yuri romance and his reaction was simply a five stages of grief speedrun. it was great i love telling her things #ensemble stars #kind of started to not like how it turned out by the end of it but its swagever. agh i didnt improve much this year huh 😔👊👊👊 #edit I NOTICED I FORGOT TO COLOR IN SOME LINES RAHG fixed now orz

[blue-likethebird]

The explanation for why totk’s story is so Not Great and how disconnected from its predecessor it feels being that the devs didn’t want to alienate new players who didn’t know anything about botw’s story just falls apart the more I think about it. Nothing from this stupid half a plot works unless the player is familiar with specific details from the better games that came before it.

The believability of Link and Zelda’s connection to each other hinges on you knowing about the nuance of their relationship in botw. The ancient sages fighting with the champions’ arms and divine beast helms will only be impactful to botw/aoc players because totk doesn’t bother to explain the significance of that callback at all. Fi’s cameo is meaningless unless you either got every memory in botw or finished the master trial dlc (and know about her from skyward sword). You’ll only get the full context of Teba being sidelined in favour of a 12-year old if you played a specific chapter of Age of Calamity’s second DLC. Like sorry but I think Nintendo just made a bad story tbh

#bluebird.txt #salt of the kingdom #totk critical #yes i do think aoc is better than totk and I’m tired of pretending it isn’t #and In what universe is tarrey town common knowledge among non-fans while the divine beasts are a complete mystery #the mcu-ification of Zelda #also the champions’ weapons and sages’ helmets can’t believe I forgot about those! #if you’d never encountered anything from botw and wanted to know who Revali was after seeing the great eagle bow description #or you wanted to know why the Zora sage wore a helmet shaped like an elephant #you’d be shit outta luck unless you googled that information bc totk sure won’t tell you

[half-a-hetero]

okay one MADSSIVE glaring issue i have with nATLA is: did sokkas actor (ian ousley) lie abt being indigenous to get the part??? am i the only one who remembers that cuz NO ONE seems to be talking abt it and thats really insane

(Edit: all of yawls reposts and replies with the info are so informational and very unbiased i encourage those who r curious to read and gain perspective!!!!)

#am i tripoing or what cuz it feels like everyone forgot #hes a decent actor for sokka sure but i just kinda wish that someone could give me a clear answer #PLS tell me im not insane and didnt just dream this up #GUYS READ THE COMMENTS AND REPOSTS!!!!!! THEY R V HELPFUL AND SUPER FUPER INFORMATIONAL #natla

[gremlins-hotel]

Uniforms of the Cold War There were many pieces and variations of the uniforms for the emergent post-World War II powers. While they remained mostly styled after yesterday's uniforms, several changes came about to bring us the outerwear that most recognizes today. These renderings are not perfect, but they can hopefully provide a suitable image of the era.

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Capt Alfred F. Jones // U.S. Air Force After the Air Force was codified as an official military branch in 1947, we find Alfred sporting the 1949-1964 Air Force blue (shade 84*) Field/Service uniform. This version, rather than the McPeak Dress Jacket, is based upon the Eisenhower or 'Ike' Field Jacket (M1943 accompaniment) made famous by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Air Force did allow for the tan jacket typical of the time to also be worn - and for fellow Hetalians you will recognize the tan or olive drab Ike jacket as the typical choice for Alfred's Cold War dress - however, in 1949, the release of the Air Force Blue drove a push for a new wave of uniforms. Its accompanying garments should be as follows; shade blue 120 cotton poplin (pictured)/shade 126 cotton oxford undershirt; shade 84 service necktie**. The uniform can be worn with either the Service Dress Cap or the flight cap (pictured above), both required to be shade 84. As an officer, Alfred's flight cap bears a silver cord braid. Last but not least, the required dress shoes shall be black and socks shall be black. *The trousers should be the same shade as the jacket, but they were made darker for artistic reasons. **The necktie - while listed as shade 84 - often ended up darker than the jacket, likely due to material.

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Kapitan Ivan Braginsky // Red Army (Artillery)* The uniforms of the immediate post-war Soviet Union, like the United States, closely followed those of the Great Patriotic War. Ivan wears a very short-lived uniform, perhaps misleadingly known as the 'Zhukov' officer dress, despite the fact that then-Minister of Defense Georgy Zhukov was a strong pillar against the naval-styled uniform. This style was produced from 1955-1957; from the death of Stalin until the end of Zhukov's tenure as Minister of Defense. It features the M55 Dress jacket in a stormy, steely blue-gray (listed officially as gray). This jacket may have been worn as a parade, dress, semi-dress, or even service jacket (sources vary) - pictured above is the 'Parade Walking-Out' version of the jacket. Paired with the M55 are the dark blue officer breeches of the time. These would have been upheld by suspenders and paired with no foot or leg wraps. Upon Ivan's uniform is featured red piping and black velvet hat banding denoting his service in the Armored and/or Artillery forces, in contrast to the raspberry of infantry. Ivan is far too large to fit inside a tank, so Artillery became his assignment. The Zhukov-style uniform is easily recognized by the gold cockade and leaves upon the visor of the officer's cap. Hidden by Ivan's scarf are notched lapels and black velvet panels. He wears a ceremonial belt worn in conjunction with the Parade Dress. *I apologize for this section being less detailed. Finding decent sources on Soviet-era uniforms in my region that aren't on apologist forums can be difficult as I do not have access to a more formal library or archive.

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#hetalia #historical hetalia #aph america #aph russia #hws america #hws russia #alfred f jones #ivan braginsky #alpha romeo tango #alfred f. jones // daring to fly #ivan braginsky // Не остаться в этой траве #i forgot to link all the forums i trolled for soviet uniform information because godDAMN i'm telling you #it took me two and a half hours to find what i even did to draw ivan as you see him #and he's so not perfect #but it's 2:40 am

[sp00pypumpkins]

I am finally better from being sick a few days ago B] and finished the ref for Zero in the sweet home AU by @asamary (sorry for the tag)

Now I can freely do silly lil comics about it HAHA

#my art #poppy playtime #poppy playtime oc #poppy playtime sweet home #oc Zero Signal #sweet home au #can u tell i got lazy and didnt want to put color in everything HAHAHHA #do not percieve me now i shall go back to my hole and tomorrow owrk on sillies #I wanna do so many sillies HAHA i am having fun doing these #i like to think the day they moved into the city Zero was so overwhelmed by the outside and people they wanted to stay in for so long #but the prototype forced them to be healthy and go out little by little #GO TOUCH GRASS #HAHAHA #zero sees the prototype as a mentor or like a master because h wants to repay the person who gave him so much without wanting anything in #return about it. He tries to do research about whereabouts of the scientist and give information about it or make gadgets or items they may #need but is suspicious to buy XD #edit 1: i forgot to say he has photography memory thats why he can project his memories on screens very well DX

[cocolacola]

incredible specimen

#youll never guess which one is more emotionally intelligent #re upload bc i forgot integras glasses and it rlly bothered me. #hellsing #seras victoria #integra hellsing #sertegra #my art #based off of me finding out that the opila bird had babies #and then proceeding to freak the fuck out and contact every person i knew to tell them this information #disgusting creatures. how is it still a franchise #a train wreck i cant look away from

[atlasdoe]

BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A POV MARLENE!!!!!

YOU DON'T HAVE A POV AND YOURE GOING ON A MISSION WITH TWO POV PEOPLE TO SAVE ANOTHER TWO POV PEOPLE IF ANYONES DYING ITS YOU OR KINGSLEY AND I DONT LIKE THOSE ODDS!!!!!!!

SOMEBODY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TELL MARLENE SHE DOESN'T HAVE A POV!!!!

#how do i travel into a fanfic and tell the characters outsider information #please i can't go through another death #i'm still not over frank #and to make things worst poor james forgot that frank didn't have a pov😭 #somebody remind marlene that she doesn't either please #be safe marlene #also be safe kingsley #because when he was the ONLY non pov person going on the mission he was dead for sure #either way if someone's dying it's marlene or kingsley #i don't like that #cant we kill dumbledore instead?? #crimson rivers

[aha-chuu]

It really frustrates me how HSR chose to dole out information in 1.2. Ofc, mystery is important and good! I don't need to know why Luocha is here or what he's up to, and Blade's past can remain vague rn that's fine.

My issue is Dan Heng/Dan Feng and how poorly they've explained the stakes of that situation.

Like, think about this:

Do Vidyadharas remember their past lives?

If so, how much do they remember?

If not usually, do the elders get that privelage?

If not at all, why are so many characters worried about Dan Heng being a criminal in a past life?

Does Dan Heng specifically remember his past life?

If not, how did he know how to break the seals?

If yes, can he only remember some things?

If he can remember everything, why is he lying about it?

Is he lying??

How do Vidyadhara powers work?

How does Dan Heng have high elder powers if Bailu is the new high elder?

Do the powers usually get passed down through past lives (so Feng -> Heng) or are they picked fresh every hatching rebirth (Feng -> Bailu)?

How did Feng's actions make all vidyadhara weaker?

What were the actual consequences of his actions?

How did Blade stabbing Heng give him the body & powers of Feng but not the memories/personality?

I wanna make it clear: not all of these need answers. But when it's all either poorly explained or straight up unclear, I find myself struggling to care about the dynamics at play. When JY is sad that Heng isn't Feng, should I feel sympathy that he can't let his friend go? Or, like so many characters say, are Heng and Feng much, much closer than Heng ever says? When the Xianzhou characters can't see past the rebirth thing, it implies stuff about the vidyadhara culture that should flip how we see it.

When Heng distances himself from Feng, we don't know if that's a reasonable thing (like, "guy you never met who looks like you committed a crime so ofc you're not responsible"), or if he's being insensitive ("you got blackout drunk and stabbed someone, but you don't remember now so you don't believe you should be held accountable"). There can be a middle ground in there, but what is the morality here? It might be grey, but I could form completely misguided opinions if I consider JY as rude now when Hoyo actually want us to think Heng is the problem.

It's really late but like. I think the 1.2 quest really needed a moment to explain some of the vocab (all that vidyadhara stuff gd) and to outline the characters' understanding of the context. If JY knows that vidyadhara can't remember past lives and knows that Dan Heng is no different, and that he and Feng are essentially different people, then how is any of his behaviour justified? I understand Blade not getting it (he's crazy), but JY is all over the place.

And as I think about it now, Dan Heng must remember being Feng! Like, he opens the seals for one, but he also recognises the Alchemy commission (and that it borders the vidyadhara realm) even though we know he only saw the inside of a cell during his time on the xianzhou as Dan Heng. So if he can remember then he's lying, but that would mean Hoyo really wants us to think he's not and it's like!! This is the sort of thing you kind of need an answer for.

They mention that Feng's rebirth got fucked up. Here's how you deal with confusion while maintaining mystery:

"usually vidyhadara can remember their past lives, but we fucked up this one so idk" "I don't remember" "shit"

"usually vidyhadara can't remember their past lives, but we fucked up this one so idk" "I don't remember" "cool but we can't trust that"

Like, it's also totally likely that this is answered in game. But I've watched multiple playthroughs at this point and most people I've seen don't know what's going on either.

Hoyo dumped a ton of terminology on us, introduced new factions to the enemy roster (and secret behind-the-scenes alliances between pre existing ones) and then said "here's a bunch of lore that the characters will be openly confused and contractadictory about". I'm starting to miss Paimon requiring simple summaries of every lore plot point in order for any dialogue to continue.

#honkai star rail #honkai star rail spoilers #hsr 1.2 #dan heng #dan feng #imbibitor lunae #vidyhadara #some of this probably does have a pre existing concrete in game answer #but if i can't find it #or too much info is conflating #then at a certain point it's like #you don't want the audience to follow along #or you forgot that immersion is not everything when it comes to investment #i would be WAY more invested if i knew wtf was going on #and not in a #reveal the intricate backstory now!! #kinda way #just #please tell me the basic rules of this world so i can have informed opinions #because rn i I just don't know enough to comfortably even say #whether blade or dan heng are in the wrong #or if it's all Feng #or if Feng's crimes were even that bad #or how they affected everything so much!! #I'm frustrated again

[hood-ex]

I keep doing read throughs of TNTT while working on these fic prompts so I can refresh my memory, and I keep getting distracted by writing down every little fact about Raven. Sometimes I forget how genuinely interesting of a character she is.

#one note is an extensive telling of who azar is and then another note will be like ''raven's room smells like jasmine and wally hates it'' #also raven's story is so much more relatable to me now bc of life circumstances #and idk she's just v underrated tbh #also if you see me posting more tntt panels then this is why #it's been a long time since i really did a read through of this series and i forgot a lot of little things #there's so much interesting information to share. i need to do character sheets for each titan when i have time

[stabbyfoxandrew]

i tried to buy some shit off a facebook group and i think i've been scammed and i'm really pissed off TWT

#it's a Webkinz buy/sell/trade group. (jess and i used to collect them when we were kids and then a bunch of shit happened and we lost a lot #of them and jess has been trying to buy back the ones we had? bc it loves them) #i sent them money via paypal 2 weeks ago. they hadn't shipped it so last week i checked in and they said they would be shipping the next da #they did not. #i asked Yesterday and they said they shipped it on saturday. but i have usps informed delivery so i would be able to see if they had? #unless they used fedex or ups? #but yesterday they said they would send me tracking info last night #they did not.. #i don't know whether to tell paypal to refund me or wait a bit more. #like maybe they legitimately did ship it and forgot to answer me #or maybe they're screwing me #idk but i'm really upset about it bc i've also been buying secondhand stuffed animals on other groups and they've been great about shipping #like literally wonderful. so fast and showing proof and sending tracking numbers and everything #but this bitch hasn't been #they keep making posts saying they're selling webkinz and they've marked out the ones i bought #but they... haven't sent them #godddd #like hmmm idk i don't want to rob them if they did send it. #but i don't want to be robbed either! #and it's not even my money it's jess's! like.. it finds them and i handle buying bc i'm the secretary of the house and jess would die if #it had to message someone :'))) but it's my little sibling so i'll do it. #(jess is 22 btw i don't think i've ever told yall that?) #but anyhow! it's just annoying. #diaerie #long tags #sorry for rambling i'm just aggravated. >:(

[antigoneblue]

anyway. free palestine

#i havent written a poem in so long and you can probably tell #i forgot the login for here for a bit too RIP. anyway being silent on this wasnt sitting right with me #spilled ink #poets on tumblr #my writing #poetry #ok 2 rb #im not using any of the activist tags and so on because i don't want to dilute whatever information is being posted ykwim #img description in alt text

[pepprs]

new therapist update. we just had our first session and she is AMAZING in every single way. i feel so fucking lucky

#purrs #i had a horrible couple hours earlier today so i am feeling shaken from that and it’s hard to process the goodness of that. but it was so #good. she matched my energy and we’ve been thru some of the same stuff and she validated me abt things i have never a) told anyone before b) #gotten validation about. so it was really good. im so lucky and so excited to work with her. and she even stayed on w me for an extra half #hour so i could answer all her questions thoroughly 🥹 i wish i wasn’t in so much pain that i can’t acually register how good that was now th #that im not in it but omg. i am so happy. also she kinda informally diagnosed me w trauma spectrum stuff and said that’s how we’ll approach #all my other stuff and she said she has so many ideas abt how to work w me and so much energy she was ready to take a power walk LOLLLL :’~D #she was the first person i found. i was immediately drawn to her. i was a little alarmed when she automatically assumed we would be working #together and also she spelled my last name wrong in the portal which DAMN it i forgot to tell her about omg. but yeah im so glad. it was #meant to be and she said so too. WAHHHHHHH 😭 #now i just have to recover from this fucking breakdown which i might have another one of if redacted. LMFAO

[franeridan]

finally reached wano and the reverie in my reread yayyyy let's maybe talk about what the hell does it mean that twice shanks has met the world government on page and twice he's been told "this would be unacceptable but since it's you I'll let it go". what do they mean since it's you. why is it important that it's him.

#for the longest time i thought the evil shanks theory was right #like through the years as i read along i mean #i didn't even know it was a theory i just thought dude was sus #which he is!! #but after rereading I really can't believe he's got ill intentions or that he'll be an actual enemy for luffy in the end #so what's up with that #what is my man holding over the wg that he's allowed to do whatever the hell he wants #is it the fact that he could reach the op whenever he wanted and he's just not for who knows what reason #does he have information the wg doesn't want shared #is he actually the son of someone important #also who's the pirate he went to talk about to the five eders do we already know this i forgot #if we don't bets are actually on blackbeard shanks's been going around trying to warn people abt him for ages now #i mean it COULD be luffy but again i doubt shanks doesn't genuinely love him #dude I'm so interested in shanks's little silly brain my guy has been orchestrating for twenty years I wanna know what about #he def knows stuff about the void century I can't believe he stole the gomgom without knowing about it #??????????? anyway oda tell me already #tell me tell me tell me tell meeeeeeee

[vermillioncrown]

not to toot my own horn but it feels so jarring to reblog the anniversary of the moon landing and also be doing irl research to support current cislunar activities

#science shit #redglyphs #sometimes i feel like a bad internet-er for not being as hype about stuff i should like/area of expertise #but then i tell myself i come online to be stupid for a bit #and i get analysis paralysis when it comes to communicating topics i invest a lot of time/energy into #like you see those bloggers that bring their expertise and make those cool interesting informative posts? i can't be like that #it'd kill me to post a thing and then realize ''i forgot about this! but there's this caveat... argh wrong word choice--'' #or i just don't have strong strong feelings about what others think of a thing #or idk. i'm not good at talking about something in a vacuum (hah.) #an obsessed guy on some kerbal forum could probably say more off-the-cuff about space stuff than me #until a hyperspecific question gets asked and i'm just ''eh idk ig'' still

[ohbutwheresyourheart]

girlies I'm losing my mind.

#personal #vent #oh my goddddd #i thought my coworker and i were finally making decent progress on our project #that we have to present on THURSDAY MORNING #and this is the biggest project we need to do twice a year #only to find. at five fucking pm today. that she had not informed me we are resourcing two of our biggest fabric programs to a new supplier #which supplier? don't know #just know it's not going to be the one I've been planning for #and that the fabric program i DID want to resource #and had SPOKEN TO HER ABOUT TODAY #cannot go to the supplier I pencilled it in as #i don't know if she didn't know herself or just forgot or didn't care or didn't understand or what #for fuck's sake this is your job to know this stuff #don't just sit there looking gormless while i have to find out from YOUR BOSS #who then speaks to me in the most patronizing manner possible as she tells me she can't do my job for me #like motherfucker i just. need. correct. information. jesus christ. #also shout out to the big boss who last week was like tell me if you have any scheduling concerns guys!!! #and then when i told her today i have scheduling concerns because. uh. the fucking project is not going. anywhere. at this rate. #get told oh no sorry we can't do any schedule moves you can figure it out #like???? what???? was the point????? of asking us to come to you???? #this is such a prolific fucking issue in my workplace and it drives me nuts #it's like management have heard these trite phrases on a managing people skills course somewhere #and not realised you need to back it up. with actual. actions. #also my manager whomst i loved is now on maternity leave and her replacement is someone i've worked with previously and. hm. suffice to say #she has not changed one bit #in regards to her complete inability to stand up for her team #i'm sure she has her good points but she's as supportive as a fucking wet paper towel #ignoring me trying to set boundaries on my time #but making sure SHE leaves on time for school pickup