#it just does happen sometimes

[lazylittledragon]

i feel like social media has warped people’s perception of conflict in relationships by making you think that any minor fuck up is the end of the world and everyone is secretly a narcissist manipulator with sinister motives, because actually in real life you just say “i’m sorry, that was a bad thing, i shouldn’t have done that” and the other person says “thank you for apologising” and then that’s the end of it

#ramble #i hate that it took until my 20s to realise that i can’t go through my life just trying not to hurt people. because it will happen #it just does happen sometimes #and you have to drop out of the tiktok school of ‘i’m incapable of doing anything wrong ever and everyone else is the problem’ #and get comfortable with making mistakes and learning from them #you’re fine. it’s fine #disclaimer obviously this doesn’t mean you don’t have to try to be kind or considerate anymore as long as you apologise. use your brain

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wen ning #wei wuxian #wen qing #jiang cheng #Truly Massive disclaimer here: I am a Jiang Cheng enjoyer. I like his character. I enjoy that he is very flawed and volatile. #This episode of the audio drama has a lot of great breakdown scenes featuring JC - and they all deserve a feature. #But underlying this comic is a small meta comment of 'ah man I have too many comics of JC just wailing sadly' #My goal is to draw 6-8 comics per episode - I sometimes have to truncate and cut good scenes out. #Especially when a large majority is just different flavours of trauma and toxic relationships to your self-worth. #I would also like to make a note here that just because you lose the ability to do something that is very tied to your core identity- #-does not mean your life is over. It will feel like the end of the world. It will send you into a spiral of grief. It will hurt so badly. #Sometimes we do not realize how tied up our identities can be in certain things until we are cut loose. #You don't lose yourself. I promise the pain will fade in time. I promise you will find other things to tether you. I promise you will be ok #Life moves forwards. Time moves forwards. You move forwards. #Ego death just means an opportunity for ego rebirth. You are never committed to being the same person forever. #To wrap this around to JC: Yeah I love the twist with the core transfer but man I would have loved to see JC accept the loss. #Obviously it happens for a reason (story) but I can have my AUs. I can have these 'what-ifs'. #described in alt text #I'm trying it out! *please* give me feedback - I want to eventually Add image ID to all of these comics one day

[aerknight]

@naffeclipse orcas beach themselves to hunt seals orca!eclipse beaches themself to hunt y/n :)

#falls over #sometimes art inspo grabs you like this eclipse and you start something and do not stop until it is done #that was me with this LOL #i have joined the orca eclipse hype train #yeah uh if someone looks at you like this dont stick around #anyway #i saw some people mentioning on the fic comments they think yn is gonna be turned mer #i hope this does not happen because I CRAVE THE ANGST #cancel the happy endings >:) #also i know the orca thing could just be a design choice #but i like to think its because either #a: mimicking to scare off other predators like sharks #b: mimicking to hunt orcas #imagine being an orca and this thing that kinda looks like an orca at a distance and then when you get closer its all WRONG #apparently this is called aggressive mimicry #mer!eclipse #fnaf au #orca!eclipse #apex polarity #fnaf daycare attendant #my art

[kittyandco]

does anyone else get so upset when you think about all the things that happened to your f/o... all the things they went through? all the things they haven't healed from? the pain that they may still be enduring? how you can do your best to help them but you can't protect them from everything. so you just love them the ways they needed before, how they deserved. and you see them happy because they finally accept, at least in some ways, that they do deserve it. they deserve love like all beings do

#i get so upset when i think about it for too long; i'm there for them now but there was nothing i could do; wanna go back and protect them #i'm like this with everyone i care about (real and fictional) and sometimes it's hard #it's about hans this time. i just can't believe all the things that happened to him #no wonder he's terrible! no one cared about him! why should he care! all he knows is pain and neglect! except from me! #i know why he sees everyone else as worthless because that's exactly how everyone he knew saw him first; he was supposed to be loved #they all used him up til he was nothing and that's all he knows #i can't even read certain parts of a frozen heart again because i just cried so much the first time... he didn't deserve that #no one does #and then the comics detailing it all even FURTHER #he was like any other innocent kid and seeing that progression hurt so much. i could get into the details but ugh #hux's age of resistance comic did the same thing. i can't even look at the first 2 pages; it's too much. i just want to hold him #anyway... i'm fine :') i've made a post like this before but i'm feeling it so hard right now #self ship

[scificrows]

Okay, my brain refuses to think about anything other than Murderbot, so I looked at every use of the word "friend[s]" in TMBD and... created some pie charts. Normal human activities.

Some Thoughts™ I had while putting this together (under the cut):

In All Systems Red, Murderbot notes that the PresAux crew are all close friends (twice! and goes on to explain their internal relationships which I think is very cute). This is pretty much the only use of 'friends' in ASR, except for when Murderbot says that SecUnits can't be friends with each other.

It seems that this may be one of the first times Murderbot has ever really been around a group of friends before? Murderbot notes that this is not the norm for its contracts and admits that the fact that they are all friends and the way they interact with each other make it actually enjoy that contract (before!!!! the hostile attack, so it already enjoys this contract before they start seeing it as a person etc ghghhhh). [Inference: Friendship seems enjoyable.]

The first character that calls Murderbot its friend is ART in Artificial Condition. Murderbot immediately refutes this (and then goes on to call ART its friend to its clients for the rest of the book). [Inference: Maybe ART is Murderbot's friend. And maybe that is... agreeable]

Rogue Protocol has more than twice as many instances of the word 'friend' as any of the other novellas. Why? Miki. Friendship and its implications for non-humans are a central theme because Miki is friends with everyone. Murderbot initially scoffs at the notion that Miki and Miki's humans are friends. At the end of the book, after witnessing how desperately Don Abene tried to stop Miki from trying to save them, and her grief after its death, Murderbot has to admit that she had in fact been Miki's friend. [Inference: Humans can be friends with bots and can sincerely care about them]

In Exit Strategy, Murderbot tentatively uses the word "friends" for its humans for the first time (several times actually). It questions whether it can actually call them its friends or not and later realizes that it had been afraid what admitting that the humans are its friends would do to it. At the end of the book, Mensah tells Murderbot the PresAux crew are its friends, which is the first time a human has directly said that to it (at least on-page). [Inference: Humans can and want to be Murderbot's friends]

In Network Effect, Murderbot seems to be more habituated to the word 'friend', confidently calling ART and Ratthi its friends, like it is no longer just trying the concept on unsure if it fits. There are many instances in which other characters refer to MB as ART's friend or the other way around and Murderbot's humans refer to Murderbot as their friend several times. Generally, there seems to be less hesitancy, because yes, all of them are Murderbot's friends, why wouldn't they be. [Inference: SecUnits can have friends. This SecUnit has friends. They care about it a lot.]

Conclusion: The Murderbot Diaries tell the story of a construct that does not seem to consider the possibility of friendship for itself and is fine with that - until it accidentally starts caring a little too much and suddenly more and more people annex it as a friend (ew) to the point where it can no longer deny that this is happening and has to begrudgingly admit that yes, it has friends now and maybe that is actually not a bad thing.

#the murderbot diaries #murderbot #𓄿 #hi i'm READY to write a thesis about murderbot i am having way too much fun with this #i created a pretty excel spreadsheet and everything #i don't know why i did this but now i can look at them while i think about this more! so i figured i'd share them haha #i didn't count uses of 'friendly' but special shoutout to when MB is all alone in its cold cubicle missing 20% of its body mass #and starts putting on a show because 'the friendly noise would keep it company' 😭😭 #i feel sick thinking about murderbot all alone on its own not knowing what its like to have friends watching media for 'the friendly noise' #also YES okay i wanted to make a point about miki there but i just #couldn't bring myself to talk about that more so... yeah #also uhhh this data is very subjective #i didn't count particularly ironic uses of 'friend' and generally did not count every instance of friend and sometimes it was a hard call #also i probably shouldn't have counted the times murderbot refered to drones or secsystems as its friends (often after hacking them) #but murderbot does seem to care about them and shows kindness and respect and sometimes points out that a system is friendly #so while i don't think MB means “friend” in the same way referring to them as when it refers to ART for instance #i still think its CUTE and also kinda funny how many times that happened so i decided to keep those!!! #but yeah take my data with a grain of salt lol

[popsicle-stick]

WAHOOO my drawing ability has returned!!!!!!!!!!!!!

seward be upon ye.

#jack seward #only a quick little sketch just to make sure i can still draw the most important thing: pathetic men in 3/4 view. #idk how to explain it other than um. sometimes i get phases of a week or so where i just can't draw #always.....on my period........ #everything i try turns out so bad and i try and force it anyway and it's like wading through treacle and i can only wait till it goes away #i hadn't had it in years and when it came back it took me outta nowhere #lottieart #anyway does anyone else get this. am i insane. why does this happen #dracula

[gurinpotte]

Please more buff aang I'm thirsty 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️

well i hope these will quench ya....

i had wayyyy more fun with this than i should have had. i was giggling and kicking my feet nonny, it's my first time doing quenching drawings like that. i'm not that great with manly muscles so i'm sorry for the messyness and mistakes. thank you sm for this ask my dear thirsty anon! also sorry if the kataang wasn't that you expected but in this house we serve kataang at every chance

#aang #atla #avatar: the last airbender #buff aangie for the girls #and boys #and everyone more #kataang #katara #just figured aang must wake up with is hair trying to grow out sometimes #my first drawing is absolutely wrong ofc aang meditates or does yoga BEFORE breakfast #but i wanted to draw him sleepy #and then yoga with sifu sweetie #the sweetie thing is just so ridiculous i now officially love it #now for the last one i got serious ok #i love to draw powerful avatar shenanigans aang #i know he's learned to not be in angry destructive avatar state but it doesn't mean it wouldn't happen eventually #he's mad and crying because he's heard of capitalism #i know aang i know #avatar the last airbender #anon request #to all other anons who have requested me stuff.....i'm sorry. i don't normally do requests this one just got to me #i am also learning to be more comfortable with posting sketches #gurinillustratesatla

[bleue-flora]

Wait... Dream was born on August 12, 1999 and Dream was arrested in the Disc Finale on January 20, 2021 soo... wait, wait, wait, that means he was only 21 when he was imprisoned for life in a small lava covered box!... Did I do that math right? 21?! Man was barely able to drink legally in the United States and they gave him a life sentence in a boiling cell with nothing but lava, raw potatoes, a clock, and some books?!... oh my god...

#sorry.... I just... give me a minute to process... I mean I knew we were close in age but I guess I never really thought about it #sometimes I forget it happened all the way back in 2021 and just... wow. #and Tommy would have been 16 so getting his driver's license in most states... The age gap is like that of my siblings and huh... #my brother can be a real prick... its a weird thought to imagine him getting through in prison just for messing with us... damn... #dreblr #c!dream #this is fine #don't mind me researching for my lastest maddening project..... i can't stop thinking about Dream being Sam's project....... #I'd blame my job but... let's be honest the prison arc lives rent free in my brain lol XD #dsmp #dsmp dream #dream smp #dreamwastaken #no one does it like c!dream #prison arc #pandora's vault #dishing up lore #kinda? I guess... #lore thoughts #ouch... I'm older than c!dream was in prison now... poor baby... :'(

[originalaccountname]

putting my hands on your shoulders looking directly into your eyes why are you so insistent that Dazai is faking every emotion every second of every day except when he's acting mean or evil why do you think his dark side is more true than his happier or sillier sides

do you not also have multiple facets you show different people? are we not all beautiful multifaceted individuals? are your actions and reactions not influenced by your emotions and state of mind?

can't he laugh at his own jokes? can't he fondly think of the Agency? can't he be dramatic because he wants to? can't he be surprised by something suddenly happening, even if he knew it would happen? do you not jump when the jack in the box gets out even if you were the one working the mechanism?

why would the mean persona be more real? why would any and all joy be faked? why are you only allowing him misery?

#sorry i saw one too many posts talking about dazai's ''masks'' and how he hides his true self from the ada #and what of it if he still has the potential to hurt others? what of it if he's good at hurting? every day he chooses not to lean into it #not too far at the very least. #isn't kyouk.a skilled at killing? did she not choose not to do it? #i'm not saying dazai's never acting (because it does happen) i'm saying too many people are too quick to brush off- #every non-serious non-mean emotion as ''playing an act'' #why would the mean persona not be a fake?? you thought about that??? what biases are you holding here #he makes jokes. he acts silly. he's a drama queen. he loves it. #you know what IS tiring? having to look evil and untouchable and impassive in front of a whole organization every day as a teenager #as soon as he gets to lupin with od.a and ang.o he goes silly mode. heck- when he *met* ang.o it was because he went silly mode. #as soon as chuuy.a is in proximity he starts yelling children's insults and starts stupid competitions #his silly mode is just as integrated into his personality as the capacity to be the scariest most evil person you've seen #they are not mutually exclusive and having the capacity for either does not mean acting on them #as asagiri said in an interview: bsd isn't about change it's about adaptation. kyouk.a has the talent to kill. she just chooses not to. #dazai has the skills to be evil. he just chooses good. #that got long in the tags sorry #apparently i talk sometimes

[quinn-pop]

the return of my dedede wedding headcanon

he likes to keep it lighthearted and sweet; most of why people like having him officiate is because of his charisma. he’s great at handling whatever situation and usually good at ad libbing. and he genuinely loves doing it because well. it’s a party and it’s about people caring for each other, what’s not to love?

(tbh he probably tries to hide how much he cries at weddings but he just really likes love lol)

also! dreamland culture is kinda complicated, being made up of so many species from all over and who knows where, so there are a lot of different wedding traditions and no one way to do it

anyway, silly art

i just really felt like drawing something soft

#i wasnt planning on having something for wednesday this week but it just so happens to be today so #happy cringe day wednesday #i dont think dedede would start doing weddings until prolly sometime after tfl #being such a crucial point in his arc and all #and he probably changed some of his responsibilities around then too #all my metadede stuff is late timeline i know i just have a very particular timeline in my head about Kirby character arcs and whatnot #they really are my comfort ship at this point tho huh #kirbyposting #my art or something #meta knight #king dedede #metadede #headcanons #quinn does comics #kind of a low quality and unpolished post but I don’t care I had fun drawing #also a few of these ideas were sitting in my notes for months lol

[cyberpunkaddict]

2077. Fight fire with fire.

Later...

"You flatter me."

ship: ice on fire

#cyberpunkaddict.png #oc: hazel jolea #oc: villiam bryant #ship: ice on fire #cyberpunk 2077 #female v #fem v friday #virtual photography #cyberpunk 2077 photomode #cyberpunk 2077 screenshots #cyberpunk 2077 oc #fem v #gamingnetwork #femv #cyberpunk v #cyberpunk #videogamewomen #dailyvideogames #cyberpunk 2077 v #dailygaming #storytime #sooo i made a ship name for my ocs but theyre not officially dating until way later but whateverrr #and yes Villiam does date Songbird for a few years until something tragic happened #he was supposed to be with her forever but life sucks sometimes #and Vill and Jolea have been friends since childhood so it kinda just developed naturally u know #and what is the story behind the ship name u ask #Vill is very serious and follows the law blah blah blah and Jolea is pretty much the opposite lol #shes the only person that gets under his skin and makes him crack and loosen up and they make each other better people aww #happy Friyay! #q

[clotpolesonly]

Blue Lily, Lily Blue ch 31 // Mister Impossible ch 19

#ronanedit #trcedit #Ronan Lynch #TRC #quote posts #if it didn't happen all the time BEFORE it certainly does AFTER #which is a deeply deeply disturbing thing to just get dropped casually in the narration and then never mention again #where did he put all of these corpses? what did he do with them? #is there a back field that serves as a graveyard? #what tf does this do to him emotionally? when he dreams about his loved ones (which we know he does frequently)? #you're telling me just.....kills them??? and then sometimes wakes up with their fucking doppelganger corpses??? #when the line between dream and reality is so so thin for him experientially #he may know it's not real technically sort of but it FEELS REAL that's the whole dreamer shtick #that it HAS to feel real in order to BE brought back #these are real corpses #seriously i cannot get over this i don't understand how this can just be tossed in there and never mentioned again or followed up on #it's genuinely horrific and disturbing

[kagoutiss]

pays for his therapy

#ocarina of time #oot #ganondorf #excuse how cunty hes drawn here it is because i want him. anyway #just as a sidenote these are examples of like 2 different kinds of smiles i feel like i associate with him #first one is the Almost Grimace. or like a wider more performative smile #which happens to be offputting sometimes because he has a tendency to show too much of his incisors. cute and also occasionally offputting #the second one is like. you know how (especially in Wind Waker iirc) he will grin but like. only the corners of his mouth show his teeth #and the middle part stays closed somehow. it’s not just when he smiles either it’s just like a thing he does with his face #its so funny its such a unique trait. anyway i like to think that one is less practiced and more genuine #i also like his silly jagged teeth in wind waker…..i think its meant to be partly some permanent effect from his Boar Events #but also like. what if his teeth are kind of just jagged in some places and not perfectly straight #even when he’s much younger lol like he’s just always kinda had that. #extreme charm point…….imo……………

[velvettvomit]

finding GOOD gore is actually starting 2 become so hard

#all the mainstream sites have been gone for years #most of the bps or other sites are like mid at best #dont even get me started on social media bc sometimes you can find SOMETHING randomly on public socials but very rarely does it happen much #2014 was the prime but also the start of the downfall and im sad 2 say i witnessed the fall of an era #i do run a discord server just for gore but its drier than a hundred year old bone fragment #velvettvomit

[funky-bird]

Ok this is my ultrakill oc hi his name is peter. He hangs out in wrath and he has a big hook and likes fishing

#funky!art #ultrakill #mostly he keeps an eye on the leviathan and makes sure nothing crazy happens in the layer but since the river flooded his idea #of ‘something crazy’ happening is a lot more lax. He doesn’t care anymore he just fishes and makes sure the leviathan doesn’t try to like #idk. escape or whatever. idk what the leviathan does #He uses the big fish hook like a hookshot and in the hypothetical he fights v1 he can yank you around with the hook. lol #He is the only one who knows how to catch the mythical Size 2 Fish #the helmet design might change sometime idk. I don’t want it to be too much like just a copy of gabriels but I don’t have any ideas

[the-stove-is-divorced]

Remembering I can draw fanart for my own fics, SO BEHOLD! The most mentally sound halves of a fusion imaginable! Technically a redraw of art I did way earlier for the same fic! Flexing my art muscles and thinking about these two is good for the soul. Love them. Bastards to write though. I can't wait to write them fused back together, but we're not here yet and it's AGONY.

#fanart for me #because it's mine haha #steven universe #my fics #steven universe future #steven universe fanart #pink steven #unfortunately steven 2.0 does not have pretty pink rose curls (just yet maybe ???) #we will see if that happens sooner or later #sometimes when you cant write cause u brain is mush you draw instead and that's just the honest truth of this world #i literally forget i can draw art for my own fics #I do not know why #steven universe au #i mean yeah technically steven unfuses in future au #as someone described it “steven if he was 2% more fucked up” #also ty for the bookmark that says “Plz this story has me feeling things I didn't know I could feel” devolve where ever u are #AND I WILL DESIGN STEVEN BACK TOGETHER CAUSE HE'S GONNA LOOK A LIL DIFF HEHE #lovingly been calling him steven 3.0 lol