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#it means a lot to me that yds is still going for so long
azrielgreen · 9 months
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I mean this in the best way possible and not a rushing way AT ALL
How long do you think chapter 11 will take you if chapter 9/10 took longer than anticipated?
As a writer how often does it take longer than anticipated (because you’re creating art and that takes time and energy and dedication and we LOVE you for it PLUS taking care of yourself) to write your pieces?
I hope that this makes sense 🫣💜💜💜
Hi! This makes sense, don't worry.
There have been many events the last few months, the last 4 weeks especially that have disrupted what I consider to be my "writing schedule". I have two babies, I run a full time Etsy store as well as a dozen other things and i make time to write almost every day but my big time to write is always on the weekend.
The last 4 weekends have been completely disrupted by life/birthday parties/events etc... and this is always a little distressing for me as I tend to put myself under a lot of pressure to write and post regularly.
I have not been putting myself under the kind of pressure i used to, especially with YD as that literally made me so unwell I still haven't recovered from it, but please know that I write every day and I am always working constantly towards completion and updating even if it doesn't seem like it.
Something I have to remind myself i just because I have the ability to write 10k words a day does not ever mean I SHOULD. balancing my health and my time and my life has to come first.
That said, even WITH massive disruption and lack of time, I do still think I put out a fair amount of content and updates. So I completely understand wanting to get a time frame going forward, but please just trust that I am ALWAYS doing my best.
The last 4 weeks I haven't had a weekend to myself at all which means a significant delay and i am very sorry for that. But equally, Touched is incredibly challenging for me, I've never written anything this ambitious or emotionally complex and i want it to be perfect.
Chapter 10 will be posted on Sunday.
Following that, for CH11 & CH12, people can expect a 2 week update time. I know it's frustrating to have to wait, and i assure you, no one is more frustrated by it than me but I do so appreciate everyone's patience and kindness.
I'm doing my absolute best.
Az.
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leatherbelt1295 · 10 months
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Your Daily Smile #2617
@ehan281
This should have been posted yesterday, but I didn't really get a chance to. I spent the previous 2.5 days with EHAN irl, and man they were just so wonderful... I'm so grateful we got to hang out again and do more than we did last time. Went during this time for a multitude of reasons since things lined up perfectly, but most importantly it was like a birthday present to him (5/29) and myself (6/3). We haven't seen each other since October 2017, so naturally I really missed him so much. ;w; That's way too long!!
We got to eat yummy food each day, got to meet his adorable doggy Sparky, met his folks, go through a mirror maze, played a laser busting game?, watch him do little runs of SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom, watch the new Spidey on opening night with his brother, and went to a convention together and even cosplayed which was super fun! I went as Peppino Spaghetti from Pizza Tower (so if by chance you were there on Friday and saw Peppino, it might've been me!) and he was an excellent Cameron from Ferris Bueller Day Off. It was cool how often we were recognized, heheh. Really nice to see people's faces light up like that. Of course, we saw a lot of great cosplays too! Here's a few I saw myself that I got pics of, really nice stuff!
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We got to play my favorite beat-em-up The Simpsons by Konami, and I'm glad EHAN and his brother really enjoyed it too! Really cool stuff all around, found plenty of gifts for my folks at home but also a couple things for me. Oh and Petra stuff and even comm'd a Petra for EHAN. :]
I haven't been to a con in 7 years, so being back at such a fun one was something I absolutely needed and appreciate immensely. Good times all around! I'm happy he and his brother enjoyed themselves too.
Here's my loot, though only the Jolteon and black shirt are for me.
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We headed to Red Robin later on, and that was nice too! At least for me and his brother. :)
I went with the intention of recreating a certain Bocchi the Rock comic to EHAN. :))
And it worked. :)))
And the waitress didn't believe him when he said it was my birthday too. :))))
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Ended the night with some 3 player Mario Party 2 on Pirate Land. We lost to the CPU DK because of usually MP shenanigans lol. Still fun!
And followed that up with me and EHAN rewatching Space Patrol Luluco as we do every June 5th, but a little early this time so it could be irl. A wonderful time as it is every year, but made more special being together and having fun irl! I'll be taking about that more on tomorrow's YDS though. :)
Wrapped up the visit with another good breakfast and visiting a lovely park, I really enjoyed that too.
Again, overall, I totally needed this trip and I'm eternally grateful for being able to do so. I really miss him though. ;w;
And I suppose I should mention a bit how my birthday was yesterday aside about half the day being with EHAN. I received gift art from friends through the day, including right at midnight and even today... Y'all really didn't have to... ;; But thank you so much... And to those who I know may read this and wanted to draw me something or whatever the case may be, but couldn't for any reason, just know it's more than okay and the fact that you even thought of me in the first place means a lot to me already. Wishing me hbd means a lot too... 🥺 So thank you guys too!
Even had a big surprise on the flight back home before departure. Someone close to me with connections actually informed the crew on board that it was my birthday, and if they could deliver a message to me for them, which they absolutely did... Even gave me free snacks and water, and invited me to sit in the pilot's seat which was !!!!!?? It was so cool what the heck... I'm grateful for that... 😭
Nice time spent at home with family, always nice to see them. It ain't a birthday without being with em, I'd say. Nice lil gifts too, they shouldn't have... ;; I do wanna show this Hank Hill in particular, gave me a good laugh and I love it, heheh. The Bocchi doodle too!
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But yeah, I just wanted to dedicate this YDS to thanking @ehan281 and his brother for a wonderful time and express my gratitude of a happy birthday too. Hoping the next time we meet won't be so long! ^^
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absolutebl · 3 years
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This Week In BL
June 2021 Wk 2
Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs.
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Ongoing Series - Thai
Y-Destiny Ep 11 - a timeslip friends-to-lovers episode, interesting. I do like that YD is exploring unique concepts for BL. I thought the use of anime for the past rather than child actors was smart given the subtext, but wtf subtext? Switching to English in times of extreme intimacy was fun too, although I’m not entirely sure why. Maybe because it threw up a culture contrast between the language and the innately Thai gestures they were doing at the same time (like the cheek snuffle)? (On a side note did you notice how extremely articulate both actors were with Thai as well as English? Very pretty orators, these two.) I really like this pair A LOT. The plot though? Ohboy. Childish innocent in body of adult but... is actually a child? Gives creepy a new meaning. I keep thinking about the 80s movie Big. That scene didn’t work in Big either. (It’s a bummer because it really does work as a couple of teens discovering their sexuality.) 
Fish Upon The Sky Ep 10 - Mork finally has a reason for liking Pi, it’s just weak. Maybe that’s where my annoyance comes from, this is a weak show with poor story but good actors and GMMTV’s money, a contrast that makes it consistently disappointing. Like My Gear and Your Gown all over again, only worse. They didn’t need to shoehorn secret relationship trope into this series at all, but they did just to get situational comedy and that’s not an adequate reason. This show is a bummer because Phuwin really acts a great goofball, and Pond does noble pining well, the script is just failing them. 
Top Secret Together Ep 5 - dropped with subs this week (yeah!) and introduced a new couple (totally unnecessary). I always think an excess of couples means they don’t have confidence in the main pair, which doesn’t makes sense with this show, since everyone is solid. Anyway, we getting bloated in a Gen Y kinda way but I’m stil enjoying it. My favorites got an “outsider assumes you’re a couple” moment which made me happy. 
Nitiman Ep 6 - There’s a lot of limping in this BL. Yes yes injured ankles = allegory for limping injured relationship, I gets it. Then they doused us with singing feelings + lots of moot pining. Plus surprise Kao (from Oxygen) and, since it’s ep 6, a kiss. It was a lot but this is still my favorite BL right now. It’s so flipping D/s, alright? Jin was like “Bbomb, you can’t commit to being a Dom and then absent yourself from care responsibilities, even as a punishment, you gotta communicate.” Look at my boy dolling out kink life lessons. I love Jin. I love this flirty confused af big bi baby. Okay? Okay.  Still, what inquiring minds want to know is: Will we ever know what is UP with Kheam (or whether to spell his name with or without the h)? 
Side note: I know it’s a pipe dream at this juncture but seeing Turbo in Nitman (Jay) I really do think he’d be a great Izumi if Thailand ever does do that remake of Love Stage. I want them to do the original (manga or anime) mind you, not the live action version. And Kaownah would make for a lovable puppy-ish Ryouma. Ah well, if wishes were BLs... there’d be a lot more Thai adaptations of Japanese yaoi in my life in general. 
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Ongoing Series - Not Thai
Monster in Law AKA Mẹ Chồn Dâu Cáo (Vietnam) Ep 6 - continues to be cute (slow to sub but cute). Oh the trials of gay domesticity. I love it when a show justifies my own intense dislike of both marriage and children. So far this one is doing that while still managing to bring on the queer af family charm. 
Love is Science? (Taiwan) Ep 11 (BL subplot) - DELAYED, but a new one is supposed to drop next week. Good thing too, I was going into cute-suit withdrawal. 
Be Loved in House: I Do (Taiwan) Ep 5 - possibly one of the sexiest yet sweetest versions of the wet towel sponge bath trope I’ve seen in a long time. Plus I love how well they are redeeming the tsundere uke and the grumpy seme by making them both, secretly, the biggest softies ever. I take back what I said last week about this not being a favorite. This ep was a game changer. This show is great and I am so grateful we’re getting a full 12 eps of it. 
Friend or Lover (Taiwan) Ep 3 - been waiting for this for a while, indie project that they seem to drop only once a month or so. It’s really sweet low budget but quite Taiwanese so enjoyable. 
My Lascivious Boss (Vietnam) Ep 10 fin - sad to see this one end but it’s really good! You Are Ma Boy might still be my favorite from Vietnam but this show really had some crazy great queer rep, so I gotta give it extra rainbow stars. Full review here. RECOMMENDED with reservations.
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Breaking News
Gaya Sa Pelikula AKA Like in the Movies announced a 3 part special airing June 11, 18, 25 on Globe Studio’s YouTube channel. It’s a “making of” BTS. 
Lovely Writer special ep aired on June 9th. It was cute if largely unnecessary. Like the Cherry Magic special episodes, this one is fine if you want to track it down but you’re not missing much. 
Made in Rooftop is a new Korean BL that I can’t believe I didn’t know was coming! It looks a bit like Korea does a light, bright version of Life: Love on the Line. Could lean a bit Queer as Folk? We got us a manic pixie dream boy + upright serious (but lost) out gay characters. MDL has it listed as a movie, their description is pants, but this trailer on Insta gives an idea what it’s about (trailer is also on YouTube but may not last there). Thanks to @crapyouknowme for the tip.
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Gossip 
Just a quick update to add I just learned about Fahlanruk the series (AKA Fhalanruk) form @heretherebedork. It’s slated for 2022 but it already has a fundraising trailer. Looks to be a strong contender in the Thai BL pulp arena. It’s using tropes we rarely see for the mains (one night stand + friends with benefits), and it tonally seems like a combination of Nitiman and the Y-Destiny players episode. I like sexually messy and identity confused college dramas (Love Mechanics for the win) but none of this is popular with BL main, and I suspect tastemakers know that. So Fahlanruk might struggle to find funding.
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Next Week Looks Like This:
Some shows may be listed later than actual air date for International subs accessibility reasons.
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Upcoming 2021 BL master post here.
Links to watch are provided when possible, ask in a comment if I missed something.
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(I had to include this quote from Top Secret Together because I love it so much. It is such a classic grumpy seme complaining about a puppy uke.)
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iplaywithstring · 3 years
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Tips for Beaming a Warp when moving is difficult
Dressing my loom is hard on me. It generally means being on my feet a lot, and walking from the front of the loom to the back can be tiring (especially because sometimes “front” means “around the couch to where the warp chain is lying”) These are the tools I’ve come up with to make the process as smooth as possible and limit the amount of times I have to adjust or tension the warp.
I dressed my loom front to back, so the lease sticks are in front of the reed. If I hadn’t done it that way, I’d have a raddle in the beater.
To start, I’ve got a wide piece of tape on my back beam marked off in inches and half inches. I section my warp in whatever way makes the most sense - this time it was by pattern repeat (26 ends), but often it’s by inch. The marks on the beam make it easy to get everything straight.
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I lay my warp out over the couch. This one was really long (a bit more than 14 yards) so I kept it chained and unchained about 3 yds at a time when I did have to go around. I connect the warp sections to the back apron using loops of yarn and larks head knots. I line the loops up with the marks on the tape to keep things tidy.
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The warp lays over the couch. This provides just a bit of tension through fiction. If I need more tension, I lay a blanket over the warp.
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This is my DIY “angel wings” set up. Angel wings are a way of providing tension to the yarn as it goes over and under against the large dowels. Here you can see it’s still sectioned off (the knots are just over the back beam) but as it goes it becomes very smooth and spreads nicely.
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I use pencils and elastics to keep the selvedge threads where they should be. This keeps the warp from spreading out wider as you wind (which causes tension issues when weaving).
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Here you can see the warp has spread, the selvedges are stacked, and the packing is in place. I put in wooden blind slats every 3/4 turn or so. Probably more than is necessary, but better to have too much packing than not enough.
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With this set up, everything behind the reed it tidy and has even tension. 
I do need to occasionally tidy up the warp if it gets caught on the lease sticks, but I can do that without having to move too far. Every 3 yards or so I do go around and unchain a bit more and adjust the warp, but I don’t do the tugging and flicking like I used to with a typical “crank and yank” method. It’s not a perfect system, but it’s the easiest way I’ve found to do it myself without a whole lot of hassle.
When warping back to front, I do occasionally have twisted bouts, but it’s never caused much of a problem. A way around that is to wind from the cross end and have the lease sticks behind the heddles (since you’ll need them there anyway).
Once the front is tied on, I remove the angel wings and the lease sticks.
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astudyinsarcasm9 · 5 years
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Steven Universe The Movie - Review - a confused mess - SPOILERS!
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I’m still thinking about the movie and I still can’t properly say why I didn’t wholeheartedly like it. It’s complicated. 
On one hand I liked the animation, I loved Spinel and I loved seeing the uncorrupted gems roaming around Beach City but that was about it. 
I understand the tone this series has and where it has positioned itself and knowing that of course I knew how the movie would end, pace itself and handle its characters but it was still rather disappointing. 
But let’s start things off. 
What did I like?
Spinel - her animation, design, voice and song, the only song I liked, apart from the song Pearl sang when she was reset. 
The concept of the Rejuvenator - I think it’s brilliant. Considering that we long thought of gems as being like computers it makes sense that you could reset them to their factory settings. Though this does create some plot-holes I will address later. 
I loved how Spinel was not up for the whole talk it out and sing approach. refreshing. Though she did sing but on her own terms.
Loved the little homeworld bit but it does raise questions. 
The fact that they addressed the plot point of PD wanting a colony and waiting for it. Even though it was mentioned in passing.
The Pearl lore we got. How they re basically an OS when they are made.
Pearl sing-explaining.
Pearl obessing over Greg. HILARIOUS. BUT ALSO like a lot of implications for her relationship with PD.
And that was about it. I guess. 
What I didn’t like or understood
The Diamonds going from antagonists to obsessing over Steven and being those annoying relatives. I. mean the concept is hilarious and I love it but when you consider what the Diamonds did and who they are it gets unsettling. 
How the hell does Spinel know what a son is? Im pretty sure she wasn’t filled on the whole Rose/PD stuff unless Steven told the whooole story in that one transmission at the beginning of the movie. And even so it took the diamonds a whole while to understand the concept of a child and a parent. Apart from WD which is still unexplained. 
Where did Spinel get an injector? We can infer the whole plot takes place over the span of a day or so. How did a gem who used to be basically a Pearl get access to an injector?
For that matter, why and how is this injector different than the injector we knew of? One pops in gems in the earth’s crust and the other just up and destroys the planet? 
Why did Amethyst behave that way once reset? I mean in ”Now we’re only falling apart”, we saw first hand how the other Amethyst were emerging, full fledged and self-aware and able to talk. And ok she was overcooked but overcooked doesn’t mean talking like a parrot. Does it? We received no indication prior to this that that was the case. If anything we knew gems just popped out already knowing who and what they were supposed to be. 
I’m getting real tired of the whole Garnet is true love, when she isn’t. I love her, I do but she became her fusion and Ruby and Sapphire are neglected as a result. Even in Change your mind when they are in their gems as a result of being poofed by YD, Steven doesn’t call for them but for Garnet. Way to go Steven. Ok, Sapphire saved Ruby this time and they are meant to be together but what they are displaying is love at first sight and codependency ( as WD put it) . 
Steven really seemed like a jackass in this when interacting with Spinel. He didn’t care for her, didn’t care for her feelings. He wanted her to go back to normal just so she can remove the injector and when she called him out on that he said that yeah that was kinda it. She was just in the way.  When she was nice and hanging around Steven never showed her anything but annoyance. I think maybe once or twice he softened to her but that was it.He was more focused on bringing back his friends (legitimately so but still.) 
The fusion between Greg and Steven is...Look I know it’s an anime reference but it was so uncomfortable to watch. Idk why. 
Connie being useless throughout, appearing very little. despite her being awesome.
Bismuth, Peridot and Lapis being only comic relief and not contributing much to anything. Aside from Peridot who spoke about the injector a bit. 
Lars only briefly seen. 
The off-colors only having cameos here and there. 
And finally the fact that a fascist dictatorship was just dismantled and put aside without it having any consequence whatsoever. People just weren’t affected by it. Yellow just did away with her army and her colonies. 
It’s just...I understand the message SU is talking about, I understand it is this pacifist and friendly show. But like...I really felt like the movie was talking down to me,  like you would talk down to a kid who you think doesn’t understand stuff. 
Especially in the dialogue Steven has with the diamonds. Where they tell him their good deeds of the week. How they dismantled their armies, talk nice to lower life form and refrain from shattering gems. 
It’s like if someone wanted to scold Stalin over what he did and made him pinky promise he’d change nce his policies. 
Maybe I’m being too harsh but  there’s one thing to promote non-violence and a pacifist approach to conflicts and it is another thing to just apply that to every possible situation ever. It just doesn’t work. Dictators don’t turn nice over night just cus you’re related to them. 
Also, the end felt bittersweet. The Diamonds took Spinel not because they cared or whatever but because she used to be Pink’s and she reminds them of Pink and they have a spare room. And they are going to pour out all their issues on Spinel and make her fill a role instead of caring for her for who she is. 
Bonus: how tf is Spinel able to rotate her gem like that?  I thought Diamonds could cus diamond powers but some rando gem?
P.S. Doesn’t Little Homeworld feel a bit creepy to any of you? 
Like, I get they miss their home but all they’ve ever known ever since their creation was the genocidal dictatorship of the Diamonds. Why would you want any part of that close to you again? Much less live in it? I would’ve understood if, I don’t know those were homeworld gems who lived all their lives there and wanted a piece from there despite being such an awful place. 
But all those gems on Earth were, er...corrupted gems by the very regime they had back home. All of those gems thought a war with their Homeworld. Why would they want that on Earth?
Btw, are Yellow and Blue Pearl still slaves? Cus sure they looked happier but they were still serving the diamonds.
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costumingofkira · 6 years
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So let's talk about what it took to make World's End Dancehall. I choose this cosplay because I have by far, the most progress of it saved.  It has been my most complicated and detailed costume I've made to date.  I made it in Late 2014 and won 1st place for it in Dokidokon 2017's Intermediate division.
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For those of you who don't know where this costume comes from, it is from "Hatsune Miku Project Diva F" for the PS3. This is Miku's "Emerald" Module for the song  "World's End Dancehall". You can watch the Video here.
So here's a rough breakdown of what she cost:
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If you add it all up, supplies cost me around $277, what it would be if I bought everything new but I didn't so I roughly spent $250, because I had the twisted red cord already and I used left over white fabric from another project.
** Side note - I bought a brand new machine for this project. It was the first completely new machine I've ever owned.  I bought a  CE1100PRW  Brother Project Runway 100 stitch
So my project costs were closer to $400
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I started this project by collecting more reference than I probably needed, by downloading the music video of World's End Dancehall off of Youtube and print screening crap out of it.  I also sourced this image  a lot.
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So I started with her sleeves, because I had an idea of how I wanted to do it but I wasn't sure if it would work so I figured if I could get her sleeves to work then I could do the whole dress.
So I patterned out the sleeves and marked on the fabric where each part of the gradient should go with a pencil.
They ended up looking something like this:
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I sewed these pieces together and prepared my first dye bath. I got a little bucket I didn't care about, filled with the hottest water I could and added some salt for brighter colors.
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This was the combination I used this time. I wanted everything to come out teal but it wasn't the right color the first time I dyed them so I ended up making a second batch and dyeing them again.
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There were lots of test swatches done in the process of finding the right color. They ended up coming out like this:
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I left the bottoms in longer than the middle, I would watch it with a timer and slowly bring it out the water little by little to give it that gradient effect.
(Please always remember to use old towels and wear gloves when dyeing fabric)
With that done I had to wait to do the next step because things needed to dry, but once they were ready I got to work.  
I looked for my now almost impossible to see pencil guides and laid down the dark blue fabric I'd bought and pinned it to the bottom of the sleeve after taking them apart so they could lay flat.  I drew the design I needed to be on the bottom of the sleeve in with a white colored pencil.
* Please use a dressmaker's pencil instead. It washes out until colored pencil, I was lazy. Don't be like me.
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After putting in my guidelines I sewed them all in place and removed the pins, once they were sewn down, I carefully pulled the fabrics apart from one another and cut out the pattern:
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I ended up putting the gold lines down first so I had a place to match the leaves to, I also used white ribbon for the border at first but I hated it so I took it all off and started over.
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I used this stitch for the golden lines:
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Of course I didn't use it in it's original programming. My Machine is computerized so I made it much tighter together so it would look cleaner.  I don't remember exactly what I sat my machine to, but it was much smaller than it's standard version.
But since I down right hated the ribbon, I tore it all off and started again. I later ended up putting a white braid on in it's place.
From there I needed to put the leaves in and I did it one at a time. Basically I used the following stitch. I let it make one full leaf, stopped it and moved it to the next spot to continue the pattern.
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Here's a really terrible video of me trying to show how I did it on my facebook. I didn't have any way to film at the time other than my phone and the apartment's lighting was really awful.
*at this point I was working on the dress *
The sleeves with the new white braid and leaves ended up looking like this:
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What I was doing was running the braid over the unfinished edge of the blue to cover it. It took a few minutes to sew on because I had to slowly wrap it into place.
Here's some close up on the detail:
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So from there, I lined my sleeves in the same blue fabric I'd used at the bottom of them and I put it around the top in the same way I'd added it to the bottom. A golden line was sewn down the middle of the blue at the top and then I added braid to the top and the bottom pieces. At this point the sleeves were done and I was so proud of myself.
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So then came the complicated part.  
I had to replicate all the work I just did on the sleeves, on to the dress.
One sleeve was close to 8 hours of work, consider 5 of them were spent just sewing all the golden leaves into it.
I knew this was going to be a lot of work.  4 months went by with having no chance to work on things, but eventually I got back to it.
So I started by patterning out the dress, which took a few fittings to see how it worked since I didn't own a dress form at the time.
I ended up with something like this, pencil guidelines and all.
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I had to pencil in where my bust hit in the dress so I didn't dye past it and from there I dug out an even bigger tub I didn't care about and went to trying to replicate the same color in a second batch of dye.
I used this:
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to brew this:
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I emphasis, please use towels, and wear gloves when dyeing fabric. I can still remember the dripping trail I made when I drug my dress to the sink.
I dyed my dress much in the same way that I dyed my sleeves, in that I slowly brought the dress out of the water little by little to create that gradient effect. It took a lot longer, because I was stupid  and dyed a dress in almost cold water so I had to leave it overnight.
PLEASE DYE IN HOT WATER, THE DYE TAKES FASTER AND IT WILL SAVE  YOU TROUBLE.
But eventually I got the dress to the correct color and I took it a part at a seem so it could lay flat.
I laid the blue fabric on top of it, pinned it in place, drew the design in with a white colored pencil. (Again, don't be me, don't do it.)  I had to not only reference the picture I posted at the beginning but I had to turn on the game (Project Diva F) so I could have the model to turn around.  
After sewing one side in place, we got here:
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Rinse and repeat, it's on the next side and soon enough after doing it all over again, we were here:
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I'd started putting all the gold lines in but they took some time because again, I had to reference the model. I would be spending a lot of time with the model in coming days, little did I know it.
So once I got all the lines in I had to start the process of putting the leave in one at a time, all over again. The problem with doing it this time, is I had to check the model to make sure the leaves were flowing in the correct direction, so I couldn't just sew them in. I had to make sure all the tips were pointing the correct way.
So  it was a very
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process.
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Many Mountain Dews and sleepless nights later, I finally got all the leaves sewn into the dress. So from here, section by section I had to wrap the white braid into each section and sew it in place.
This also was a slow
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Process.
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I stood on many chairs to take these pictures, but after a while the braid was in and I put the dress back together to work on the top.
I had to put in the "boob window" as my husband likes to call it and again it needed a test fit, things got pinned for measurements while on me, because remember no dress form, and then penciled in later.  Eventually we got here:
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After putting that part into the top of my dress, I put on the blue parts much in the same way as I did the rest of the dress. With placing things where they needed to be an anchoring them as I went along.
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The golden designs were put into the top of the dress with the same stitch I'd used to make the gold lines for the leaves. After which I covered all the edges with white braid just like I did everything else. I'd killed about 4 , 5 /yd rolls by now.  
After that I placed small grommets at either side of the opening at the top and them four for the closures at the side slant of the dress.
I created a collar for the dress and installed it, complete with blue and gold detail with white braid.  After which I added a zipper up the side of the dress.
It was complete! The dress was done! Four months of work and finally she was complete.
From there I styled my wig - which was a chibi in Ocean Green from Arda Wigs + 2 long pony clips in the same color.  (Apparently they no longer sell it in that color, but it's available in teal)
I ended up taking the side ponytails that came in the way out and pulling them up higher, since Miku's pigtails set higher on her head with this costume.
I did some light styling to the bangs like trimming them and bringing them to tips where they needed it but over all it didn't need much work.
I bought my stockings from a local adult store, and my hair clips were purchased from a vendor we found at Youmacon 2014's artist alley. (I wish I could remember their name)
My shoes are just standard plain high heels.
It wasn't until I realized I'd forgotten at the con, that I made small black wraps for my legs to mimic the straps of Miku's shoes.
And at last Miku was done!
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Thank you so much for reading, and I hope you enjoyed it! If you would like me to breakdown more cosplay for you guys, please tell me in the comments!  
As Usual, thank you all for your support! It really means the world to me!
All Photography of My Completed Miku was done by Artisticaise Cosplay Photography.
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acquagalaxies · 5 years
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my bits for “Together Alone”
It’s incredible how much happened in just 11 minutes, as It’s difficult to even decide where to start. Hard was also to not scream every 0.5 seconds for all the things the crewniverse and miss Sugar dropped in. Since already many of us covered up a lot of the stuff that have been proposed in a marvelous way, with all the references of the case, I’d just write down some thoughts I had in mind. to join my rant about an episode that blow my mind and try to talk calm-
THEY LITERALLY CONFIRMED THE “WHITE PEARL/ONCE PINK PEARL” THEORY IN THE FIRST FEW SECONDS CARTOON NETWORK U WANT ME TO DIE I HAD A STROKE SOMEONE HOLD ME I CAN BEAR THIS WITH MY ONLY STRENGH.
Ehm. So. What is presented to us I think is something like we saw in “Jungle Moon”: one of Pink Diamond’s past memories that appears in the shape of a dream, distorted by Steven’s mind (since, is in fact a dream and not just a vision/hallucination), which is a normal thing while one is dreaming, the brain in the unconscious state works and interprets things in a little bit different way, especially when it comes to memories: in the dream world the situation can take some sort of “surreal” twist that of course changes from what happened in reality and from what you remember consciously, in this case Yellow Diamond’s massively long neck (I wonder if the crewniverse is aware of the fandom’s YD giraffe neck meme and add it on purpose).
(the fact this all could have been a dream is evident already by the very first frame of the episode, when we see all the Diamonds’ ships on Homeworld perfectly intact, this alone made me confused at first for how strange and impossible it was, since we all know Yellow and Blue had to leave their ships on Earth for their being broken at the moment due to the events of Reunited.)
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Aside that, the moment I loved the most is watching the complicity between Steven and this pearl (pretending to perform their role as what they’re supposed to do/be in front of others, satisfying their expectations so said others would not have anything to argue with, like Yellow smiling seeing everything seems to be at its right place, and when they’re alone again goofing around happily) that is just an altered reflection from the memory, in this case what is really shown is the bond Pink Diamond shared with who seems to be confirmed as her former pearl.
I couldn’t hold only inside a smile, because it’s heart-warming seeing this kind of relationship with someone else, with happy moments, laughter and bubbles, you can see that Pink treated her pearl like a close friend and most important, like an equal (many gems should take this behavior as a suggestion and moral model, but it’s very hard in their so hierarchical society to treat “lower gems” as your peer). By watching first the Jungle Moon flashback and Legs from here to Homeworld, I feared the physical damage that the now-white-pearl shows is the result of Pink Diamond’s infamous bursts of rage (since the first time she is introduced in Jungle Moon, Pink seemed used to this bad temper from what is seen to us, by this “brat and capricious behavior” of going around hitting things bc your parents didn’t give to you what you’re whining for) ended bad. I’m glad to see otherwise it’s apparently not Pink’s direct fault after all instead, the two seemed to share a more than good relationship.
(little thought: the way Steven lands graciously on the floor after his juggler number sweetly reminds me a bit when the young Greg met Rose in the old temple after their conversation on the beach.)
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By this carefree spirit of hers and peaceful kind attitude, even a bit childish, the other diamonds maybe thought that was the pearl being a “bad influence” for Pink, deciding after to replace her with another (that’s why it is a little heart-breaking in now we’re only falling apart while Pink is trying to have a conversation with Pearl, she probably missed that complicity and the chatty moments with her old pearl, and because she wanted them to be friends and buddies, not just servant and master, encouraging Pearl to have her own thoughts and be self-conscious).
• but why keeping a broken pearl and not directly get rid of if the society cares so much of maintain only perfectly functional gems? What if White decided to keep Pink/White Pearl to make her be a constant walking reminder to Pink Diamond of who is really the one who commands and of what could happen if she tries again to make a gem behaving “different from how she is supposed to be and do”, or treats them differently from “the value” they own (like treating Pink Pearl an equal despite pearls are considered so much less, especially compared to a diamond). That’s creepy enough, I question if White was so cruel to make Pink watching while her so loved Pearl and (only real) friend turns from that pink fluffy sunshine ball into an empty shell smiling puppet without anything else left, ripped away from thoughts and individuality, a perfect obedient servant that would never get against your authority or retort your words.
The even sadder thing is, even if Steven will succeed in “bringing” back white pearl at her old self (something still welcomed just sayin’, #save the precious), still Pink Diamond, her diamond, the gem she was made for and with she shared that bond, is not here anymore.
Pink pearl has cinnamon buns on her hair bc like them she’s a cinnamon roll herself.
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another heart-breaking detail is, by hearing them laugh, the voice getting from Pink Pearl’s mouth is patently Deedee Magno Hall’s, so Pearl’s supposed-to-be true voice. I’m weeping.
Then everything, pinkish and joyful, slowly becomes a grey dull nightmare, with Pink Pearl fading away into the void. Puking hair (whatever your own or someone else’s) in a dream often is the representation of the desire of expression about something that is denied. The will of wanting to express and be yourself that instead is being repressed (by someone, some situation, ecc.).  Or can also representing, in this particular case, White Diamond trying to push outside by force Rose Quartz’s persona/facade, a fake self, away from her Starlight.
Also, we’re finally able to see White’s hands (nails rigorously polished, I adore, as the cloak, so in style). Is not such important stuff but I appreciated that.
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The pebbles are so adorable, they seems to love Pink Diamond’s very much (probably she was the only one that treat them decently, since apparently the word “pebble” is used in gem language also as a not-so-kind epithet? See Peridot using it with Steven when she was released from the bubble seasons ago), and I found  somehow cute (?) hearing one of them exclaiming “Pink is moving again” (which is totally reasonable since gems don’t have total acknowledge of what dreams are and what means sleeping in general, since is not something needful to them as is resting for organic beings). Plus, they apparently became attached at Connie too, that’s so sweet. Just to add, the green male pebble (which is also incredible to see a “kind” of gem being a “he”) chilling with Steven’s phone from the previous episode is so #icon. I love these little creatures.
“It almost feels like home” just being immediately replied with Garnet underlining embittered “almost” like to precise no matter how much the pebbles make the furnishing resembling as much as they can the real ones from Steven’s house back on Earth, still is not really “home”.
That grasps my heart a bit by hearing Blue Diamond, so emotionally and happily, announced than “we haven’t had Pink in 6000 years!”, since they still believe the one in front of them is always Pink Diamond and can’t well comprehend yet this aspect is not just a form Pink shapes for her amusement (just listening Yellow saying to her pearl “help her since she seems to have so much trouble recalling her past here on Homeworld”. But time to time), and getting worried this choice would not be liked by White, labeled as one of Pink’s usual childish jokes.
Ok but, someone pointed out that, “if the Diamond don’t throw a ball from 6000 years, then what about the Cosmic Jubilee Lars crashed in?” Well good question, I guess that is categorized as some kind of another event to participate at? I don’t think from Pink Diamond’s demise they never threw any party for other celebrations (a new colonial conquering for example).
Steven in the pink diamond’s outfit is a babe. It gives me the impression he actually wears It better than his mother.
What Yellow Pearl means exactly with “accept” or “reject” the members of Steven’s court? And… what happen to the ones that has been rejected from their diamonds?
Just realizing White’s throne other being of her dominant white shade, it actually reflects the colors of yellow, blue and pink, in the spots they’re placed the other thrones. Beside than being pretty aesthetical, it’s calling me the fact real life pure diamonds, reflecting the light, could do those spectacles of colors and reflections.
“Everyone stay where they belong” and Steven immediately floats near his friends and family. Bae.   smol beam of sunshine.
I really loved the explanation of what means to have “fun”, something you like to do, could it even be a passion or a simple playtime, for the good feelings it brings to you.
The pearls interactions, and the discovering of Blue Pearl’s hobby for drawing and Yellow’s for being a model just gives me life. I love the pearls and still want to learn more about their dynamics. Still, one of the moments that gives me chills is YP saying that “her feelings don’t matter” and how proudly she actually said it. Not gonna be surprised, we all know the conditions and how the pearls are considered in Homeworld society, as I know how much YP worships her diamond and how she considers herself lucky by having the “privilege” to serve the maximum rank of all gems. But still, it’s sad hearing someone states something like that without a problem.
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OK SO. Since the very first Diamond Days trailer I was curious about one scene in particular: the one in which Blue Diamond separates with such brutality Steven from the group. I didn’t want to speculate about this just because I wanted first the context of the situation, and after seeing it… it actually makes more sense. I know people addressed this as Blue having a bitchy behavior because apparently she doesn’t want a Diamond that mingles herself with other gems (that compared to said Diamond, still remain lower beings, is like don’t wanting the princess of a country to get along with the farmers and peasants), but now it’s kinda reasonable? I mean, it’s still hurtful, but since White Diamond would be there, she’s afraid the gem matriarch would not be happy to see this kind out-of-the-rules behavior, and I’m sure no one would ever want to see White angry, am I wrong? Blue someways tries to protect Steven (and everyone’s asses) from doing a mistake in front of WD that could cost them. Still, it’s just the impression all the scene gave me, maybe I’m wrong.
NO NO BLUE, I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN’T FULLY COMPREHEND THE EARTH AND THE HUMAN HABITS, HOW ALL THERE WORK, CHANGE AND GROW, THAT IS SOMETHING BEYOND YOUR USUAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT DON’T DARE TO ADRESS CONNIE A SECOND TIME AS A “PET”, ‘kay?? Maybe she doesn’t do it through malice, but I really want episodes in which Steven teaches them with kindness and patience the beauties and worth of Earth, the things Pink Diamonds saw in the nature and its creatures, what took her to re-think her colonial project to preserve all of this, how magnificent and so different can be life, the organic beings, to change their consideration of them as inferior, they (we) just have another ways to live, to think and to do, that’s all. And when it comes talking about Amethyst…
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“oh boy, here it comes…”
I know millions already talked and pointed out this but, I’m so proud of the character development  Amethyst is showing to us, already from the Heart of Crystal Gems arc. She has let behind her shoulders all the struggle, the feeling out of place, “wrong”, for being so different from the other quartz soldiers (“different” doesn’t mean “wrong”, and this is a very important teaching); she matures and understood it’s as alright as the way she is, and mean words from others is not worth her consideration, her tears, anymore, while in the past the same situation and phrases would have back the reaction to burst into trembling fury or silent crying.
From this dialogue whatever, it makes me consider one thing, probably “overcooked” gems seem not to be that much of scandal and dishonor (unless, Blue would have made more fussing about Amethyst and not allowed her into the ball in the first place): as long as they are, even with their “disabilities” and disadvantages, functional and useful for the society, it’s more or less consented and accepted. To not forget, Era 02 was for Homeworld a time of crisis in the production of gems due to less resources, so it’s not so shocked to see gems like Amethyst, or our Peridot, with less compared to the Era 01 gems, but still capable to fulfil a purpose.
Blue, for goddammit sake, let Garnet alone, together alone, thank you. at least, I’m content they included in this episode more lore, talking about the other types of “Garnets” presented on this planet: the Hessonites, of which we already have some acknowledge, thanks to the name dropped previously in Legs from Here to Homeworld and the contribution of  the “Save the light” game, that gives us clues on how they look like (someone else, beside me, prays to have the pleasure to see the same Hessonite from the game in the show? That would be cool, I can’t deny);
but also the Demantoids
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And the Pyropes
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However, who Blue just listed apparently are not invited at the ball. I’m not sure what kind of gems the ones presented above are, but they don’t seem to be Garnets however (the designs of those on the left – the green/yellow group – are kinda fascinating, not the same in my tastes for the ones on the right, but it concerns almost the “Thomas the Tank Engine” gems. Bad design in my opinion, but good memes for that. Interesting the choice to their “skirts” resembling gears, reminding Homeworld reflects a perfectly mechanic system where everyone has its specific place and purpose, working as, in fact, a gear in this immense society, and by fulfilling that purpose, this said society moves on and on, like a huge mechanism moved by the work of every single of its components – it’s also directly/indirectly underlined by their dancing afterwards, especially in the shooting sequence from above).
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Look, look how many beautiful Garnets. Jokes aside, I’m really happy having the chance to see other sapphires (other rubies would same welcomed, of course), I already get in sympathy the cheek-gem one and the other few steps behind with a similar hairstyle like our Sapphire, but shorter:
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oooh look these sapphires that never saw it comiiiiing
This is a one more time love for Garnet: even if she says moments before she’d not come, annoyed and angry for Blue Diamond’s talk to follow with head down the rules, she decides to do it for Steven, as Connie suggested, to give him the maximum support at the point to stay unfused for him. This, is real love too.
Aaand now here it comes the Diamonds!! Spectacular entry on the red carpet. Yellow is particular amused about how the project of the ball turned out, complimenting with Pink/Steven for the result (if she arrives to the point to congratulate with you and said that your idea is brilliant, you really did a good job then).
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(same we could say for the future episodes)
E X T R A diamonds posing the way of their murals portrait.
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as it is releasing sparkles and shimmers through the throne room at your subjects. because they’re glimmering and magnificent (shine like a diamond 🎶)
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Icons. I adore. I can’t blame the random crow gem dropping tears, it’s so relatable I’d do the same.
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Or the other one getting thrilled by the entrance of Yellow Diamond. I can’t blame her either.
But honestly, dat blue diamond hips sway. She is so elegant in her postures, a queen.
I know it sound so out of contest in the current talking but damn, Blue Diamond’s voice is so ASMR, soft and gentle. I especially feel nice chills hearing her says “you’re doing great”. Just. Fantastic.
“White Diamond… has more important things to attend to”  but 🙃, for real bro? It’s fucking new Homeworld Era ball. Pink Diamond return!! guess it’s important???? Poor Steven, he was so hopeful to catch the opportunity to finally talk to her (comparing my reaction with his when this was announced you won’t find any difference)
“Therefore, I will be here to observe in her place.”
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How nobody says nothing about? a P-E-A-R-L that has the permission to stay on her diamond’s throne and be presented at her diamond’s place in sostitution. I don’t believe is something allowed to the other pearls (owed by a diamond or another high rank gem), to substitute their master and sit on their place during these events, even for Yellow P. or Blue P., or even our Pearl in her time on Homeowrld at the service of Pink Diamond. But maybe due to being the pearl of the most important Diamond and, if it’s her Diamond that orders her, it’s understandable and accepted. Dunno buddies.
Also, among all these crowds, it makes me remember Zircon’s words at the trial of what kind of gems were once in Pink Diamond’s entourage: where are the Agates, since there’re amethysts and quartz soldiers in attendance. Wasn’t their job to keep them on the line? And those sapphires? Are Pink Diamond’s? Or, since sapphires are considered aristocratic and not so common gems, this small group represent the only and all sapphires in the entire Homeworld? Another question, if not and there’d be others to meet, all Homeworld!Sapphires are all like classical blue sapphires or exist others of different types, like Padparadscha, but without being “off-colors”?
Plus, I’m sure the green/yellow gems are not from PD’s court but from Blue and Yellow’s (tiny hinted by those two react with emotion at their entrance, and we don’t see them greeting Pink like the other group do), but… there is none White Diamond’s gems (except the pearl, of course). After all, Yellow Pearl said  gems by the Diamonds are accepted or rejected. Think about it, maybe it’s why there’re no white gems…
But seriously tho, does White Diamond actually have her own court or directly ALL the entire society with all its gems is considered as “her court”, the other Diamonds included? Since her being the Mother of all gem kind and its supreme ruler, that would actually make more sense than the other way around.
Ok now, everyone get crazy about Connie’s “clever” move to drag Steven into dancing with her. I want to say, I don’t doom Connie for, quoting from others, “have been dumb”, instead, I appreciate her effort to cheering her friend up, as he always does to her. She knows she can’t totally be part of this world (due to many things, not being a gem, living a kind of life style so different from Homeworld standards, another mind-setting, and also c’mon, she is just a very young girl, you can’t pretend) , but she wants to stay on Steven’s side and support him as much as she can, to make smile again a friend so emotionally and mentally tired and down. She believed few moments of dance, enough to raise up Steven’s moral, would not hurt anyone, and no one intended to fuse, that was accidental. Many other replied that, thinking of it, every time that they danced on screen, they fused, so how did not see that coming?. Yes, every time on screen, but all the other times, off-screen? Like, on other afternoons, and at Garnet’s wedding after the ceremony, we don’t see them on the dance floor but I’m sure they didn’t miss the occasion to dance together and have fun. Not less important to mention, it was supposed to be a call-back, as the title of the episode, at “Alone Together”, as “The question” from the previous arc did with the older episode “The Answer”.
Plus, even Stevonnie is so adorable with Pink Diamond’s outfit. Pure bae.
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While watching this gesture with the hands, I like to think is Steven and Connie individually still holding hands from the dancing, just a second before realizing now the hands of one became the hands of the other as well.
Oh, and there we are. Things fucked up in the worst of the scenarios. (there’d be a lot to say in particular about White Pearl’s frown at the sign of Connie and Steven twirling happily together, but all my thoughts I collected in a separated post, giving to that theory its own space, that I’d link here). Yellow whisper with tight teeth “Pink what are you doing?” is a cause of bad news.
And then the Crystal Gems come at the rescue, with Garnet and Opal (!!! before taking her down in 0.2 seconds, why this cartoon network, do you really want, at the end of the series, people coming up with videos like “every time Opal shows up” just to be, if everything went good, two and half minutes long? Is what you really want, CN?)
But the real surprise came with her:
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from the end credits of the episode it’s “Jade”, she is actually very adorable: this little missing tooth, these sunshine eyes and the gem-stones placed like two puffy cheeks make her even more sweet (judging by the combination of her dress, I was right saying the yellow and green gem from before during the entrances of the diamonds belong respectively to Yellow’s and Blue’s court). It’s admirable having the courage to do “coming out”, encouraged by the CG’s bravery, standing for what they have fate in and for what is right, even if it means getting against the society’s stricter rules and meet the judge of the rulers themselves, with all the possible consequences. I’m sure she believed Pink/Steven, by her influence dictated by her high rank status, would approve and legalize cross-gem fusions and decided to stay by this diamond side. “I knew I couldn’t be the only one” is sorrowful to hear, so away from Homeworld’s eyes exist other gems of different types that fuse for love, but have to keep it hidden to not meet an horrible fate (shattered or possibly harvested). That’s sad. Let them be.
Also, love Stevonnie and Opal staring at Garnet like “yo man, you’re the fusion expert, what about that?”, and Garnet is just idk stuff dudes.
ok but, it’s not that Ruby and Sapphire lost their wedding rings after being poofed, right? … right…? (#edit after ChangeYourMind watching: thank the Lord it didn’t happen)
Scene: *everyone poofed, delirium, everything went wrong and Stevonnie is grounded* the evil gremlin inside my head: new outfits/new intro?
Last thing, I just want to make a point about Stevonnie’s “prison”:
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A dark locked place at the top of a tower. Now, some time ago, Rebecca Sugar took part on a livestream with other cartoon creators, on the occasion, while talking about different stuff, Alex Hirsch (creator of Gravity Falls), asks miss Sugar what would happen if a gem was placed in a dark room for a long amount of time. Rebecca simply replied “I can’t answer that”, surely because if she does, it could be spoiler for the upcoming episodes (this constant keeping it secret is an ongoing situation with her, lol). The fact is, we all know the physical form of a gem is a projection of light that shapes in actual matter, to allow them to interact, act and speak, and it’s from light itself a gem takes her nutriment (and not from food, like organics do).
So deprive a gem of light (whatever kind: the sunlight, the moonlight, the stars’ light, natural light or artificial light), of her only nutriment, is the equivalent of making her “starving”? Adopted as a form of torture for gems considered needing a punishment for a possible wrong action?
A gem in a room surrounded only by darkness, without even the tiniest glimmer of light, what happens when she reaches her limit and lost all the energies left? Would she became a simple, faded, inanimate gemstone as the our ones from Earth?
Bonus: Who noticed that?
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Since the answer I always had the anxiety these two rubies get shattered for ineptitude towards the mission to strike down the rebels and protect Sapphire. I’m glad they’re still around then.
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UCF @ SMU: “Day After” Musings & Thoughts
“This will not be an easy fight, it has all the potential to get really ugly really quick”
- Me, a week ago
I hate being right sometimes.
I am currently packing my bags to head home after a week in Puerto Rico visiting my family. I will try and use my multitasking superpowers to the best of my abilities to put these words together before heading to the airport so here it goes.
There was bad execution all around yesterday. Missed assignments, missed tackles, bad routes, no run or pass protection. Sometimes things work out for you, sometimes they do not. It was a bad game, UCF lost, it happens, and it is now over.
The Knights’ offense centers on the run. Not just the run, we are talking downfield ground and pound style. The key component of that game plan is Bowser, so when Bowser is not on the field, the game plan fails. Mark-Anthony Richards is pretty similar in size and style to Bowser, I would say he is also faster. In my opinion, he should be RB1 when Bowser is out. I hope getting 105 yds in 8 carries and 2 TDs in just a half of game action can help his case and nets him more playing time.
Parker Navarro’s TD run makes the argument for me that he should be the change of pace back instead of Gatewood since Navarro is actually a good passer that can make the defense question whether the upcoming play is a run by the QB or not. Hope to see more of him in those scenarios in the next two games.
It was good to see Jay Flash out there looking like his old self. There was not much he could do, the o-line was bullied all game long and Mikey Keene ran out of options very quick on every snap. Hopefully the two can build some chemistry during practice this week and during the upcoming game against UConn.
Props to Gus for being out there on a platform coaching this team. I am sure he was frustrated regardless about his accommodations and his inability to interact with players on the sidelines.
With two games left in the regular season, UCF is still the only school in the state that is bowl eligible. I do not say this to compare UCF to the other programs in the state, I say this to remind myself that, in a season where our fiercest opponent has been injuries, we remain a winning football program.
The Knights have two back to back battles left at the Bounce House this season. A (for lack of a better word) bad UConn team comes to Orlando next. This seems like a good game to rest injured players and to also try and develop some of the chemistry I mentioned before. So get to the lots early, tailgate hard and then get to the stadium and cheer on our boys. After all, One Team, One Heartbeat, that means all of us.
Go Knights!!! Charge On!!! Settle the ConFLiCT⚔️🐺🏈🏆!!!
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Your Daily Smile #2000
Bherna & Pokke
I wish I had the time and energy (sick rn oops) to have done something better and more proper, but I think it's very appropriate to finally publicly post my OCs for this YDS milestone. As a sort of bonus, I'll include some other arts made in the past of them from oldest to latest below.
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Very special thanks (and credit for the two Pokke drawings) to the blessed @graskip
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April 18, 2021
Alright so I added Montero but nas is silent the whole time to my chill study playlist on spotify which is for wordless songs with an electronic sound and a beat to study to but like,,,, any time I hear that song my butt starts going side to side like it’s just on the precipice of twerking despite the fact that I do not have the hip control to twerk and I would really not like to do that unconsciously in the library when I get back to school so uh,, we’ll have to see if that response continues.
Anyway I did a thing today!  Had a presentation of my project for my humanities class and while I think I forgot to share my audio, I’m 67% confident that the audience was still able to hear the snippet I played.  I was talkin fast though, I know, because I’d timed myself multiple times through my script and when I was timing myself during the presentation, I was like 20 seconds ahead of schedule or something by the time I reached the “Do I have enough time to share the snippet or do I have to end early” checkpoint.  A welcome surprise, for sure.  I think it went well, though!!  I was really proud of some of my transitions, and I think my narrative flowed pretty well, even if it was a little heavy on the bits before I described the actual podcast.  I’d say that my only critique of the presentation was that I probably didn’t spend long enough talking about my project.  I spent a lot of time focusing on the genre and why it’s important instead of describing the project itself, but!  The grade will be assessed, and I’ll see what the instructor has to say.
Today I’m thankful (and this is honestly a bit of a funny one) that the remnant I got a few months ago at JoAnn is the exact (and I mean exact) right amount of fabric I need to make myself one of those cute little dark academia mini skirts.  I found a tutorial for how to adapt the Br*ndy M*llv*ll* (...lol, look, I pay no mind to what don’t pay me, so I’m trying not to let Brandy’s size inclusivity make me upset anymore (and it’s not like I actively would think about the brand, it’s just that for a while that really bugged me, but like,,,,,, I’d really prefer to not let them live rent-free in my head, so)) Cara skirt to my own measurements, and I made the pattern and a mockup tonight from some muslin (man, I love my muslin so much, and I think it works?  I’ll press the mockup to see because it might be too big round the bottom, maybe, and I know it’s definitely too long to be a true mini skirt.  Anyway, a few months ago I saw some random brown/black herringbone cotton fabric in the remnant bin, and it was kinda cute so I took it despite there being only 0.444 yd left.  As it turns out, that is the exacttttt amount I need to make the skirt from the pattern (that I successfully drafted (based on a tutorial)!).  I cannot emphasize how little waste there’s going to be after I make it.
Also, like, I’ve never made a mini skirt before, much less worn one.  I only just started last year to add skirts to my closet after years of not being comfortable in them (aka, not finding skirts that were in my style), so I haven’t... yeah, I haven’t even really worn a skirt out and about since I started making/buying them a year or so ago.  I’m not actually sure if I’ll even like wearing mini skirts, but this has been such a low-key project (I drafted the pattern and make the mockup in about two hours which is nothing) that I don’t really mind that possibility all that much tbh.
Oh!  Also, I started and “finished” a top this weekend as well!  It’s not cute :P  A month or so ago I’d started on this 1940s vintage repro pattern skirt, but there was so much ease built into the pattern that I got frustrated trying to fix the waistline that I gave up on making the skirt.  Fast forward to this Friday, I decided I wanted to try using that fabric for something else instead, and I settled on a simply button-up shirt pattern with puffy sleeves.  The pattern itself went together beautifully, and I was able to get every piece out of the skirt and some scrap I had (very very very very little excess), but the floral pattern on the yellow background was just... I looked like I was wearing some old lady’s sheets.  Especially since I’m the palest I’ve probably been in years (and likely suffering from Vitamin D deficiency ayyyyyy (and if I’m not yet, I’m sure I soon will be if I don’t get myself out this dang house more often before those dang cicadas show up)), the color and print just doesn’t do me any justice.  I’ll consider it a practice round, and I’ll be on the lookout for some nice fabric to try again.
Las thing, I feel bad for my DnD-friend.  Dating is hard.
Night y’all.
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sanctferum · 6 years
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Steven Universe - Jungle Moon reactions
Continuing to record my reactions to the latest Steven Universe special, Stranded! Part 2: Jungle Moon
OK so last time on Steven Universe, missiles.
This time, Stevonnie’s ship is plummeting through space! Emerald fucked off to get her cannons repaired, so Lars and friends are good for now. Stevonnie’s ship, not so much.
Stevonnie’s ship crash lands onto a strange planet after colliding with some kind of pillar or tree. Hey, if there’s a tree, there might be breathable air? That’s good.
Yeah I think you got this planet to yourself, Stevonnie. Unless you unfuse, it’s just you.
And from the vantagepoint of a cliff, Stevonnie sees…another planet. Judging by the episode title, the one they’re on now is that planet’s moon.
The planet is falling apart. Large chunks of it are missing. It’s an eerie sight, and I think I might know what happened there. Could the thing that wrecked this planet have been Homeworld? Is this a planet that a kindergarten was built out of?
Stevonnie finds the cockpit of the starfighter, which buzzes and then runs out of power. welp
As they start to panic, an alien lifeform jumps out of the bushes. Stevonnie fends it off with the shield and cuts it in half with the sword. Half of it promptly gets up, reforms into the original lifeform, and leaves. Huh.
Stevonnie is encouraged by the presence of other lifeforms in this place. They can survive until Lars figures out where they are. Right?
Good thing this moon conveniently has oxygen, food edible to humans, and clean water!
Sadly, the razor Garnet gave Steven when he was a little baby is not one of the things in Stevonnie’s pack, so they use Rose’s sword to shave instead. Wow, living on the edge of danger indeed…I’m surprised Stevonnie is growing facial hair, for that matter. Maybe it’s because Steven’s appearance is based off of how he feels rather than his actual age, and Stevonnie sure is living independently here.
Stevonnie eventually runs out of energy bars that they packed. And they’re hungry. But, the innocent alien chick they’ve found is so cute! Oh, and wherever there’s a baby, a mother is sure to be nearby, so that’s a thing.
Stevonnie flees the angry mother and finds…the tree the ship crashed into. Except, from this viewpoint, it’s clearly not a tree. It IS a pillar, and not a natural one. And judging from the top, it’s a pillar that was constructed by people in the employ of Pink Diamond. Though that could be wrong, the sunset might be tinting it pink. Either way, it’s proof that Homeworld’s gems were here at some point.
Stevonnie finds shelter in the pillar, and the mother alien, unable to get inside, leaves. Stevonnie has a strange sense of déjà vu about this place, but nevertheless decides to camp out for the night. They wake up in a field of pink…
Looking around, Stevonnie sees what appears to be a house on Earth. But they’re really tiny! And the pictures of this house are weird. The one Stevonnie looks at first appears to be of Priyanka and Doug Maheswaran, but instead of Connie in between them, it’s Stevonnie.
Stevonnie appears to recognize the picture, so maybe it is supposed to be Stevonnie in the picture? Still doesn’t explain why Stevonnie woke up in Connie’s house, though. And really small, to boot!
There’s a distant noise…Priyanka saying something that sounds like “You were told to have finished preparing cycles ago”. And then, Priyanka herself looms in front of where Stevonnie is. Rising out of…the carpet? Where Stevonnie is also sitting.
?????? How did Priyanka rise out of the carpet? Is this a dream sequence, or what?
Priyanka continues. “And don’t expect me to look kindly upon this transgression. Embark at once.”
I’m getting a feeling for what might be going on. A dream sequence in a ruins that feels familiar. Is this…Rose Quartz’s memory, stored within Steven’s gem, filtered through Connie’s subconscious?
Either that or Priyanka is a gem in disguise, and I doubt that.
Priyanka continues to talk into her cellphone. “Yes, I know there’s organic life on the surface, it’s an invasion. You will stick to my orders, and you will destroy them! No. No, I will not repeat myself. That is simply unacceptable. Well, you’ll have to remember, won’t you.”
Stevonnie jumps onto “Priyanka”’s, coat, while she keeps talking. “Well, you’ll have to remember, won’t you. Just deploy the dropships and do your pathetic job, for once.” As she says this, several yellow dropships fly through the sky in the background. “Or I’ll shatter you and your crew myself.”
Stevonnie finally manages to get Priyanka’s attention. Priayanka’s eyes open, to reveal Yellow Diamond’s pupils within. I had a feeling that this was actually her. The color of the dropships was an obvious tipoff. We also see the cellphone, which says, “Nephrite XJCUT763” as the person on the other end.
Priyanka tells Stevonnie, “Honey, please, give me a moment.” and grabs Stevonnie and puts them on the ground and goes to sit down on the couch, except now it’s a throne, and Priyanka is wearing Yellow Diamond’s attire. Stevonnie is understandably confused, and turns around to see that there’s a window overlooking the moon. And in the sky, a planet that is not destroyed at all. I was right then, Homeworld did this. Though I’m now wondering whether it was just the kindergarten, or whether Yellow Diamond destroyed part of the planet as part of this “invasion”.
Stevonnie, still asleep, does not seem to grasp what’s going on and starts yelling about how cool this all is. Including yelling “Yelloooooooooooooo!” Priyanka/Yellow Diamond is not amused by that one.
Stevonnie suddenly climbs up YD’s throne and says “Hey Yellow!” Um…?
Yellow Diamond wearily explains that she is commanding the drop ships to colonize the planet. Hmmm. The small size, the presence on YD’s ship. Is this not Rose’s flashback? Cause it sounds like we could be in Yellow Pearl’s memory.
“I wanna command a dropship!” “Well, when you have your own colony, you can command whatever you want.” Uh…not Yellow Pearl, then. Why is Yellow tolerating the presence of whoever Stevonnie is supposed to be? Treating them like a little kid of her own?
Wait I have another idea. Could this be a young Pink Diamond? Though, with us somehow being in her memories, it would raise a lot of other questions as well. I’m pretty sure Pink Diamond = Rose has been thoroughly debunked by now, so how is it…?
Stevonnie starts whining and demanding a colony. Yellow reaches over and starts pressing shapes on the wall – White, Yellow, Blue, Pink, each diamond shaped, in that order. Upon pressing the one for White Diamond again, a ship comes into view on the screen. Yellow Diamond says she’s contacting the leader of the fleet, and Stevonnie’s eyes widen and do the thing where their pupils become stars. Except, this time, it isn’t stars, it’s diamonds.
Stevonnie moves to touch the screen all over, and YD gets angry at them. Stevonnie starts whining about how it isn’t fair. YD has so many worlds, and Stevonnie doesn’t even have one! (Pink Diamond pre-Earth confirmed?????)
Stevonnie starts stomping around and throwing a temper tantrum. They claim to be just as important as Yellow Diamond. Yellow Diamond yells at them, demanding that if they think they’re of that importance, they should act like it. As Yellow Diamond addresses Stevonnie by the name of the role they are playing – “Pink”, as was obvious by now – Stevonnie/Pink Diamond storms off in a huff. Approaching a window, they ball up their fist and punch in frustration. Only, as they do so, the reflection in the window does not show Stevonnie. Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first official look at Pink Diamond. The punch fragments some of the window, showing myriad reflections of PD, and then Stevonnie wakes up.
Stevonnie is confused and panic, but recovers enough to realize it was a dream. A Diamond Dream, like the one Steven had of Blue Diamond looking at Pink’s palanquin. Looking around, Stevonnie sees that the inside of the tower has a picture engraved into it. Yellow Diamond’s silhouette, like the one in Earth’s moon base. Well, this is a moon, and a base, so…
Stevonnie climbs up the tower to find a weird orb. A bubble, with a round shape inside. Like the one one Earth’s moon base. Was that NOT Pink’s shattered remains inside on Earth’s moon? What the hell?
And above that, on the top floor, is YD’s throne. And on the other side of the room from the throne, a window with noticeable fragmenting, as if someone had punched it.
Stevonnie decided to call for help using the screen YD was contacting the ship fleet’s leader with. It is displaying a white diamond and nothing else. But when they touch the diamond, it displays the full set of diamonds, pink included.
Stevonnie scrolls through the options of where to send a call, thankfully does not choose the one with YD herself on it, and…
No wonder Emerald is so attached to the Sun Incinerator! She’s had it for a long, long time. Long enough that it was in the fleet back when this planet was colonized. Which means there’s an option to contact it.
Contact goes through, Lars is on his way, but the mother bird alien is back. And angry.
Lars gets there in time and chases it off. Stevonnie leaves to go get picked up by him and the crew, but as he does so, the camera focuses in again on the fragmented window…
Wow, just wow. Holy crap. what an episode.
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wei50-blog replied to your post “Pictures dealing Survivors of violent crimes. That was the victim...”
Is this the dealer that was mentioned earlier back when Rachel gave Young-Do three deals after his battle with Hee-Nam? This dealer was picking his victims from Young-Do’s deals? Ah, maybe the family and friends surrounding his deals? That is a despicable victim profile. How much control over what weapon the aura provides does a dealer have? Young-Do deliberately chose a knife when Kyung-Ran tested him, but seemed surprised about the silencer this time?
This was a completely different death dealer that Kyung-Ran found off of her list that she initially gave Young-Do.
They have a lot of control when it comes to the weapon of choice but the aura also takes intent into account. Yes, Young-Do wanted a gun, but he also wanted to be stealthy so it gave him a silencer.
At this point, does YD need to do a deal to replenish his aura since he received so much from KR? Or is this training for his future targets since they will be much more dangerous? Or his aura is hungry and he needs to feed it to avoid problems? Wow, YD has learned to use his aura in powerful ways. (i.e. bullet from dealer didn’t touch him, but his bullets were able to kill the dealer) A little scary the potential predator YD has now with KR as his teacher!
Young-Do has to take care of his aura or there might be problems. All of those potential reasons you listed are a part of it. Kyung-Ran has made him into a much stronger dealer and there are consequences to that. But she believes in his control and uniqueness.
Young-Do has adjusted to Kyung-Ran’s aura, but still not fully comfortable. Is this going to continue to be a problem, especially if others’ auras are going to be even worse to take in? Young-Do has gotten to know is mother, and even though he could feel the wrongness in the aura he received from her, his growing love for Kyung-Ran helps him want to understand, and adjusting to what she gave him becomes easier.
Aw, Young-Do’s feelings are so deep he can’t function if they were turned on for this time apart for Eun-Sang? So he’s had practice and has done it before with other painful parts of relationships? Can see why this because a coping mechanism for him, although not the best way! Do all death dealers feel more deeply, or just Young-Do? But all can do this turning off feelings thing, because of their aura?
So Young-Do turned off his feelings of love to avoid the pain. Danger now is the aura needs to understand his love for Eun-Sang will supersede any instinct to see her as a potential deal. Also, does his aura want to reject the love, or the pain that he is feeling because of the love when Young-Do does turn on his feelings? Yes, so much more for Kyung-Ran to teach him!
I’m going to be a meanie and not elaborate on this until I’ve finished putting it all together. (Yesterday’s chapter was just another part of the piece of the idea I have in mind.) So, Spoilers! >.>;
Was it necessary to burn the connection between YD and his latest deal because of emotional reasons? Has R done this for all of YD’s previous deals? Hadn’t thought both YD’s victim types in HS was countered by what HS has done by facing his actions and taking his punishment. So HS is no longer either of YD’s types! YD doesn’t get to decide for R just like R didn’t decide on ES for YD.
Rachel always does that to protect him from intuitive leaps that investigators might make. She’s done it every time.
As for Hyo-Shin and Young-Do? >.>
It is not wrong for YD to want his sister and niece to have the best! YD himself really got someone perfectly suited to him in ES. She naturally fits with YD and he wants someone like that for R. Do think he isn’t giving HS enough credit because HS is actively making himself over to fit R. This does not mean their relationship is not as good or worth as what YD has with ES, in fact, what HS is doing shows his full commitment to R.
Young-Do is only looking at the information that supports his belief--Hyo-Shin is wrong for Rachel because of how he wronged her. He’s not looking at how happy she was or how much she misses him or even Hyo-Shin’s current behavior. People are like that some times.
Seeing little bit of parallel between YD/ R and HN/ ES. YD needs to be very careful. It is one thing to hold your own opinions that are contrary to the opinions of those you love. It is a whole different thing to take action in a way, though with good intentions, those you love would not want you to. YD may never get a chance to kill HS because HS has changed. It does bother me that YD would do it, though, even if he knows doing so will cut himself off from R and HR.
>.>
Yay Eun-Sang is coming back! Have they been in contact more since his birthday party, or are they still not communicating with each other? Also, was it an official deal Esther and Young-Do made so long ago? Along with the deal he made with Rachel, the consequences of breaking either of the deals still stand? Love baby Hye-Rim! She totally cracks me up!!! Can just imagine the cute 5mo baby glares!
They’ve both gone radio silent again >.>
It was an official deal between Esther and Young-Do (so he is freaking the hell out inside trying to reconcile it)
Hye-Rim is a lot of fun to write :D
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