#only for it to be a 'life lesson'

[lupicalled]

            if mhy baits me with the whole “the family was the friends we made along the way” after ALL THIS i’m going to RIOT.

#( ooc . ) #( tbd . ) #v mentioned it #and now i can't stop thinking about it #if they do this to me imma be so mad #like first and foremore why put razor thru that #emotional turmoil? #havign to face the possibility of his real parents leaving him behind? #only for it to be a 'life lesson' #and second #it would feel very lazy #idk #just please dont

[edsbacktattoo]

I bet there’s some insane foliage.

#CURSE ME FOR ONLY POSTING FINISHED PIECES AND NEVER WIPS BC FUCK MY LIFE THIS TOOK FOREVER #i’ll learn my lesson i’ll post wips i promise #woe! art be upon ye! #i haven’t posted any new art to my personal instagram for a whole year because i’ve been posting here instead #i much prefer it <333 #thank you to casper for encouraging me to finish this #bc i was gonna abandon it lol #ofmd #fanart #our flag means death #ofmd fanart #jams scribbles #also this was drawn before the teaser so ed’s outfit is based on ep 7 (obviously) #and stede’s is episode 10 #thank u for coming

[ink-the-artist]

forgive me if you've been asked this before or if its annoying, but how did you learn to use colored pencils like that? your art is so special to me.

ty :) I took an art class for a few years where our teacher had us buy prismacolor pencils as one of the art supplies and had us use them kinda like paints, pressing down hard right away and blending the colors together. its not how youre supposed to use them she was just trying to teach us to use color and ig this was more to the point. I picked them up again years after i stopped going to that class just bc they were there and i wanted to play around w them a bit and ended up actually enjoying it when doing it on my own terms lol

#it was a weird class #it was just this russian lady doing private lessons in her house that my mom learned about somehow #I did NOT like those classes all we did was still life and they were hours long which is esp rough when im in high school and busy #and she wanted us to stand while working the whole time bc tradition i guess? #she did allow me to work sitting but thought i was lazy for it. idk dude i dont want to exhaust myself fast for no reason #standing is a lot more tiring than walking #i def did still benefit from those classes just from learning to accurately draw from life #did not like the teacher tho #on one hand shed paid for the art supplies for kids whos families were too poor to (and these are nice expensive supplies) #which is very nice #but on the other she was very homophobic and open about it #like when they legalized gay marriage she went on a rant about how horrible it is that they can adopt kids now #and also kind of racist #she was telling me how she got blocked from a facebook group bc she made a post asking if she could speak to a white person #and she didnt realize she was posting that publicly she thought it was a private message to the group owner #im honestly still not sure i heard/understood her correctly bc it was so bizzare and the only time i ever remember her being racist #she talked abt it like she genuienly was unaware it was racist #she described it as a misunderstanding bc she accidentally posted it publicly instead of privately #like it wouldnt have been racist to ask that at all #also one time she talked about how she saw demons in her home once #also she doesnt vaccinate her kids bc of microchips #she was like a walking russian stereotype lol #anyway heres some ink the artist lore

[kathaynesart]

Have you ever worked as an animator for Disney, and if not, would you want to?

Not as an animator but I did work for Disney as an apparel designer for their theme parks. I would illustrate or design the art found mostly on elevated apparel. Sadly I’m not allowed to show any of it legally. The Mouse likes to keep their brand as impersonal as possible so no artist crediting allowed. I got to work on all their franchises such as Star Wars, the Marvel Universe, and all their classics. Was a ton of fun but lead to a horrible work life balance. Some times I would be working until 2AM (with no overtime since I was salary) and in office because like… if Star Wars needed something last minute you didn’t say no. Even then there was the daily pressure to stay after the 8 hour mark, just because everyone else was doing it. Was honestly a little relieved when the impossible happened and the theme parks closed for Covid.

I was offered a similar job after work started back up but by then I had found a smaller company that paid me better and had a strict, no unpaid overtime policy. So I’m sticking where I am for now. It’s given me the free time again to work on my own projects such as Replica where as this would have been impossible with Disney. I find it much more fulfilling to work for someone who cares about my mental health.

I would be tempted to try animation more so because a lot of the people working there seem really passionate and fun to be around… but ultimately I’ve learned that my self worth and health matters far more which can be hard to achieve sometimes when working for bigger studios. It’s not impossible but it’s definitely something that we have to be mindful of. I’m definitely excited for the indie animation scene with shorts like Lackadaisy and smaller studios such as Powerhouse Studios on the rise. I’d be inclined to go work in an environment like that if I ever get tired of my current work setup.

For now though, I like all the extra time and money this job is giving me… even if all I’m doing is literally filling it with turtles haha!

#lesson of the day: know that your job should not come at the cost of your health #you are more than your job #find work that matches the lifestyle you want #thanks internet for making big studios no longer be the only means to animation #support indie animators/creatives #old lady life lessons

[onfroysarchives]

As I always say, “The only thing that stays the same is change.”

#LLJ #XXXTENTACION #LONG LIVE JAH #LONG LIVE JAHSEH #rip xxxtentacion #rip xxx #bad vibes forever #jahseh #onfroy #jahseh onfroy #rip jahseh #bvf #very rare #members only #twitter #change #quotes #life lesson #words of wisdom

[arctic-hands]

This isn't an attempt at a flex I swear and I recognize people can have different learning experience and still be intelligent even if they don't/can't read, but given my abysmal education growing up I have to wonder what would have happened to my brain if I wasn't such a voracious reader as a kid

#i read everything from fantasy to nonfiction to Shakespeare #i once proved my fourth grade teacher was abysmally wrong about WWII solely because i had just read a book about the Holocaust #just a few months prior #otherwise i and the rest of the class would have internalized her 'lesson' that hitler died in WWI and WWII was solely about pearl harbor #God only knows where that train of belief would have led us #she had no business being a teacher and yes she hated me from then on and made my school life even more miserable #like literally sending me home in tears miserable

[terriblygrimm]

friendly reminder that this exists

“i don't think luke is presenting an argument either way. because i think luke also, of any jedi in the galaxy, understands what it would be like to be with the person you care about most -- to be with your father figure”

#dinluke #filoni gets it - he gets that luke wanted to present grogu w a choice #a modern jedi who wouldnt make the decision for him like his predecessors would #luke knows what its like to lose his uncle and aunt his master and his father #hed never want grogu to lose his dad #or make that choice for him #luke is such a good egg #i just have the big sad thinking that luke was only a cameo bc although he was a good mentor he wasnt destined to be grogus master #thats the vibe i get #so it gets me thinking they wont bring him back #but god i hope im wrong #like he was the perfect jedi for grogu to learn that lesson from and the perfect person to show him kindness and understanding and compassio #compassion #at that point in grogus young life #and thats all it will be #but heres hoping im wrong 🙃 #i do feel like s3 will be all abt mandalore tho and luke wont be in it #maybe s4 grogu will come back around to accepting both his jedi abd mandalorian halves #but not before that #but anyway.. just slowly breaking it to myself not to expect luke so im not heartbroken lmao #tagging dinluke because cmon theyre his dads #star wars

[aroacettorney]

do not let caseys sunshiness distract you from the fact that she is just as much emotionally constipated as ludger.

#academy's undercover professor spoilers #academy's undercover professor #casey selmore #the fact that casey has never told anyone including betty and terinna about delica/memory storming events is so wild to me #like girlie why r u suffering from all that by urself #ppl hating on casey for having negative EQ but that only reflects how much emotional support she usually gets from others #case in point: marias selmore #wouldnt surprise me if casey has never trusted to emotionally open up to anyone ever again when its her own family treating her like that #in her entire life casey is close to only 4 ppl but they are either: #1) her sister who historically sucks #2) bestie no. 1 who is almost always swarmed with work #3) bestie no. 2 who once again gave her trust and abandonment issues #4) bestie no. 3 who is not even a human but an automaton also learning how to deal with her own emotions #not to mention to maintain her reputation as a renowned detective she must have been neglecting her own emotional needs #casey selmore my beloved just because you dont look at it doesnt mean it is not there #casey tryna brush off her emotions after the memory storming and seek to solve the problem logically like a thinker she is but #she didnt realise that she was just delaying the inevitable and so the basara arc hit her like a truck + left her bedridden for a month 💀 #caseys apologies to ludger only really solved the problem on logical terms #but there is never any emotional closure between them bc they are both painfully emotionally constipated so back to suffering we go 💀💀💀 #lesson learnt from ludgercasey angst galore: stop trying to solve emotional problems with logics

[thatchickval]

Go pull that ' I will wear it when I'm thinner' dress out of that closet and put it on. Who cares what they will say. You only get to live once.

#ootd #outfit #outfit inspiration #alexander mcqueen #urbanwear #christian dior #vintage #atelier versace #fashion #happiness #brave fashion choices #fashion choices #zero regrets #life series #life lessons #you live only once #chanel #prada aesthetic

[serenityquest]

#all i can do #only human #life lessons

[swearengen]

the loki show should just be about mobius teaching loki about the simple beauty of drinking a cold beer on the porch after a long day at work

#it would fix so many of his problems #there are some life lessons only an old man with a shitty job can teach you #some of you guys dont get the suburban mobius appeal maybe its gotta grow on yall idk but i see the vision #loki #mobius m mobius #lokius #loki series

[pratchettquotes]

Polly felt questing eyes boring into her. She was embarrassed, of course. But not for the obvious reason. It was for the other one, the little lesson that life sometimes rams home with a stick: you are not the only one watching the world, other people are also people, while you watch them they watch you, and they think about you while you think about them. The world isn't just about you.

Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

#polly perks #monstrous regiment #discworld #terry pratchett #embarrassed #people #psychology #community #reciprocity #awareness #observation #self centered #life lessons #other people are also people #you are not the only one

[hopeinthebox]

tagged by the gorgeous and fabulous @cordiallyfuturedwight and @aprylynn for february's roundup:

tagging the usual music favs: @jiminsproof @thvinyl @jimin-gaon @visionsofgideontheninth @spicyclematis @kimchokejin @jihopesjoint @monismochi plus @kimtaegis for the amy macdonald of it all 💜 and also you, dear reader. MWAH

#heads up! here comes the director's commentary: #16 Carriages - now listen. i love texas hold 'em as much as the next daddy lessons supremacist #but holy shit. it doesn't hold so much as a candle to this track. #just unbelievably stunning. i'm begging you to give it another chance if you skipped over it the first time #Don't Forget Me - me and kayla and apryl all having ms rogers in this month's list... i think we might be better than everyone else actuall #End Of Beginning - good GOD we couldn't gatekeep djo any longer but it's worth it if only for all the bear tiktok edits. #and thus i have fallen for this track all over again. yes CHEF #Showtime - now if you've known me long enough you'll know i'm an absolute sucker for british indie rock bands #especially if their frontman looks like they might not make it through another winter #so you can imagine catfish has had an inexplicable hold on me. anyway their comeback single is actually pretty good #This Is The Life - fantastic tune. 2007 if you can believe it? #what a time to be alive and at the school disco and you're singing the songs and thinking this is the life and so on and so forth #Loving You Will Be The Death Of Me - tom odell can do no wrong in my eyes (ears?) anyway. lovely lovely new album #Never Need Me - been loving rachel for a while now and this single is brilliant. highly recommended. #plus the video features florence pugh and if that doesn't sweeten the deal then christ i don't know what will #Baby Now That I've Found You - i didn't even realise this was a cover of the foundations until hearing it again recently #because alison krauss just has an incredible way of making them her own and thus it's been on repeat. #Deeper Well - okay so now i'm seeing the country thread through this month's picks. #this is another lovely new one. hearing it on the radio and the fact that they have to censor “i used to wake and bake” is hilarious to me #shoutout kayla again because great minds.. #Stay For Something - CMAT is phenomenal and if you haven't listened to her yet i can't recommend her entire discography enough. #she had her arsecrack out at the brits last night and well. i would die for her #(speaking of the brits. raye... i literally cried for her. go find the recording of her live at the royal albert hall. #-watch it twice and then come back and thank me) #artists-wise - most of these guys are consistently up there. #katie melua is a new feature this time because all my amy macdonald-ing put me back onto nine million bicycles. #used to get that one mixed up with 99 luftballoons but they're really very different. i'm a fool #so tl;dr: fantastic tunes. do listen #tag #receiptify

[goldkirk]

My five happy things for the day

• paper that has a good feeling texture

• things not feeling like an emergency EVERY second of the day, only part of the time

• the fact that these cheapo stamp ink pads from Walmart a few years ago somehow still have a bit of functioning ink not dried out?

• I’m able to track and retain conversations for longer periods of time again, I’m finally finally finally feeling some progress

• putting on a warm hoodie or coat when feeling chilled

#fivethingsaday #I still can’t believe people LIKE me!! ?! ?! ?! ?! #I’ve accidentally wound up dumbfounded with a delightful number of friends #like. wait. I thought you guys were playing a very long trap or were only liking me because of obligation or worth vs hassle ratio. #I thought I was just enjoying it before it vanished! but yowza!!! #apparently I DID get the chance for it to be real #and I am in the middle of living an adult life I didn’t think I’d see!!! #so anyway holy shit I apparently am not secretly a poison to people #these cool people I’ve been so admiring of and wished I could really have a life with someone like them as a friend #BITCH I DO IT IS ME #what the FUCK. #anyway I’ve got to go keep trying to wrangle my very uncooperative knee #and marvel at the slowly-dawning reality of being liked actually not just kept around #god grade school age social hierarchy lessons sure get roots down in deep #I’m so pleased as punch and totally in skeptical disbelief. I’m also delighted and horrifically embarrassed and feeling stupid and feeling #unbearably grateful and feeling quite particularly like I’m in the Truman show and also won the lottery #I’m going to do a lot of STICKING WITH IMPORTANT ROUTINES FOR MY WELL-BEING about it #add to journal

[impish-ivy]

Obey me lesson 12 thoughts and Solomon

Spoilers ahead for Nightbringer and S2 of ObeyMe

At first I thought maybe the curse originally was going to be forced to keep a promise, like most people. I thought about it and it made very little sense given the music and how Thirteen reacted.

So we get comatose, which makes more sense in context with the music. Actually wait no, we’re literally on the verge of death before we’re taken to the HoL where Simeon casts a spell on us and prevents us from dying. Side boys saving our lives <3

But the thing I wanna really talk about is the implications this has for lesson 11. Since we were kinda going off of the assumption that all promises were bounding we assumed Solomon wanted us to make that promise to stop us from siding against humanity. He said he didn’t remember the rule but we all kinda brushed it off as him lying. But since we now know that the making a promise would’ve killed MC, and thus anyone who makes one, Im inclined to believe Solomon when he said he forgot.

MC’s powers are still working to prevent the traps from being deadly because Mammon is turned into a Lil D when he breaks one, like in S2. So if MC’s powers were protecting themselves even slightly, I shudder to think what would’ve happened otherwise. Probably an instant death if I had to guess.

So with all of this, I believe Solomon truly did forget. He’s having a hard time remembering things from this time. Things were crazy at that moment and it could’ve just as easily slipped his mind. I also think he’s being honest when he says he doesn’t remember why Barbatos hates him, as he insists on it many times. That may be me being naive but I do believe he was telling the truth.

Solomon wouldn’t kill MC. No matter how much of a threat they are to the human realm.

In S2 when our powers were out of control and going to destroy all 3 realms Solomon says he was willing to stab Lucifer originally to protect the human realm but since that would upset MC so he wasn’t going to do it.

He puts MC’s feelings over the safety of not just the human realm, but every realm.

The option of killing you doesn’t come up. He’s not even considering it. You even have the dialogue option when he asks what to do to say something along the lines of “Guess we’ll die” and Solomon’s like “Yeah guess we will”

When I tell you S2 is where I fell in love with this man this is what I mean.

Alls this to say, he wouldn’t risk MC’s life for the safety of the human realm. And with the context of S2 it seems almost obvious. Man is down bad, and while he’d love for you to share his values he wouldn’t kill you or endanger your life if you didn’t.

“I just can’t stand the thought of making you angry…of having you hate me. So now I don’t know what to do.”

#obey me nightbringer #obey me nightbringer spoilers #obey me spoilers #obey me shall we date #obey me solomon #obey me discussion #obey me season 2 #obey me nightbringer lesson 12 #obey me nightbringer lesson 11 #the thought that Solomon would even consider endangering MC’s life isn’t the to his character #he was gonna let the human realm DIE to prevent MC from being mad so him #He would not kill them or put them in a coma #yes I’m upset people are misinterpreting my blorbo #<-jk not actually but Solomon has a long history of being misinterpreted in the fandom #mostly because most of the fandom has only read S1 #not by choice I believe but still!

[jemmo]

i love that the whole of that final ep is just all these characters setting themselves on the path of healing, that none of them are magically fixed, but instead are all committing to creating a world where not only they can heal, but where they can stop others from hurting. because it was never about a single person’s journey, it was about how a system managed to hurt and repress and ignore everyone in it, and how it’s only them wanting and fighting for better, for themselves and for the people they care about, that has the ability to destroy that system, and set in place a community that includes everyone. it’s only after the sun and moon have crossed each others passed, once the world has been shrouded in black, that clear blue skies can be seen again.

the eclipse, i love you.

#the eclipse #man this show #I just can’t help but applaud the message it managed to convey #and how everyone committed so much to a show that above all else wanted to promote love and acceptance and infividuality #and allowing yourself the space to not only mess up #but the space to forgive yourself too #the space to let yourself be flawed and hold yourself accountable and take every experience as a reason to grow #to learn the lessons life gives you #and move past them #don’t live in fear don’t live in resentment don’t live in pain #wake up tomorrow and try to find a world that is brighter #where the sun and the moon both exist and both let the other shine #bc they can only shine thanks to each other #wow I’m so emo this showwwwww