#salve making

[lucabyte]

Hmmm just gonna spit this headcanon out in text post form since A. I don't think I could exposit it well enough in image form and B. It's not actually textually/thematically substantiated and I don't like actually staking my stuff on just vibes alone*

But anyway. I'd say it's pretty evident that all the islanders forgot their names, right? King obviously. Because why the hell else would he do that, but also Siffrin No Middle Names No Last Name.

They're 'pretty sure' they've 'always' been 'Just Siffrin' 'as long as they can remember'. It's a pretty cruel twist of the knife to say that they don't even get to keep their birth name as a memento, which is why I'm saying as such.

My utterly unsubstantiated claim is I think it'd be cute to say that Sisyphus *is* the name Siffrin initially picked, assuming the myth of King Sisyphus is recontextualised as idk, just a play or something in the setting. But I like the idea of Siffrin going 'oh shit 🫵 he's just like me fr' at a tortured fictional character long before the irony kicks in.

As for how Sisyphus -> Siffrin. I think that chronic mumbler and emotional doormat Sif just did not correct people who misheard the name during their time travelling, and went through enough places with incompatible phonologies (pronounceable sounds in the language) without ever really writing it down that it just got kinda. Changed until it was unrecognisable, and Siffrin just went with it until the earlier pronunciations slipped out of their swiss-cheese brain. And they just kinda don't remember any of that.

Also, something something the horrid realisation that Siffrin also named themselves after a King. Just not as blatantly.

*(though I think there's something here about Siffrin, a guy from a belief system that seems to thoroughly disincentivise autonomy and self-motivated choice continuously having their hand forced to make changes/choices they don't want but have no choice but to... It's not solid enough to really back this up tbh, but it informs it.)

Anyway.

#theres also something one of my french-speaker friends said about siffrin's official pronounciation being the feminine way to pronounce -in? #which i dont know enough about to really corroborate and theyre busyyyy and havent started the game yet so i cant really ask #im sure someone else has already voiced this easy-to-come-up-with headcanon anyway but just in case nobody has i decided to post it #isat #isat spoilers #in stars and time #isat siffrin #isat loop #i also personally picture sif (and loop especially) being more hostile to the concept of changing themselves after The Encounter #both of them being big grudge-holders and that 'want' to control your own destiny being clearly against how they interpret the universe #as for whether they should be so hostile? probably not! but they appear to be anxious in fear of some kind of divine retribution should #they like. ever even dare to Want. and uh. well. that certainly went well for Loop. not sure they'd be gung-ho to do it again #so Loop being able to go 'oh well it wasn't my REAL name' as a salve for having to make a new identity AGAIN.... #while sif is explicitly clinging to it as an anchor for Who They Are If Nothing Else.. they can upset each other and also mirabelle i think #lucabytetalks

[nightpool]

out of character for me, I wanted to make a bit of a PSA about something that I think most people in the ad industry are talking about, but hasn't really penetrated the public consciousness yet. Here it is:

Use a different email for every site you sign up for

You may or may not have heard about it, but browsers and operating systems are getting rid of tracking capabilities. This includes plans to get rid of third-party cookies and "consent based" access to advertising identifiers on iOS. These changes represent a large increase in privacy for casual internet browsing, but they force advertisers to look for new and sneakier ways to track and target people—in some senses, they are the "starting pistol" for the ad tracking arms race.

The most common and profitable replacement for many sites, including most social media networks, is so-called "first party identifiers"—that is, using the information that you provided to the website when signing up, like your email address or your phone number.

These first party identifiers are then shared with all advertisers, so that e.g. if you view an ad on tumblr.com, and you recently made a reservation on Airbnb with the same email address, or viewed a livestream on twitch, advertisers would have access to a "profile" of you that marked you as someone who might be interested in rentals, or as someone who might be interested in specific videogames, or streamers. This is most common right now with mobile apps, due to Apple's big IDFA push, and because it's easier to get users to sign up for an account and provide their phone number. (And possibly because there seems to be less oversight and publicity around mobile app tracking—it requires a much more specialized skillset and larger time investment to reverse engineer an app than it does to build a browser extension to track trackers). But these exact same tactics, once perfected in the mobile app ecosystem, are probably going to continue to show up on more and more web sites if and when browsers continue to remove advertisers' tracking capabilities for larger and larger numbers of users.

There is also very little visibility into how these datasets are managed. In theory, depending on the companies involved and the datasharing agreements, you might even be able to buy browsing history for a specific (known) email address—and without any of the individual companies involved having sold your data. These data sharing agreements are structured as advertising revenue for targeting, where advertisers will pay more money for ads with this first party data associated with it, but any advertiser who participates in these ad slot auctions gets notified that so-and-so's (hashed) email address viewed such and such a website at this particular time, and they could theoretically use that data for whatever purposes they wish (depending on the contracts they have with the advertising exchanges and data sharing providers in question).

Anyways, this has been on the horizon for a long time now, but it's becoming increasingly important and increasingly common. Use a different email address for every site you sign up for. Don't give people your phone numbers. Ask companies whether they use account data for ad targeting, and make a big stink about it when they do.

#i try not to make public posts about ad tech as a salve for my conscience #but i do think this information is useful to people #so i promise I'll try to continue to beat myself up the necessary amount

[salsasolutions]

uh i forgot i can do art here lol

Anyway!! Guess who has two thumbs and made another JRWI oc!!!!!!

This is Salvatore Jonas! Or Salv (they/them)!! Salv is a vampire director from the 80’s, so still fairly new to some vampire stuff but old enough to know enough to be dangerous. Salv lives in LA and is a part of the Toreador clan (and despises that edward is the head of it).

Salv mostly makes films that comment of Vampire culture and how it needs to change, but their films are really artsy so no one has caught on…. yet!

Other than that, Salv is quite the friendly vampire! With a large collection of novelty sunglasses and an eye for fashion, they’re happy to share their passion for the arts and make some new friends!!

… but being a vampire isnt a nice as Salv makes it sound. They are still victim to their own vices, specifically the beast.

Growing thorns and elongated fangs, when Salv succumbs to their beast, they become…. something completely different than their normal self. A monster.

Ruthless and animalistic, Salv becomes completely unreasonable and violent, like something acting on instinct.

you definitely dont want to be on their bad side

#tw blood #tw body horror #tw eye contact #jrwi oc #jrwi suckening #I thought it would be silly goofy to talk about Salv all dramatically cause you know why not #fuck it we ball #expect more art from this silly goober soon too #also yes the second image is a redraw of bizly okay he makes the silliest faces and i cannot refuse to redraw them

[kaurwreck]

fav chuuya trivia: he’s a lightweight and a wine collector. combine it with the fact that poisons a weakness for him, ability wise, and too much alcohol is in fact poison. he chooses that often.

bonus: combine that with the fact that dazai’s coming of age came with going to a bar, and i don’t know what that means

anon cause shy

Untitled I. My dear, even though you treat me kindly, I'm stubborn. After we parted last night, I went drinking and berated some weakling. This morning, Waking up, I remember your kindness And sadly reflect on my vile behavior. And now, I, a total fraud, will here confess that, without shame, Stripped of all dignity, and therefore lacking honesty— I was urged on by my own illusions, raving mad. [...] III. In this world we sadly live in like this, your heart— Don't let it grow stubborn my dear Because I hope for intimacy with you Your heart— don't let it grow stubborn my dear.

[Excerpted from Poems of the Goat, written by Chuuya Nakahara, translated by Ry Beville]

#bsd chuuya #chuuya nakahara #bungo stray dogs #japanese poetry #thank you for sharing!! #no need to explain anon to me #you are entitled to your mysteries and boundaries and bashfulness #i have anon on because i feel comfy and fine with people engaging however feels most comfortable to them #also i'm going to avoid commenting on what y'all share because i'm already sharing in return by offering up chuuya poetry that strikes me #and because i don't want anyone to think that a lack of a more specific response isn't because i didn't go !!!!! at what they shared #(this exercise is designed so I can also work throughout the day while getting chuuya enrichment) #BUT #alcohol IS poison and that's something I've thought about a lot in my framing of it for myself and generally #but I've never connected it with chuuya's vulnerability to poison and how it is such an equalizer #and how when shirase wanted to ground him and render him someone shirase felt he could face both honestly and to fight he poisoned him #i wonder if alcohol makes chuuya feel a teeny bit more visceral and real and like a person in a body #rather than an experiment or a leader or an act of violence or the salve to someone's loneliness or the vessel of a storm #or someone who wants terribly to lead and protect but is so unsure of himself because of how much he understands the gravity of that role #which isn't to say i think he doesn't want to be a leader and doesn't want to be an act of violence or a salve or a liberated ex-experiment #all of these things and the choices he's made for and because of and despite these things are inextricable from who he is #but every so often #it's nice just to be flesh and electricity

[ishiitake]

peaceful strolls and successful deliveries

#sdv harvey #sdv farmer #harvey x farmer #harvey x shine #stardoodles #year one #Shine's delivery service were her first steps into becoming Harvey's aquaintance #which is good because it made fussing when he had to wrap and prescribed constant balms and valley salves for specific injuries easier #and fussing is how Harvey makes friends #its a lot easier to draw when i dont think about it

[maiaacchiato]

thinking thoughts

#mia's ramblings #thinking abt that one time i was so uncomfortable with my friend's pda thing that i left them behind at the koi pond #like i literally just. stood up. started walking away #i still have no idea why it made me uncomfortable and even now just thinking about it makes me sick #for some reason idrk #also thinking about those times where i was so mentally exhausted from everything that i didnt have the energy to stand up so i just #didnt go to school #obviously i told people i was “sick” or “masakit pakiramdam ko” etc which i mean #its a half truth? atleast ??? #and thinking about how i just want to avoid Her bc i do Not want to be dealing with their relationship problems at 6am but yk #the moment she starts up conversation i just #put those thoughts at the back of my head and pretend like im not fucking tired of her bullshit #i could be so. mentally drained. to the point that i just avoid everyone by going to coop on my own or going to 7-11 just to Breathe #but the moment someone talks to me like jack or salve or heck even kui my brain just. forces itself to act “normal” and by normal i mean no #-mentally drained yk? #like the moment literally anyone starts talking to me the thoughts of being mentally tired just get pushed back and idrk how to tell people #-that im mentally exhausted without sounding rude so i just #let my brain just bottle it up until im so tired mentally that i literally cannot function #i think its called being overstimulated? yea #which yeah basically this shit happens every. day. until my brain just goes nope youre shutting down no school for today also youre getting #-a fever too #which like??? idk why it happens??? #and its not like i dont want to talk to them either #like #obviously i do #but talking to anyone when im like this makes it feel like an obligation #which fucking sucks because i dont like being obligated to do stuff i just want to do it because well #i want to?? #and i feel bad for peewee bc usually he'll talk to me when im at my limit so my responses are very short and yea #this is why i always say 'im tired' whenever people ask how im doing

[undefeatablesin]

Btw so glad you all agree here that this is truly the most wholesome vision in the world 😤💙

#sin speaking #(i see u in the tags and i AGREE.) #(GOOD HUNTER RUZA IS DEEPLY PRECIOUS TO ME!!!! she deserves. MANY kisses.) #(she gets them!!!! i make sure of it!!!! i have copium aus like u wouldnt believe-) #(would make this my icon if i could be bothered to change it tbf 😂) #(ruza will loyally and ferociously protect others and does not herself need protecting but also pls protect her.) #(BABY. ANGEL. BELOVED.) #(should make more tinies like this.....a Balm. a salve on my soul.)

[itspileofgoodthings]

sorry that taylor swift’s music points like an arrow straight at profound moral truths that make me go insane

#I am NOT sorry I am so glad #does she know the full implications of that in her practical experience of life? No. #but no one has a richer moral imagination #she always knows in her bones that something is wrong when it’s wrong #and part of her is never healed and will never be healed except by the grace of God #which is true for (truly) all of us #But I mean many things that are a temporary salve for lots of the common folk don’t work for her #she’s built too honestly #Which is why she can write would’ve could’ve should’ve at 32 and have it be just as raw #and that’s the long memory and imagination but it’s also because that wound never healed right #the stuff that needed to happen to make it right never happened #Like an exorcism. #NO I’m KIDDING SORRY AKDKJSJSJSJEHEHEH #but like. the other stuff. the right stuff. not just the human elements of healing but the spiritual ones #(Also I do kind of love that Taylor is too singular for even the human ones) #(She will NEVER go to therapy and there is something so funny about that) #I’m rambling #but like. Feeling many things

[illjustpretend]

un jardin sur le lac hylia

#my art #sketch #loz #legend of Zelda #breath of the wild #botw #botw link #think botanical fragrances #consider link having apothecary skills #and making salves and poultices from the bounties of hyrules waters

[pansyfemme]

my mother's olive oil beeswax salve is genuiny the most healing substance on the planet i use it on my hands and lips all the time the only dowside is i smell like pasta

#theres herbs in it too lol. thats why its healing #my mom forages for them all summer and then makes a big batch of salve in the winter

[hungerpunch]

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#love is like: #kb has a mega sensory issue with touching ointments/salves/creams etc outside of the shower like. they cannot stand it. #but they put on a brave face to rub tiger balm all over my neck shoulders and back tonight ;-; #and now they're making me hashbrowns. at 1015pm. just bc i said i was still hungry. ;_; #fuck i got so lucky. how did i get so lucky. #driveby post

[scaryscarecrows]

RE4: Vipers restore a medium amount of health! :)

Me: Leon, I don't give a flying fuck if that viper is the equivalent of a Mario Star, you are not eating a snake you stabbed and picked up off the dirty floor.

#re4make #scary games #leon kennedy #what the fuck man #'ohhh i got government training imma eat this snake' #ABSOLUTELY NOT #NO #ada come back we have an idiot unattended #i'm not kidding i'm not letting him eat that unless it's a boss and i have nothing else #i guess maybe it's 'make salve and rub on wounds' #BUT I DON'T CARE

[rose-lily-hale]

not to be a country folk on main but.... when in doubt slap some raw potato on it!

i have and abscess on my stomach an very time my shorts move its hell. i've tried antibiotic ointment and drawing salve and acetaminophen and NOTHING

my bff was like oh just put some potato on in it!

and i'm like 🤔why didn't i think of that??? (but i'm so wrapped up in school work now i forgot the very existence and cold and hot compresses 👀)

anyway grated a potato up and as soon as the juices touched my skin it was sweet relief

(also helps on cuts and scrapes) :)

#highly recommend drawing salve from native american sellers or even amish sellers #it usually works wonders! #also just so everyone is clear i'm a firm believer in modern and herbal medicines #sometimes you need antibiotics/sometimes on a lot of the minor things you need to slap some herbs on it #BUT make sure you go to a practitioner who knows what they are doing! #also know the limits #we need both modern medicine and herbal medicine #also get vaccinated and vaccinate your kids! #end of tangent lol #what should i tag abscesses as? #cw abscess #cw injury #?

[darkgifted]

this is a gentle request to let arlis patch up your character

#tbd . #listen shes not working miracles here #but she taught herself how to make salves and rubs #and can wrap up little bandages :) #its more the thought that counts than anything life saving

[munsonsduchess]

I have been struck with An Idea™

You’re a young woman living on your own outside a small village and have gotten the moniker of witch because well. You do have some power but it’s mostly in things like reading fortunes and making little potions for the village girls who come to you for something to make the person they’re in love with notice them.

You’re not welcome in the village proper as such and there’s a boy Dustin and his friends who will collect anything you might need since the villagers always stare at you when you’re there and you’ve been asked to leave shops before.

It’s a stormy evening when someone pounds on your door like they’re about to kick it down. This is it, they’ve come from the village with their torches to make you leave but that’s not the case. It’s Dustin with another man from the village you’ve heard called Eddie who seems to be very badly wounded and one last man you know to be the young lord Steven holding the wounded Eddie up. They need your help.

#eddie munson #eddie munson x reader #fantasy au #eddie is wounded and dustin convinces steve that you can help him #eddie has to stay with you while he heals so you can change his bandages and make salve for his wounds #just the two of you alone in a cottage with no one around for miles #duchess writes #duchess.txt