#she was my first teacher

[narwhalsarefalling]

my mother taught me to crochet when i was young. she was left handed, so she taught me how in the bathroom mirror so her hands would be in the right position.

she learned to crochet from her grandmother, who was right handed. her grandma was the one that originally used the bathroom mirror to teach her granddaughter properly.

i find something poetic about that. here in this bathroom mirror, through generations, we adapt to our young who have a different way of learning and interacting with the world

#my mom grew up in the 70s rural missouri #very much in the ‘left handedness is the devil’ era #her first grade teacher handcuffed her left hand to her desk #so i find it very sweet that my great grandmother #took the time and effort to show her grandkid how to create and crochet with her left hand #using the only methods she knew how- the bathroom mirror #the narwhal speaks #crochet

[randomminty]

Yeahlow

#art tag #pokemon #pokespe yellow #pokespe #pokemon special #i wish i had the first ever drawing i did of yellow i think thatd be a fun comparison #i think i do sctually….. shes been w me through so much #when i was 9 i would draw eyelashes onto yellow after the ponytail reveal in gsc but now youll NEVER see me drawing her w eyelashes #i also like pause before i decide what pronouns i should use for her #so i think thats some sort of character development for me #once i bought the last gsc volume onto my school bus and showed it to a friend of mine and she like #pointed to green oak and went why does the boy have eyelashes 😐 #n i was like i dont CARE i need to tell you why red x yellow is canon #more character development from me i dont really ship them anymore. same w blue and green. as a pokespe fan ive changed so much #i need to reread dpp i miss the trio so muuuhc…….. i iwhs they couldve returned int he manga and get why not but. i miss the #is swsh nearly over im not up to date at all. i know the dlcs happening but thats it #i wanna see what the scvi protags will be like. and which ones scarlet and which ones violet #and how they handle to version diffs ooo….. two schools? double dead argen parents? #ARVEN sorry. but yea. exciting #WHAT school will each rival be in what about clavel and the teachers ??!!???!??!!?!??!? anyway #thats enougb rambling for one post. goot bye

[moonilit]

This is all about Jote now

#Ffxvi modern au #Got stuck trying to think what would Joshua be in a modern au #Historian? A teacher? Would he study law? Then figure it would be really funny if he is a writer and is with a pharmacist #Also with Tarja on quick dial #Not in my cannon! Jote going to have friends in this au and she is buddy with Tarja now #Joshua getting corona like more than once is canon and you know it #You know Clive was calling constantly and radiating nerves energy because of it all through quarantine #Dear Jill has to deal with it all #Clive having the biggest softest spot for Jote after meeting her the first time #Actually Joshua Jote mid and torgal could get Clive to do anything #She would be the type to over work herself and Prince Charming would have to step in #Jote #joshua rosfield #ffxvi #final fantasy xvi #clive rosfield #Tarja

[autistic-daydreamer]

Question for my KOTLC fans out there: what is something you read in the series that you couldn't defend the possible reasoning it was written. For research purposes (and specify what book)

#for ex. #in the first book one of the teachers had a crush on Keefe #I kid you not #I was told abt this a while ago but I was rereading it and saw it with my own two eyeballs and wanted to vomit #keefe: yeah I think she[the teacher]'s got a crush on me but I can't blame her ✨💧 #sophie: haha youre joking right? #keefe: ... #sophie: ...right? #MAN THAT GAVE ME THE ICK #like it could have been passed off for a joke but later in detention the SAME TEACHER made Keefe ball dance with here #her** #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities books #keeper of the lost cities #book series

[herrscherofmagic]

Fun fact! If Sirin survived the Second Eruption, then by the start of the game she would've been old enough to be Kiana's teacher at St. Freya :)

so I was thinking about what it might've been like if only Sirin survived the Second Eruption & was adopted by Cecilia and Siegfried, right?

and usually that scenario is depicted in fanart/fanfic as being Second Eruption Sirin alongside Kiana and/or Bianka and/or HoV, and the rest of the cast as we see them later in the story.

Plus Captianverse Sirin is shown alongside Definitely-Not-Bronya and Definitely-Not-Seele and about the same age as them. So I imagine this is the mental image most people have of Sirin when they think "Sirin with the Kaslana family".

Here's the thing, though! Second Eruption takes place in the year 2000, right?

Sirin was still a kid, my guess is ~12 years old but could be a bit younger or older than that.

But Mei and Kiana were really small children and Bronya hadn't even been born yet!

So if Sirin DID survive the Second Eruption in the real world... she'd be roughly 10 years older than Kiana, give or take a couple years. By 2015, Sirin would be in her early-to-mid-20s!

What's more: Himeko was a high school graduate in 2005, that means she'd only be like 5-6 years older than Sirin (assuming she's 17 or 18 at graduation). Plus according to a Honkai wiki, Rita was 11 years old in 2007. Meaning... Sirin would be only a few years younger than Himeko and she'd even be a few years older than Rita.

By the Kiana would've been old enough to go to St. Freya...

Sirin could've gone to St. Freya, GRADUATED, gotten experience as a Valkyrie, and then returned to be a teacher at St. Freya!

Rita would've been old enough to have been a recent graduate (assuming she ever would've gone to St. Freya in such a world), and Himeko would've already been a teacher for a few years at that point.

So if Sirin survived the Second Eruption, Himeko & Sirin could both have been teachers at St. Freya, alongside Theresa and Principal Cecilia- making Sirin both the adoptive sister of Kiana AND a teacher to her, Mei, Bronya, and Fu Hua. and why not Seele too, just for funsies?

just some food for thought~ ^.^

#also it's kinda hilarious to think about Fu Hua in this case #Fu Hua fighting Sirin in the Second Eruption... #...but then 15 years later she shows up at St. Freya and walks into her first class only to see grown-up Sirin as the teacher #“oh hi sensei! remember when i almost killed you. then you almost killed me. then you killed my student. good times!” #talk about an awkward situation #honkai impact 3rd #hi3rd #honkai 3rd #sirin honkai #sirin #kiana kaslana #raiden mei #bronya zaychik #murata himeko #rita rossweisse #bonus: Sirin would've been a teen throughout the 2000s #meaning sirin could've been using myspace and early tumblr & early youtube and other ancient relics of the internet :)

[zippityzap]

Less than a week of being legally allowed to drive and I’m already sick of my mum being a backseat driver

“Why are you going so slow?” I’m sticking to the legal speed limit????

“Why’d you indicate there you didn’t need to do that” I’m showing other drivers I intend on exiting the roundabout????? I don’t know why you think this specific roundabout is the exception to that rule

“Why’d you leave it so long to change lanes” I’m sorry that I don’t want to get a ticket for being in the bus lane when I’ve had my full license for less than a fortnight

#she’s just accompanying me for the first few journeys since the route to pick my brother up from school is a little complex at parts #but fuck I’ll be glad when I’m trusted to be out on my own because if she keeps this up I’m seriously gonna crack up at her #makes me appreciate how good of a teacher my driving instructor was #zippy speaks #vent #ahh sorry for whinging but it’s frustrating

[soldier-poet-king]

Hm like. The fact that the core companions in bg3, all of their arcs are about leaving a severely unbalanced and/or outright abusive relationship dynamic. They're all learning to be people again. How to be autonomous. Who they are beyond the person who controlled or manipulated them or set them on a very deterministic path.

And it's so interesting the variety we get? A goddess lover, a lich queen, a warlock patron, a goddess 'saviour', a vampire master, an archdevil.

Larian really wrote 6 fully fleshed out completely different companions and also said, actually everyone gets a recovery arc, everyone gets to learn freedom in their own way, the mechanism of learning to inhabit and be oneself ironically comes from being possessed by a mind flayer tadpole.

#bg3 spoilers #bg3 #anyway. it is just. very narratively compelling #they did a good job i am going to be obsessed forever #i dont think ive been THIS into a group of characters in a video game...ever??? #obvs da2 is my first and foremost love #but the ENTIRE party here is just. that good. thematically stunning #incredibly personal and moving #i wept multiple times and i still havent confronted the netherbrain!!! #also like. gale haters. get out my face #he was GROOMED by mystra #she literally is like. kys. and everyone is taking HER SIDE #it very much. has the feel of teen boy exploited by highschool teacher. but everyone makes jokes abt cougars #HES A VICTIM. HE LITERALLY HATES HIMSELF SO MUCH #yes hes wizard hubris too. but these r not. mutually exclusive

[angelmush]

i got a goose tattooed on the inside of my forearm today and it was a flash piece but it's my favorite tattoo already it means everything to me i could sob

#i love geese so much and so deeply i named my dog after them #goose is my black dragon dog and my loyal faithful companion and my entire world #i just love these birds #they are so misunderstood as aggressive and scary when really they just are sensitive to spatial pressure #and they need a wider diameter than humans are often willing to give #but they are so beautiful i love their long graceful necks and how i can recognize their sounds anywhere #and that no matter where i live i see their little v's in the sky #and of course wild geese by mary oliver is one of the first poems i fell in love with #my english teacher deborah read it aloud to us in high school and it made me want to go outside and to stay alive #and when my gf and i first started dating i knew i loved her for lots of reasons but one of them was that she also loved geese #she told me she had a shared folder with her family members titled “geese i've seen” that she would put her goose photos in #so her entire family could witness them with her #i remember when i was sick with anorexia a few weeks before i was hospitalized a v of canadian geese flew over me on my way into work #and these big fluffy snowflakes were falling down and i could hear them calling #and it made my eyes well up #and i hoped they would get somewhere warm enough for winter #whether or not people have respect for them is a wonderful metric for gauging somebody's character #at the grocery store i worked at when i was 18 the only coworker i grew close to had a similar affinity for geese #she had a necklace of one #a little silver glinting goose in flight :'') #personal

[maryoliverdotcom]

NO WAY WE WON FIRST PLACE IN MUSIC

#AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #okay so rant time.txt #i really rocked my whole heart out i kid you not the pick almost fell out of my hand i was playing so hard #when we got offstage the teacher just went “AMAZING playing ahana” #and everyone told me i looked like a rockstar #then when the prize distribution ceremony thing happened i was so scared but!!!!! we won first place!!!!!! #i'm totally normal about this. btw #and then the vice principal. the VICE PRINCIPAL FUCKING PULLED ME ASIDE AND TOLD ME THAT I PLAYED AMAZINGLY WELL #and when we got onstage to take our prize the teacher who told me i had played really well said “i KNEW you'd win first place” #after getting the prize i showed it to *her* wink wink nudge nudge #and i thought she'd be uninterested bc last year we won second prize and she was kinda detached about the whole thing #but this time the moment she saw me she had this huge grin on her otherwise serious face and when i told her we were first #she was so HAPPY #ARE WE GETTING SOMEWHERE????WHAT???? #brainhasstoppedworking.exe #i lied i'm not fucking normal about this

[liquidstar]

Between commissions I finally managed to finish this OC set of parent characters! If the looks aren't enough to show you who their kid is, the background colors match them ^_^ but of course more details below!

Name: Thuban

Name origin: The former pole star, before the north star (Polaris), it's name means "Large snake" and is referred to as the “Dragon's tail”

Pronouns: He/him

Age: N/A

Relation: Raised Polaris, though they're not related by blood and have a somewhat distant relationship, until he suddenly went MIA

Weapon: Spear (Same as Polaris's)

Ethos (Power): N/A

Flaw power is based on: N/A

Notes: Make no phallic jokes about the large snake thing and you'll be rewarded

Name: Ananke

Name origin: A moon of Jupiter, named for the mythological spirit of necessity, inevitably, and compulsion

Pronouns: She/her

Age: -

Relation: Bella's mother, she raised her to be a warrior

Weapon: Bardiche

Ethos (Power): Indomination (The ability to freeze the movement of objects and people, and lock them in place)

Flaw power is based on: Her strict enforcement of obedience through authoritarianism, and a lack of concern for the wishes of others

Notes: She believes in tough love. It's better in the long run to give your kid strength rather than affection.

Name: Rhea

Name origin: A moon of Saturn named after the Titan known as the mother of the gods

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 38

Relation: Saiph's mother, though she gave him up to the guild when he was very young

Weapon: None

Ethos (Power): None

Flaw power is based on: N/A

Notes: Was unable to take care of a baby at the time, and gave Saiph to the guild. She wishes she'd visited beyond that but it's probably too late now...

Name: Arche

Name origin: One of Jupiter's moons, it's name comes from the muse of new beginnings and is associated with springtime

Pronouns: He/him

Age: 7

Relation: Saiph's half-brother. Neither currently knows the other exists

Weapon: None

Ethos (Power): None

Flaw power is based on: N/A

Notes: He's just a little guy. He likes flowers and playing with toys. He wants to be a cool hero like his dad

Name: Poerava

Name origin: A star in Tucana, the Maori word for a black pearl of mystical beauty and perfection

Pronouns: She/her

Age: -

Relation: Al's mom. She mostly raised him on her own while her husband was with the knights.

Weapon: None

Ethos (Power): None

Flaw power is based on: N/A

Notes: Probably the best parent of the bunch if we're being real.

#Finn's ocs #Finn's art #oc references #i wrote the descs while w the kids so hopefully they make sense. my attention was split #but anyway here in the tags I'll talk about the designs in relation to their kids lol #polaris is emulating thuban moreso than anyone else. her color scheme and outfit motifs are the same as his- they ARE his #her original outfit is clothes she took and diy'd into her own so she could go off into the world and well presumably look for him at first #the truth is she always wanted to see the world that's why she loved maps. in a way this was an excuse. in another way she was just lonely #but doesn't understand loneliness. also the fact that she's not his daughter by blood is part of that #bc of her actual parents (not as relevant character-wise) she sees all relationships as temporary and she has issues connecting #ananke i wanted to mostly look intimidating in a way that Bella really isn't #Bella puts on skull hairties and fishnets and stuff but she's very much. a cute softie trying to look edgy. she has pink twintails #she's so different from her mom in pretty much every way but she still did have that ideal of strength drilled into her #still her take on it is softer. she's the team leader now but she's really pretty lenient aside from the important No Killing rule ofc #w Rhea and Arche i had a bit of a flower theme. pussywillow (lol) means motherhood and buttercups mean childishness #so. mother and child #but rhea is interesting bc she's raising a whole different kid now that she's in a different place in life #if you do the math she had Saiph young. and it was alright for a while until his dad (again not as important) died #so she didn't have support or money. but she had a connection to the guild because his dad's old sword teacher is a member (hmm) #but she was too scared/ashamed to visit. she just left him his dad's old knife because that's all she had (THE KNIFE IS IMPORTANT) #arche is her kid with her second husband and her new beginning. this will cause some inner problems for Saiph when he meets them... #Poerava was kinda designed to have rich lady vibes because remember Al's family is practically nobility #but more importantly she's designed to look like a mom. with the low ponytail and tired eyes #the black pearl of her namesake as the centerpiece of her outfit too #again she's got the healthiest relationship with her kid here by a longshot #but i mean don't worry Al still got the daddy issues so he's not getting away unscathed #I already drew Taurus with the zodiac knights though so i didn't feel the need to reintroduce him #anyway Mira really has 0 connection to any family at all she was found as an orphaned baby after a monster attack #obviously she had parents but beyond town of origin it's unknown who so she has no connections to any sort of past parental figure #the guild is her one and only family and that's how she wants it. she wants to be with them forever the past doesn't matter

[zivazivc]

I hit a certain number of followers sometime in the past few days, and i know not everyone follows me for my art, but i got a bit sentimental thinking of how long i've been sharing my art online and I visited my old old deviantart account and...

I don't watch Hazbin Hotel, because it just isn't for me (tastes change), but who else here can say that they drew Alastor fanart in 2011? And also gotten a comment from Vivienne on it, because I sure can xD 🤙

#her art really isn't my taste anymore but I probably wouldn't be here artistically if it wasn't for her #I literally discovered art communities because of her #because my aunt sent me a link to an american university website where i found a page where an art teacher #was filming his students flipping through their sketchbooks #and vivz was one of them and her art immediately caught my eye #and in the video she said where we could find her art online and that's how i discovered deviantart for the first time #it feels insane thinking about it #also i am cringing so hard going through this old art of mine #there's south park yaoi LMAO #cringe on little me #hazbin hotel #answered

[officialrapunzelfitzherbert]

barbiesona <3 she comes w a marker so u can draw on her

#anyways im very normal abt this film!!!! #i wanted my barbiesona to have the same sculpt they were using in 95 bc thats when i was born #and the first barbie i remember having had at least that body mold w the bent elbows n the twist n turn waist action going on!!! #i dont think she had the face that the 95 ones i referenced had tho #but yea i was mainly looking at the 1995 hispanic teacher barbie for her face and her box #and also the kool aid barbies overalls #anyways i had such a fun time making this i hope i see more barbiesonas ive only seen like 2 #art #barbie #barbie movie #barbie fanart #barbiesona #barbie (2023)

[hofftrans]

Getting real comfortable unfollowing and/or blocking blogs that only use political activism as a way to give themselves a feeling of like moral hierarchy. Like I think it's something we all struggle w to an extent, there's this long held concept of "I can only feel that I am good if I have someone bad to compare myself to" and in a terrifying world with so many terrible, terrible things going on in it I so understand the desire to be sure in the knowledge that you are a good person.

But part of kindness and community and compassion is being able to communicate patiently and empathetically with others, and so often I see posts or tags on this site that could be incredibly informative and create real change if they weren't written like somebody trying to get a mic drop moment instead of trying to get people to change and grow.

This is not to say minorities need to or should be polite to their oppressors, that's absolutely not the message of this post and I wanna clarify that to avoid a "love pancakes = hate waffles" situation.

The message of this post is about the amount of posts on here that bring up any issue in the world at all and phrase it as "not that any of you give a shit" or "and no one fucking cares" or "reblogging this is literally the least you can do" or "but I know you'll just ignore this so fuck you"

Like idk I just feel like we've accidentally recreated protestant values and catholic guilt over the idea of actual change, as well as the dangers involved in like "you should know to do the right thing because you're SCUM IF YOU DONT" instead of going "here's some education or a way to help" and then responding that way once someone refuses growth or change.

I'm going to try and practice what I preach here by explaining one of the reasons I think this is so dangerous without insisting you're a monster for not knowing: a large amount of the population suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder, and one of the major ways ocd can present itself is ocpd or as my mates and I have come to call it "ethical ocd." Ethical ocd (in vague terms bc I'm not a doctor) is the extreme anxiety/fear/obsession over being morally wrong or a bad person and sufferers often feel the need to prove absolutely that they are good and can often feel the need to self harm or partake in dangerous behaviour if they make any mistakes or have an intrusive thought of a violent or hurtful nature. I know this because I've suffered from this a lot throughout my life, and as a teenager I spent many years away from tumblr due to how the moral hierarchy culture here was just like pouring fuel directly onto an open bonfire. This is obviously an issue many people don't know about and I get that, I feel no judgement towards them for that. I'm just pleading with people to consider whether their activism on here is coming purely from a place of actually wanting to help people improve their behaviour and improve the world we live in or if it comes from a much deeper need to feel sure and right in yourself, which again is not something that is a moral failure or makes you a monster, just something I really hope people can get help with before it spirals into a more and more harmful behaviour

#sorry for the length of this post im just getting a bit tired and sad seeing the amount of people on here who are fighting for good causes! #but are doing so with the exact same energy my RE teacher gave when she told me if i did something hurtful i would BURN IN HELL #instead of explaining to me that the thing i was doing hurts other people and trust in that first instance that i as a humam being want to #do the kind and right thing without being threatened or shamed into doing so

[harboretum]

Damage control

#dnd #d&d characters #my pc in this campaign has a wife who used to sneak into his window when they were like nine #and demand that he teach her whatever he just learned in squire training wrt swordfighting because her dad wouldn't let her learn #and she eventually got caught and obviously couldn't tell her dad she was learning to use a sword so she was like ''uuuhhhh I love him dad'' #and her dad knowing full well this boy comes from an aristocratic family was like ''k hold on I'll talk to his grandfather'' #and so she accidentally got them betrothed to each other for once they were old enough to marry #which she at first was like ''ugh but he's such a dork'' until she one day decided boys no longer have cooties #now they're 25 and have two kids #and she was able to openly practice swordfighting with an actual teacher once they were married so now she's Real Good At Swords #corruption's hold #harboretum comics #D&D

[ask-tighnari]

I have hit four teachers with wet sponges today.

I applaud your aim, sponges are hard to throw.

#patrol log 🪷 #// mod: EVERY YEAR THE GCSE STUDENTS GOT TO DO THIS #AND THEN MY YEAR #WE GET A NEW HEAD TEACHER JUST BEFORE COVID AND EVERYONE HATES HER BECAUSE SHE'S SHIT #WE'RE THE FIRST YEAR TO DO ACTUAL EXAMS #SO WE'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT #AND WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS WE'LL GET TO DO AFTER #THE FIELD GAMES #AND THE BASTARD DECIDES WE CAN'T #SHE BLAMES COVID RESTRICTIONS #BUT WE WERE THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE AREA TO NOT DO ANYTHING #THE FUCKER

[giolovesyousm]

when all my class knows I'm obsessed with dps and everytime our latin teacher mentions Horatio or the Carpe Diem everyone turn to me.

#she even let me read the whole poem??? hello????? #when talking about the movie she basically stares at me and I'm like hehehe yes please let's talk abt it #when we first started talking about horatio and she first mentioned the carpe diem #I was at the bathroom #and my classmates told to the teacher “oh god now that gio comes back..” #😭😭😭 #dead poets society