#so i'm finding solutions

[queerstudiesnatural]

sometimes watching tv is good :) i've been watching home decor and home organising shows for the past couple of weeks, and today is my very first day of summer holiday (perks of being a teacher) and i immediately started reorganising and cleaning up my home

#i'm so excited #i'm an expert at depression rooms #my space gets cluttered there's stuff on the floors #actually you can't even see the floors you can't take a step without stepping on something #and i hate it i'm an organised person at heart i need clarity and i need designated spaces and i need a system #it's just that when life gets overwhelming i tend to let my home get that way too #i don't have the energy to clean and tidy up #and let's face it i tend to buy a lot of stuff #mostly yarn and other craft supplies #i have SO MUCH yarn #and it's taking over everything #including my bed #i barely have any room left on my bed to sleep it's becoming a problem #so i'm finding solutions #i'm buying clear drawers and coloured boxes so i can get my shit organised #but still have a cute and functioning home #utilising every bit of wall space in a way that's efficient and doesn't feel cluttered #basically i'm trying to get everything contained to the wall areas with new storage and repurposing existing storage #to free up the center of the room #i actually love cleaning up so when my space is a mess you know it means i am also a mess #the only thing i don't like is doing the dishes #oh how i wish i had a dishwasher #anyway. i'm excited to have a clean and tidy room soon #we'll tackle the dishes later lol #rain.stuff

[ministarfruit]

simon blackquill peaking at age 17 is so funny because it's only downhill from here, buddy. enjoy it while it lasts

#ace attorney #simon blackquill #bucky whet #juniper woods #athena cykes #uendo toneido #geiru toneido #he looks like a generic anime boy and it makes me laugh #I'M KIDDING ABOUT THE PEAKING BTW. he'll find happiness regardless #I just think it's incredibly amusing for him to be a neighbourhood Good Boy #his corruption arc hasn't hit yet #just a polite little man. he'll babysit for you. he'll help you cook #simon's generic anime boy era is so funny because present day simon would feel the primordial urge to attack him #(athena) hey simon remember when you were nice #(simon) let me make one thing clear. I am not nice #I have never BEEN nice #if you even INSINUATE that I would commit niceties... #(athena) when I couldn't decide what ice cream I wanted you'd buy me all of them #(simon) a practical solution.

[pixelatedraindrops]

Yuma Month: Day 20: Truth

The truth…is uglier than you could have ever expected.

tw // vomit (spoilers too)

...happens only if he ate a meat bun prior to this

(all vomit in rain code is censored in pink glitter ✨)

based on this post I made long back

#Yuma Month 2024 #whumpcode #rain code #rain code spoilers #master detective archives: rain code #yuma kokohead #pixeldoodles #my art #tw emeto #okay the trigger is there but it is in a way censored XD #its kinda silly too but I will leave it there just in case #I'm emetophobic myself so I'd like warnings too #anyway yeah I had to do this for the prompt #yet another moment yuma nearly sickens himself #but this moment actually made me put my game down for 3 days #and I even contemplated on finishing it at all #I do NOT like cannibalism.. x-x even if its a giant meme now #it messed me up pretty badly playing the first time #and then after 3 days and a few walks to clear my head #i finished the game and yeah it made sense lol #anyway yeah the truth is pretty horrific #had to find another excuse to put yuma through hell lol #that pose was hard so it probably doesn't look perfect orz #dw tomorrow's prompt will likely be more wholesome #what's funny about this is they do get a solution key after this #shinigami’s like ‘huh did you cough it up master? mmm nope.’ #anyway I hope I didn’t scare you all w this!! #very unlike me to draw this sort of thing...xD #I wanted to try drawing it once to test the waters ig?? #that scene in Ch5 was kinda bait anyway lmao

[virtualcarrot]

[DE] musing abt the limits of superficial acab discourse and the way fandom deals with moral discomfort, I guess

“ACAB”, “the only happy ending should be leaving the RCM”, “you’re a terrible person if you draw/write these characters enjoying the sort of corrupt cop stuff that they canonically do in-game” discourse is killing meeee

God forbid you don’t performatively remind everyone that you do hate cops, actually; and god forbid that you don’t find that True Healing and Happiness for Disco Elysium’s characters can only be achieved by leaving the force.

Metas could be written about how Kim and Harry are actually deeply flawed people who enjoy wielding some form of authority in a way that they actually feel best working as cops

(is it healthy? no. is it Good™? no. Is it true to their character? this is where media interpretation comes in)

Metas could be written about how that doesn’t mean ACAB isn’t real, that just means they’re the kind of shitheads (that we, the players, still love) who enjoy being cops

Metas could be written questioning the amount they’d have to change to adapt to a life as civilians, how much and what kind of a push they’d need to go for it,  if it’s change they could even manage, if they could financially survive it, if they could find fulfillment in any other career, at their age

But no. Why waste time on that instead of easy slogans. I mean, we like them, these characters, and we don’t want to feel guilty for liking them, because what does it say about us, then, that we like flawed cops?

(nothing it says nothing it says we played a good nuanced extremely well-written game that skillfully made us like the sort of character whose past actions include sequestering some woman and beating a dude into disability. that’s what it says. i’d even argue that discomfort is part of the point)

#fandom #disco elysium #spoilers #meta : disco elysium #And hey! #I'm not saying that there aren't people out there writing corrupt cop content without realizing just how disturbing those behaviors are #either because of normalization #copaganda #privilege #or just deciding that they don't care enough to over analyze amateur works of fiction #(which while not ideal an argument can be made for to some extent) #what I'm saying is that the vast majority of ACAB discussion/content I've seen in this fandom is based on morality #and the search for an ideal more hopeful solution #more than character psychology #and while the hope for better is perfectly understandable and A-ok #and is where everyone should find a place to pitch their headcanons #the use of morality and politics as a blunt weapon to bludgeon people with and beat them into silence is exhausting #in general not even in this specific situation/fandom #especially since usually it amounts to: this UPSET ME (maybe even for good reason) so I'm going to make it YOUR PROBLEM #and RESPONSIBILITY

[maburito]

I've been stuck on a level in Metroid Fusion for 2 days but I'm being so brave about it and not looking up the solution

#dksoxksod #it's not like #anti solution and anti guide at lal #it's just that since i kept doing that while playing Legend of Zelda games i realized how much it ruined it for me #like man the satisfaction and the pleasure of discovering the solution by yourself!!! #but also i'm getting frustrated akdkzndldk #like i'm getting so frustrated coz it feels like it shouldn't be this hard but UUGH #but like everytime i feel compelled to look it up i just go nO! #no peeking! #mwlxpslxos #it'll take me longer but!! i want the dopamine!! from finding it out by myself!! #Metroid Fusion #Mabu plays Metroid

[bumblingbabooshka]

"Everything you went through was meaningless." [St Voyager S3 E7: 'Sacred Ground']

#Serving Jesus realness #star trek screenshots #Janeway #iconic that all the aliens are like 'damn....that's crazy....anyway-' about Janeway HEHEHE they're like snickering behind their hands #I would be too honestly if some outsider tried to speedrun my ancient spiritual rituals #Love the vibe of 'this could all be hazing' they're putting out. Also I keep seeing the face paint on the guide woman as like a mic #honestly this woman's fucking hilarious HEHEHE #Janeway: I'm dying. / Alien Guide: We all die someday :) <- lady who just told her to stick in her hand in a poison jar #AHAHAHA THEY REALLY DID HAZE HER...I love these guys they're so nahnahnahbooboo-core #also the refrain 'Everything you went through was meaningless' ..... thinking BIG thoughts about post-voyager voy crew back on earth #I really do earnestly love the gleeful contempt vibe...it just seems so right. In a funny way but also in a way that's deeply true #the feeling of trying to find answers while you universe laughs and says there are none - it's meaningless - but you're welcome to go ahead #and try. If you find God you have the feeling it would just stare at you blankly. Then laugh. #Chakotay: Captain I've been so worried about you! Have you found a solution? / Janeway: Absolutely. I'm going to walk into the death shrine #Chakotay: (internally hysterical) Oh of COURSE!!!! no of COURSE she's going to walk into the DEATH SHRINE!!!! #great imagery in this one <3 folks who love religious imagery (me) will get a kick outta this one <3 #anyway I love when star trek does hopeful eps like this...makes me tear up like. Yeah there could be a scientific explanation but that #doesn't make it MORE true or MORE real than the religious one - it's just as valid to believe in the spirits #Also those three old creeps were lovely <3 scared me and I like that! existential dread!

[crunchworldsupreme]

There are Other Things on The Internet Than Reddit

Here's a Lego forum

Here's one for CDs

Here's one for Bionicle

Tech Support and Repair

The blog I used to set up a virtual machine

Anime Anime Manga

Like, anything technical

These are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head and is nowhere near an exhaustive list of just the forums that I have personally used to find valuable information. This isn't even including wikis, independent archives, blogs, magazines, etc etc etc.

Reddit actually isn't the only place on the internet to get information it was just the easiest :)))) The entire rest of the internet didn't die because you stopped using it. :)))

I've never found it anywhere near as helpful as any of these other sources, largely because of the low barrier for entry, lack of specialization, and dogshit culture. People who spend all their time on sites you've never heard of actually know more about the shit their website is dedicated to.

#I almost included a link to a google search for ''cool forums'' #idk how reddit users act so smarmy when the site apparently neutered their ability to like #find anything that isn't left directly in front of them #reddit blackout #reddit boycott #are these places as active as reddit? #no. but think about that for 2 seconds before using that as a reason to stay on reddit #I genuinely feel like I'm going crazy watching people get bent out of shape over one website not even going down. but just being worse #when there are alternatives #there always have been always will be #the internet wasn't built on algorithmic feeds #it was built on people who were willing to look for solutions

[nell0-0]

Just a wip, but I found it cute so here! ^^

#Chandelure #pokemon #pokemon black and white #pokemon bw #my art #I'm drawing Chandelure like this from now on I swear #I always find the arm things super hard so this is the perfect solution

[antisocialxconstruct]

good news: it is real 👍

bad news..... it is so so small 😂😂

tell me in WHAT universe this is an XXL..... I might still be able to style it somehow but I am a little disappointed it isn't the slouchy sweatshirt I was dreaming of. Trials of online shopping I suppose

#rom speaks #as far as i can ascertain the label is 'universe funnel' but if you search that..... there's nothing. it doesn't exist #i tried to buy this exact sweatshirt from a site that turned out to be a drop shipper years back #i ordered it with a pair of shoes. shoes arrived and i still have them. They’re great #sweatshirt just never even shipped and they had no good explanation for me. #when i tried to scrounge it up again from some other vendor it kept getting associated to a brand called club giv #but everything i could find emphatically implied club giv was a scam and they just take your money and send you nothing #found it listed on one other very sketchy site where the images were poorly edited with slightly different text #genuinely if i didn’t have this one sitting on my bed right now i wouldn't be convinced this sweatshirt ever existed anywhere in the world #so..... i just have to live with it being LITTLE #tbh i think the real solution here is i have to make one myself with the fit i want. I'm not in love with how the text is distributed either

[cinnabundolly12]

Wip???

Also saw the new lego sets and holy shit I need that truck

#my art post #my art wip #hoping to find a lmk fan to be friends with so we can have another friend in. the server and we all can scream about lmk stuff #we don't have a redson or nezha lover but we rly need them úmù #anyway i can't color still but my temp coloring solution will show when I'm done c: #y'all won't like it tho

[caimitos]

saw a post about projecting your ethnicity onto a character and started missing vespa ilkay. so so bad

#pov u grow up in a 3rd world country(/planet) where healthcare workers are exported by the thousands like cheap produce to richer countries #it's your ticket out of poverty as long as you can deal with the loneliness the separation from everyone you know the discrimination etc #ive never talked about my hc that vespas mother was one of them sending money every month visiting every couple of years until it just stop #like why return to the swamps when youre doing fine working on a richer planet w much better living conditions #cost of living rises every year. sending home a % of your salary used to be enough to support your husband and daughter and then it isnt #you know how it goes #vespa is also dead set on this path until ranga realizes that hemorrhaging healthcare workers leaves them with little to none of their own #students on scholarships or in community/state universities are bound by return service agreements and are forbidden to leave the country #until theyve rendered a few years of work on ranga to pay back their tuition + as a really shitty solution to the brain drain problem #this is real in my country btw but my professors say a lot of ppl do break their rsa's and fucked off to work in other countries LOL #our state unis can barely afford decent facilities they do nottt have the budget to chase down their own alumni in other countries! #but the mental image is a bit funny #vespa ilkays first crime: tinakasan ang rsa #i do also think it lines up with her having a network of med friends everywhere in the galaxy (heart of it all) you kind of go into pre/med #expecting most of your classmates to leave to work in other countries eventually. mine are aiming for the usa / uae / europe / japan etc #anyway whether vespa breaks her rsa or not she leaves ranga asap decides to switch careers and the rest is history #i also deeply love the fact that she's superstitious i'm very sad it wasn't highlighted more (i've only heard s1-3) #as someone who did grow up in a rural area and went to more albularyos/folk healers than doctors in my childhood. (they never failed me) #lots of folk illnesses (ex. balis; pasma) local medical superstitions (dont eat noodles in hospital; youll have a really toxic shift) etcc #theres also a lot of potential in tying her past as a rangian + med student + assassin to me idk how to word this properly #being raised on cautionary tales of not to touch/disturb anything in the swamps then being given free reign to poke & prod at things in her #lab classes (now with the proper ppe)....she was having so much fun with the curemother prime too lmao #years of walking hanging bridges docks boathouses in ranga etc gave her great balance & stealth #cracking open alien shellfish in the swamps to cutting open bodies for studying then for assassination.... #I MISS HER SO MUCH BALIK KN SAKEN 😭😭😭😭😭😭 #i get why most people + the canon focuses on her being an assassin bc people find that cooler i guess #but vespa being a swamp girl > 3rd world med student > assassin is so personal To Me. the whole pipeline. eugh. #skl.txt

[uncanny-tranny]

There is a difference between a hypothetical worldview and the way that worldview actually applies to your real world. It's easy to come up with theories because you don't necessarily need to test them on your community (and, to be fair, some theories would be impossible to test in the world we live in currently).

That is why it's important to interact with your community directly in any way you can. That's why local politics are important. That's why school board meetings can be so important, that's why supporting local businesses can also be so important, and rallying with your community members can be so important.

Theories are the simple part. We can all think of scenarios and come up with solutions. But humans are messier than the simple solutions we tend to come up with, and that's not a flaw. That is a feature. Embrace this, and do what you can not only for yourself but for your community, too.

#politics #and yes i too post a lot of theory and it IS fun to think things through #but much like 'oh if a construction company doesn't follow protocol then people just won't hire them!' - that can fail to be realistic #because it is based on the simplistic logic of 'if bad then don't. if bad then fail' #and it doesn't take into account that (in this example) that could take YEARS or DECADES to experience the full consequences of... #...not having the correct safety protocol #i'm not saying that theory is inherently bad but theory ALONE is not the solution for so many issues #when you find ways to partake in the world THAT is when theory becomes helpful i think... #...because then you have more experience with the complexities of what you are making theory of #there are many reasons one cannot partake in community and this isn't meant to shame people #find ways that work for you

[running-in-the-dark]

still no internet, also I had a bit of a breakdown over our dishwasher today (the damn thing doesn't fit with the door that we've got, but we'll figure it out, and if not I'll just explode or whatever).

BUT. I started listening to The Thursday Murder Club yesterday because it was on my phone and I've listened to almost all the other audiobooks on there now, and oh my god? I love it so much. haven't been obsessed with a book in a long long time but this might do it lol

#I didn't know anything about it #if I had known that it's about a bunch of old people..... well I might have listened to it sooner! I love them all so much #but especially Ibrahim #that's my 80 year old baby boy!! #they're all so funny #i think I expected it to be a bit boring because I only read thrillers and well 🤷 but it's not. it's adorable and funny and I'm really #enjoying it #I can't remember if I've got the other ones on my computer. I hope so #😬😬😬 I can't wait until we have internet #ugh i guess I'll have to set up my computer somewhere tomorrow and check. #I would have had to do that anyway since I'm almost out of books now (I mean. only on my phone. there's plenty on my computer lol) #anyway yeah love this book so much 🥰 #also I will never let my partner check things that depend on accuracy again. he promised he checked if the dishwasher would fit and #I guess I should've double checked but there was so much else to do 🙃 he just doesn't really care about detail so it makes sense that he #didn't do a very thorough job. still irritating but. he'll have to find a solution so hopefully it'll work out in the end #personal

[x-i-l-verify]

It absolutely kills me that all this time - all. this. time. - c!Dream was just trying to SAVE the entire server! All of them! Every single member! Even the ones he hated! He knew that if they kept on this path, everyone would die! Everyone would spend who knows how long just rotting in their own limbos, alone, forever, and he refused to accept that. There had to be another way; he needed to fix it, fix the server, make everyone immortal, reset the server so that everyone would be friends again, something, ANYTHING, because nothing else compared to that utter, crushing loneliness, not people seeing him as a villain, not torture, not death itself, nothing. It didn't matter what he suffered so long as they could all find peace and happiness and health again together in the future. No more death, no more pain. Just existing together in simpler times where they could be friends again and stop dividing themselves and stop fighting (oh, so much fighting).

And he was willing to utterly destroy himself if that's what it took to save them. To not be alone. To have the time to try and fix things. So he would play the part of the villain they all thought he was. They'd thank him later, when they finally understood. He would give them forever, and they’d see. Someday. And surely, surely, with time...with time... he could be someone who isn't the villain of everyone's story. He could just be himself again. That Dream who was lost and who so desperately wanted to be found.

#XI Yammers #dreblr #dsmp character analysis #fam this man kills me utterly #i'm so sad #he's so deeply deeply tragic and fucked up and lonely and UGH he was trying to HELP- #truly genuinely trying to HELP #in the only way he knew how in the only way he could still do so alienated as he already was from nearly everyone #everyone firmly aligned against him and more likely than not to just shank him on sight #he had already tried again and again to make peace to find a nonviolent solution but no one would listen no one CARED #so he was driven to more and more drastic measures doing horrible things with the hope that he could somehow reverse all of it later #make everything OKAY again #fuck i'm a mess

[spectrearia]

so I'm probably speaking to the void here and I know tumblr isn't really the place for this, but I genuinely need suggestions or help regarding video editing software.

windows decided to be Awful and completely erase the video editor from my PC with one of the more recent updates, and also changed the photos app to be way worse?? I'm having really bad issues with trimming my videos now; they end up looking insanely washed-out in the trimmed versions but I NEED to trim them in order to cut down their file sizes because I'm running out of space to store my game recordings;;;

does anyone know of any good (preferably free) video editing software I could use for windows 10 that can allow me to trim videos easily?? I'm wary about what software to download because I don't know what's actually reputable out there.

this is genuinely a big problem for me because I love recording game sessions and the ability to properly trim my videos was something I relied on a lot. if anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them

#i finally just solved the issue with the bad microphone echo #with a different program i can use to capture video #so i'm upset that the videos i record With That Program are the ones that windows decides won't get trimmed properly #also just ? deleting a full app to replace it with Nothing is genuinely the worst what the heck #hate windows honestly but it's what i'm used to unfortunately so switching to another OS isn't an option for me #anyway #hopefully someone out there can help;; #this has been bothering me for a little while and i hoped i'd be able to find a solution by now #spectre says #windows #windows 10 #troubleshooting #video editing

[darkeneddawningmain]

I live! And I'm writing a fic

Hello, everyone! :) I've re-started the process of moving this blog over to a side blog (@darkeneddawning) when I have time. End goal is to have all my art and stuff from here over there, so my main blog (this one) can be used for everything. The side blog will be where I post new phandom art and stuff.

Hopefully the transfer isn't too confusing for everyone. If you want to follow me to see my phandom art and stuff, you might want to wait until my side blog is all caught up, or you'll be spammed with me reblogging all of my old art over there for the next while. I'll announce on this blog when it's done and wait at least a week so people have time to unfollow this blog if they don't want my reblogs of everything I like to clutter up their dashes.

But I'm too impatient to wait until I'm done with that before I start posting again, so here's a blurb from the DP x DC Circus Gothica crossover fic I'm writing! It's going to be a while before I can post it since I've got a lot going on and I'm a very slow writer so far, but I'm hoping posting about it will keep me motivated to continue working on it :)

It's not a very long blurb, but I'll put it under a read more anyway (along with a synopsis of the fic):

Fic synopsis:

Wait, but if I’m mind controlled, and you’re mind controlled, then who’s catching the evil ringmaster??

Jason wasn’t expecting to join the suspicious circus he was investigating on Dick’s behalf, but a day in found him planning a heist with his new posse of co-slaves. At least getting in on the action gave him the answers he was looking for, as well as some others to questions he’d forgotten he was still asking.

Or: A new circus rolls into Bludhaven, trailing a history of too many pilfered towns to be a coincidence. Dick asks Jason to look into it on account of Dick’s circus related trauma. Jason was expecting to find evidence, not a one-way ticket to minion town, or a mysterious boy who somehow calmed the insatiable waters of the pit. Who is this boy, and what can he teach Jason about himself?

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Though he felt compelled to come, he didn’t know what was wanted of him now that he was here.

“This area is off limits to guests. Can I help you?”

That reaper kid from the performance, head attached, was looking at Jason with a raised brow. The same Red color that was swirling around Jason’s brain occupied the kid’s irises. Now he was up close, Jason could see how the kid’s stage eyeliner was only a slight enhancement to the genuine dark circles under his eyes. With those in addition to the gaunt hollowness of his cheeks, the kid looked like he hadn’t slept in years.

Jason smiled. It wasn’t a natural smile, but the Red liked it. “I’m here to, uh… cross over to the dark side?” That was all the Red was giving him to work with.

Reaper kid squinted at him, then drew back in surprise. “Woah, I totally thought you were human. Is that a disguise?” he asked, walking up to Jason.

“Disguise?” Jason glanced down at his body like it would clue him in to what reaper kid was talking about. He looked plenty human to himself. “What else would I be?” Was this important to the Red’s mission? Red was starting to feel a little more impatient.

“Uh, you know,” the kid gave a dismissive hand wave, but clarified: “Dead?”

#danny phantom #dp x dc #circus gothica #danny fenton #jason todd #I'm still hammering out the details but I have the main plot figured out #it specifies that danny's head is attached bc it comes off as part of the show #most of my batfam knowledge comes from dp x dc fics so hopefully I don't egregiously mischaracterize them #also are there specific tags the phandom uses for stuff like this that anyone would want me to use in the future? #bc I know I used to stay caught up on my favorite tags in the day and proper tagging/categorization is something I appreciated from others #I still don't want to post on this blog too much before the transfer is complete since I don't want to make the transition too confusing #this blog has gained a few new followers recently (that aren't spam bots) and I worry that the move is going to be annoying for people #honestly I shouldn't post this bc it probably is going to make the move messier if I do #but I really want to get back into participating instead of just lurking #and hinging participation on an intimidating obstacle has prevented me from doing anything for too long #I literally stopped posting on tumblr all that time ago bc I couldn't find a solution to how I couldn't reblog posts to a side blog easily #I tried over and over to figure out a way to reassign which blog was my main #I tried using a side blog as my everything blog and it was not doable for me #I've never seen anyone else make a transition like this so it's kind of embarrassing #but it's still the best solution I've come up with so please bear with me