#someone please explain?

[stil-lindigo]

lead balloon (the tumblr post that saved me)

if this comic resonated with you, it would mean the world to me if you donated to this palestinian family's escape fund.

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no creative notes because this isn't that kind of comic.

I know I don’t owe any of you anything but I still felt compelled to write about my long term absence. And I feel far enough away from the dangerous spot I was in to be able to make this comic. I have a therapist now, and she agreed that making this could be a very cathartic gesture, and the start of properly leaving these thoughts behind me. I am still, at seemingly random times, blindsided by fleeting desires to kill myself. They’re always passing urges, but it’s disarming, and uncomfortable. I worry sometimes that my brain’s spent so long thinking only about suicide that it’s forgotten how to think about anything else. Like, now that I've opened that door for myself, I'll never be able to fully shut it again. But I’m trying my best to encourage my mind in other directions. We'll see how that goes.

I am still donating all proceeds from my store to Palestinian causes. So far, I've donated over $15K, not including donations coming from my own pocket or the fundraising streams which jointly raised around $10K. In the time since I made my initial post about where this money would be going, the focus has shifted from aid organisations to directly donating to escape funds.

If you'd like to do the same, you can look at Operation Olive Branch, which hosts hundreds of Palestinian escape funds or donate to Safebow, which has helped facilitate the safe crossing and securing of important medical procedures for over 150 at-risk palestinians since the beginning of the genocide.

#cw: suicidal ideation #cw: suicide #cw: self harm #cw: mental health #cw: depression #i made the balloon the main representation of my self destructive urges for a reason but im not going to explain it #i tried to keep a lot of the details in this vague #it would be my worst nightmare if this comic encouraged someone to hurt themselves #so. please dont #for a long time even the thought of making this comic felt so insipid and narcissistic #with the state of the world as it is #having the only threat to your life be yourself felt so privileged and trite and shameful #but doing this comic made me sit down and process things in full #and im just. very grateful i didn't give in to my thoughts back when i sincerely felt i'd be more useful to the world dead #i also feel the need to say that this wont represent everyone's battle with mental illness. its unfortunately different for all of us #there is no fix-all #and im afraid this might be one of those comics that either resonates a lot or misses the target by a mile #i made it for myself foremost. and now that its done im glad i did it #thank you for reading #and please stay alive #stillindigo art #stillindigo comics

[powdermelonkeg]

Okay but genuinely why is the no fly list a USA government secret. Shouldn't it be public knowledge anyways? Genuinely who benefits from keeping it secret.

#someone explain this to me like i'm five please #esp because you can get banned from flying if your name is SIMILAR to one on the no fly list so shouldn't they give advance warning #that way you can show up with the proper paperwork???

[elodieunderglass]

#swan comics #a swan in a santa hat #🦢 #I thought about posting this in response to someone #but that would be a bit too much I think #no harm done #least said soonest mended #but this is a conversation I have in my home as well so #perhaps we need a visual shorthand #where the FUCK is my CUP #this is the response to a) kids not putting their socks on but coming downstairs dressed as crocodiles #b) spouse mishearing something but gallantly giving an opinion on it that was so in depth I didn’t have the heart to interrupt #and c) someone explaining to me about the discworld reading order #on a post about the saddening lack of risk-taking and support for creators in the content-gatekeeping industry #none of those are crimes not even the socks #I can strongly understand the Considerations that beset and bedazzle you when you go to put socks on and how the best response is to put on #a fuzzy crocodile onesie #but it’s not what I asked. #like this is a good response to a different thing #please recall the input here - the assignment if you will - was about socks. I love what you’ve done here though #good contribution. you know what we’re keeping it. love it. #just don’t present it as if the original incident report can be marked closed now okay? #do not close the support ticket #the support ticket remains unanswered. #no I completely agree. the outfit DOES need green face paint too. a topic we can add to the queue when oddly enough you have socks on

[h-f-k]

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT | Concept Redesign

Taylor Swift's 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department dives into the lives of victorian women who refused to adopt wholesale the codes and conventions of the male poetic tradition.

More about the concept under the cut

Theodore Turner, Thomas Bennet, Paul Wright and David Morgan founded TTPD in 1835 in New York with the hopes of making their way through the world of literature. 20 years later they found themselves being the most prolific publishing house in the city with acclaimed poems and short stories becoming an undeniable force among their female readers. No one could believe four men around the age of 30 could understand the nuances of love, heartbreak, loss and hopelessness as well as they did. But not every story has a happy ending. While the four gentleman became history and their names were positioned next to the biggest names of american poetry of the 19th century there's something that lies beneath that chronicle.

35 Women were the backbone of TTPD writing everything from poems, short stories and even clever and witty jokes that were quite hard for victorian men to grasp. While relegated to the back of the building they tried to fought for their space in the poetry world. Each publication was signed with the initials TTPD and while common readers could interpret that as the well known acronym of the company's founders they believed leaving their own trace would mean something to future writers and women across the country.

The Tortured Poets Department was born out of anger and spite yet kept going for so many years, until the company closed, because the shared love for poetry and expressing and seeing the world in a different way was cathartic for 35 women who from a young age were told to get married fast and not intefere in gentlemen's business.

This album shines a light on those women who died thinking their efforts to become someone were useless. The Tortured Poets Department dives into lives of 35 victorian women who refused to adopt wholesale the codes and conventions of the male poetic tradition and recounts the story as it should've been told in the first place.

#taylor swift #tswiftedit #tayswiftedit #graphic #album design #graphic design #graphics #please someone ask me stuff about the concept cause i can't for the life of me explain it like this lmao #there's so much lore i made up

[representative-democracy]

Doomed by the narrative? Nah, Goodsir is babygirl coded by the narrative

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+ goodsir's most fucked scene bc sometimes i feel like i dreamed it

#WHY DID HE BRING THE MONKEY PLEASE SOMEONE EXPLAIN IT TO ME #i want to swaddle goodsir and carry him around in a baby bjorn #the terror #the terror amc #harry goodsir #alexander macdonald #cornelius hickey #the terror shitposting

[kthulhu42]

I made a baby blanket for a woman I know who is also having a baby, she saw mine and asked me for one and I don't think she realised how much work they are but whatever

I made mine with my favourite colours (Pink, Green, and Blue) because I figure my baby will probably like one of those colours, and I made hers with Blue and Yellow and some pink edging

And she's mad about it??

Like this is a woman who is super tra/libfem, and she's mad because I put some pink edging on a baby blanket for her infant male?

Which I made for free?

And she won't give me a coherent reason why she's mad, just that I should have known better?

#radblr #radical feminism #Someone explain please because I'm too tired for this

[ibm7094lover]

Okay so now im into Star Trek. Holy fuck why did nobody tell me how GAY THIS WAS

#spirk #star trek #I haven’t even seen it all and I’ve already proved to my dad that it’s gay #in less than 30 seconds of Shore Leave from Season 1 TOS #I’m still very confused abt the different between tos and aos #someone please explain #aos #tos #fuzzy gushes

[spielzeugkaiser]

Why is this so amusing to me. Henry Cavill is leaving and I am laughing my ass off. Jesus fucking Christ. I will still watch seven seasons of this train wreck but maybe just cancel it now 😂🤦‍♀️

#please someone explain me why this feels so hilarious #Geralt just comes back with a new face like okie dokie #god people GOD #i love that show like people love a really dumb animal #look. it's dumb #what are they doing #pfppfpfpfpfff #why am I taking the piss out of this so much #thank god I'm not emotionally attached to that show anymore #I am watching it for him #(Joey Batey)

[bloodycowboyclub]

RAW: April 8th, 2024

#for my muslim friends #sami zayn #gunther #wwe #* #gifs #someone on twitter explained it; the only way i can explain it from that is it's like the verbal equivalent of making the sign of the cross #and begging forgiveness #muslim friends please enjoy #basically this is for mariam

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Los Chicos Peleandoooooo

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #song lan #xue yang #I know it makes jokes less funny if you explain them but I feel like I gotta for this one: #xue yang’s Spanish here is playing on the fact he’s a beginner (using a commonly taught phrase) #combined with the fact that he’s clearly taking what he’s heard Xiao Xingchen use. #of course XY would want to know how to cuss someone out in another language. Do you think XXC would teach him how? Nope. #XY would ask ‘How do I to someone I really hate them?’ #and XXC would say ‘You tell them ‘Te Amo Mucho’ :•)’ #As FAR as XY is concerned he knows *so* many swears. These words are just terms of endearment. #XXC would not swear or cuss anyone out but he *would* punctuate phrases with general terms of endearment. #More so directed towards A-Qing but Xue Yang has been proven to be a decent indirect learner. #That said he has also been shown to Not Quite Get The Nuances (consequences of observational learning). #Sadly he never had a good observational model for love or compassion B*( #Spanish speakers please oh god please correct me if I biffed something badly here. I can fix it.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 119

Another divine twitch chat Au? Another divine twitch chat Au. With a bit of a twist. 

Billy would like to say it is in fact not his fault. It’s really not. Who hits someone with magic they obviously don’t know how to use? Well okay maybe he had done that before, but it’s not like he ever did it around other people where they could get hit! 

But someone was an idiot and now he’s here, as his normal ten-year old self kicking his legs while sitting in the Watchtower as the others argued. Apparently the League thinks he’s been de-aged, which is good as his secret isn’t out. 

The uh, issue is that something about the spell might have um, partially manifested the gods- or as he called them the Mediterranean Magic Men, if only because of how annoyed it made Zeus. Now everyone can see the chat that’s usually only visible to him and apparently it’s concerning. 

He doesn’t see how it’s an issue, Zeus has been silenced for the next hour and Hercules has been dying of laughter for the last three. Oh, wait, it might be from Mercury’s constant attempted flirting with Flash. …Or the fact they’re trying to convince him to commit a crime and he’s honestly down for doing so seeing as he’s a homeless ten year old who is down for getting clairvoyance and super speed for the next thirty minutes in exchange…

#prompts #dc #dcu #divine twitch chat #Billy has gone past panicking and is just *yep this might as well happen* #The MMM have somehow convinced half the league that Marvel was made from their magic and mortal blood a couple years ago exactly #“Why yes this is their funky magic creation child isn't he great we're still trying to get him to curse someone but he's still just a baby” #The league are all sobbing and freaking out because wtf why is Marvel now a- wait he came into existence 10 years old #What do you mean No please explain #Oh god the gods are ignoring them and bothering the poor baby marvel- #M-marvel why are you listening to them- DO NOT GO BACK TO EARTH JUST TO KICK A COP #SOMEBODY GRAB THE MINI MARVEL #How did this feral gremlin become Marvel?! #The MMM: Ah yes we're raising him so well look at how they grow :) #captain marvel #shazam #justice league #mediterranean magic men #Whenever the MMM talk or do something they're partially visible like colored ghost-mists lol #It's all over once they realize they can interact with the world again #Time to pick up their funky lil dude and go on a run through the watchtower #The champion of magic has to be pure of heart to deal with the gods' shenanigans

[neptuneschaos]

I have enough seen anyone talk about this yet but can I get a confirmation or explanation on what in the world is up with the ao3 operators or whoever the zionjst in this situation.

Just wanna be safe about this.

#palestine #anti zionisim #zionist #ao3 #can someone explain #please #please do not be silent friends #free palestine #free gaza #gaza #social justice #current events #what is happening

[the-ace-reader]

Okay, I’m new to Obey Me, but my inner graphic designer and my OCD are twitching about the colors of the demon symbols.

Why are Pride, Envy, and Gluttony ALL SWITCHED UP?!

Like…. what is this mess????

Everyone??? Is color coded??? And they just??? Messed up??? Somehow???

BUT THEY DIDN’T CHOOSE THE WRONG COLORS. OH NO. THEY JUST GAVE THEM TO THE WRONG DEMON.

THE CORRECT COLORS ARE RIGHT THERE. THEY MAKE SO MUCH MORE SENSE. ESPECIALLY IN LEVI’S CASE SINCE HIS SYMBOL IS LITERALLY A FUCKING HOOK.

And they just IGNORED IT. WHY?

Is this some sort of story integral thing? Please let there be a legitimate reason for this. Please don’t let it just be… like that. It’s been bugging me the entire time I’ve been playing. 🫠

It really isn’t that hard to get it right! Like… HERE LET ME FIX IT FOR YOU!!!!

First born: Lucifer - Pride

Second born: Mammon - Greed (white/yellow)

Third born: Leviathan - Envy

Fourth born: Satan - Wrath

Fifth born: Asmodeus - Lust

Sixth born: Beelzebub - Gluttony

Seventh born: Belphegor - Sloth

It’s a crappy edit but you gET THE IDEA! 😭😭😭

#helpppppp #I HATE inconsistencies like this #they went through all the effort to color code everyone and then… THIS #WHY #SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS A THING PLEASE I AM BEGGING FOR A BETTER EXPLANATION #SOMETHING OTHER THAN ‘THEY WERE DUMB’ #thanks I HATE IT #is this gamer rage? #i don’t think so #maybe it’s gamer rage adjacent? 😭 #obey me #obey me lucifer #obey me beelzebub #obey me beel #obey me leviathan #obey me Levi #obey me demon brothers #obey me game #obey me mammon #obey me satan #obey me asmodeus #obey me asmo #obey me belphie #obey me belphegor

[calicoscathouse]

I TAKE BACK MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT-!

holy wings above, I have no idea what happened! You saw my last post- I didn't think I still had it in me but apparently I did.

#five pebbles #rain world #art #fanart #t h e r o t #digital art #how did this happen #someone explain- #please #going to visit his big sis #the rot is fun to draw actually #its amazing

[indestinatus]

she says brave the storm because the storm is zeus. that's why it always rains when sally talks to poseidon. because zeus is angry about percy. brave the storm because it isn't percy's fault. it's zeus

*update: this isn't IT

#a moment of unending silence as i realized this #i was having so much trouble understanding why it rains #but that one rumble of thunder last ep... it's zeus #could it be???? omg #update: that's not it and someone explained it to me way better #PLEASE OPEN COMMENTS

[captainbucky-yt]

Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton | S01E08 behind the scenes

#benedict bridgerton #luke thompson #bridgerton bts #bridgerton #bridgerton s1 #s1e03 #benophie #bridgerton behind the scenes #why so adorable? someone please explain