#sometimes you have to grab them

[spw-art]

Me holding isopods like this compilation

#isopod #powder blue #powder orange #Porcellio spinicornis #Porcellionides pruinosus #woodlouse #they’re SO fucking cute #sometimes you have to grab them #bug #pet pics #because these were in a colony I was breeding

[saint-ambrosef]

saying "it is not necessary to have sweets every day" should not be seen as controversial, but i have had people go for my throat for that take. its literally unthinkable apparently not to have a sweet treat on the daily (or multiple times per day).

i'm not saying "sugar bad" or anything, it's good to enjoy a little dessert every now and then. but i think a lot of Americans are so used to having a diet high in sugary foods, and it's so normalized and what so many people grew up with, that me saying "your kids don't need to have dessert every day" is accused of toxic diet culture mindset and depriving children of joy.

and the thing is, our sweets are really sweet. you don't notice it when you grew up with it, it just seems normal. but if you travel elsewhere or go on a low-sugar diet, suddenly our ice cream and cookies and donuts seem un-appetizingly overly sweet.

anyways i'm not saying don't give your kids dessert, but i think a lot of Americans underestimate how addicted they are to sweets. if the mere suggestion to limit the intake to once or twice a week gives you a knee-jerk reaction of fear/horror/disgust, "i could never! i earned this!", there is a problem.

#occasional treats are good!! not saying no sugar ever or whatever but it is WEIRD how adamant Americans are about needing #to have a sugar fix every day #listen to me *grabs your face* you dont NEED it and you should not feel like you NEED it. thats called sugar addiction. #i promise that if you lay off the desserts/sugary snacks/etc and regulate them to just a few times per week #your palette will adjust and you will not crave it every day #also btw sometimes craving sugary foods is your body's way of telling you than it just needs more calories so like. eat some more food. #this was inspired by that tumblr post that was like 'i let my daughter eat dessert first if she wants because i dont want her to develop #an unhealthy relationship with food' like HUH???? learning basic discipline with foods is kind of a necessary human skill tho??

[adelarsims]

anyway we came to distract master jeweler and not let them work in peace

#s:sinclair #s:ivo #it's all too fast #in my head i see their relationship as a real slowburn #and getting close just as friends for a lot of time #or not even as friends #just two people who don't really have close friends but still want to not be alone sometimes and can enjoy each other's company #but this game can't do slowburns 😔 #also it's probably not the best pose for sinclair tbh #since their back is broken and you don't just grab and bend them however you want #please love them carefully and responsibly #adelar shows imaginary people

[kicktwine]

oh so alisaie’s exaggerated bully behavior is 80% fanon. saying this she casually picks up a large rock

#say one thing wrong to me and you will have a wonderful few days with the rock #if angry silly girls have 100 fans etc if they have 0 fans i have died #sorry i saw a YouTube meme i vehemently disliked on principle and got mad at the only child behavior- #kipspeak #she is just short tempered and uses anger to mask other more ‘shameful’ emotions!!! alphy did the same thing with just deciding not #to express them. which is still not good and I think why he breaks and ends up teary so often now #this shortness does not translate to actually being mean to people. she only uses being mean as a shield for herself and being snarky #Is just fun for her. it’s fun for Me. you have to inconsequentually tease people or they’ll never learn to laugh at themselves #the twins and thancred 🫵 do this thing where they have big emotions but they don’t want anyone to SEE they have big weird emotions #so alphy pretends he doesn’t have them under a veneer of dignity and alisaie pretends the emotions are Something Else. thancred is #just so emotionally constipated he has trouble expressing anything. he’s got enough baggage for a flatbed #anyways. alisaie is such a compassionate and kind girl and she learned how to make snarky jokes and went ham. and she hates appearing sad o #weak or vulnerable so she blocks it off with an unapproachable emotion so no one pities her and they maybe get on with the plot #it is in fact also great at getting ppl to move away from the sad or embarrassing topic. even if the tradeoff is being more offputting #she would never (grabs youtube meme) she would never seriously bully her brother. this is sibling ribbing only. Cain instinct #just leave her be she is learning how to snark humor and she loves it she loves being sharp. alphy has wit he just keeps it close #my brother didn’t learn how to tell or receive a joke until he was 14 he took everything so seriously. he can do it now though and he’s #HILARIOUS. Don’t tell him I said that. my man knows exactly where the funny points are even if he hasn’t learned when to stop yet #too many tags. Whatever. jokey snark alisaie who sometimes compliments is happy alisaie grouchy snappy angry alisaie is way too stressed #very easy way to tell between the two. even alphy can tell between the two I believe! He tends to rib back in protest if they’re having fun #and try to stop her if they’re not having fun. case in point ‘what is that supposed to mean?!’ vs ‘alisaie ryne was only trying to help.’ #I know they’re twins but that’s such an intensely older sibling thing to do that it reels me #LONG TAGS AND THREE EDITS TO ADD ON SHORT I resent this stereotype taken too far into ooc behavior. it happened with nya #It will happen again and as a postscript let me regale you with Things U Can Notice About Character Motivation and Actions— #I’m not done let me s #she and raha are friends now I decree. ‘haha you like me’ SPUTTERING PROTEST FROM BOTH

[stardestroyer81]

In the mid-1980s, animated adaptations of arcade games were commonplace— for example, Hanna Barbera's Pac-Man or Saturday Supercade's Q*Bert. Both of these shows, for lack of a better term, 'Americanize' the designs of the titular characters, so I got to thinking...

"What would a mid-1980s cartoon based off Rascal look like?"

Seeing as I've had prior experience in drawing faux animation cels, I decided to put that talent to the test and whip up not only a cel drawing but also a painted background for a scene for a hypothetical 1985 Rascal cartoon! 🍬🧡💙🧡🍬

(You can get a print of both the standalone cel as well as the cel overlaid on top of the painted background over on my RedBubble store!)

#⭐ Star's Art ⭐ #Star's OCs #Rascal #Rascal 1983 #Rascal Arcade #Mr. Stackman #Sour Sally #Arcade #Arcade Games #Animation Cel #Cel Animation #Fake Screenshot #Medibang Paint Pro #Trans Artist #Coolness #REJOICE— AMERICANIZED RASCAL BE UPON YE!!! #This is a drawing that I've had completed prior to the announcement of my RedBubble store... #... though I wanted to make a few small touch-ups before it was ready to post here! #I NEVER draw backgrounds for my drawings so I am especially proud of what I drew for this faux cel #I also put a lot more detail into making the standalone cel look as authentic as possible... #... namely the inclusion of imperfections; check out just above Rascal's legs. You might notice the lineart's faded a bit! #A lot of animation cels up for grabs online have faded inks— most especially cels from Season One of Spongebob Squarepants #So I wanted to replicate that specific detail so I could achieve as authentic of a cel-drawn look as possible #If anyone's interested in seeing them I have a few concept drawings for American Rascal as well as SourStack #... SourStack? Oh that's right... I personally ship Mr. Stackman and Sour Sally together #I just drew cutesy art of them together the other night that I may end up posting here sometime! 💖✨

[theloveinc]

shinso is so fucking funny bc he’s friends with MONOMA NEITO and isn’t really aware how much of a problem it is until the dude starts getting handsy with you

#shinso #I was gonna say : ‘ trying to have a threes*me with y’all’ but I realized that’s not too big a problem #but I feel like monoma is one of those people who like #thinks it’s ok to harass his buddies gf or bf bc his buddy sometimes harasses them (jokingly) #and it suddenly happens where I’m like monoma is shushing you or or play swatting your butt and shinso is just #*technical difficulties noise processing spinning thing* #and then he’s getting physical with him … yanking his arm behind his back or grabbing his neck #LMFAOOOO (I’m w*t in my *nderwear actually) #it takes two times before monoma stops completely and only once after that (when he asks for a threesome) before he learns to cut it out #anyway #shii posts #gen

[gregoftom]

if i had a nickel for every time sh*v projected greg or tom onto matsson while speaking to the other, i’d have two nickels, which isn’t much, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.

#tomgreg #yeah............. #ALSO GREGS ANSWER. WE GET IT YOU AND TOM ARE SO CLOSE YOURE ALMOST ONE #it's actually ridiculous WE SOMETIMES GRAB A DRINK. I WENT FOR A DRINK WITH HIM THATS NOT MY FAULT #god. absolutely crazy #the first time she did it is when she said to tom are we gonna just all fuck together in a house? implying does tom think that he can #have both her and greg and just all live together #and now.... how was your night? bc tom and greg spend so many nights together #as both of them would tell you; having a drink. #i just think it's funny how

[dirtytransmasc]

the autistic rage that is living with other people, actively waiting to go into a room till everyone's out of the room and doing their own things so you can use the room undisturbed, and the second you walk in there you have seemingly reminded people the room exists as they all need to be in there that very second, literally. everyone could be in there rooms, my grandma could be half asleep watching her soaps, but the second I put my headphones all the way on and start going about washing dishes (I find it relaxing) or fixing a snack, they're all in here

#especially the kitchen #if im in the kitchen I want to be left alone #y'all were just fucking in her go away #and (this is a call out. sorry grandma) its even more frustrating when they go in there. knowing you don't love sharing spaces sometimes- #to offer to make you food or to give you a rundown of whats where despite you doing a majority of the shopping #like yes. I know. i know there's ice pops and chicken and hamburgers but no buns cause I forgot to grab them... #I just want to enjoy being in the kitchen by my lonesome for 5 minutes without one of you people ruining it for me #I can't afford to live alone in this economy but I need to. I need to now. #I have too many issues to keep sharing a space #autism #sensory issues #actually autistic #put me out of my misery

[creaturefeaster]

What is it like to raise birds? I really like birds and I would like to have as many as you but I have no idea if it is how I imagine it, even so, if I had some I would love them! I'm sorry if there are spelling mistakes.

Owning and raising birds is a real treat. They are easy to understand if you're committed to learning, and are a really fun and healthy source of entertainment. Most of my childhood was me being a bedridden hermit, and getting chickens was the first and most vital step in getting me outdoors and moving more. It's amazing how much flock animals can change your life for the better.

Chickens are funny, easy to keep happy, and if you handle them right, extremely loving in their own way that makes it exciting to go out each day and see how they're doing.

Raising them from chicks yourself is the best way to ensure they'll be friendly and loving when they're older. It can be sort of scary when you have your first chicks, it's easy to think they're more fragile than they are, or that you're upsetting them, but baby birds just like to whine. Some more than others, but either way you learn pretty quickly that being consistent and easy-going with your attention is what birds tend to like.

Working with a calm hand and persistence, you will be rewarded with a fun hobby that comes with many benefits. Chickens are best for eggs and compost, getting rid of food scraps and old (but never moldy!) food turns into fresh eggs to eat and poop for fertilizing the land. Geese are great for maintaining wild plant growth, keeping grass low cut and invasive weeds at bay, and also produce a lot of feather fluff if you have use for goose feathers. Their eggs are also massive, though not as good for frying as chicken eggs. Ducks are great at keeping garden pests at bay, and can be super amusing as they're surprisingly fast paced and emotive animals.

They are very messy, though. Maybe not as much with chickens-- as long as they have a dry space they keep themselves pretty clean as long as you change their bedding when they need it. Ducks and geese however, which are waterfowl, can be much much messier. Ducks especially. They need a lot of water to be happy, and get it everywhere. This in combination with their poop leads to quickly dirtied water and muddy enclosures if you don't keep up with the cleaning. Every day I get messy and wet for their sake. I don't mind it, but it can be harder to manage in colder and wetter months.

It can be a bit of a hump to get past the grosser parts of poultry care, but once you get past that, and you have a routine, I think it's still a relatively easy thing to maintain, and is worth it for all the pleasantries the birds bring in turn.

Chickens do well with less space than a lot of other poultry, their comfortable square foot per individual radius is rather small, given they have room to run and can all get along. It is simple and easy to raise chickens in a suburban backyard. I am not sure if it works similarly for other countries, but look up your town ordiances for poultry livestock allowances, if in the USA. More towns allow backyard hens than you'd expect, depending on the square footage of your property.

Geese and ducks need much more space, they are roamers and need large spaces to walk, stretch their wings, and explore to stay happy lest they grow bored and agitated. Unless you live in rural neighborhoods, it is unlikely you can own waterfowl. And roosters; Many suburban towns that allow hens do not allow roosters, because they are noisy.

Quails are also another choice, if chickens are too intimidating or difficult to procure in your area. Many quails can live quiety and happily in an enclosure even inside, so long as they have proper enrichment. They can be a good and cute stepping stone to bigger birds like chickens or ducks.

Turkeys and guinea fowl are interesting in their own way as well. I don't have as much experience with turkeys, they're larger and sassier but they generally work well with chickens. Plus they make funny noises and are amusing to look at. Guinea fowls, kind of like geese, are really good watch dogs if you live in a place with hawks, eagles, or small predators. They are very loud and vocal, and can be somewhat assertive and protective of their flock. They're also really stupid looking.

But anyways, back to what it's like to have birds in general... If you're birdbrained you will feel at home when you are amongst your flock. If you aren't birdbrained, enough time around them will make you so. It will be a peaceful experience and the work put into them is always rewarding. Being able to sit with chickens, letting them jump up to you and eat from your hand, or petting and hugging a duck, or having a gaggle of geese follow you through a field in a slow line... it's like having a fun and obtainable experience to look forward to every day. :3

Oh, I was going to end it there but I actually have one more thing to add. This part of poultry care is the part people don't always like to hear/realise, but the biggest thing with poultry is: Do not raise what you are not willing to kill. Regardless of whether you raise birds like chickens for meat, eggs, or just as pets, you must accept that fact that at some point, you may need to humanely cull one. Unwanted males do not sell/rehome easily, and can become an issue to take care of if you aren't ready to cull. Sick hens do not always make it, and sometimes you have to decide to spare them the pain and put them down. Vets can sometimes help with this, but most of the time that requires an exotics expert, and can cost you much more than it's worth. Being able to cull your birds is also useful life experience and teaches proper animal respect.

Just, keep that in mind if you ever look into owning birds. You need to be strong for their sake, you are the one they depend on the most.

#its just fun to have a herd of animals that trusts you #there's nothing like it!!! #sorry i went on for a bit there i just love birds.......... #i feel like the luckiest person in the world sometimes when im out with my geese #i get to run across a field and large & elegant birds run and flap their beautiful wings alongside me #i can sit on a hill and watch them from an acre away slowly make their way towards me #because they want to come stand with me because they think me part of their flock #i can grab some grass and wiggle it #and they all pog and get excited and squeak when i toss it to them #i cant get a single word out if somebody comes to talk to me because they all start yelling the second i make too much noise #because they want to be involved in the noise making #also they're so protective of me its nuts #i basically have 5 birdy body guards #i love my chickens too dont get me wrong but........ #geese is where it's at for me as of late

[hopesallwegotleft]

COMPASSIONATE ↔ MATURE

#House of Ashes #Salim Othman #Jason Kolchek #Nick Kay #my gifsets #sometimes I remember Jason just fully - without any argument or sarcasm - listens to Salim's advice here #when the life of his brother in arms hangs in the balance #look at how Jason grabs his radio to inform Nick but immediately stops when Salim tells him to #the number of essays you could write about the developing relationship between Salim and Jason #like the ridiculous amount of trust Jason must have in Salim to blindly follow his advice here #since canon shows how much Jason cares about his team #and then I remember Eric and Rachel who didn't even want Salim to have a gun a few scenes ago #can be sitting behind them just chilling while this discussion is going on lmao #flashing lights warning

[inverse-problem]

you know when you read a story where a human hangs out a bunch with a cool robot and they become friends and such, but then the human talks about wanting to fuck other humans?

for fuck’s sake, you have a hot robot right there. come on smdh. at least yearn a bit for your hot robot friend. or idk if they’re up for it surely you can fuck them a bit. you coward

#inverse problem.txt #not gonna say what this is specifically but tbh it applies to at least a few things #but sometimes characters do this and I want to just grab them by the shoulders and go ‘you have what you need right there’ #tbc I assume here that the robots also want to fuck #also I don’t enjoy this dynamic if the robot wants to be human #but anyway whatever I’m running on 3 hours of sleep #what do I tag this as? is this suggestive? I guess #suggestive

[the-acid-pear]

Btw some of you will remember from many months ago I had said I had a crush on a mutual and by months I mean it might have been last year I say a lot anyway point is I've gotten over my crush and now I'm simply obsessed with them. How so? Well hehe 😊 anyway,

#luly talks #sometimes you just really like a person and you want to fucking grab them and dissect them like in the surgical way but platonically #i want to melt our bones together see what'd happen i dont care about stuff like sex or romance i have jsut accepted insanity #<- . please dont take this so seriously i sound too deranged i just really like this individual #literally just a platonic crush i jsut be thinking of em and being like hehe i wanna be part of their lives ❤️ #fact that i cannto text to save my life doesn't help me at all tho

[victorluvsalice]

Sims 4 Valicer Outfit Fun II -- CC Edition

We interrupt your regularly-scheduled Chill Valicer Save updates with another "watch me play dress-up with my OT3 in Sims 4" post, courtesy of me downloading a bunch of custom content outfits a few weeks ago and having period brain this past weekend. :p Sometimes you gotta keep it simple, you know? Anyway, here's some new outfits for Smiler, Victor, and Alice, all with a lovely CC bent --

First up, Smiler in an outfit from @the-crypt-o-club's 2022 Simblrween offering, Angsty Adolescence! The half-plain-black, half-black-and-yellow-checked pants were a MUST -- they remind me a bit of what Agent Joytide was wearing during the Smiler Takeover! The alternating yellow-and-black plastic bracelets also felt very appropriate to The Smiler's general theme, and of course I had to give them the yellow sneakers with the happy face and rainbow doodles and the cute Freezer Bunny t-shirt in yellow. XD I think Smiler's also sporting some custom eye make-up, though I don't know if that's from this particular pack or one of The Crypt-O-Club's other Simblrween offerings. Looks good, though -- great for a party outfit!

Next up, let's have a Victorian Smiler, courtesy of @simmerofthedawn and their Men's Day Wear set from Part One of their Victorian Collection! This is a great set of men's suits, in both darker colors for Autumn/Winter and lighter palettes for Spring/Summer, so you'll always have a suit appropriate to the season! Plus they made a copy of the Vampires top hat and gave it SO many more swatches -- "33 shades" as per their own post! Seriously, the set is worth downloading just for THAT ALONE in my opinion. I naturally had to put Smiler in the swatch that contained the most yellow, and that proved to be this particular outfit -- even if the colors are a tad more muted than I'd like. Still, they look snazzy, and it is SO NICE to have a top hat that matches their outfit perfectly! :D

We now move onto Victor's section, featuring him in his Crypt-O-Club outfit -- or, at least, one of their Freezer Bunny shirts from the Angsty Adolescence collection, in a kicky blue. I'm not 100% sure on the shorts and shoes, though I would GUESS they're also CC, as that's what I was mainly working with during this "playing dress-up in CAS" section. *shrug* Either way, he looks pretty nice -- I think this would be a good "workout" look for him!

Back to Simmer Of The Dawn's Men's Day Wear for this picture, with Victor showing off one of the darker swatches for his outfit. In fact, I chose this particular outfit because it's actually as close to a "canon" Victor outfit as I'll probably ever get! The top half isn't quite right -- wrong type of necktie, waistcoat fastens too low down, coat tails are too long -- but it's still good, and the pants are REALLY good. Maybe a BIT dark, but still REALLY close to Victor's canon trousers. I approve. :D

And while we're on the "Victor in actual Victorian clothes" train, here's Victor sporting a suit from Simmer Of The Dawn's Victorian Collection Part Four -- the Men's Day Suit collection! These also come in darker tones for Autumn/Winter and lighter ones for Spring/Summer, and feature higher waistcoats, slightly different tails on the coats, and bow ties. Victor's in a Spring/Summer light blue ensemble because I thought it looked nice on him and fit his usual color scheme, paired with a pretty gray top hat. Perfect for a promenade around town!

The top hat from Simmer Of the Dawn remains, but we move onto a different creator for this outfit (minus the gloves and shoes) -- Historical Sims Life on blogspot, with their Boldness Beckons outfit converted from Sims 3! This is a nice, more wintery look for Victor, bundled up with a thick neck scarf against the cold. :) He looks very smart indeed!

And finally, we end on a couple of Alice outfits, starting again with Crypt-O-Club's stuff! Alice here is sporting a dress from I believe the DIY Or Die fan pack -- what can I say, it looked really good on her! The shoes are another swatch of the Angsty Adolescence Converse (seriously, I love those, with all the fun doodles all over them -- you can customize them for any personality), while the stockings should ALSO be Angsty Adolescence, but might be from another pack -- I've downloaded ALL their "fan made stuff packs" at this point, so. . . XD Still, it's a great "punk princess" look for her I feel!

And as for the Victorian look, I found this by @vintagesimstress -- the 1890s Working Girl Mini-Set! A couple of blouses and a trio of skirts based off what working-class ladies wore in the 1890s, as indicated -- Alice is wearing the shortest of the three skirt lengths because I like being able to see her feet. XD The set also comes with an apron overlay that you can put on as an "accessory" (under the "tights/stocking" option), but I forgot to put that on ^^;. Still, it's nice to see Alice in a classic Victorian blouse and skirt! Even if it's a bit weird to see her in anything that long. XD

And there we have it! I hope you enjoyed this CAS post -- NEXT week, back to the Chill Valicer Save and the store!

#sims 4 #looks #fashion #smiler alton #smiler always #victor van dort #alice liddell #custom content #yeah I went on a bit of a downloading spree in August and grabbed a bunch of Victorian men's clothes #and the crypt-o-club stuff as mentioned #what can I say I wanted to give my Sims new looks XD #(plus I was working on Sim versions of my OTHER coaster OCs for the other Alton Towers rides #and the Crypt-O-Club stuff in particular seemed well-suited for them #once I've got my designs a bit more finalized I'll show those off!) #really pleased with the Victorian suits #it's hard to find good clothes for male Sims sometimes! #but these come in a bunch of nice swatches :D #and seriously if nothing else get the top hat recolors #you will thank me for having more top hat options for your fancy Sims #queued

[wellhalesbells]

LIAR YOU TOTALLY WATCHED ONE SEQUEL!!! 😉💜

https://www.tumblr.com/wellhalesbells/736050291745652736/friendraichu-jackironsides

HAHAHAHA, I should clarify that I just mean for super hero-y ones. I mostly watch the first one and rarely watch the second (or anything after...... or remakes, lol), I think the only Marvel one I've seen in recent history is Thor: Ragnarok. Actually, the Spider-man franchise pretty much encapsulates how I interact with Marvel properties: I saw the first trilogy because it was new and exciting at the time, then they remade it too fast and I refused to pay for something I just saw, that was so recent in my memory from the release date I could still remember exact scenes from it (THERE WERE ONLY FIVE YEARS BETWEEN SPIDER-MAN 3 AND THE REBOOT - THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR ME TO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THAT AGAIN. HOW IS THAT ENOUGH TIME FOR ANYONE TO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THAT AGAIN???), then I watched the first Tom Holland one (fourteen years I can vibe with) and nothing that followed because that's generally when the gimmicks and cameos start in lieu of good story-telling, or they make it dark and gritty because that's the only way to ground this superhuman, right (I assume a random white guy: "Should we fridge a lady? Yeah, we should probably fridge a lady"). The first one generally at least tries to have a soul because they have to introduce the character and make you care about them but many of the ones that follow (the few I've seen from when the MCU was just starting out and I had hope *coughs*Iron Man 2, Thor 2, etc.*coughs*) are just cash grabs that don't try because you already love this character and there they are, right there, so money please!

Meg 2 however..... EPIC, NO NOTES. It knows if I was a shark girl, I was probably a dinosaur girl and it gambled correctly. That's what you're watching this for? Have three sharks and an unnecessary (probably stupid expensive) dinosaur intro that is nearly completely irrelevant to the story but that you will also not want to live without and for an extra special bonus: oblivious husbands and their brilliant daughter. Like. You got me nailed, my dude. Will watch every subsequent sequel, no questions asked.

#i do understand that spider-man is a bullshit studio thing #and that it's a marvel property that belongs to sony and i implied everything is under the mcu umbrella #(and i honestly don't fault them for remaking it. instead i just don't understand how there was an audience for it???) #but they're all guilty of the same shit for different but also EXACTLY THE SAME reasons #they want to fleece money from me. because that's how it feels: like i'm being swindled #they're not earning my money through good content but instead through brand recognition and shared cultural touchstones #YOU CAN'T HAVE MY MONEY MOUSE #sony you can when it's miles (that is a sequel i DID watch and that DID have a soul imo) :)))) #something similar (cash grabs) are pretty much the exact reason i stopped reading marvel comics too #capitalism ruins everything #for a moral everyone knows *snorts* #also generally the sequels have bigger budgets and just to quote freckle...... sometimes things that are expensive are worse #great things sometimes come from people having to work within constraints and when you aren't given any....... terrible things can happen #like bbc sherlock lolol. AHEM #basically if i watch a sequel now it has to be a character i am VERY invested in so i'm willing to be burned - deadpool or miles #or it has to break containment from people who will go see anything with a marvel sticker on it to people who..... won't #and still recommend it - like ragnarok #(i wonder if NOT going the dark gritty route and instead having a fun story with a conflict that wasn't dependent on outdoing every #other conflict that came before it in this whole universe had aNYTHING to do with its success. hrm. it's a mystery!) #normally i would answer this privately but i had to explain about the sony thing so you would know i KNEW about the sony thing and then.... #tag explosion and now it has to be public and i'm sorry i went on a mouse rant. I HATE THE MONOPOLY MOUSE I JUST DO. #IT'S BAD AND IT MAKES BAD LAZY THINGS THAT KILL CREATIVITY (AND NOW ALSO FUNDS GENOCIDE SO) #!ask

[hearties-circus]

They should hug and be really upset about it

[Rosa: he/it, walt: they/them]

#al art #al ocs #tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 oc #tf2 sniper #tf2 scout #i think post conflict they really struggle with their emotions and self image #but they know they need to get better and theyre trying their best #neither of em are good at talking especially about their feelings so they just kinda grab eachother sometimes #they just kind of need to be close to eachother and hold eachother sometimes. sort of as a way to self soothe #like 'i have so many issues with self esteem and self loathing that ive projected onto you that maybe i can correct by being nice to you' #and it does kind of help #mostly on account of how theyre treating eachother like actual people again #but also because theyre right #treating the person they see themselves in so much nicely does help transition into treating themselves nicely #yknow how sometimes you think about your past self from a really dark time in your life and just wish you could hug them and reasure them? #theyre kinda like that but with eachother #rosa #walt

[the-starlight-papers]

We’ve reached the point in the year for my engineering team that I’m just kinda watching everyone (but especially the grad students in charge of the team) slowly lose their sanity

#shoutout to the guy who spent like 8 hours yesterday tracing wires in the car #I’ve just been in my little arts and crafts corner with a hot glue gun prepping parts for casting #I had to grab something from the office this morning and I walked in and two of our grad students were arguing #about where to place some components and the options were put them in the drawer on the dash or just Velcro them inside the center console #I voted velcro paritally because it was described as a component sandwich #I think an important part of life is that sometimes you gotta get involved in a project that you know is going to be hell when you’re in it #but you’ll look back on it fondly #like yeah I’m having fun but I’m also spending 5 hours a day in the shop and staying up late to catch up on my homework and I’m very tired #my brain is filled with so many component acronyms #I only vaguely understand what a can bus is #it’s great I wouldn’t have it any other way