#staying ahead

[jacobthewilliam]

Use this beat for your next song - Jacobthewilliam.BEATS [DARK AGE]

#youtube #staying ahead #sharing my passion #selling yourself #selling beats #selling beats online #learn how to sell beats online #learn how to rap #smart rapper #producer grind #HEATE #beatstars #soundclick #airbit #soundee #distinction #conjecture #supposition #i suppose #beat maker #music proucer #beat making #lease this beat #buy this beat #portland #cheap beats #keep your rights #keep your share #keep your splits #earn money

[mienar]

stillness in these waking hours

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#artists on tumblr #animated illustration #2d animation #backgrounds #digital art #animated gif #environment illustration #myillust #cozy #office #workspace #rain #gifs #this was inspired by how i've been having to stay up all night to get some stuff done and one day #i was just looking out the window and watched the sunrise through the grey rainy clouds c': #everything felt so quiet and still - it took a lot out of me to not animate more things in this one heh #i love how it turned out - the serene-ness and stillness of it all really captured the feeling i wanted to recreate :') #(also this isn't my irl workspace lol maybe the blinds and as usual this is just my character not me) #but i nonetheless hope you'll like this! <3 wishing you a lovely day or night ahead!

[sleepsucks]

#16.09.21 #2748 #comics #comic diary #alright ello i can maybe try to get back to this #if i can keep trying to color batches of comics in the backlog regularly and stay ahead of it let's see #posting this one manually but filling the queue later aaaaaahh #anyway i bought a blahaj that day #( big thanks to @paeonia-horse for helping me get what i needed to scan these again ) #AND edit : yah btw #it probably doesn't come across the best in comic form but like #the way this lined up irl was actually so perfect #theree was just a tiny spot inbetween my head and the shark where only trans was showing #i sent the pic to friends before realizing and they thought it must have been done on purpose

[scalierpepper]

Gave my pfp a bit of a glow up!!

Neat to see the one year improvement

#my art #i'm too impatient to wait for the exact day but this is pretty much exactly a year since my first post #i had just read nona the ninth and i had so many fanart ideas #i was also at my parent's house for the holiday staying in their freezing cold basement guest room #so i was down there drawing at like 3 am next to a space heater #anyways this year i'm back in the same exact situation so the vibes inspired me #unfortunately i didn't think ahead enough to bring ntn with me (i do have htn tho lol) otherwise i would absolutely reread it rn #like it's silly what it's come to represent for me but i love these nona drawings so much #the locked tomb #nona the ninth

[xoxoemynn]

For OFMD Tumblr friends who want a S3 and are scared of Twitter

First, no judgment from me. I very much get it. I resisted Twitter for a long time, and even though I'm now a bit more comfortable on it, it's still not my Fandom Home. There are a TON of valid reasons not to be on Twitter, but if you REALLY want to keep OFMD visible right now and help its chances of returning for a third season, Twitter is the best place to do it. Like it or not, Twitter is still the best social media platform for raising awareness and for instant news updates.

Tumblr posts don't make headlines. Topics that have been trending on Twitter do. And if we want this show to come back, we need to make OFMD impossible to ignore.

By now you've probably seen just how close we came to a S3, and if you're like me, you are RAGING and donning your battle jacket. But I get it can be intimidating to get on Twitter for the first time, so I thought I'd address some common anxieties I see. I'll put below a cut because this got a bit long, but I promise it's a quick read.

I don't know what to say! Where do I even start? That's okay! You don't have to create your own tweets (although it's great if you do). Amplifying other people's posts is also important. Go ahead and like/retweet/reply to other people's posts. This may also help you get an idea of what you may like to say in your own tweets.

Hashtags...yes? Yes! Although don't use too many or you may get flagged as a bot. The biggest one that seems to be emerging is #SaveOFMD. Other popular ones are #RenewAsACrew, #RenewOurFlagMeansDeath, and of course, #OFMD and #OurFlagMeansDeath.

Should I just be tagging all the streaming services? Per @renewasacrew, no. It's counterproductive. You'll want to tag one streamer at a time and be specific. Below is an example of a tweet I made the other day -- use specific reasons why that that particular streamer may benefit from picking up OFMD.

I'm scared. People are mean. Yeah, people are mean. But I will say the vibes over at OFMD Twitter are currently the best I've ever seen them. People seem to have united for the greater good and are being overwhelmingly positive and just trying to do whatever we can to save the show. (That said, again, I already had a pretty curated feed, and was very liberal with blocking users/terms I didn't want to see, but I've been able to spend so much more time in the For You tab than I ever have without being jump scared by something.)

But I don't know anyone there! Wouldn't I just be shouting into the void? Not if you use the hashtags! Fans are being really good about following those and engaging with the tweets. Plus, [Stede voice], I'm your friend. I'm xoxoemynn over there as well, I'll follow you back and engage with any of your posts that I see. Plus, what's been REALLY lovely to see is that SO many lurkers have come out of lurkerdom to support the efforts, and they are being welcomed with open arms, so you will not be alone. Again, I am telling you, vibes? Best I've ever seen them.

I can't get sucked into another social media platform, I don't have the time. The beauty here is you don't need to spend a lot of time. I've been on Twitter more in the past week than I have in the entire year I've had an account, and I'm still only on for maybe an hour total the entire day? I open the app, I check a couple accounts, I engage with a handful of posts, and I close the app. It takes all of five minutes. It's an extremely small lift that can have a very big impact.

My bet is on Zaslav expecting us to be upset, and that there may be a day or two of outrage, but then we'd move on. I'm sure right now he's trying to convince everyone that this is a fluke, and that it'll blow over soon. Don't let him win. Keep OFMD in the news. Be loud (but polite) and make Max and other streamers take note of what a passionate, loyal fan base this show has. Make their stocks continue to drop. Make it clear this is NOT just a fluke, it is NOT business as usual. It's a BIG fuck up with lasting consequences.

Twitter, for all its sins, is the best place to do this.

Now let's get our damned show back.

#ofmd #our flag means death #renew as a crew #truly BELIEVE ME I get wanting to stay away!! #and if after we get picked up again you want to delete your account please go ahead and do that! #but this is a really easy and tangible way to show Max/other streamers #just how beloved the show is and how it would benefit them to save it #I love tumblr but it's not going to give us the kind of impact we want #it's for fans - not for external folks/key decision makers #ANYWAY I am by NO MEANS a twitter expert but I'm getting better #and I've seen some people be nervous about getting on the platform so I thought I'd try to help <3

[petrichormore]

yknow a moment from today that I feel is really under appreciated and kinda highlights the difference between the people q!Bad trusts and the people he doesn’t?

(this is about the characters obviously. You cannot make me use q! on long analysis posts. None of you can make me.)

Aypierre was showing Bad the room he used to capture and question Fred, and built into the only entry into the main room was an inventory scanner.

An inventory scanner - the thing Bad was hesitant to use to save Forever because he was scared of the islanders knowing of its existence and turning it against him. He did it anyway obviously because he cares about Forever but it’s clear he knows this is the one thing that could remove all his carefully built up protections in an instant. And the only way into the room was through it.

So Bad stops, of course, and Aypierre (who already walked through it first) notices and goes “I’ll just give you your items back, come through”

And Bad says “Ehhhh no, I…”

And Aypierre reassures him “You can come through. Don’t worry, don’t worry, don’t worry.

And Bad repeats “Ehhhh no…” And then “Forgive my paranoia, can you disable it? Or make an opening for me?” He asks it very politely too, as if he believes it’s a hard ask (it’s not).

And Aypierre does. That’s why I think this moment is underrated. Bad asks for forgiveness for his paranoia - a paranoia that has been built up and rewarded and reinforced by his experiences on the island - and yet Aypierre doesn’t treat it like a burden. He doesn’t complain about it, he doesn’t tell Bad he’s overreacting, and he certainly doesn’t try to guilt-trip or otherwise insist Bad go through when he’s clearly uncomfortable. He just… makes another opening, and Bad walks through that, and the moment of hesitance, of distrust, is left behind. Not just left behind, but accepted. From Bad’s perspective, Aypierre has essentially communicated that “I can see you don’t trust me fully, and that’s okay, I understand why. It’s not a big deal, and I can move on.”

And I think that acceptance is why Aypierre has managed to gain an impressive amount of Bad’s trust so much faster than other islanders. I think that’s why when he told Bad he put cameras in his house, Bad didn’t get upset.

A lot of islanders, even islanders that are Bad’s friends, would not have reacted the way Aypierre did to Bad not wanting to step through the inventory scanner. And it does make a difference.

#and this isn’t even the first time q!Aypierre has been considerate of q!Bad’s paranoia instead of dismissive or disparaging #I’m reminded of the time q!Bad was hesitating on entering the art museum so q!Aypierre offered to walk ahead of him in case of traps #it’s just. interesting #q!Bad does not have many people who are so nonchalant about his extreme trust issues #it’s probably refreshing for him #qsmp #qsmp liveblog but late #qsmp aypierre #q!aypierre #qsmp badboyhalo #q!badboyhalo #q!bbh character analysis #bebou and the French stay winning

[the-holy-ghosted]

i dont think we talk enough about john bridgens and henry peglar. just like in general. and that is a crime

#the terror #the heron speaketh #john bridgens #henry peglar #bridglar #im like. having a day #i stayed up til like 3 am leafing through the book and realized that the chapters are in certain characters POVs and i went ahead and marke #off all of the peglar/bridgens chapters justfor myself. to enjoy #and i sat and read them all this morning and im having a LITTLE BIT. OF AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER #i m probably going to reblog and elaborate what im thinking ina reblog but i need to go pace around for a couple minutes and collect myself #briglar #forgot the other one oops

[chubphoe-linkclick]

People like to point to a lot of random scenes in Link Click to justify why ShiGuang being romantic is canon. Now, I'm not the creator of Link Click, I have no authority on the subject. So most the time, it's a "lets agree to disagree" situation.

However, there is one scene from Episode 1 that I find down-right offensive for people to point to as evidence of Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang being an item:

There is no doubt that this scene is incredibly beautiful and loving, but romance isn't what makes this scene beautiful, nor is it what makes the bond they share so touching and engaging to watch. The fact that they honest-to-God love and care about each other is.

What makes this particular scene really lovely is information we're given later in the show. Its full tenderness only clicks in hindsight once we know more about the characters and Cheng Xiaoshi's past. Specifically, when we understand more about how their powers work and the tragic fact that Xiaoshi is (effectively) an orphan.

So we need to back up a few steps.

The scene begins with us seeing Emma dreaming about her parents, and we eventually see a visual representation of how Cheng Xiaoshi is also experiencing this dream as her, taking on her feelings.

Then there's her parents leaving, metaphorical for how out of her life they are now and how much Emma misses her parents (duh).

The fun part comes from the fact that it's not Emma we see as a child at this point, but Xiaoshi. He is being left behind by his parents.

Look at this face. IT'S THE FACE OF PAIN, and for me it honestly didn't make sense why this dream was as emotionally impactful for him as it was (on my first watchthrough).

Afterwards Cheng Xiaoshi wakes up, and Lu Guang notices this. At times like this, I really appreciate the dub for localising what's being said better than the more literal subtitles (even though the dub definitely says some shit that just ain't true). The dub's word choices are:

LG: "You're up?" CXS: "I dreamt that I had spring rolls with my parents." LG: "Folks on your mind?" CXS: "Yeah, and they're on hers as well."

LG: "When you became her, you took on some of her feelings and her memories. It must be tough." CXS: "... I wonder if they'll come back."

and then Cheng Xiaoshi rolls over and starts hugging himself tightly because of the unbearable pain

It takes a hot second for Lu Guang to realise what Cheng Xiaoshi actually means by his statement, that the 'they' in question is his own parents rather than anyone in Emma's life. Naturally, Lu Guang understands that Cheng Xiaoshi is suffering immensely right now because Xiaoshi's being forced to feel the agonising hole is his life that came from the worst thing that ever happened to him.

And so, he reaches through time and space (metaphorically?) to comfort him, his all-time best friend and, yes, potential romantic partner, telling him that "It will work out, just rest." Because SWEET JESUS, WHO WOULDN'T TRY COMFORTING THEIR FRIEND IN THAT MOMENT!? WHO??

It's beautiful. It's sweet. It's loving. It shows how in-tune they are to each other and that they care about each other's well being. No macho shit here, only a wholesome connection that we are all jealous of and celebrate.

Bonus analysis: knowing Cheng Xiaoshi's emotional state at this point, his re-suffering of the pain from being separated from his parents, then makes the message from Emma's mother and his reaction to it all the more emotionally touching.

Maybe the reason he sent the reply "I miss you" wasn't even for Emma's sake in that moment, but a result of the line between his own loneliness and hers having become so blurred in that sleepy moment.

I'd just like to clarify again, if you think they're gay together: cool. If you think this scene is the reason why: not cool.

Romance isn't the highest form of love, and it's not gay or weird to love your friends. What Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang have is really beautiful, and I honestly don't think I've ever seen such a great depiction of two men who are so comfortably close to each other.

Whether their relationship is platonic or otherwise doesn't really matter here. What upsets me is the unhealthy elevation of romantic love as the most true and purest form of love over all other kinds -- that you can only care about someone this much and want them in your life ONLY if you want to marry them or something -- an idea that ends up hurting a lot of people.

Romance isn't what makes this scene beautiful, nor is it what makes the bond they share so touching and engaging to watch. The fact that they honest-to-God love and care about each other is.

#link click #shiguang dailiren #link click analysis #cheng xiaoshi #lu guang #whatever they have is lightyears ahead of human comprehension #bros that travel through time together stay together #no homo tho

[hauntedmoors]

wheel of time written by nuclear engineer robert jordan is actually about nuclear anxiety and the consequences of the development of new technology aiding and abetting unchecked usage of weapons of mass destruction. in this essay I will -

#that’s what balefire is! #rand contemplating how war tactics will change to accomodate gateways? mat feeling unhappy about aludra’s invention of the cannons? #the seanchan hesitating when they think elayne deployed a powerful weapon to obliterate their forces? the race to get their hands on the #gateway weave? it’s all right there. #text #wheel of time #and brandon sanderson went ahead and glamourised it. bye. #<- lmao I know this tag is going to piss so many people off like stay mad! if you want to interpret his writing with more generosity than #he deserves instead of examining his pattern of writing across all his books it’s a you problem. #brandon

[slythereen]

wow what a stunning way to celebrate charles' 100th race with ferrari nice job team

#fuck you all #carlos isnt even close to catching lando #tell me again why he didnt help charles stay ahead of checo at least #oh thats right bc he fucking sucks #and so does this team #charles leclerc #austin gp 2023 #*delphi

[moonsun2010]

While searching the wreck of the Demeter for more survivors, a camera was found. Though most of the data was corrupted, some clips were salvaged.

Inspired by this post.

#my art #dracula daily #dracula #the demeter #i cheated and read ahead there was no way i could draw this in real time aha. in my defense uni is beginning and this IS a reading... #every attempt to add film grain to this just made it look bad so none #took some creative liberty in that in the text captain stays silent but here he does exclaim outloud #sailors look away from the inaccurate ship lines... my shame #cw suicide #pov is entirely from the captains btw the last pic is Not from the 1st mates perspective #tw scopophobia

[rickybaby]

Ricciardo surprised by timing of Hamilton's Ferrari announcement

#wh-what does it mean by he’s happy for silly season to happen without him?? that he’s not looking that far ahead to the red bull seat?? #sure it could have something to do with what marko said about him having a long term contract with rb #but implying he’s not vying for the RB seat in 2025 is — suspicious? #either he’s trying to be underhanded to not be dragged into all the drama early on #or it is like Nate said — he’s likely staying at visa RB because that’s what the sponsors want #but babes what happens to the whole full circle thing he’s after if he doesn’t get the seat in 2025 #and if the rumours about RB wanting to exercise an option on albon in 2026 is true then WHAT?? #Daniel — Daniel come back here and explain yourself #daniel ricciardo

[inquisitor-apologist]

Noooo Filoni when I fucking get you!!!! Must you always demonize one of the only Muslim-coded characters??????

#me and my Barriss lovers stay losing :(( #stay strong y’all we must write so much Rebel!Barriss fanfic to stay ahead #oh huh the tales of the empire abbreviation is tote #that’s funny #star wars #justice for barriss offee #barriss offee #tales of the empire #sw tales of the empire #Star Wars tales of the empire #is this the original post tag

[the-sage-libriomancer]

looking back, i feel like the first big sign that Tohru had legitimate issues was that she didn't ask her friends for a place to stay. i mean, what were her reasons for not involving them? Uotani lived in a small apartment and Hanajima had five people living in her house - that'd make an additional person living with either of them pretty inconvenient, but like, not impossibly so. both Uotani and Hanajima would've said yes in a heartbeat, not because they're kind souls who offer their meager means to others regardless of consequences, but because it's really not that big a deal to have one more person temporarily living in your home, and i don't think their families would have minded much either.

also like - not asking Uotani at least makes sense bc of her apartment, but Hanajima lives in a freaking house!!! an actual decently sized two-story house!!! even if it'd be cramped, the sensible thing to do would be to at least ask if Hanajima could put her up. but Tohru thought that Uotani and Hanajime would help her even if they themselves were inconvenienced by it (correct) and proactively took the "burden" away from them by not giving them a choice in the matter at all. if either of them learned that Tohru had been living in the woods, they would've dragged her ass back to civilization, and she knew it. that's why she purposefully hid the whole "living in a tent" thing from them (she didn't even tell them she'd been kicked out! they thought she was still living with her relatives the entire time!). Tohru's selflessness was on full display in the first chapter, but in retrospect, so was her self-destructive streak that went far beyond your typical shojo protagonist's levels of self-sacrifice.

#fruits basket #tohru honda #i do wonder if the non-issue situation was intentional on the mangaka's part #because like. a stupid setup forcing the mc to stay with the hot male leads is an obvious cliche #and the manga's whole deal is deconstructing/reconstructing shojo manga cliches #maybe the flimsiness of tohru's rationale was on purpose #i'm just speculating though #i have no idea how far ahead the story/character arcs were planned #sage speaketh #edited for your convenience #(<-capitalized all the names bc it was driving me crazy)

[puppyeared]

Jitterbug

#whenever my meds kick in it feels like im gonna piss myself. not literally but its really really feels like it #and now whenever that happens my mind goes back to pancho (grandmas dog) at a xmas party years ago #bc he peed when we arrived bc he was so excited to see ppl and my cousin had to clean it up :o) #well for better or for worse i know that feeling now when im pumped on 20mg of adderall #im still getting used to this whole diagnosis thing cause ive gone untreated and undiagnosed for the longest time. so theres probably a lot #i still dont know and have to learn to get myself to be.. functional on my own? self managing???? #i even set up reminders on my phone for work periods meals and stuff. but the problem is actually getting myself to stick to that to a T #because the minute i slack off or something gets in the way it throws it all off until i can be bothered to get back on track. it sucks #at least ive built up other habits like writing notes and setting alarms ahead of time.. but i feel like i could do better #its always hard to change something if youve been doing it wrong for the longest time. especially behaviour and thinking patterns. sigh #in other news my glasses bailed on me so i have to get a new pair sometime. i just realized i never draw my sona with glasses but thats #mostly bc i forget. id love to get some browline glasses like my old pair but im picky and its hard to find one id like for the next 5 year #i also finally managed to collect all the fish in my animal crossing file!!! pulled out a char last week and boom now i have a poster :o) #THAT was a moment where i almost peed myself for real. id love to get all the bugs but i cant stay up late on the switch :o( #yapping #my art #myart #doodles #personal #diary

[captainkirkk]

If Tim goes dark and turns into a villain, Kon might try and talk him out of it, but he knows he'd go with him. And he knows he'd end up having to defend Tim from the people who came after him including Batman, and that's NOT a fight Kon is winning.

So in Kon's mind, Tim turning into a villain = Kon getting his ass beat by Batman

#other superheroes: i dont want tim to turn into a villain because i don't want to fight him :( #kon: i don't want to get beaten up by batman 😭😭 #timkon #dc #although lbr if tim DID go dark #he's doing everything he can to stay five steps ahead and not face any of the big three in a fight #there's no way he'd send kon after batman #KON knows tim would never ask him to fight batman either even if he was a villain #but kon would still do it to protect tim despite knowing how badly it would end for hum #my posts #au ideas #dc headcanons #this is such a long standing headcanon of mine i can't believe i've never posted it #i love people speculating about tim turning into a villain #despite tim's continued insistence that hes not gonna turn into a villain like cut him some slack!!!!