#they would have a reason to stay

[swagging-back-to]

people wonder why artists are leaving the site in droves and abandoning their accounts meanwhile most FANDOM art barely gets 5 likes in two days. barely gets 2 reblogs in the span of half a year.

and im not even gonna TOUCH on what it's like for oc art (which gets no interaction. at all. ever. oops I just touched on it.)

why the fuck would people keep feeding ai companies when absolutely no one is supporting them? when absolutely no one cares about their art? when no one even spares it a second glance? why would tey go through the trouble of glazing and nightshading everything when it gets NO INTERACTION AT ALL. When it's going to rot in the tags buried under hundreds of other ignored pieces of art. when ai generated photos get dozens of reblogs and likes in the first hour.

you people wonder why artists are leaving? You. you are the reason.

#bc if people had actual interaction they would choose to stay DESPITE the ai. #they would have a reason to stay #notice how the only ones staying are super huge artists with thousands of followers and who get hundreds of reblogs every day #every small artist is leaving because you people NEVER SUPPORT THEM #anti ai #fuck ai #artists against ai #ai art is not art #support artists #likes are useless #if you want artists to stay actually reblog their art #maybe leave a comment on it. #same with fanfics. #because otherwise whats actually the point? #im not even the type of person who cares about internet validation #look at most of my posts. most of them have 0 notes at all. #but what the hell is the point of posting your art to a place that steals it if literally no one is going to look at it? #i could leave it in my phones gallery; not have it be stolen; AND get the SAME AMOUNT OF INTERACTION as i would if i posted it #make art for yourself and only for yourself bestie

[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

[adobe-outdesign]

"why don't super-intelligent Pokemon like Metagross and Alakazam just take over humanity if they're smarter than us" imagine that a random primate gave you free housing, food, and medical care for the rest of your life for literally no reason other than they want to be friends with you and I think you'll understand

#pokemon #pkmn #pokemon worldbuilding #outdesign posts things #maybe they just wanna be friends with us. ever consider that #the only time they would have a reason to beef with humanity would be like PLA times #and even that seems to be more of a 'stay off our territory and we'll stay off yours' kind of thing

[plesiosaurys]

getting emotional over footage of an amateur scuba diver interacting with a coelacanth. they are hunted by large deepwater predators, and here comes a large creature bearing the brightest lights it's ever seen, making strange noises, but it does not shy away. it hovers, calmly, as the diver reaches out and trails a hand down its back. im strongly against the anthropomorphizing of real life animals but the stupid emotional part of me loudly insists this is because it recognizes us, the alternating movements of its four paired limbs matching the diver's four paired limbs, & it is thinking, "hello, cousins, we missed you these 66 million years, it's so good to see you again. welcome back, welcome home."

#[OBLIGATORY DISCLAIMER: he should NOT have touched the fish. do NOT touch random fish you find while scuba diving #especially if the fish is 6ft long & has sharp teeth #ESPECIALLY if the fish is a critically endangered species #being overwhelmed by the majesty of the coelcanth is understandable but that does not excuse his behavior] #[obligatory disclaimer 2: i know nothing about this guy; by 'amateur' i just mean he wasnt part of a scientific expedition at the time] #[obligatory disclaimer 3: i mean it wasnt CALM. its first dorsal fin was erect which we have reason to believe means it is on edge. #but it didnt flee like you would expect of a wild animal] #...disclaimers over. now im going to wail about how life began in the sea and we left & they stayed #& we thought they were gone & now we're finding our way back home to them #they are so beautiful and they are our family and they love us ok. they do i know it in my heart #coelacanth #Latimeria chalumnae #animals #andy original #ALSO I KNOW THEY HAVE 8 FINS by four paired limbs i mean the pelvic and pectoral the others arent paired they dont move like legs do

[pareris]

You know this scene?

Ofc you do.

Now please look at Val's face:

and at Vox's:

Idk but yall but this is all the proof I need to say that these two were making out before this.

BECAUSE LOOK OKAY, SURE THE LINES ARE KINDA INCONSISTENT IT FLICK IN AND OUT OF VOXS DESIGN BUT WE DONT SEE VALENTINO WITH THAT LINE ANY OTHER TIME

NO LINE.

BUT HERE?????

LINE. LINE. LINE.

#i guess business partners that lay together stay together #this scene has been replaying in my head for so many reasons #like that smile vox gives idk why but god what i would do to have someone look at me the same way #also how the hell does vox make out bc he is literally a face on a screen the man is a flat surface #vox has me in such a chokehold it's concerning #hazbin hotel #hazbin vox #hazbin valentino #voxval

[mayashesfly]

Suddenly thinking about an AU where Vox erased his memories about Alastor and how that might affect the show's timeline.

Though to be honest I just want to think about how Alastor is going to react and feel about waiting for Vox to eventually find out about his return...

Only to find out in the Overlord meeting that Vox completely forgot about him as he smiled at him and offered his hand with a practiced professional air.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Vox from Voxtek, the Leader of the Vees. Are you new around here?"

In this AU, Episode 2 changes drastically. There was never a "Stayed Gone" segment nor was Sir Pentious sent to the Hazbin Hotel to spy on them. Which means that a lot would've changed in this timeline since the First Redeemed would be mostly out of the picture.

And Vox not giving Alastor the time of day means that if Alastor launched his radio show again, he has to slowly win back his viewership instead of having free advertising in the shape of a tv-headed obsessed fool.

Honestly, with how Vox's obsession on Alastor gives him a reliable source of attention and entertainment, he would be rather upset that the TV Overlord wouldn't give him the time of day. Not only that but he completely forgot about him! New? What do you mean new? He has been an Overlord far longer than he had! He is The Radio Demon. And he dares to ask him if HE is new?

What the hell happened to Vox? Why doesn't he remember him? Is this the reason why Vox never gave him the attention he knew he would give him once he realized he returned? What was he supposed to do now?

His feelings are hurt. His ego was bruised.

Vox was never like this.

And he'll be damned if Vox stays that way.

#may asher rambles #hazbin hotel #haazbin hotel alastor #hazbin hotel vox #radiostatic #staticradio #voxal #silentstatic #(apparently that's the coined term for the opposite of radiosilence in twitter) #(staticsilence also exists but it's an au name so noped) #I would call this #Forgotten Radio AU #if I plan to make more of this idea #Since Stayed Gone wouldn't have happened- Alastor and Vox would first meet in the Overlord meeting instead #Velvette has no reason to fill in for the meeting if Vox isn't embarrassed by Stayed Gone and didn't care about Alastor- so here he is #though I do feel extremely bad to steal from my girl like that )': #The Overlord Meeting would go pretty differently compared to Canon since Vox isn't nearly as respectless nor as perceptive as Velvette is #feel free to write/give ideas about this if you like

[tottallytoby]

support your evil wife

#everytime i draw them i try so hard yo come up with a reason for why nm is still nm and listen #i have no idea #instead of being friendshipped back to luna she got shreked by ditzy or something #or smth #would this mess up literallly all of mlps plot #idk the mane six dealt with. something else instead of nm #ditzy doo element of acceptance #what if i just keep saying shit #nm stays in those ruins in the everfree forest #am i making any sense here #mlp #my little pony #mlp fim #my art #ditzy doo #ditzy hooves #derpy hooves #nightmare moon #moonffins #nightmare muffins

[gideonisms]

eowyn should have been a lesbian. Eowyn/faramir is like, fine, but it misses the point of eowyn for all baby dyke eowyn stans which is not that she longs for glory in battle and doesn't realize war is ugly and brutal, but that she's caught between two awful options and she doesn't want to be given one based on her gender. She's not in love with aragorn, she envies him because she finds the tasks he has in life more preferable and she hero worships him. Is this the point Tolkien was trying to make? Well, no,

#look it is LESS objectionable than other similar fantasy storylines because tolkien is making a point about the brutality of war #but i do think he correctly observes a particular impulse in some women without fully understanding the underlying tensions #he's like. for reasons unknown some women would prefer to face horrible dangerous circumstances than stay at home & tend the family castle #don't you see the castle is the important thing! #the castle is more important yes that's not the POINT #anyway. it will not be until many years later that some of those baby dykes will be able to articulate the vague feeling of betrayal #guy jobs are horrible and exploitative too on this we agree. but you see some of us will die if we have to figure out how to be nurturing

[ethanhuntfemmefatale]

sometimes i think about an AA universe where Edgeworth didn't have to be shuffled off every 5 seconds so he could maintain credibility as a rival....where Phoenix didn't have to win every case...yes AA is a game yes i understand why it did that for the narrative. but when I look at those lonely scared 24 year olds from AA1 i can't help but think that their version of a happy ending would be to be able to get used to each other. to face each other over stupid cases and small things. Sometimes one winning, sometimes the other, until it hardly matters anymore, all that matters is finding the truth together. I want them to take each other for granted!!! i want them to look at the other across the courtroom and say "time to face this bitch for the hundredth time i guess!!" these poor bastards have never had anything approaching emotional stability before let them have each other damn it

#idk im just. emotional #i feel like at that age?? at that place in their character development??? romance aside that would be legit be #the best happiest situation for both of them. and i feel things when i imagine it #we see so much of the grand gestures intense moments side of their relationship #they're always helping each other in their darkest moments and stuff like that but i wish they could also have #a very mundane professional dynamic. bitchy and prickly and earnest cause they both care a lot. and loving in their way #it's sad to me that so much of fic revolves around the idea that 'when phoenix and miles start dating miles will finally stay' thats #so tragic!!!!!!! am i the only person who thinks that's tragic #the game had to keep them apart for Narrative Reasons but i know my boy miles edgeworth and he would want to get bored of that spiky hairdo #and that handsome face. from seeing it in court so much. #narumitsu #wrightworth #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #ace attorney #aa1 #aa2 spoilers #aa3 spoilers

[ludaroace]

god ok im thinking about ramon and how strange and confusing and scary everything must be to him because spreen died and now he watched his siblings parents die and one of them came back and the other's children are convinced theirs is coming back. spreen never did. why didn't he if it's an option? is it ramon's fault?

and now he might be losing the only person that has ever constantly been in his life and he can't even talk about it because the only other person that knows is pac. and he hasn't seen pac in like a week and honestly what could he even say/do to make things better when the situation is so far out of everyone's control?

and what if ramon is IS the problem and fit dies and can't come back like tubbo? what does he do then? because like he said before, he doesn't know who he is without fit. he is so proud to be fit's son and can't imagine living without him.

and what does he do if whatever happens makes everyone so mad at them - that fit dies and he loses most of his family in one go because technically he has been aiding in spy work against most of them? they'd have every right to hate him and not want anything to do with him anymore and he'd be mostly alone again. he'd have pac and thats it.

#qsmp #qsmp ramon #like dear god imagine learning that dead people don't stay dead but for some reason the only one connected to you did #and you have no idea why and now there's a chance the most important person in your life will die too #and you can't trust that he will be able to come back because the first didnt so why would he #ramon tag

[wejustvibing]

this celebration 🫶🏾

#i know i've already posted but just saw his onboards and i just wanna stay here 🥹 #one of one #just what it means. this celebration is just one of the reasons why he's the greatest of all time 🤲🏾 #3rd P2 of the season. would have been 4th but let's not talk about that #my goat fr #lewis hamilton #also bono man you could feel his emotion #that was a well deserved result for them both #peter bonnington #f1 #mexican gp 2023

[tongues--and--teeth]

Post-War Golden Cheese and Dark Cacao my beloveds <3

#I have REASONS for my design choices #Also based of the HC that after the Dark Flour War GC stayed in the Cacao Kingdom until she was able to develop enough supportive tech #to actually make the city of gold. bc like. in canon she did say that even making major CHANGES to the CoG would put crazy strain on her SJ #much less creating it from scratch #kind of lower quality than I usually post but I'm in a slump rn #DC kind of looks like shit but this is the like 4th iteration of his outfit #and you'd have to legit torture me to make me draw a 5th #golden cheese cookie #golden cheese crk #dark cacao cookie #dark cacao crk #you can tag as ship irdc #crk #crk fanart #cookie run kingdom #Please someone give me incentive to tell the world about the AU surrounding this I swear its interesting #im gnawing at my cage bars please someone let me someone please give me the go ahead guys please I swear it's interesting #cookie run au #cookie run fanart #artists on tumblr #digital artist #drawing #teethart

[erregiulydraws]

*thinks about vol 19’s sleeve illustration*

*thinks about vol 19’s sleeve illustration*

*thinks abo

Bonus:

#jshk #toilet bound hanako kun #tbhk #tsukasa yugi #jibaku shonen hanako kun #i was not planning on drawing HIM again but i have had realizations #i've been wondering about why he would be wearing traditional clothes when they are something he probably never wore when he was alive #turns out that's kind of the point #it's funerary wear #he has been sleeping in a literal coffin for 50 years #that's why his fingers are greenish too! and why he resembles a ghost despite being a yorishiro #because that's how hanako sees him #as a dead person #the person HE killed #at the same time he's alive just enough for the tought of erasing him to feel like murdering him again #also unrelated but i love how aidairo suddenly decided yes his eyes work exactly like a cat. there is no reason for this btw #also can't be sure this was intentional but the way his shirt stays slightly open on his chest kinda resembles a slit...like a knife wound #anyway i hate him i wanted to draw mitsukou /hj

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

a surprise reboot of the show!

que the puppets fleeing while a heavy working crew fuckin snatches everyone up in nets to clean the place us

"should we muzzle sally?"

"she fuckin bit me!"

"doesnt answer the question"

"wally stole my wallet!"

"hes legally allowed to, travis."

yk what i'd really wanna see is how they wrangle the massive dog & the equally tall four-armed caterpillar. Wally would get netted and Barnaby would appear behind the person, about to ruin their entire career

#'hes legally allowed to travis' PLEASSSSEEEEEE #this ask is going to entertain me for a While #just picturing the puppets scurrying around and under things while all the big ol humans struggle to catch them #rambles from the bog #and then of course their intense fear when they Are caught <3 #forcefully separated from each other and Home <3 #who knows maybe barnaby and howdy have to be knocked out somehow #thats gotta suck!!! #for the puppets for obvious reasons but imagine having to be one of the employees Doing this and Listening to their distress & confusion #WAIT LMFAO wally would just eat the nets #blink blink blink there's a puppet-sized hole to escape through #ohhhh sad thought! #when barnaby is taken down wally breaks free and crawls into That net #but since he's too small to move barnaby himself he just stays in that net voluntarily #absolutely Devouring this concept.... #the chaos and confusion the Fear the loss of control #wait. fuck was this a lights out ask? was it...? i dont know! i cant tell! either way i love it #though if it Is... and there Was a reboot... theyd probably just remake the puppets for a new studio #all the ogs are too 'outdated' and damaged to be used for a show. their colors are faded they're just... too old #inch resting concept indeed....

[forevermore-quoth-the-kitten]

strong urge to write an Obey Me fic where MC figured out really fast human fascinate demons for many reasons and gets a Devilhub account. they're really popular on it really fast. but the thing is

they're just doing normal shit and chatting about what life is like in the human realm

and demons go wild for it

#obey me #obey me shall we date #fic idea #mc would say all the time not to tell the demon brothers #having no idea they all know within the first 2 weeks about it #thats the ongoing joke though #the demons know and mc doesn't #asmo thinks mc was a fucking genius #lucifer keeps an eye on mc to make sure it stays safe #levi finds out they're not a normie from a stream #mammon makes it his person mission to be a sugar baby without realizing #satan got mad when mc made their bed it was so inefficient #beel was kind of whatever until he found a cooking stream in the kitchen one day #that was some good fucking food #belphie still has a ddd for reasons #he hates this bitch ass human #less so as time goes on #no i dont take criticism #thank you

[puppyeared]

I love you when we haven’t talked in weeks and months I love you when I have 12 unread messages I love you when im not in the mood to talk. We’re still friends even when we spend time apart

#it’s like delayed parallel play to me.. or perhaps sending letters in the mail #when I wrote this it’s because I have this thing that is like. having too much of a good thing #like if I talk to someone and love them too much I burn out.. does that make sense?? is that a universal experience??? #so sometimes when I have to spend time by myself I don’t stop loving my friends I think #especially because when I burn out I feel miserable for no reason and my brain comes up with ways to hate people #like oh they’re probably spending time with other ppl you’re disposable.. they probably forgot about you #one time I thought that if my friends were getting married they’d forget to invite me and it became a fear I’m trying to get over #but the answer I came up with is to keep reminding people I exist to stay present in their lives #even if it’s not as often as I can manage or would like. idk #yapping #feelings