#this is how i cope apparently

[thebookshoparoundthecorner]

Has this been done yet?

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens s1 #good omens s2 #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #ineffable spouses #aziracrow #neil gaiman #this is how I cope apparently #I took myself off the clock at work to make this

[hopetorun]

if you do more than one just pick the one you do most often! (for instance i'm a sound off girl except for occasionally when i'm a game off refreshing the app nonstop girl)

#managing my own stress by asking how other people manage theirs lmao #it's round 1 game 2 and i already have the game muted so i'm not coping well apparently!!!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Words Collide

[First] Prev <--> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jiang fengmian #yu ziyuan #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #Almost axed this comic but then I remembered I cut the previous argument between them and I guess they can have this. #and by 'this' I mean their toxic arranged marriage verbal battles. #As I previously mentioned in a comic I have chosen to see them as mlm and wlw in an unfulfilled relationship. #The yearning is for companionship. I think they do care for each other it's just something deeply complicated. And bitter. #I truly feel for JC and WWX in this scene because while it's implied YZY really pushes the limit...it's apparent this isn't new. #And it's so petty! Anyone who lived through a parent pitting you against a sibling can tell you that this stuff messed them up #regardless of what side you were on (the golden one or the fuck up). #It doesn't matter what is said. It matters that it was said at all. That you can't shake the concept once it was spoken. #The Jiang household is so much more miserable the deeper you examine what's going on and how they cope with it. #Knowing that a parent does not like you is just awful. I wish everyone who's been through it all the best. You didn't deserve that. #Next update is back to the jokes! Remember jokes? It jingled merrily...How I miss the sound of those bells...

[sensitiveheartless]

Ok, so Muppet AU! Every ability user in canon is a muppet, except for Dazai, who nullifies both abilities and the physical state of being a muppet!

Now that that’s established:

Bram is already kind of a muppet, right?

(Whenever Bram spreads the vampirism, the newly infected muppet just gains a pair of glued-in fangs)

Corruption is just muppet-Chuuya on a string, being swung wildly about like the killer rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Imagine you are a muppet for as long as you can remember, and then one weird human pokes you, and suddenly you are also human for the first time alsksjdjf

Oh and the best part of this AU is Ranpo!!! Because if Fukuzawa convinced Ranpo that he had an ability when he was fifteen, then that means that Fukuzawa simultaneously had to convince a human boy that he was a muppet.

And Ranpo believes this for years.

Ranpo, a human man: “Haha, I have the best ability in the agency! >:D”

Atsushi, a tiger-muppet who has just learned how all this works:

#this is how my brain copes with being cooped up apparently #I cannot properly express just how much the Ranpo bit has been making me crack up it makes me so happy #also holy shit dazai and fyodor’s dynamic is so funny too #breaking news: man has extremely antagonistic relationship with a muppet bent on destroying all muppets #the fuckingg— the alleyway scene. oh my gosh. DEAD APPLE #Dazai sitting at a table with TWO MUPPETS who then proceed to STAB HIM #Dazai having a normal one dkdjfjfjf #don’t mind me I’m losing it #bsd muppet au #bsd #my art #bsd chuuya #bsd dazai #bungou stray dogs #bsd bram #bsd fukuchi

[purgetrooperfox]

not to foxpost on the foxblog but I think we should all talk more about the cognitive dissonance that the GAR, and the Guard specifically, would have to deal with on an ongoing basis. they're brought up and had it drilled into them for a decade straight that the Republic is worth fighting and dying for, that it stands for justice and freedom and [insert patriotic buzzwords here]. they get deployed directly into a slaughter on Geonosis. they get assigned to Jedi who intentionally get them killed. they get assigned to the Guard and listen to Senators treat the war like an abstract, distant concept and the clones like equipment to be manufactured/replaced/disposed of. they're treated as subhuman by civilians. they're slaves in this system that was built up to be a shining star, a perfect example of democracy, the thing they're born to die for.

so what do you get. indoctrinated beliefs versus lived experience. sure, some of them turn (Slick) or desert (Cut), but most of them have to reconcile that conflict without walking away from the army altogether. Dogma is one end of the spectrum, going the route of "my indoctrinated beliefs must be true, so I'll selectively validate parts of my lived experience to align with them and seek out proof of them". Fives is, on Umbara at least, the opposite end, going the route of "my lived experience must be true, so I'll recontextualize my indoctrinated beliefs to match it". the Republic is still worth everything, but maybe we can't trust the Jedi, or the Kaminoans, or the Chancellor.

but the majority of them are going to fall closer to Dogma, otherwise the GAR would stop functioning or try to collectively rebel, right? it's easy to skirt around how deep brainwashing runs and how far people will go to resolve dissonance, but fmngmfng

so you take Fox in the context of Commander of the Guard, and you get "the Republic must still be worth it, so these rules and regs are in place for a reason, and even if they're not then they do work to protect us, and the Senate is doing its best with a bad situation, and the Chancellor wouldn't commit xyz atrocity because he is the Republic" and on and on and on to try to reconcile it all in his poor fucked up brain. how would he carry on with the slog of his job? how could he possibly have the space to wrestle with the contradiction? then the longer you lean into one justification, the deeper it sinks in and reinforces itself

anyway this has been needless over-analysis hour

#commander fox #YES i do think fox gets increasingly suspicious of palpatine. especially at the end #but i also think that goes hand in hand with fox starting to fray #he never fully falls apart but surely he would start to buckle under the strain of Everything plus losing faith #that does fucked up shit to the brain #hfdgfb #and it's not like he can't fit Overprotective Of The Guard into this mental framework #fox is going through it in my head can you tell. what is his story if not a cycle of tragedy and being forced to carry on #how do you cope #you convince yourself that there's a purpose #he's so complicated. the guard is such a complicated post. no one look at me #foxposting #i saw a harebrained fox take so i had to speak my truth (<- through gritted teeth) #aheem #leo.txt #apparently i also hit 400 followers so here's what you get kasnkdbdjd

[travisdermotts]

Toronto Maple Leafs in the Playoffs (2016-2022)

2016/17 Team Photo by Mark Blinch // Sign of the Times by Harry Styles // 2022 handshake via Nick Turchiaro // 2021 handshake via Steve Russell // 2018 handshake via IconSportswire // Quote by Simon Van Booy // Fans Outside via Steve Russell // Saluting the fans via Steve Russell // Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by the Smiths // Leafs Playoffs Results since 2016/17 // Capitals Overtime Win via Mark Blinch // 26 by Paramore // Episode 5 of All or Nothing // Hand Me Downs by Arkells // Sheldon Keefe in All or Nothing // 2020/21 Team Photo by Mark Blinch

#i didn't know how to cope with the playoffs being around the corner so i made this afklajf #and because apparently i love torturing myself #would've included more pictures but simply could not bring myself to look at them being sad anymore :) #ahahaha #toronto maple leafs #maple leafs #leafs #mitch marner #auston matthews #frederik anderson #jack campbell #william nylander #morgan rielly #john tavares #alex kerfoot #tj brodie #justin holl #wayne simmonds #sheldon keefe #kyle dubas #nhl #hockey #web weaving

[geosaurus]

Get Your Life Together AU

#kaiji #kaiji itou #akagi #akagi shigeru #FKMT #edit: updated this illustration bc some of the rendering was bothering me #if you dont know what Kaiji is just pretend these are my OCs bc they might as well be for how unrecognizable they are. Also read/watch Kaij #why did i draw an AU where Kaiji gets his life together & becomes a tattoo artist and f.t.m Akagi is there? anxiety i guess?? #i've been unemployd as flck and my coping stratergy is that i terraform my blorbos #i know tattooing is kinda tabooin japan bc of yakuza but kaiji and akagi are pariahs so why not. not like he can keep a normal job anyway #it puts him in the flow state he craves but instead of gambIing away ungodly amounts of money he just draws a w ee d leaf on kazuyas a s #i put thought into the tatoos and stickers etc i want to explain them but i doubt anyone would read all that. but please enjoy the details #HEY HERE'S A FUN FACT ABOUT THIS POST #it wasn't showing up in the fkmt fandom tags for a while so i complainted to tumblr about it bc i was feeling petty #apparently tumblr looks through all your tags and all the individual words within your tags to see if its sensitive material #so i went through and changed words until it showed up in the tags #and then changed some back to see what would keep it in. and i know for a fact that one of the sensitive words was f////t///////m #so thats cool.

[danwhobrowses]

Okay so we are doing a very rare third post about the events of Critical Role campaign 3 episode 91 so avoid if you still haven't watched it because there will be spoilers again

Right. So I'm not gonna talk more about the Reincarnate vs Stay Dead debate with FCG, I still prefer Reincarnate for reasons I put in my last post but now I'm gonna talk about the other route, if FCG stays dead, what becomes of his remains?

It is almost ironic that a PC death happened a few episodes after Matt created the Ruidian custom of making weapons from a loved one's remains, something Ashton and Fearne were quite intrigued by, so I wonder if the Hells would do the same - in a way carrying a little bit of FCG with them to continue the fight. Outside of his loot it's hard to tell what the Hells can use, if it were me I'd have each of the Hells have a bracelet from his hair at the least, but the rest would probably need to be left in the hands of tinkerers to create things that may enhance the Hells' combat; maybe a conductive whip for Imogen to use for her more lightning-based magic for instance, I can also see Ashton fixing FCG's head onto their outfit or hammer and Chetney and Laudna maybe making little FCG dolls for each of them too.

Loot-wise I had to look at the wiki to remind myself of all the stuff FCG had on them, as well as see what Otohan had but outside of the backpack and swords it wasn't quite descriptive at this point, and even then there's no guarantee it'll all be undamaged from the blast, but there were some notable things that could end up in the Hells' hands to use. I feel like we're all in agreement that if FCG doesn't come back that Ashton keeps the Coin of the Changebringer, perhaps even have it affixed to their hammer so to feel like FCG is still fighting with them. The full extent of its magical properties were not shown outside of the Yes/No question and 1 bout of Lucky per day, but on Ashton's hammer the daily reroll might end up being helpful, though they are not a fan of the gods a little FCG-aided divine buffing could go a long way. Other than that, Ashton probably should claim the two Potions of Possibility FCG had, my earlier post mentioned my belief that Otohan's backpack should go to them because Dunamancy (I didn't however mention how echoes can work as temporary meat shields for Ashton to better negate enemy attacks that'd otherwise be aimed at the party) and the logic is the same here, Matt would probably have to try and balance Ashton's Dunamancy and Titan buffs so to not take all four potions (or more, think Fearne and Orym have one too right? *checks* oh and Laudna so that's 7 potions!) at once but those seem to be key loot Ashton should keep a hold of.

Outside of combat FCG would be helpful in using Identify when the Hells came across new objects. While Chetney has Grim Psychometry to do something similar, the Goggles of Object Reading that FCG used could be taken by Imogen - which in turn may provide Laura and the fandom a means to canonize glasses on the character - along with the Staff of Dark Odyssey that she has used before.

Fearne is another who could hold the Staff, but I find it unlikely. She would probably take the rod used to plane-shift to the Fey Realm, in a way being a key to home if she needs it. I can see her taking the Ivory Branch as well, albeit temporarily until a new healer presents themselves, due to the +1 Spell attack and +1d4 Healing. She might keep the Ruidian mood ring but I feel like that wouldn't survive the blast, same with the recipes FCG collected, though it'd be nice if someone were able to carry on his memory that way; Fearne, Ashton or Orym would be likely candidates for that.

Laudna would perhaps be able to use most of the scrap remains of FCG for her constructs, perhaps a little buffing for Pate is in order plus she doesn't use Sashimi often. Chetney only really works in wood so he probably won't take the remains, stuff such as his saws and propeller could be used to empower Laudna's own creations, maybe even the fake legs too.

One weapon I think will not end in Laudna's hands however is the Grapple cannon, which could suit either Orym or Chetney. Orym is the better candidate to use it though, given the 20 Dexterity compared to Chetney's 14, additionally there is the +1 Mithril Half-Plate Armor, which could be an improvement for either.

If Orym were to get both I could see it being a trade for Chetney not getting anything, in turn granting Chetney both of Otohan's swords to use - since Orym may want nothing to do with her equipment given her role in killing their family. Otherwise I can see Chetney maybe grabbing the saws ahead of Laudna, maybe the goggles but he does already have the monocle, and any utensils he can repurpose for crafting. There is also the possibility of him getting the Aeoran Scrambling Devices that we know little about, maybe adding a little 'this wouldn't happen if it were wooden' catharsis for Chet if he used them on machines.

The only other thing that is left from FCG are the bolt thrower and the All-Minds-Burn drugs. The latter could go to anyone but Ashton, Fearne and Imogen are more likely (she still needs to plant that seed), the bolt thrower could go to Laudna, she never used Bor'dor's slingshot with the Draconic Rune that Prism added to it, or to Chetney to fire a chisel. His coat he designed like FRIDA's would probably be kept for her to be given too. Outside of that the only other specific loot we currently know from Otohan is the Fake Treshi Ring for Scrying (not its official name), which won't be of use to the Hells since the next time they get close to a major enemy they will be fighting, but perhaps it could be placed in the hands of Liliana Temult, either to keep track of her or to plant on Ludinus so the Hells can track his movements instead.

#critical role #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #cr3 spoilers #cr3 #cr3e91 #bells hells #bell's hells #fcg #fresh cut grass #ashton greymoore #fearne calloway #imogen temult #laudna #orym of the air ashari #chetney pock o'pea #liliana temult #otohan thull #matt mercer #sam riegel #taliesin jaffe #ashley johnson #laura bailey #travis willingham #marisha ray #liam o'brien #I think too much I know but I need to play it out in less negative scenarios in order to cope #they have lost the one who keeps trying to keep them united so it'll either divide them or push them to finally work together #I forgot how much loot everyone had like apparently Orym still has an unopened burlap sack! #sure hope no new portraits were commissioned for lv13 because the poor artist probably had to scribble a bunch out

[hollowwish]

jimmy and fwhip would play the fornite fishy on me video randomly to annoy each other, then argue over if the fish in it is a cod or salmon for thirty straight minutes

#ren posting #sorry this is how i cope with things. apparently. fishy on me vidoe... #jimmy solidarity #fwhip #fishduo #empires s1 #<-- specifically

[enhanced-operatives-division]

Improvement :3

#turns out practice does work....who would have thought .. apparently not me... #im very proud I've stayed with it #me??? actually liking ny art??? and seeing myself improve more than i have in a year within a couple months?????????? #what a good hyperfixation/special interest does to you/silly #alas i need to keep branching out to the other ieytd characters because i wanna work on my fabby design #i have a hard time with costume and um she is literally THE fashion girlie so. i gotta work on that #because she DESERVES IT DAMNIT #also still working on a mental image for zor...sigh #im really into the vitti as zor theory and that 'zor' is a role/title that's kinna passed on....idk...i have thoughts..... #but yeah zor is so painfully human to me but also is trying to not be drives me up the WALL #THAT'S ANOTHER POSTS RANT how did i get here #alas #ieytd #[agent moose's art] #THAT'S IT not individually tagging these doodles? drawings? are not good enough for that #i don't have. the urge to draw in full colour rn <- so so so so busy <- leaves secondary education in less than 2 months #alas. I'm surviving. and very excited about next steps. just gotta get through. via ieytd. it's becoming my mantra #i keep saying i should make designs for solaris and redo my fabby so i can have triple threat explaining science to me on my flashcards #im. coping in my own special way

[snekdood]

bitches be like. i hate vegans so much that i’ve decided i like killing animals and its fine and i dont feel bad and animals dont have feelings and its fine and im cool subversive and different and edgy and like to post fucked up stuff to make vegans uncomfortable bc im just so cool

#you sound like every cishet republican man to me #you're not a Cool Subversive Leftist you're literally regressing by seeing animals as just objects of your pleasure and thats it lmao #im sorry but you dont just get to throw out all of veganism. it does infact have some roots in leftism. #you can sit there and cope with the fact you agree w some vegan talking point by calling it 'animal welfare' all you want #doesnt change the fact that a lot of those ideas in those circles were formed by vegans. #damn woooah vegans arent a monolith and dont all agree on the same shit woooahhh who knew #literally i have no idea how we even got to this point or how this would be surprising. #when i was on vegan twitter bitches were arguing all the fucking time within it. ur really gonna sit ther en tell me they're all secret #eco fash that hates native ppl and people who have to eat meat? ya sure??? #you would think the individuals on tumblr- of all places- would understand how frustrating it would be to be grouped in with the worst #members of their community as if you represent them and are the sole spokesperson #you'd think they'd hate when someone jumps to conclusions about them based on their lifestyle #but naur. i think yall take it too personally. as if a vegan just being in a room is somehow trying to force you to be vegan. #literally grow tf up. #if a vegan being in the same room with you triggers feelings in you that you Have to stop eating meat- i really think thats a you problem #bud. homeboy hasnt even spoke to you leta lone look at you and apparently you feel this weird pressure now #idk man dont you think that pressure might be coming within?? maybe.... you do infact feel things and feel a lil guilty abt eating meat? #not telling you to stop... i still eat meat here n there. but at least im honest with myself about how it makes me feel to do it. #its infact normal to take a second to think about the loss someone made in exploitation to provide you with whatever. #if you can let yourself feel a lil guilt about buying a fast fashion thing you can sure as fuck finally extend your fuckin empathy to #animals and stop treating them like objects or toys.

[drgnbnd]

🌼 i'd rather stand for nothing than to stand for you

so take a stand 🕯️

#archbishop rhea #rhea fire emblem #seiros #fe three houses #fe3h #fodlan #fe16 #this fanart is halal bc im not depicting her face URK #guilty pleasure pope returns #dunno how well the album fits but line cool #WAS RHEA MY LAST POST TOO??? coping #also apparently i like white guy rap now #this post is a fucking trainwreck #is the lyrics rhea talking or me?? a secret #prf

[gideon-of-navareth]

Not that I want it to happen—it would be so heart-wrenching and bittersweet and I adore them so much as two people. But I’ve become Fashionably Obsessed™ with an actual Griddlehark gestalt.

I’ve been calling her Nova, since Harrow likes that name enough to use it in her Erotic Friend Fiction in HtN, and I think it suits their gem-fusion hellspawn.

Harrow’s bod because it’s currently the least gunched; Gideon’s eyes because I said so.

Made of butch, spite, and everything nice.

Teenage dirtbag pompa-hawk, mirror shades, more bone jewelry than I had the capacity to draw

It’s Horny Gremlin Hours 24/7. Unironically finds bone tiddies and boob armor hot. Digs older women, and deities that have been turned into Lovecraftian horrors by the hubris of man.

Very loving, but shows it in strange and opaque ways. Leaves tasty snacks in drawers for her friends to find, not unlike a squirrel. Leaves notes everywhere with cryptic messages like “they’re lying” (a note to let everyone know the cats have been fed).

Will attempt to befriend wild animals because they’re just misunderstood. Has a statistically fascinating rate of success.

Probably still haunted but in a fun way. Befriends ghosts the same way she befriends wild animals.

Best necromancer of her generation (New Game+ version), uses her powers exclusively for evil. Wields a zweihander. Half feral. Nigh indestructible. Literally unstoppable, be glad she’s on your side.

Bites (affectionate)

Has an ego the size of a planet and unfortunately also has the skill to back it up. Her mouth doesn’t write checks, it swipes an Amex black card.

Adores the shit out of Paul but will shove them in a locker (lovingly) at the slightest provocation.

#ntn spoilers #nona the ninth spoilers #the locked tomb spoilers #griddlehark #this is apparently how I’m coping with The Wait #myart #nova griddlehark #lmao everyone ignore how I put ‘apopneumatosis’ instead of ‘apopneumatism’

[sleeptokenpuppy]

Is anyone else comforted by the mental image of the boys taking ticketmaster to task for how the pre-sale went so badly?

I can see it one of two ways. Either we have Vessel by himself on the phone, being aggressively britishly angry as just his normal everyday self... Or we have all four of them fully dressed as if they're about to walk on stage, staring daggers into the camera of a zoom call while Sam very calmly explains how disappointed all of them are.

[glendover]

I don’t care (I already wrote two fanfics about it)

#apparently that’s how I cope lmao #fanfic writing #fanfic #ao3 fanfic #ao3 #aftg #trc

[zxrtecs]

sometimes i wish i could just. reach through the screen and slam a pro.shipper's head down at least once because they are just so dumb and maybe the action would cause some important neurons sleeping on the job to actually get to work. they would almost be sad if they weren't so disgusting. they gotta have a combined IQ of 5 at this point like...

#scor’s rambling #tw: csa #tw: child abuse #rant in the tags #i don't argue with them bc they just seem to forget that children can easily be groomed and tricked apparently? #i remember when they would say “its not gonna make anyone act this out and if they do its not the creator's fault” #like? what kind of logic is that in regards to pedophilies???? dumbasses #and then they pull out the “but i was abused as a child this is how i cope” right. because tagging your trauma with pro''ship is totally go #help you and not easily attract people who literally just wanna get off at the thought of a kid being abused like that? #like you are making it worse for yourself and every possible child i don't know how they don't see that. #thats like me tagging my posts about my eating struggles with pro-eati.ng disorder tags. hello? inviting the devil to my house basically. #and then people wanna act like this is just some internet drama... no man its. way more serious lol #and they focus on the most extreme people who are against them too as if that makes them look better? like another type of group i know. #“see they think reading about murder makes you a criminal” you think cp is just fine and dandy... which one is more serious here. #like being an..ti censo..rship doesn't mean what they mean. they probably don't even give a damn about minorities being censored #unless they are child minorites to exploit i guess