#this took me what

[ink-the-artist]

Love the contrast between the Americans’ “Apollo” and the Soviets’ “Sputnik.” You got the Americans naming their rocket after a Greek god trying to communicate the grandness and importance of this rocket. And you got the Soviets naming their rocket “fellow traveler.” Like a friend you go on an  adventure with together. This rocket is our little friend lol 

#i think its cute #they took the mars rover approach #humanizing the space craft making it cute making us (me) project emotions onto it #the soviets also used imagery of laika in propaganda a lot #which is pretty fucked up imo #but if i grew up in the soviet union that shit wouldve definetly worked on me lmao #the narrative of a heroic little dog going to space and being honored by the whole country #as cruely wrong as it is its very appealing #the soviets knew what they were doing man they didnt reveal how laika really died until like. the 2000s #bc they knew people really cared about that dog #they liked the narrative around her

[pixiemage]

Please, for the love of god, please don’t be this person. No matter how long it’s been since an update, no matter how many unfinished stories are sitting on their account, no matter what - do not be this person.

Not only is it insanely rude, but you also do more damage than you think be being such a self-entitled ass about something someone created for free and for fun. “This author” can see what you say.

RIP decency indeed.

#Archive of our Own #Ao3 #Ao3 Comments #Writing #Fanfiction #Fanfic Writing #I wrote over 100k on that fic before burnout took hold #I poured my heart into what I did manage to finish #adhd’s a bitch that doesn’t always let me write what I want to write but I got that far #don’t make me feel ashamed because you didn’t get to see the ending

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

#I'm so proud and happy for my coworker and I've been trying to figure out how to let him know how amazing I think he is #what gets me the most is that he's keeping this super down low to avoid giving any hints to his kid #he has a lot of queer friends so he already is known as an ally but there's always a chance it will be different if it's family #and he took that chance and crumpled it up into a ball and slam dunked it into the garbage for three points #and decided that even if his kid wants to hide it from him for the rest of his life he will still do what he can to make their life better #pflag #parents doing their best #parenting win #good news #allyship

[kaptainandy]

herbert west playing yugioh if you even care 🙄

#you have no idea how long this took me #it was supposed to be a silly little edit and then i was like #but what if i tried to make it look as real as possible #anyway i'm mentally ill uwu #i just love the bts pic of him playing solitaire so much #plus i needed a new twitter header so what better image to use #my edit #reanimator #re-animator #re animator #herbert west #jeffrey combs #hp lovecraft #yugioh

[moonilit]

He got some fact checking to do

#Crepus lost like 5 years of his life at that moment #He will lose more #You can tell me Diluc cried and was all ‘was i a bad older brother’ #I don’t believe it #Kaeya probably told him he will go check things out in sumeru #And diluc was sure. #They are kids they probably don’t know how long a mile is #‘Far’ is just what’s behind the hill #I like to think crepus took the next ship immediately #He didn’t even returned to the winery that day #He just handed Diluc to addy jcsthnk #Crepus #kaeya #diluc #genshin impact

[candlebel]

Amo al robopayaso. xd

#candlebell art #fan art #Sundrop #❤ #I tried my hardest to make it look like his surface is soft silicone but that's insane sdfghsgsh #took me over a year to finish due to bad mental health. I wished to finish and show it on 2023. it was aching not being able to #I posted some WiPs with dates yesterday too if anyone's interested #it's not a 3D model; what the heck

[regonold]

The new wayne sibling concerns his family danny the new sibling can get anything you just have to ask the thing is no one can figure out how like it started small like tim saying god I'd kill for [hyper specific coffee brand he got one time 2 years ago from a coffee shop on a mission] and the next day danny places the coffee down infront of tim

Now danny refuses to answer how or where he got it from but the others of course have to experiment and so they start experimenting like they mention more and more obscure until eventually damian asks for a legendary magical sword and danny doesn't doesn't have it in the the usual 2-3 days they think it's bust but Don't mention anything

(Can't exactly reveal you were doing experiments our new brother and taking advantage of him as well)

Until a week later daimian wakes to a gleaming sword of legends on his bed

Meanwhile danny who is freshly traumatised is going if i prove myself useful they won't throw me out right?

#dpxdc #dp x dc #dc x dp #dcxdp #danny is using his powers to get what they requested #daimian's took so long because he had to hunt it down #he's basically trying to prove I'm useful Don't throw me away please

[ruushes]

dancing lessons! have to pass the time at camp somehow 💃

#dragon age #dao #zevran arainai #alistair theirin #morrigan #leliana #ailill mahariel #my ocs #my art #this started w just the zev drawing. what happened #what happened was i had an idea for leli and then ofc i had to do the other two #it took me like two months to think of one for morrigan that felt remotely ic #i mean idk its remotely ic that she would dance in front of the others at all #but i wanted to draw her :)c #and unfortunately for her she cares him

[nonasbirthday]

Clear as mud! But I expect nothing less from a Homestuck 🫡

#this is a fine and perfectly reasonable way to have ordered groups of nine relate to each other :) #this took me way too long to make and i know people are gonna come into my notes and tell me what i got wrong #which is fine lol there are many smart folks here #i am not budging on Anastasia being responsible for the 'reconstruction' step though. TWICE in GTN the Ninth is linked to reconstruction #and i think the fifth preserves the spirit (step 1). #perfunctory image id in alt text #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #nona the ninth #the locked tomb spoilers #nonasbirthday #enumeration in the locked tomb

[idkaguyorsomething]

five nights at freddy's is a film that creates a tense, suspenseful atmosphere of horror by having its protagonists go up against supernatural threats such as trying to navigate the job market, being forced to deal with shitty cops, and a man who willingly makes himself think of nebraska over and over again every night

#fnaf #fnaf movie #fnaf movie spoilers #maybe?? #just in case #vanessa is truly terrible at her job tho #i want someone better versed in police officer procedure than me to go through the movie and break down every law she breaks #she is to standard procedure what fazbear entertainment is to osha #so roughly above average for a cop #but damn mike's parents #you took your sons on vacation to nebraska???? #five nights at freddy's

[theladyeowyn]

You shall live to see these days renewed. And no more despair.

requested by @the-mawp

#lotredit #tolkienedit #the lord of the rings #tlotrgifs #lord of the rings #lotr #* #thank you for the request! sorry it took me quite a while; most of it was just narrowing down what moments to use #injury tw #faramir looks too clean & put-together in his sad moments and even in his 'about to be burned alive' ones so arrows it is :P #('then what about arwen?' well she's just Like That)

[lcs-scar]

this is how senshi sees the party

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dunmeshi #chilchuck #chilchuck tims #marcille #marcille donato #laois #laois touden #💌 -- handmade postcard #//this took me way too long to finish. it's just a shitpost. what the heck #//i hate it but i won't redo it we ball #//if you saw this yesterday no you didn't

[triptych-of-voids]

quick draw and trigonometry

#SMILES grins #this took me forever to draw.... i mean i started it yesterday but anyway #puts a protractor up to my screen where am i #wanted to do an engie-centric drawing for once #doodles #tf2 #tf2 engineer #tf2 spy #anyone that knows what inspired this gets a kiss on the mouth btw. or something

[not-roboto]

The Gang (20 cm x 20 cm, oil on paper) a series of small paintings I made of the backs of the gang.

#PLEASE try to guess what episode each one of these is from #one clue I'll give is that two of them are from the same episode (I think it's pretty obvious witch ones) #and frank's is the most difficult one #i even forgot which episode I took the reference from until I rewatched it and was like OHH THAT'S IT!! #whoever guesses what episode each one of these is from will get to pick a Suuny screencap for me to paint #HAVE FUN #i know i will #iasip art #iasip #iasip fanart #frank reynolds #dee reynolds #dennis reynolds #mac mcdonald #charlie kelly #oil painting #myportfolio

[wombywoo]

detour 🚘

#call of duty #cod #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #ghostsoap #my art #I will never stop drawing Johnny as the world's friendliest douchebag #and Simon as a homeless lesbian #for this pilgrimage they only packed cigarettes condoms and a can of beans with two forks btw #reminds me of the road trip we took in England last year... #does that angry guy from York know that we still quote him regularly in the family group chat?? #what a legend 🙌

[somnimagus]

My page for @sheikahzine; about Impaz's duty to her village, empty of people and full of memories.

[id in alt text]

#legend of zelda #loz #twilight princess #loz tp #i'm still reeling that someone sent me an ask about this one.. that they took the time to find my tumblr and tell me they liked it #it really meant a lot; thank you to anyone that stops to leave comments like that. they make me happy #but yeah! here's the usual symbolism ramble: #i thought it'd be cool to have the 'spirits' flowing one way and the cats walking through them the other way #to kinda show the difference in life inhabiting the village in the past and present #link's face is covered because impaz was just waiting for 'the hero' so his clothes are what matters; not his face #and it (hopefully) gives a surreal and intangible sense to 'the hero' she could only hope would actually show up #you can feel free to interpret the glowy blue sheikah as ghosts or just as memories of the past! i couldn't decide either way #the one on the bottom left is oot impa since she's implied to be the village founder. so i guess she would be a ghost actually? #fan art #my art #project stuff #and ahhh the book-- everyone's stuff is so beautiful!! #especially the writing. some of the fics made me really tear up and some were so fun and clever. i really love them #a lot of them captured the sheer burden of the role of the sheikah; all of the time and grief and doubt #i know i always say this stuff about every project but. the people i get to work with in these are truly so skilled every time