#this was a horrible/great idea

[reimidy]

#this was a horrible/great idea #splatoon #my art #splatoon 3 #splatoon 3 story mode #dj octavio #marie #callie #squid sisters #cap'n cuttlefish #cuttletavio #implied lmao #fanart #nintendo #artists on tumblr #comic #mine #shitpost #splatoon spoilers

[rocketbirdie]

malfestio, the hypnotic owl of nightmares

#hey capcom quick question uhhhhh. why tf are the backs of malfestio's wings made of SOLID FUCKING STEEL?!???!! #i got a great idea for a monster! #it scrambles the controls. in a game that requires EXTREMELY COMPLICATED CONTROLS. lol #and also it knocks you unconscious with massive status ailment AOEs and nigh unavoidable sleep ray attacks. #and then thwacks your helpless little body into the nearest loading zone. #let's make players fight it uhhhh i dunno like 6 times if they want to progress. lmao #masterclass in excellent design and horrible execution. oh malfestio my beloathed...... #monster hunter #monhun #mh #malfestio #my art <3

[fictionadventurer]

The more I learn about Civil War politics, the more I'm convinced that Lincoln's most impressive and useful leadership trait was that he never let his pride get in the way of doing his job.

Other people in Lincoln's position would have come to Washington with something to prove. They'd have resented the insults and tried to disprove them. They'd have tried to seize power and credit, rejected help, spent a lot of time trying to reach a certain level of respect.

Lincoln's response to, "You're just a backwoods lawyer with no executive experience who makes too many dumb jokes," was pretty much always, "Yeah. And?" He had no interest in petty personal power plays. He had a country to run. There was a war on. It didn't matter what people thought of him so long as the job got done.

He was aware of his personal shortcomings and was always willing to accept advice and help from people who had more knowledge and experience in certain areas. He presided over a chaotic Cabinet full of abrasive personalities who thought they were better and smarter than him, but he kept working with them because they could get the job done. For example: Stanton was absolutely horrible to him when they were both working as lawyers. Just incredibly mean on a personal level. But when Lincoln needed someone to replace Cameron, he swallowed his pride and appointed Stanton as Secretary of War, where Stanton proceeded to be mean to everyone in the world, but he whipped that department into shape and kept it running efficiently through a very chaotic war. Pretty much no one except Lincoln would have been able to put up with that. He could put up with people who were personally difficult if they could do the job he needed them to do--which he was only able to do because his own ego didn't get in the way.

Lincoln's example is a prime demonstration of how humility isn't underrating yourself--it's being so secure in your own abilities and identity that you don't need to attack anyone or defend yourself to prove your worth. He knew his shortcomings, but he also knew his strengths. He was willing to give other people credit for successes and take blame upon himself for failures if it kept things running smoothly. He was secure enough in his own power that he could deal generously--but firmly--with people who tried to undermine him. In a city full of huge egos, in a profession that rewards puffed-up pride, that levelheaded humility is an extremely rare trait--which is what made it so impressive and effective.

#history is awesome #presidential talk #so i went to a teeny backwater thrift store today #their tiny history book section just happened to have an old lincoln biography #i opened to the page about the cabinet #which describes the situation like 'seward was calling himself premier and lording it over everyone' #'blair was causing problems everywhere' #'welles was insulting everyone in his diary and especially hated stanton grant and seward' #'and stanton hated absolutely everyone in the whole wide world' #and as i was reading this i was internally kicking my legs with excitement and cackling with glee because this is the good stuff #i don't know why but i love these horrible petty men #they're like a bunch of raccoons fighting over territory in a dumpster fire it's so great #i read the whole chapter right there in the store #and it impressed upon me yet again how impressive lincoln was to put up with all these guys #(the writer was a bit simplistic and made a lot of these guys come off as worse than they were) #(like he made seward sound like a complete incompetent when he was a pretty good secretary of state) #(he had some grandiose ideas but the man deserves a lot of credit for keeping england out of the war) #(but for a one-chapter summary of these guys it wasn't exactly wrong and it was a ton of fun) #i very much did not want another book especially another american history book #but it was only fifty cents and i have a pouch full of spare change #and the writer's style was so much fun that i decided to take the book with me #i don't plan to read the whole thing (i'm sick of lincoln bios) but it's fun to dip into for things like this #and i had to talk to you about it

[fidgetspringer-art]

-✹- 'But I miss you in the mornings when I see the sun, Something in the orange tells me we're not done' -✹-

#art #artists on tumblr #illustration #digital art #digital drawing #original art #orignal character #cadillac ranch #punk art #my ocs #noah #While hanging out with my pal Raptorjules they came up with the great idea of drawing Noah at different roadside attractions and landmarks #from around the US #since he travels around so much #they brought up the Cadillac Ranch on Route 66 and i immediately knew exactly what i wanted to make #so here's Noah having a quiet moment to himself #I have a few more landmarks i think would be cool to do something with #which works out well since i've been meaning to brush up on my background/landscape skills a little #But yeah! here's a horrible little man #Lyrics are from Something in the Orange by zach bryan #which is one the most Noah and Martin songs ever made

[uncanny-tranny]

Something I think ought to be more readily-available and encouraged is simply... taking parental classes. I wish it were more common for people to realize just how hard - and important - parenting is, and indeed, that we all could use help with taking care of young folk. It's really alarming that popular opinion is still that parental classes are only for the "fuck-up" parents, or the parents who utterly failed. It should be seen as a good thing to take parental classes - especially on your own volition. It should be seen as imperative for one to take them, it should be a free, accurate, and scheduled occurrence so that people of any background are able to attend.

#politics #parenting #i might have posted something like this before but who knows. certainly not me (the blogger) #of course some cities and states in the USA for instance will have programs like this but it's not.. across the board from what i understand #my city has a few free parenting classes for really any parent and i am really happy to hear that #my dad talks about the classes he took and most of them are geared toward fathers (the classes he takes). i think that's a great thing #i wish that was more common when i was a kid. when i'm older you bet i'm taking advantage of parenting classes <3 #even if i have no children i won't be child-free unless i live in isolation. i want to treat them well #i would be devastated if a kid were to have a horrible experience around me because i was an asshole or i was uncompassionate or ignorant #the overall message i got as a kid was that parenting classes were a punishment for the fuck-up parents and THAT is fucked up to me #the idea that parenting is simultaneously natural AND that you're Always Correct and Never Wrong is dangerous at best #like i bet my abuser thought they were a good adult to me and that i was just a fucked-up *child*

[metanarrates]

han myungoh returning to the story several hundred chapters after his last appearance is interesting. like kim namwoon and the mother and child from geumho station, he is a minor character whose purpose in the story seemed neatly served already - but all of those resolutions occurred when the story seemed to be a much simpler one. kim namwoon, a defeated evil, comes back and is shown to be a teenager who was shaped by his environment. the mother from the station is a desperate but caring person who is narratively "rewarded" by going free with her child, only to end up being turned into a demon and killed in paradise. and han myungoh, who is a genuinely despicable, greedy boss who sexually harasses yoo sangah, meets his fate by being cursed by a demon... only to come back as someone who has been changed by parenthood and wants to save his child.

this is not a world that metes out karmic justice. it might have seemed that way at the start, but such a thing doesn't exist in orv. the idea is deconstructed. the world is shown to be more harsh, and people shown to be more complicated. I believe that han myungoh's return to the story is meant to usher in a lot of what the upcoming arcs have to say about the rigidity of good v. evil categorization and about the concept of justice within those categorizations!

#nic's great orv reread #he is still horrible! but his presence is interesting and he has interesting ideas happening w his character

[tangledinink]

MY CHILDHOOD LOVE, WARRIOR CATS MY ONE AND ONLY

I MADE MY FIRST OC'S, SELF INSERTS, AND PERSONAS FOR THAT SERIES

WE WARRIOR'S FANS STAND TOGETHER IN OUR SEA OF BLOOD AND PILE OF BONE

oh BIG MOOD. i was obSESSED with warrior cats for AGES. like. lowkey baby's first true hyperfixation. i deVOURED those books. they were typically too expensive for my family to buy (esp coz there were SOO many of them) so every time a new one would come out i'd beg my mom to bring me to the bookstore and then i'd straight up just sit in the aisle and read the entire thing then and there.

warrior cats is definitely, like, a huge part of what truly got me into drawing/writing/storytelling. i used to dedicate hours to illustrating scenes from those books. i had four HUGE handmade posters up on my wall as a tween with each and every cat from each and every clan that i'd update as the allegiances changed in the books. i used to design 'warriorsonas' for each and every one of my classmates because i was a super normal child. warriors is how i got into roleplaying, which was definitely a huge influence on my writing-- i read in an interview when i was, like, 11 that the erins sometimes got inspiration for warrior names from roleplay sites, and i was like!!!!! omg i have to start roleplaying on roleplay sites so that one of my warrior names get into the books!!!!

(they never did lol)

but i still obSESSIVELY roleplayed online for YEARS, i'd draw all my characters and draw my friends' characters, too, and scenes from the rps. we'd all write PARAGRAPHS upon paragraphs with, like, proper grammar and everything (because at that age and in those circles, roleplaying *with actions in asteriks* and stuff was CRINGE and everyone KNEW that the LONGER you wrote the BETTER your writing was, obvs, and that was the only factor--) i spent, like, every waking moment on this massive chatroom-based site called kugyay that had, like, hundreds and thousands of users in its heyday. granted, like, most people had more than one account (so you could have a custom profile for each character, obvi) but i remember everyone freaked out when we hit more than 10,000 accounts.

i could talk about my experience with warrior cats and all my various ocs for... like.... ages. also like. this is random and won't mean anything to most people, esp coz i only posted, like, a few pages about it, but i also want y'all to know that this graphic novel that i desperately want to bring to life and do justice someday and that i've dedicated SOOO much time thinking about is... like....... 1000% inspired by/based on warrior cats lowkey. like. i am infected. forever and ever.

#warrior cats #warrior cats warrior cats warrior cats warrior cats #my pets also lowkey have warrior cat names #i used to spend ALLL my time on kugyay and like. it was considered like a BIG DEAL to have a 'high rank' #ie have a character who was a leader/deputy/medicine cat #and it was SUPER competitive coz there could only be 16 at a time at most and again there were literally THOUSANDS of users #and when my oc brownowl became the thunderclan medicine cat i was like #omg #ive peaked #this is the greatest accomplishment of my life. ill never do anything greater. this is it #my god i have so many memories #like it was in many ways fucking horrible lol but it was also? great #and definitely made me the writer/artist that i am today #asks #sorry i rambled so much i just like #have warrior cat thoughts all the time they Mean So Much To Me #i could also talk about that dumb graphic novel idea for ages and ages #kugyay

[atopvisenyashill]

probably my most favorite take is that rhaegar suffered from the same “madness” as his father & brother, aka a family history of schizophrenia and my evidence is i know what someone on a delusions of grandeur bent looks like lmao, and someone becoming convinced that their bloodline is the key to saving the world, then getting fixated on someone else they love/admire as also being the key to saving the world, is like, textbook delusional. i’ve always thought rhaegar (and dany & viserys, by extension as the last dragons, inheriting the legacy from their older family members) was a great way of exploring that concept of “are you really crazy if they’re actually out to get you” bc these prophecies definitely exist! some magical portend IS out to get them but unfortunately all it did was make them absolutely crazy!

#fun story several years after his break my uncle got diagnosed with paranoid type schizophrenia & goes ‘i don’t think i’m that paranoid’ & #my mom and grandma just. stared at him. until he went ‘okay you don’t have to be rude!’ aksjdjd. he was hilarious i miss him. #i think rhaegar is often excluded from the idea of targ madness but. watching your father lose his mind & knowing the other adult in the #room HAS to be you no matter what bc no one else will do it they will just sit there and watch. that’s. so much to grow up under. #getting on my soap box #there’s something here in rhaegar & cersei both hearing horrible prophecies at young ages & it just completely breaking their psyche. #it’s so tragic that like. these two great hopes for normalcy in westeros are too far gone before they ever reach puberty. the madness of #knowing too much about your own future. the futility of it. too much for a child to cope with. #i can’t believe i made myself sad about rhaegar what’s my problem rn aksjsj

[jovialcloudqueenisnotonfire]

I thought conservative men with fight club was the worst example of "didn't get the point" out there but squid game: the challenge may have just taken first place

#like are you fucking kidding me #I was mad when I thought it was an American remake #you're telling me they took the horrible dystopian commentary on capitalist society #and went #that is such a great idea! #squid game #squid game: the challenge #Netflix #Netflix originals

[tomdarsh]

RM ravenstan not finishing because something about him is very off and his face gives me the heebie jeebies

posting anyways tho 💔 it could’ve been good

@boxwinebaddie ☹️

#south park #i hate tumblr #kyle broflovski #stan marsh #artists on tumblr #fanart #style #I’m serious #something about him very… elongated #like he’s been stretched and not in a good way #yikes #this could’ve been SOO good tho #so sad about this drawing #cowboy stan supremacy #cowboy stan ml #I play too much rdr2 #someone get this fine man a cowboy hat !! #also his pants are weird #idk what I was planning to do #never drawing again #Nina pls dont kill me for horrible fanart #I really saw greatness in this idea #it wasn’t meant to be

[bonerey]

me: man i really wish i had a romantic partner :((

how i look after imagining being in a romantic relationship:

#the ideas great but someone being there?? CONSTANTLY????? #like why would someone else be in MY bed. thats actually horrible #dont call me that dont look at me like that dont feel those ways about me get AWAY from me #the aromantism is hitting rn #aromantic #aromantism #romance repulsed #romance repulsion

[bread--quest]

[ID: Three digital drawings of the characters Padmini, Manny, and Veneza, from N. K. Jemisin's Great Cities series. All three are very simple, lineless drawings of the head of the character. Padmini is a woman with brown skin and long, darker brown hair, and she is smiling slightly while looking off to one side. She is drawn against a blue background. Manny is a man with light brown skin and short, curly light brown hair, who is looking away with a neutral, unamused expression. He is drawn against a dark green background. Veneza is a girl with dark brown skin and curly dark brown hair in two buns, and she is grinning confidently at the camera. She is drawn against an orange background. All three have skylines drawn around the top of their heads in glowing white lines; the Queens skyline for Padmini, the Manhattan skyline for Manny, and the Jersey City skyline for Veneza. End ID.]

tcwb fans today i bring you: skyline halos. tomorrow? who knows....

#i had to redraw this like 3 times bc they kept coming out horribly crunched :( #sondart #wow look something original!! #great cities #the city we became #fan: restless city #nyc: manny #nyc: padmini #nyc: veneza #sorry i didnt do the others yet ghdhshsn these 3 are my special favorites so i did them first #might do the others later. perhpas. #not sure what neek's would look like... #also shout out to the silhouettes of the queens/manhattan/jc skylines i referenced. no idea why they existed but im glad they did

[parvuls]

ugly meet au: strangers bitty and jack hit it off at a holiday party at the volleyball team's house, and in a move uncharacteristic for them both decide to sneak upstairs. bitty, because he decided his new year's resolution is to date and have sex no matter what, and jack, because the team had a bad run and for once he wants to just forget about hockey instead of obsess about it.

it'd be a mutually destructive night, except they both freak out at the last second and balk.

and it'd remain only an embarrassing memory otherwise, except they both start the first day of the new semester finding out they're taking a tiny class together.

#omgcp #omgcheckplease #zimbits #I'm here to deliver holiday fic ideas a week too late 😇 #prompts #text #this idea is great but ESPECIALLY if you imagine that scene in a stranger's bedroom where they're both stalling with getting undressed #bitty starts babbling and jack is all gruff and uncomfortable and it's all so fucking horrible but also insanely funny

[im-an-anthusiast]

I nearly dislocated my shoulder, slept horribly, and fell down a flight of stairs, all while starving. I am surely about to write some of my worst work yet.

#and you WILL be forced to read it #the shoulder thing happened during swimming #and the fall thing happened on wet slick stone stairs #i got an either great or horrible idea for a prose piece tho #so it's all gonna hash out in the end

[valoale]

Wish me luck today I’ve got a photography gig for the longest time and of course it’s an outdoor location and of course it’s -15 degrees Celsius outside and on top of that I need to drive over 100km and the roads are icy as fuck and I still have the shitty winter tyres I’ve been bitching about for weeks lmao

Let’s see how I’ll survive, running on faith at this point

#it’s not even six am and I’m staring outside like why #and I charged both of my batteries but I’m pretty sure they’ll die in the cold so fast #I really need to buy a battery grip #also I hate hate hate the idea of bringing my gear into those temperatures especially bringing them back in #I’ve got my mini grips for all my lenses and the body I know how to prevent the condensation but it still stresses me out #because that shit is coincidentally the most expensive shit I own #I’ve got insurance I’ve got insurance I’ve got insurance #also I’m manifesting not too horrible traffic this morning (I can always wish) #super great to be overly anxious about everything hours prior #also my pos car better start ffs #German cars aren’t built for this weather #but yeah I’ll give y’all an update if I survive #vee talks #photography

[slashingdisneypasta]

Sometimes I feel bad about the way I speak about my mother- then she makes me feel like this and I don't feel so bad anymore.

#🙄🙄🙄 GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH! #christ alive. #and i know exactly why she's making me feel dumb and horrible today- she's jealous i went out with her mum and her sisters #(MY grandma. MY aunts) yesterday and had actually had a great time. #i came home more relaxed and happy then i ever do going anywhere with her. #she knows that without her i get along really well with my relatives. she's the one who has problems with them. #godddddddddd i need to move the fuck out. #she starts arguments that dont even make sense!! and try not to get sucked in anymore #but then she gets mad that i'm staying calm and i somehow still end up the bad guy. #the moving in with a roommate idea is getting more and more attractive