#truly an inspiration to us all

[nonstandardrepertoire]

now that i have read Every Single Sherlock Holmes Story, i have moved on to reading Every Single Agatha Christie Story. her early output is. uh. u n e v e n, but! the current book does contain this crotchety MP whose sole desire is to never do any work and instead simply gad about vibing. his name is Sir Eustace Pedler and he is truly an inspiration:

Guy Pagett[, my secretary,] struggled up on deck after we left Madeira and began babbling in a hollow voice about work. What the devil does any one want to work for on board ship? It is true that I promised my publishers my “Reminiscences” early in the summer, but what of it? Who really reads reminiscences? Old ladies in the suburbs. And what do my reminiscences amount to? I’ve knocked against a certain number of so-called famous people in my lifetime. With the assistance of Pagett, I invent insipid anecdotes about them. And, the truth of the matter is, Pagett is too honest for the job. He won’t let me invent anecdotes about the people I might have met but haven’t.

(from chapter 12 of The Man in the Brown Suit — i'm reading it on Project Gutenberg, so i don't have a page number)

#Sir Eustace Pedler #Agatha Christie #The Man in the Brown Suit #truly an inspiration to us all #so far i really cannot say i can recommend this one #but alas! i am a completionist #and also if i go thru all of them too quickly i'll have to find something else to read during down moments at work #and that's always obnoxious #so

[likebreadandwine]

i’ve high for the first time in a while and apparently got the munchies BAD. i didn’t realise how much i’ve eaten but i am pinned to the couch and my shirt has started to slide up. i even ordered more food after looking through your blog…. is being this full meant to feel so good ??

the answer is yes, babe - being that full is meant to feel so, so good. sounds like you would've been quite the sight, pinned to the couch like that. and ordering more? after reading my blog?? the highest possible compliment.

this is the kind of thing I daydream about... 💭

#this dispatch comes to us from anon's couch #and what a delicious update it is #sounds like the munchies hit you HARD #truly an inspiration to us all #asks and answers #anonymous

[fiiyve]

tfw you beat your Emerald Nuzlocke with a lil ol' Dustox :')

#fiiyve speaks #god DAMN that was the most stressful nuzlocke I've ever done holy shit #but she lived :') and now she's the CHAMPION #she was the first Pokemon i caught and she CARRIED my entire team the whole game #oregano my beloved you'll go down in history #truly an inspiration to us all

[bizarrelittlemew]

i was hoping to make a post like this under happier circumstances, but here goes.

as some of you know, everything with the cancellation and renewal campaign has happened right on top of the worst part of my mom's cancer treatment (plus the show was cancelled on my actual birthday 💀). i won't go into details, but it's been tough. lots of ups and downs, mostly downs, luckily ending (for now) on as much of an up as circumstances allow. the whole thing has been weirdly tied to the cancellation for me, kind of amplifying every feeling. the grief got mixed up, and there was so much of it - mourning the loss of the kind of future i thought i'd have with my mother and the time we might not get, mourning the end of a show that means so much to me and is such a big part of my life. different types of grief, sure, and of different magnitudes, but in one big ugly swirl. i sort of had a breakdown right at the start of february, and it was because of news about my mom, but it morphed into my brain telling me everything i'd ever written was shit and wanting to delete it all. stuff like that, spilling over.

anyway. i was holding off on writing this post to see if the show got picked up by someone else. but i still want to say it. because what also spilled over was the support and community from this fandom, and being in this space (despite the rough times and high emotions) helped me through it, because of all of you here. whether we talk regularly, or you left a comforting reply or simply a like on one of my posts about having a hard time (i tried to keep them few), or wrote a nice comment on a fic, or said something funny or nice or insightful in the tags of a gifset, or was active here (or on twt) in any way, talking/sharing/creating stuff about the show - THANK YOU.

you all helped me through all the ups and downs, and i am so grateful. thank you for being here, listening, distracting, helping me feel some joy despite the horrors. i love you and i love this incredible show and all it has brought and will continue to bring and inspire, and although it should go without saying, i'm not going anywhere. just do me a favor and give yourself a big ol' hug from me, and know that you made a difference for some random guy on the internet (but in reality for many more, and for this fandom as a whole, just by being here and being you) 💕

#🐭📓 #oh wow this got long #i grieved so much in january and never truly got my hopes up even though i of course wished something would happen #that the second “cancellation” message did not hit me as hard as it did for others - like i'd already absorbed that reality #but no matter what. all the effort was worth it - even for just the slightest chance of renewal and showing the cast and crew all the love #and seeing the fandom rally and all the fun moments we found along the way in a shitty situation none of us wished to be in #and for the record - i don't think this means there is no possibility of anything happening in the future #i just think the current/immediate negotiations fell through due to the current streaming landscape #you never know what can happen even if nothing happens for years #it's just that it's not happening right now and we shouldn't be at the edge of our seats. but instead settle into long term fandom mode #instead of constant campaign mode. keep showing all our love for the show and letting it inspire us and move us #and keep supporting the cast and crew in their next works #there is so much more to come from the same creative minds #and i for one am looking forward to experiencing it with you all 💗 #ok i will stop rambling now skdjfhdjks

[journeythroughjourneytothewest]

#tang sanzang tuesday #this monk truly is an inspiration for us all #and we can be grateful for the fact #that no matter what #none of us are being chased by flesh-hungry yao

[charlieconwayy]

fryleela meme ♥ [2/8 episodes] → season three, episode two "parasites lost"

#futurama #futuramaedit #freela #fry x leela #philip j fry #turanga leela #* #freelam* #half this list will be eps exploring leela's love for fry so here's one of my favorite “fry's love for leela” eps #constant confirmation that fry has loved leela from day one....he just didn't know how to properly express it #bc fry is an incredibly immature character and relationships for him have kind of just been easy #but leela changed everything for him #she wasn't someone he got instantly and kind of just used for sex #she was his best friend above everything and being around her made him want to better himself #he was inspired to be the best version of himself bc his love for her made him see the world in a new way #all of those things he said under the worms' influence were how he truly felt he just couldn't say them bc he didn't know how #leela was not attracted to the worms. she was attracted to fry's heart and soul #look how fuckin happy she was when he said he loved her i mean cmon #best friends to lovers arc ever #otp: that's all i need to know

[marcmorrigan]

According to the artist, when it was suggested that a smile might benefit the look of the finished portrait, Attaché Nohell reportedly replied, "I thought the purpose of this was to be honest."

Super fun commission of @waterloggedsoliloquy's OC Sicely Nohell (they/them) and their terrible, horrible, no good, very bad lusus figure Commanding Officer.

#star wars #grand admiral thrawn #thrawn #homestuck #fantroll #sicely nohell #my art #commission #digital painting #waterloggedsoliloquy #other peoples ocs #THIS ONE WAS SOOO FUN TO DO I LOVE CECILS CHARACTERS SO MUCH #AND YALL SHOULD ALL GO LOOK AT CECILS WORK. TRULY ONE OF MY BIGGEST CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS. CECILS WORK KNOCKS ME ON MY ASS!!! #oughhh. comicse... please all go read the guardians dilemma i CANNOT recommend it enough its a masterpiece #and!!! sicely is also in cecils nuzlocke per aspera ad astra!!! which is ongoing and SO PHENOMENAL #just like. wow. a remarkable storyteller who creates some of the most delightful characters ive ever encountered. #this comm was also super fun bc i got to badger one of my boyfriends about niche star wars lore which he was THRILLED ABOUT #between the three of us (rayce cecil and me) im pretty sure we know Literally Everything there is to know about SW & HS lol #really just the ultimate intersection of our various special interests on this one #ANYWAY. THANK YOU CECIL FOR LETTING ME DRAW THEMMM THIS WAS A DELIGHT AND TRUST. I WILL BE DOING IT AGAIN. #alternate sicely dialogue is the “nothing to smile about in my life” meme obvs

[candlewinds]

- If you tell me you wish to give up, I’ll understand. - I must’ve been really disobedient in my past life. Hearing you say that makes me more determined. I want to push through.

ROOKIE HISTORIAN GOO HAE RYUNG (2019)

#rookie historian goo hae ryung #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #kdramaladies #rookiehistorianedit #kdrama #goo hae ryung #min woo won #an inspiration to us all #:'') #she is everything to me truly #also just the way sekyung plays her......the way she holds herself the way she speaks #!!!!! #so self-assured and headstrong so animated and warm and funny #😩💘 #clearly I'm in my rookie historian era again. sorry. no I'm not. why aren't YOU in your rookie historian era #*edits

[swordheld]

how do you think in poems? i really enjoy the tags under your posts i've always wanted to write down my own thoughts that way bc in my head they feel so thorough and magical but whenever i put it in words i feel it just gets so much flatter and i no longer see a point and give up

oh oh oh, but lovely, can't you see that you've already started? it's a perspective that you hone, over time, something that is specific to you and you alone – that's the piece of it that makes it so special! you've already begun, and it only goes forward, up, sideways from here, wherever you wish to go!

think of it like a skill, for a moment, or a kind of muscle, if you'd prefer. you have to work at it, with it, over time and differing experiences, in order to progress.

(a quick important note: not progression as in the kind of quality-check of a grading scale, but progression as in evolution. shifting change. think of the leaves and their colors across the months of autumn, or temperatures rising with the sun and cooling with the evening dark. change isn't intrinsically a qualifying thing, it can just be, sometimes. this is difficult to remember, especially in the midst of frustration, but it is worth it. you are always doing better than you think you are – harshest critic, and all that.)

which is not to say that it's a simple thing to do! compare this to the vibe of me picking up crochet recently, with my shaking hands and too-quickly dwindling adhd focus – my first attempts at making a lil headphone sprout have not been going as well as i once hoped. my stitches are either too big and sloppy bc i'm not holding the yarn tightly enough to get clean ones, or i feel frustrated due to it not looking like how i'd like it to look in my mind when i started it, or even as i begin my umpteenth attempt.

but!! i know that it won't ever look the way i want it do if i set it down and never keep trying. it'll take awhile, like everything does, even the seasons take their time, the moon and its phases; but what i do know, is that, eventually, it'll resemble something i want it to. vaguely, maybe, but it is something. it doesn't have to look exactly like the guide i'm following, or the examples i'm inspired by, because it's mine – something made by my own hands, my own time and experience with every mistake and thrilling joy along the way to learn by.

take it from me: i want to be good at things i want to be good at so badly. and that excitement makes me want to be at the skill level i need to be at in order to do so right then and there, no learning curves or building blocks allowed. which is never how it happens, unfortunately, but –

i think, gently, that we tend to overlook what a pleasure it is to learn. to see the slow progression of things, to begin and change and continue and get better. and even if it's different as we go along, in a way it's our own little kind of magic, maybe, to create and never be done if we don't want to be.

which is all to say: it's already yours. why does it have to be anything else, anything more? why can't it just be good as it is now, where it might never be again? what is there to lose by enjoying the moment of where you are?

like everything, it will grow and shift and evolve with time, maybe into something you'd hoped for, or maybe into something you don't even have the words to describe right now at all. but that's the fun of it: how even now, even then, there, across time and distance and skill, there is a common thread of things; it will always come from your heart, your experience, where you are right then and there and now.

and if you think of that like magic, well, it becomes a little like magic, doesn't it?

also, something to consider: sometimes things you feel or think can't be put into words at that moment, or even at all! something else you could try (that i certainly do) is making something else with whatever it makes you feel - whether that's another form of art, or any other kind of media. if it makes you want to go outside and take a walk or get cozy and read or play a video game? that counts too! that's still an experience, you're still feeling.

i think that counts a little more than anything else, you know?

and as a little ending fun side-note, can i share something cool? i've never thought of it that way before, as thinking in poems. in my mind it's always been a kind of perspective of personal wonder, but you're right – it's poetry, in it's own way. you gave me that – so thank you, from the heart of me. i hope your journey finds you with every bright joy.

#rainsdowninkerala #q&a. #this is truly so much longer than i had originally thought it would be so i do hope it's less rambly and more help-y? #the art of creation goes hand in hand with the exploration and discovery of feeling and it is sooooo important n fascinating to me. #truly tho this can all be boiled down into a kind of: keep going? keep going. you can only get better. #i didn't want the post itself to get even longer & winded BUT if you want a lil fun vibe? watch meet the robinsons. it's a lil silly; but - #truly nothing changed my creative experiences more than hearing ' keep moving forward ' paired with joy at the result of failure. #how it is that you never learn if you don't fail; you have to keep trying; keep going at it; and if we only ever succeeded – #there would never be that? that checkpoint of progression? it changed that frustrating moment into a kind of art; for me. #how each time i fail and feel that sadness or anger it reframes it into oh. i'm learning. i'm doing something new and i'm learning. #isn't that amazing? spectacular? that i can do this? that it's me / you / us together? #i think ab that a lot in terms of inspiring my mindset. i hope it helps you too. wishing u all my best !!!! <3

[legendoftherisingtide]

I feel like I’m falling in love with Jaiden all over again. Shoutout to the ones who were there in her animations days! But also a huge welcome to all the new fans of her new content. Like it is unbelievable that a childhood hero is still reaching new audiences and people, I am so happy.

#qsmp #qsmp Jaiden #jaiden animations #I’ve been a fan of her since like 2015 #she was honestly my idol and I wanted to be just like her #her videos also held a special place in my heart as it was a locked part of my life where I truly started to learn and grow #I remember watching her videos with my friends and holding up my crush’s phone with their hand on the other side while we watched her videos #she is a huge inspiration and my love of her animations never left me #but then I fell in love with her all over again with her Pokémon videos and gaming videos #but it all came to a head when I yet again fell in love with the qsmp #she is so wonderful and amazing and I am so happy that she is still active and here #her being given these opportunities and still accumulating new fans is honestly inspiring #I hope she continues to make content that shifts into what is her at the time #I loved every phase to get us to here

[death-by-moth]

dw i am not terrified of sending asks its my superpower. anyway here is a photograph of Leonard Nimoy (actor of Spock from Star Trek) holding garlic, he means the world to me

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO

#i aspire to achieve your bravery one day #you are truly an inspiration to us all #leonard nimoy #star trek #ask

[godisasimp]

Kafka is just that one divorced, single, no kids, middle aged lesbian aunt that sits with the kids at the family gathering to tell them about everyone's secrets.

Also she is rich and spoils the kids. Nobody knows what job she does, she just shows up with a lot of money.

#i wanna be like her when i grow up #no kids ; single and rich #she is truly an icon #an inspiration to us all truly #honkai star rail #hsr #kafka honkai star rail #honkai star rail kafka #hsr kafka #kafka hsr

[bmpmp3]

11 fish

#art #traditional art #watercolour #inspired by the fact that in my studio classes recently - i and every other student who does watercolor or ink based work #always inevitable has viewers more drawn to our swatch test pages instead of our actual work LOL #i dont mind it too much i get it but it is funny so i thought yknow i have this tiny pad of watercolour paper that i dont feel like using #for normal drawings (too small) so i drew a shitty fish on each page and used it as a tester page whenever i was doing my #for-fun cartoon drawings <3 not looking at it at all just putting down the colour to check the consistency of paint #i think its kinda fun. its an interesting conundrum because that pure spontaneous quality u get from my test swatches Cannot be emulated on #purpose. i can get close and loosen up. but inevitably unless i make all my normal drawings test swatches while colouring in other stuff #my normal drawings will never truly have this quality. which i dont mind! but i thought itd be funny to find a way to still make something #with this intangible test swatch quality since people like it a lot! and it does look neat #also each one was a specific painting session. some were smaller sessions with only a few colours used #and some were really long sessions! and of course u can see how much brown and black and beige i use #and u can spot the traces of rosie in the green and pink HJKSDAHJKDSl hes always here #very interesting thing to play around with! i'd like to do something like this again i think

[thatscarletflycatcher]

Pro tip: if you are going to lie to your children about Santa Claus, please, BEFORE you do that, think if you have the guts to come clean to them when the time comes.

#yeah this is inspired by family shenanigans #but yeah kid in the family is past the age of knowing #he's asked me multiple times but I'm bound to what his parents want #and they GHOST my messages and avoid talking with me about telling the kid #they are really truly going for the #if we ignore this matter long enough it will go away on its own #if they have any strategy at all #and like it isn't strictly speaking gaslighting the kid #but it breaks my heart and makes me mad #so yeah if you are too cowardly to have that conversation with your kid when they are old enough #then don't lie to them #plain and simple #your kid is not an accessory you can use to revive your childlike wonder and then never take charge of the sour side of it

[sweetpaintedladie]

i can’t explain why but this makes me ill

#like i feel a legit knot in my stomach #tbh i’m not like the biggest beatles fan anymore but #it’s crazy to me how the band that did so much to open the cultural and musical worlds to people #and who used their status at the top of the world to genuinely push music forward and inspired countless acts #will be dethroned by someone who [while i won’t say is untalented but i personally struggle to find the good lyricist singer dancer or #performer or musican in] by all accounts is just a business tbh #like there’s nothing for music its all for charts accolades and money and that’s horrifying to think that someone can get this far with that #being the biggest goal. #that’s like sending 2010 mick jagger into the 60s and getting him to make the rolling stones popular #like businessman ≠ artist #you have to have an actual talent or reason for popularity to become popular and i see none of that #there’s no progression for anyone but her: the beatles pushed music stones pushed culture michael jackson pushed desegregation of popular #music #and she has…. ? #just looking for something she’s truly accomplished other than beating records because that’s all it seems to be #and she has no humanitarian reason for fame either #elton john was a huge star and remained a huge star not due to his musical output or breaking records but because he’s dedicated so much #time and money to causes greater than himself #he didn’t need to beat the beatles to carve his own place out in history #no one should have to beat them to that #their impact should be felt in ways that make it hard to think of a culture without them #because as it stands she’ll be seen as the chick that beat the beatles #never once used as a marker herself #it will still be them because they will remain important to culture and music #just as they would be without setting records #hell look at bob dylan #he has like 0 chart records and was given a nobel prize and will continue to be the marker for lyrical excellence #it just makes me so mad that the person who will beat all these records is doing it just to beat records tbh #it’s not deserved or even slightly important #it’s just a record to beat which SUCKS anyways i talked too long but im mad so :/

[nedlittle]

[crawls out of oklahoma! west end bootleg shaking and covered in blood]

#oklahoma! #oklahoma 2019 #oklahoma west end #idk what tags people use #this is pointless text post #thespian tag #TOP 5 MUSICAL IMMEDIATELY ONE OF THE GREATEST ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 21ST CENTURY #there are some things that a cast recording simply does not prepare you for and one of those things is the smokehouse scene #literally what the fuck was going through daniel fish's mind when he made those decisions. what the fuck man #truly inspirational level of horniness over all. every single person in oklahoma is bisexual #literally a horror story about comphet!!!! #men can't just be gay they have to bait their love rival into committing suicide in one of the sexiest scenes put to stage #women can't just be gay because they don't understand that they can have freedom from the assumption of male attraction #and yet. everyone is bisexual. it is almost textual that annie pegs will like good for them god bless #i miss the preview version where jud & curly switched outfits by tearing off each other's clothes during the dream ballet #i never saw it but i miss it #the titular song made me want to move to oklahoma i was so excited