#two were pointing to the same thing

[aisling-saoirse]

Various Trail Trees in Hewitt, NJ

1 + 3. Betula lenta (Sweet Birch)

2. Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Poplar)

#they were all pointing to some csl #two were pointing to the same thing #the tribe informed me there were some but i cant confirm what the were directing to

[south-sea]

👗 SHADOW!!

she wears whatever the vibe for that day is and that's anywhere from early 2000s punk to generic sundress/sunhat combo

#shadow the hedgehog #second chance au #art by sea #sea answers #i don't remember the specific phrasing of this ask game prompt but it was something to do with aesthetic #anon(s because there were two of you asking the same thing in two different ask games) please understand #if i tried to draw every outfit second chance shadow owns now we would be here for eternity #but i will say dresses make up a majority of his wardrobe at this point #he likes to match his sister #whenever he even bothers to wear anything but his braces anyway #clothes are a suggestion just like gender

[raiiny-bay]

but I can't wait until I see your face and my brain thinks that it's looking at a stranger

#ts4 #simblr #ts4 edit #ts4 render #sims 4 #burns tw #vellichor #myedits #arthur #harley #for pride month i offer you my absolute worst 2 lgbtq reps: #a dead man & the biggest asshole to ever walk the fictional earth #ngl i always get a lil nervous posting my ocs that aren't kel or dhes #but these two are very special & personal to me so #hopefully you guys don't mind me posting them #i was going for like. a sense of intimacy or closeness but also distance & guilt at the same time #bc these two were at one point very close. very heavily dependent on one another #but things took a bad turn & eventually they stopped speaking altogether #(death mention in the following tags just btw in case anyone actually reads these lmao) #& harley feels responsible for arthur's death WHICH he kind of is? but also not #bc even if harley had acted differently towards artie and/or tried to mend their friendship nothing would have changed #arthur was going to do what he did regardless bc he felt he deserved it #it's just all around really tragic & unfortunate #& so that's kind of what i was trying to convey in these...? like the emotions of all that yk? #idk if i really hit the mark or not but i tried idk #n e way :-) #:-)))))

[alpacacare-archive]

its DESTINY

#repostober #day 18 actually on time! wow #undertale #papyrus #danganronpa #dr1 #kiyotaka ishimaru #yes. mashing favorite things together again #but it was meant to be #so many similarities between these two goofs #loud eccentric passionate autistic supportive of their friends always wearing the same outfit EASILY the best character in their franchise #HARDWORKING TO THE POINT OF WORKAHOLISM!!!!!!! UPLIFTING OTHERS WITHOUT ERASING OR DIMINISHING THEIR OWN GREATNESS!!!!!! #always eats the same thing (taka - rice balls toast and a banana- papyrus - DINOSAUR EGG OATMEAL NOT SPAGHETTI sorry its a pet peeve) #kindhearted and so aggressive about it genuinely believe that anyone can improve themselves and theyre both so silly and quirky all the tim #literally the only differences that i can think of are that taka would throw himself overboard if someone authoritative told him to #before they could even finish their sentence while papyrus is an anarchist arsonist who cusses and his intended jokes are actually funny #' * SIGH * ... WHAT A TROUBLED YOUNG HUMAN ... 'FUCK' ISN'T EVEN IN HIS RARE VOCABULARY ! HOW DOES HE FUNCTION UNDER THESE CONDITIONS ?? #he would take taka under his wing and get him back on the straight and narrow (give him weed) #and i feel like after the three day long yell over how a skeleton is walking and talking as if that were normal he'd really look up to him #fav things about this are the way takas shirt hangs off of papyrus' rib cage cus theres nothing there but a spine #that was so fun to draw sdfhg #taka cosplaying papyrus is my gift to humanity today

[one-bunny-a-day]

10/12/2023

#daily bunny #344 #standalone bunny #Little dragon bun i doodled in my bullet journal #Its 1am and i have morning shift tmr no time for another one </3 #Anyway the numbering problem is fixed now #At one point in october i accidentally skipped 10 days #But also much earlier u tagged two posts with the same day number and things were off by one from there too #That day? 114 #Almost six months of buns eetagged akfksjfh

[camels-pen]

the difference between zosopp and sanuso (romantic OR platonic) is that Usopp is Zoro's specialest little guy and Zoro is someone Usopp hangs out with and looks up to and hides behind when things get scary, but Sanji and Usopp are best friends. They horse around, they beat each other up, they confide their worst fears trying to one up each other. Usopp hides behind Sanji sometimes, sure, but idk, Sanji's weaknesses are more obvious (bugs, fighting women, etc) so there are times when Usopp has to stand in front of Sanji too, yknow?

Like, how do I say this, all the crewmates are equal- Usopp and Zoro are equals- but with Sanji it feels like more... comradery? Zoro's a rock in a terrible storm- even rocks tend to get weathered and chipped and worn down, but they overall stay strong and steady. He has trouble being vulnerable and there are times when the burden he's placed on himself to keep the crew safe is crushing his chest. Usopp would help with that and be very understanding, but the point I'm trying to get with that is that those moments are few and far between. So I feel like Usopp, especially after Water 7, would take Zoro's lead on something like that, and keep most of his worries to himself or only talk about them sparingly unless they're really bad and/or he can't hide them.

Sanji is like a tree in a storm; he can be strong, yes, but it feels like he bends and sways with the storm, and has more obvious breaking points. He can relate more to Usopp's struggles rather than resorting to blunt honesty that might border on callous like Zoro. And while, with Zosopp, I tend to think of scenarios with Zoro being blunt like that as a good thing- because sometimes when you're spiraling, it's nice to have someone say exactly what's great about you and shoot down all your worries with straight facts that you can't argue with- I can also see this as being a bad thing. Anxiety can really twist up your brain sometimes, you know? And despite the words, the tone could still mess someone up if they're already feeling like a burden on others in some way.

With Sanuso it's a lot more understanding and thoughtful words. It's distractions and comfort food and patience- the kind reserved for Usopp- until Usopp talks about whatever's troubling him. Compared to Zosopp, it doesn't take as long for Usopp to open up, since he's done the same thing to Sanji at times and it's more familiar to him to talk and commiserate with Sanji about his worries and doubts and such. However, there are times stuff like this has absolutely no effect and Sanji will end up at a loss, no idea what to do or how to help over the course of several days with Usopp being quiet and keeping his distance, and he'll end up working himself up about it which will only serve to make Usopp feel worse and. yeah. bit of a vicious cycle with them.

So it's like. Usopp can be weak with both of them, but since I see Sanji as the type of guy who'd be more open with his worries (at least compared to Zoro), there's less of a need to 'perform' and be his best self around him. He's comfortable around Zoro, yes, but he is constantly wanting to show that he won't be a problem to him. On the other hand, while he's more open with Sanji, and Sanji with him, they tend to relate a bit too much with each other and they both have issues with causing trouble for others and being 'deserving of love' so failed attempts at consoling one hurts the other and creates an unpleasant cycle of misery and avoidance before some other crewmate (Zoro) tells them to quit being stupid and just fucking talk to each other.

#one piece #sanuso #zosopp #long post #nemotime #does this make sense or is this the ramblings of a person who's only got 3 hrs sleep #bc thats me. 3 hrs sleep. ugh #listen okay its like. zosopp has their own growing pains to get through yknow? zoro will eventually get the whole #'oh usopp isnt as open with me bc he wants to seem tough and is also kind of doing the same thing i do. thats bad for him' #and it'll be a whole thing about making a promise between the two of them to try and be more honest with their fears and seeking help #when they need it #the sanuso thing is like. i hope i didnt mean to make it seem like sanuso is 'better' or w/e bc its just a different thing #sanuso got their own problems to sort out. 1. Sanji's everything 2. boundaries on special treatment- #i'm not gonna go seriously into this but both relationships start out not the best and get better over time yknow #also i know usopp's afraid and freaking out a lot but for this post i meant his deeper fears and insecurities #not 'i've got can't-go-on-this-island disease' lmao #the tl;dr of this post is: Usopp is more closed off with Zosopp. Usopp and Sanji have similar issues that cause problems with Sanuso. #also the way i see these ships will probably change at some point. who knows #there was a post i saw recently that was like 'hey sanuso bc romance trio were already chill with each other so sanuso became chill with #each other in an 'alone together' type of way and also they have the same issues' and i thought 'wow so true bestie' and here we are #also. man. usopp taking on / copying the behaviours of his loved ones regardless of his age is just. my jam. in a positive or negative way #maybe i'll make a post about that explaining it more. maybe

[no-light-left-on]

Jessamine's design has always intrigued me. the stark, full black suit and tall collar are pretty obvious status symbols. black was for the longest time an incredibly expensive colour of fabric due to how difficult it was to achieve proper rich blackness during the dyeing process and the collar, while most likely just a trend in Dunwall fashion inspired by the 1890s high collars can be read as lace, especially in some concept art, which is hard to care for and needs to be starched to hell and back to keep nice and stiff for a collar like that

but what I find a lot more curious about this is that the clothes appear very much inspired by Spanish renaissance fashion

which, honestly, would make sense with the real world inspiration. 19th century was obsessed with the past, with the romanticized medieval and renaissance times, and it was quite common to see fashion inspired by times long past (I mean, just look at Worth. the man invented haute couture and there is so much influence of medieval and Elisabethan fashion in his designs). it was also a thing for rich families to just kinda... invest in recreations of historical pieces of clothing and LARP in them.

Jessamine's clothes, in particular, reminded me of Spanish court dresses. especially of the portraits of Anne of Austria and Elisabeth of Valois

obsessed with those slit sleeves. too bad Jessamine didn't go the extra mile to have the sleeves hang long and heavy around her arms but they were more form fitting

there is also something to be said about the tall white (possibly starched lace) collar and the style of clasps used on her clothes

the mini cape thing she has on top is more similar to the style of capes worn by men in renaissance, but yeah, of course she reminded me of a Spanish princess when this is one of the most given example portraits for this style

I wonder if this was an intentional choice on the designer's side or if they were just inspired by the revivalism present in 19th century fashion. what really makes me consider that though is that one of her earlier designs has those sleeves much, Much more pronounced and obvious

oh the things that could have been...

still, it makes me wonder: if this was intentional, what does this tell us about Jessamine, and the history of the Isles themselves?

#dh #dishonored #jessamine kaldwin #fashion history posting #I am not normal about this gown #me and sin even had an au where her and corvo are part of a fashion history reenactment group #still I wonder. does she just like the style? or is she just a little insane about fashion history like I am? #bias admission I spent two years working on a comic that had its entire aesthetic based around renaissance and its 19th century revival #so I might be seeing things where there are none #either way you are welcome Ive been meaning to make this post for Months at this point #we dont know if artificial black dye was already a thing at the time of DH1 #another curious thing though! #since this is before silvergraphs were invented Jessamine wouldve been painted in a Particularly Nice Outfit #like if youre gonna pay someone to paint you youre gonna pose in your best garb #and its the same fit she wore to welcome corvo back which means she dressed up nice for him #which I find really fucking cute #anyways heres my insane ramblings I hope you enjoyed

[steelthroat]

It's not a type. It's a pattern... and I think I just found mine

#transformers #maccadam #steel rambles #shitpost #megatron #maccadams #muriel+the+arcana #the arcana game #they were both gladiators at some point #same side armored/cannon #fkn massive men #“don't touch me” #“b-but Steelthroat they are two wildly different characters with oppsite personalities you can't-” #SHHHHHHH I KNOW #DON'T SAY LOGIC THINGS UNDER A FOOL'S POST #I think they should meet #and cause each other an aneurysm #yeah totally #and Asra and Optimus #another aneurysm #Julian and Rodimus would be best buddies tho

[the-shark-is-a-mammal]

DC watching Damian and Tim stans fight because of a marketing ploy

#they are literally using the 'greatest robin' thing to cause outrage among dami fans and thus increase the outreach #this whole thing is stupid #dc is stupid #the robin (2021) plot is gonna be continued in batman vs robin don't worry about it #and I have faith they are walking towards a new mantle for tim since two of the recent mags by the same author of his upcoming solo have #featured characters pointing out how he needs to move on #if I were to bet I'd say the real title is just tim drake and robin is a subtitle that can change before he undergoes some sort of #traumatic event that causes him to regress to robin because it's known and comfortable to him #which is why he still has the mantle in dark crisis #but what do I know #tim drake #damian wayne #tim drake robin #robin 2021 #dc #dc comics #batman #batfam #batfamily #robin

[todayisafridaynight]

post-surgery

#rgg #ryu ga gotoku #ryu ga gotoku 7 #yakuza series #yakuza like a dragon #yakuza 7 #jo sawashiro #ryo aoki #masato arakawa #snap sketches #idk why i keep doing longer and more serious comics these tend to get less attention compared to my usual stuff but W/E #brainworms were strong this week i had to act #anyways yeah no i consider the possibility of sawashiro having gone to america with masato a lot and then i die inside #this is supposed to be after his lung surgery but highkey it just looks like he got top surgery but i mean. same thing at this point #i wish i practiced drawing jo before i did this comic since i only like how he looks in a few panels #oh well i aint gon think on it much longer or ill go insane #i was supposed to have this up about two hours ago whoopsieee #anyways gn please enjoy

[fortune-maiden]

Random TGCF AU of the day:

Space-time shenanigans result in main canon He Xuan wandering into an AU where the fate swap didn’t happen.

He ascends as a civil god, and is doing quite well for himself, only his presence has unexpected ramifications for a few people

SWD can no longer save his brother via fate swap. He is not giving up obviously and will find another way no matter who he has to screw over (though HX would really really like it if he didn’t screw someone else over thank you very much), but in the meantime he is very much devoted to keeping his little brother safe and under control.

A necessity probably given that this little brother is an anxious mess afraid of his own shadow, with only shades of the bright determined Shi Qingxuan of the main timeline. He’s got all the comfort and wealth he could ever need and zero sense of confidence or independence.

Also different is the new civil god Ling Wen. She’s closed off and unpopular and may or may not be responsible for some sabotage He Xuan keeps encountering. Oh well it’s nothing to worry about. With dwindling followers she’s well on her way out anyway…

#(SWD is the cicada HX is the mantis and LW is the oriole he is not paying attention to) #Pei Ming is here somewhere too! #tgcf #he Xuan #Shi Qingxuan #Shi Wudu #Ling Wen #random tgcf thoughts #I once had an idea where sqx went back in time to a pre date swap verse #but there were a lot of problems with that to work out #anyway the main problem here is is this a pre or post revenge hx #because those are two very different hx to explore xD #also need to think about how to treat hx’s family in this scenario #there is one great Russian fic I read where hx learns that the tragedies in his life were not actually because of the fate swap #but I feel that goes against the whole point of his revenge #but at the same time I don’t like the idea of hx’s life being all good and happy if the fate swap didn’t happen #he was meant to ascend which means he was meant to face trials in life #(points at every other god with various traumas in their life and no roew to blame it on) #but also I don’t want to hurt them because the first thing hx would do in this AU is go see his family because he loves them & misses them! #I just want a HX in a lotus water machine scenario and dealing with a much weaker terrified sqx #who is completely codependent on swd in this verse #which hx finds extremely annoying #and decides to make sqx fix his RoEW problem on his own instead of dragging others into it #(hx proceeds to drag others into it) #swd meanwhile hates him but also recognizes that he’s not the worst person for sqx to be around #(at least as long as sqx is still dependent on him just a little less scared) #(it’s not going to stop him from helping ling wen plot murder if she asks nicely but progress?)

[dykeyuu]

every day when i wake up i say to myself “dykeyuu you are not purchasing any sanrio merchandise today” but then i find the deal of the century……..

#like. i only buy it if i know for sure ill NEVER find it at that price again #2007 corduroy keroppi that literally doesn’t exist on the internet? $16 #i came across it by chance and it took me hours to find evidence that anyone else had ever owned one #found a chococat one too from the same series but it’s pricier… #but it’s the only one listed anywhere that i can find so. perhaps #sike i found one in the philippines there’s TWO corduroy chococats on the internet #i mean there’s literally one reddit thread i could find from years ago confirming that this series existed #and it’s only got like two commenters who only vaguely remembered the series #and a handful of worthpoint entries confirming that a couple of each of them had sold on ebay at some point #all the other sanrio corduroy plushies i could find were from other series #there’s a hello kitty and my melody from the same year but it wasn’t the same series #both series were rereleases in 2007 and the original release year for hk/mm was earlier than cc/k #20in 2012 fiesta keroppi? $40 when he usually goes for $100+ #(this includes shipping…) #was devastated to find an etsy listing for the 2010 limited keroppi build a bear for $85 that had already sold… #the next cheapest one of those is like $140 #and dont get me fucking started on chococat #no build a bear should EVER go for $500 #like be serious. maybe it was limited edition 14 years ago but it’s still a damn stuffed animal #manifesting they rerelease the original sanrio build a bears to beat the price gougers into submission #the intersection of two special interests: sanrio and buying things from people who don’t know what they have #throwback to the 1993 keroppi squeaky toy that i thrifted for 25 cents #just looked it up to see and i found the exact same one but only on worthpoint #he used to be a keychain… mine is just the little guy with no chain #comparable one from the same year same size/material etc just different design goes for $20+ #context i refuse to make a worthpoint account and pay them just to see what things sold for on ebay they can kiss my ass #me when i need to infodump but gf is at work and has already heard like half of this

[dykedvonte]

If Ulysses has a million haters, then I'm one of them. If Ulysses has one hater, then I'm THAT ONE. If Ulysses has no haters, that means I'm dead. If the world is with Ulysses than I’m against the world.

#this is slightly joking but like also not but also like am mixed on Ulysses on many factors #infuriating because i sympathize with his pain but it’s like #he is a well written and fundamentally flawed character whose hypocrisy I found doubly in #black characters I can tell were designed by white people with a semblance of an understanding of activism and bipoc oppression #but not enough for the character to not feel like hand holding for the majority white audience #plus personal grips with the whole twisted hairs thing and reference to slave braiding patterns #Ulysses irks me as a black person on a weird personal level and I can go into debt on why him being black is a big detractor for him to me #like he continues this cycle of distancing himself from his roots before remembering over and over again through his actions #he leave so much in his wake that the courier ends up correcting or helping like in honest hearts and old world blues because he’s self #righteous in a subtle way even to himself that he believes he stand out of his one man rule when he does not play an active hand #saw a post talk about how you choose to continue moving through his story and can leave at any moment and this it is partially your fault #but what of the oath that is set before you and is forced to take that he set up #I do not have to walk it but when I do the steps are not my own but those taken for me #you have to go out of your way to change it which is not something he expects because he’s playing by a story he’s been perpetuating in his #head about you two and the effect one man has when he’s continually been that one man more so than you as many of his actions directly lead #to the one you go through also the irony in the flag he continues to bear being the real reason he has no home #like he reps it when the package is likely enclave and thus use the same symbol #also still can’t get over how anyone could have delivered the package and he tries so hard to act like it was the couriers destiny or fate #when this was the one case of chance and that once man was likely a enclave engineer and how it’s really is never one man #it the process and he’s so annoying about it like he’s a cool character but if you don’t believe in his philosophy or already went through #these ideas cause they are very common talking points in poc especially BIPOC spaces he’s just old hashings and stunted #fallout #fallout new vegas #Ulysses you upset me but I’m like I feel you could be better if you weren’t so incessant #I don’t think I ever want to make a serious post stating this about him just because I’d start yapping and it’d never get finished #ulysses fnv #fnv ulysses #lonesome road

[fatcowboys]

im done w moving and out of the shitty apt w the shittier roommate (who did not let move out happen without adding as Much drama as possible) and have just. been feeling so much better. living w my two friends who actually communicate well and all work together on our needs and gah. so less stressed and anxious now!!! and also in a week kitty introductions have gotten farther than they ever did w shitty roommates kitties (they were kinda bullies, so we had to move glacial speed even w oregano cat expert) and just. thank u the universe things are so much better now

#only improvement would be if anjo Also lived here curse grad school!!!!!! #i moved out over a week ago but we just tuened in keys after cleaning day on sunday #and across just those two days bad roommate accused me of faking cleaning a part of something (that was not requested or clear) #tried to turn anjo against me by saying im a liar and manipulator and gaslighter (which. listen the last one i could say the fuckin same) #(which is also so funny bc anjo and i are so close. became codependent in a heart beat. why tf would u think anjo is gonna be on ur side) #then at the walkthru pointed out things that were damaged (which they are Alsonin on that security deposit what are u doing) #and the texted again accusing me of shit with a stupid fucking infographic on weaponized incompetance #thankfully like all of these i had my friends with me bc when infirst got there for cleaning i uhhhh had a panic attack lol #so i had good support thru everything and now never have to deal w them #its just. been So much lmao. and its so fucking nice how calm and smooth things have been #like i had that sort of shit. i in general am good at communicating and avoid shitty drama like this person #so its been So exhausting. but im done now thank god #and the new place is so much better and nicer and i love the friends im living w and Yeah :')

[the-insomniac-emporium]

everybody [exaggeration] I know is playing BG3 and having fun with the emotional trauma of Durge and I'm over here

like.

yes, I too am playing the game where I'm a goody-two-shoes amnesiac who is horrified to find out that they used to be a REALLY terrible/violent/ruthless individual <------ [is playing Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning]

#NO IT'S NOT THE SAME. OBVIOUSLY. #but you get it #j says things #at this point tho i think when i finally get bg3 my durge is gonna have to be inspired by my fateless one #kingdoms of amalur #kingdoms of amalur spoilers #like. okay. I'm under the impression that technically the fateless one was always on the good team #they were just really into the ends justifying the means #now mine is a kleptomaniac who didn't understand the concept of stealing for two months #and helps literally everyone who asks even if they're shady AF #even if that means having to clean up her own messes because Oops Helped A Douchebag #i could be incorrect about the details of the fateless one's origins btw #haven't beat the game yet. just heard some stuff #i know they were Not Nice tho

[guardian-instincts-bad]

and the finished version of my moroleth art!

decided to keep this one fairly simple, but enjoy some pensive art of my queer punk former nightmare former aetherblade eventual sylvari commander (he/they, kid has such a history), post a rotsap attack that left him chronically (and visibly) ill for several years

#im always like hey i should tell people about mye and moroleth and then im like where to fucking begin #do you have three hours? #but yeah no long story short this is my co commander with my friend's commander the two shared a dream and have always been very close #but there was an extremely dramatic falling out in the early years and it took a while to get back to where they are now #(she still saved his life when this happened even though they were not at all on the same page at the time) #(but then as soon as he woke up they got into an even bigger argument and he walked out which did nooooot help the whole recovery thing) #(and then the next time they met was in tower of nightmares! :D) #(wherein he was attempting to defect from the aetherblades) #(bc he'd realised at that point scarlet was willing to hurt way more people than he was) #(but like. fun hypothetical! if you are in ToN and you run into your evil best friend and they say they're on your side now) #(and also they still look like they're dying even though it's been months) #(how long does it take before you stop dismissing it as a hallucination?) #gw2 #gw2 ocs #sylvari #moroleth #mine #my art