#unless he forgot

[shatterthefragments]

FUCK ME

#I’m coming in to help with a thing MOSTLY so I don’t have to waste my time fixing it Friday #and potentially going to jail for killing my coworker. this is a joke I would never. but of all weekends I caNNOT deal with her screwing up #but yeah no I would NOT be happy I would cry #but that also means. I would have gone 9 days at work even though one I’m getting the FUCK outta there as soon as I can. #I offered #out of selfishness #but uh haha #at least I really could use the OT pay #and it’s approved by the store manager so ✌️✨ #somebody should give me $20 so I can get takeout tomorrow. I’ll ask mum tbh she’ll say no but it’s worth a try #bc normally my way of coping is Buying Little Treats #but idk if I’m even getting vacation pay when I’m gone yet :( I’ll see if my manager can find out for me #he should be finding out bc the person who knows is here also #unless he forgot #ANYWAY #IM FREAKING OUT A LITTLE #and it’s entirely my fault #but at least I spent yesterday on a stroll by the ocean #and I’m going to drive straight to (food then) ocean tomorrow too

[999999999inadream]

toby fox needs to add like a bit of narration in deltarune abt kris like "they themmed they/themily down the stheirs" cus i cant go on seeing them constantly get he/himmed in yt comment sections

#this is my punishment for actually looking at yt comments isnt it #deltarune #kris dreemurr #maybe im looking too much into things but... #it also feels sorta. misogynistic when ppl default to he/him for androgynous/non binary characters #like ive seen multiple ppl use “well its understandable that ppl assume kris is a he when they have such masculine behaviours/hobbies” #the masculine behaviours and hobbies in question are being a prankster #i shit you not #like they called pranking... masc?? huh #can girls and others not get their silly on anymore?? #also like i said before with the exception of like frisk and chara like almost every nb character is masculinised #like napstablook monster kid #god there has to be more but my memory is shit atm and i also have to go eat dinner #but i wanna talk more abt like why it feels so misogynistic to me #i thinnk it has to do with the fact that defaulting to he/him just makes women feel like an afterthought. ig like unless its confirmed then #they must be a guy to be relevant or smth #and also like how much they gender entirely non gender specific things (see: pranking) #ofc it wouldnt be BETTER per se if they imagined these characters as girls but its smth ive noticed and i just get frustrated cus #it feels sexist but i cant FULLY articulate why #i feel like i had the answer a lil while ago but i forgot #i might come back to this who knows #wow ok rant over #for now

[turtledotjpeg]

ok logistically this makes no sense but: what if you put little charms on the chains. like a charm bracelet

#i started this in october but now it can be birthday doodle art lol #maybe in another six months i'll finish leorio's birthday art :') #hbd to the chain bastard 🎉 #hunter x hunter #hxh #kurapika #gon freecss #don't ask how the chains are out when he's asleep it's kurapika he's just all chains all the time idk #also technically the charms should fall off when he... un-conjures(?) the chains #Unless #he deliberately decided to conjure the charms too? :') #(also sorry to izunavi and to anyone i forgot. i ran out of charm ideas TvT)

[esprei]

warden ingo gives sneasler belly rubs (then promptly gets attacked for it)

#submas #subway boss ingo #warden ingo #sneasler #pokemon legends arceus #my art #this was a request from chips over on the lil blue bird site #asked for some requests over there am still working on most of them #i'll probably post the rest as a few compilation posts #unless they're a lil comic like this #anyway ingo forgot sneasler is kind of a cat sooooo #he learned the hard way here #poor guy just can't catch a break huh

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

The ''Are you trying to romance me?'' meme but with Barnaby and Howdy

i belted this out in like a half hour flat <3 bc Yes

#AH FUCK I FORGOT TO PUT SOMETHING ON HOWDY'S TAG #listen listen this was done in a bit of a rush!!! i wasnt paying much attention!!! #i was thinking about what to have for lunch which is always a Very distracting topic #anyway thank you for introducing me to this meme it fits them So Well i think #like in my mind barnaby could do literally anything and howdy is off to the side all 'god... hes so attractive.... i need him' #scribble salad #rambles from the bog #laughingstock #barnaby x howdy #howdy x barnaby #thinking about them alwayyyyssssss #theyre so damn GOOD together what the Fuck is it about them!!! #i know i say this every time but agh! AGH!! #wait... no wait yeah i Do know what it is about them. ive Realized. #AGH THEYRE SO GOOOOODDDDDDDD #the boyfriends the husbands the Fluffy Fruity Pals <3 #alright time for lunch and then its back to packing & the five hour shrek video essay #unless im consumed by the laughingstock thoughts that are fighting to take over my mind again #i need to draw wormie

[rotten7rat]

12 year old Jay (12 and a half, if you asked him)

Posting this before I look at it too much and don't like it anymore

#jason todd #robin #robin!jason #curly haired jason todd #its supposed to be curly anyway ☠☠ #i can't stop giving him little monkey ears #who needs a grapple when you can just glide from building to building #thats the real reason he wears that giant red helmet #to hide those ridiculous ears #kidding #unless #i should have made his nose and cheeks redder #he was always sunburnt as a kid #bruce forgot he was ginger until they stepped into the sunlight and he could smell something cooking #and then realised it was his son #bruce also burns #but not because he's ginger just because there is no sun in gotham

[batbabydamian]

besides cute cat Damian i’m so curious why he goes all the way to Bludhaven, since he was turned in Gotham

based on some turned characters, their instincts lead them to figures in their lives - Bruce goes to Gotham, Harley to Ivy, and Mera to Andy

the only reason i could think of Damian going to Bludhaven would be for Dick 😭

#if Damian’s causing problems?? on purpose?? does he just want to get Dick’s attention. as cats do. #unless Damian was dropped off to distract Dick from helping with the Titans well ok then #either way i’m both nervous and excited for duo interaction next week 😭 #i’m especially excited for more Basri art 😭 #Damian’s base instinct was ‘why haven’t i met Haley yet. editorial can’t stop me now’ #omfg wait i completely forgot jon’s gonna be there too LOL #rambling

[silverbirching]

Hestia, Hera and Our Boy Apollo

So three of the Olympians didn't appear in Hades, and boy do I have some opinions about it!

Hestia not appearing--except as one of the aspects of the Adamant Rail--makes sense for a couple of reasons. For one, tallies of the Olympians generally feature her OR Dionysus, but not both. It's one of those 'common knowledge' things that she stepped down to allow for Dionysus' ascension but that's not reflected anywhere in the mythology, to my knowledge. Plus, as Goddess of the Hearthfire, she might be a little ambivalent about helping someone specifically abandon their home and their responsibilities to their kin. Even if their home is actual, literal Hell and their kin kind of suck.

Hera also makes sense based on her characterization; I can imagine her being far too busy to devote any energy to some cthonic welp and his daddy issues. What I wanted (maybe a message from Hermes) is a throwaway line about how Hera would love to help you out, boss, but she's got a really full schedule tormenting this cow her husband had sex with and really can't find the time.

Zag: Er. Hermes: Look boss in his defense it was a very sexy cow. Zag: ... what's a cow?

Apollo, though? Look up at the top of this post. Look at the stories about him in the mythos. You wanna tell me that twinky trash heap of omnisexual drama-farming wouldn't be ALL OVER THIS!? The literal GOD of not ever knowing when he's not welcome?

Imagine the sniping, when he and Artemis have a double boon. Imagine the flirtation. Imagine Hades' reaction when you use a fully charged Apollo Call during the final boss fight.

Zag: APOLLO! Apollo: HERE COMES THE SUN! Hades: ... Hades: ... Hades: ...THIS BITCH?!

But REALLY, seriously, what I'd want most of all is: one, Apollo hardcore flirts with Zagreus, and two, literally everyone in the game roasts him about it.

Thanatos: Zagreus I don't want to tell you how to live your life but I've escorted four of his lovers to the underworld. Zag: That's-- Thanatos: So far. Zag: ... Thanatos: This month.

Hermes: I dunno boss I think you should tell him you don't fancy him and then turn into a tree LAWL Artemis: NO NO NO Ask him if he wants to play Frisbee :D! [Artemis and Hermes exchange windmill high-fives]

So long story short, I'm very excited to see what this absolute garbage deity gets up to in Hades 2, and I hope Zag's little sister brings some idiot repellent (it may also function as pepper spray).

#hades 2 #hades game #greek pantheon #hades 2 speculation #garbage deities #seriously look at that asshole #spoiled bottom energy at ten thousand percent #radiant apollo #I have been informed I forgot about some dude named Hephaestus #and it's like whom #if there was another olympian I think I'd know about it #unless he's off in a basement making giant robots or something

[alivehouse]

i respect glasses wearing david ward truthers but i do not agree simply because i think if he was wearing glasses wed hear about them getting broken or stolen or stepped on 24/7. thats just the kind of life he leads

#i am in eskew #unless it does mention he has glasses somewhere and i just forgot. in which case i ddint say any of this

[imaginationblur]

I am cringe but I am free

Funny 420 number haha… unless?

I gave Oswald and Ortensia proper kids with names and junk bc I have brain rot (I had this sitting for 3 years I just cleaned it up yet again)

#if I over think this I’m never going to upload anything #imagie kid draws #I’m… tired but like funny haha tired #last epic Mickey drawing gonna return back to sonic stuff… unless…? #epic mickey #epic mickey 2 #oswald the lucky rabbit #mickey mouse #ortensia the cat #bunny children #fan kids #oh wow yeah I guess I made fankids whoops #oswald disney #mickey and oswald #oswald fanart #sorry to the rest of the 406 kids you have been SNAPPED #I don’t care what canon says Oswald is a GOOD father he is just BUSY!!! #okay bye #OH SHIT I FORGOT TO #MENTION #in concept art the bunny kids were gonna have different colors #decided to incorporate what limited colors that WERE shown #for funsies.

[mistergreatbones]

Was talking about Star Trek with my parents cuz we’re lame, and I brought up Spirk cuz I’m infinitely more lame, and my nearly seventy-year-old father said “if anyone was *makes vague gesture*, it was Bones and Spock”

#“they bicker like a married couple #i mean so true but why would you think that without any prompting #god this sounds like the parents stop being homophobic cuz of johnlock thing #i promise it’s real it’s literally midnight as I’m typing this cuz I knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep unless I got it out #like he says out of pocket shit all the time this one is particular just through me for a loop #and the spirk thing was semi-related to the conversation #i promise I don’t just bring up ships from media my parents had as children out of the blue #star trek #star trek tos #tos #spirk #spones #god i straight up forgot the ship name i for a second i though it was McCock

[nonokoko13]

Watch me make a shrine for a character we have only seen in bubble speeches and flashbacks

Jeeves I don't know you but you seem the only stable person in this wicked household. Thank you for being in Damian's life, unlike certain man

#spy x family #sxf jeeves #give me his surname Endo I wanna know what will be my married last name #unless Melinda is first in line then good for her #we only have a somewhat profile picture years old and a front one with his eyes closed but he looks fineee #sxf chapter 93 #yes I'm desperate. Look at the male market we have here #Malewife mc happily married. Siscon guy. Franky. Dominic taken. Old men. Scar SSS dude #and a girlfailure of spy who has only appeared twice. the second time in the background in one single panel #this is the Atacama and I am THIRSTY #thank god Endo compensates with many gorgeous women (out of my league) #oh I almost forgot the teacher with eye patch. that guy was nice. BUT STILL #sxf spoilers #everyday I wake up and thank God for giving Damian some good people who cares like Jeeves and his friends

[rongzhi]

kind of a hot take and maybe a bit offensive and blasphemous: confucianism was? is? kinda... off putting,, i find it weird that this guy existed in a point in time irl, and now we've come to think of him as a god figure?? he was real, and was probably a normal dude who got some different ideologies that people supported, and then now there's a religion. it's sus, not like muhammad from islam or moses from the bible, we have no tangible records that those people existed at all, or if they were of real people they dont have dates and times or documentation besides the scripture. perhaps this is something unique to china in the sense that their religions kind of have dates and that existence is not just confined to religious scripture if you know what i mean?? laozi, the founder of taoism, possibly exists in some accounts, and in others he is immortal, but its possible to think the guy existed.. idk sorry if this makes no sense to you.. i'm not even going to open the can of worms that is cultural minorities and their religions that i do not have the authority to even speak of knowledgeablely?? china is a melting pot of socio-cultural stuff i couldnt possibly understand without actually being there and i acknowledge that as an agonostic diaspora with one lone braincell that blasts rasputin all the time

actually wouldnt it be funny if elon musk started his own religion like confucius or whatever i think that would be funny i wouldnt call it a religion itd be a cult and an mlm simultaneously

This took a hot second to reply to because I went down oh so many an unnecessary side quest. But is it really a reply from me if I don't talk about something else instead?

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I am going to put this in the nicest most neutral way possible because a) I got nothing going on at this particular time, and

b) to your credit, I feel like you could hear yourself in your head sounding dumb as hell but just decided to hit snooze on those alarm bells and sent me this ask instead of turning to google first:

confucianism was? is? kinda… off putting,, i find it weird that this guy existed in a point in time irl, and now we've come to think of him as a god figure??

Confucius (Kongzi) did not start a religion. Confucianism is a school of philosophy first and foremost. He may be somewhat mythologised as a major historical figure, sure, but his primary influence is that of a philosopher and as the "father of Chinese ethics". He is revered as a great thinker, not a god. Comparable example: Socrates.

Confucianism is not a religion the way you might be thinking about it. There may be folk religion/religious practices that go into it, as Confucianism in Chinese society is heavily blended with aspects of folk religion, Buddhism, and Daoism, but Confucianism is not like Christianity where the namesake was/is deified by its followers.

In fact, fun fact, this was so much so the reality that was a point of criticism against Jesuit missionaries in the Ming Dynasty and perhaps a contributing factor (in addition to fundamental culturally-based world view differences) for why the Jesuits failed so hard at converting the Chinese masses to Catholicism/Christianity; they would try to explain Jesus in terms of Confucius teaching, and in turn, Confucius, which those who rejected the Jesuit teachings found incredulous.

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Side note time! when it comes to Confucius and what he said about religion/spirituality，he's often quoted as saying "敬鬼神而远之", "respect gods and demons/spirits from a distance", which, fun fact, Matteo Ricci (Jesuit missionary) uses in an argument to piggyback off the Chinese understanding of spirits to explain the Holy Spirit (i.e, the more important spirit to be worshipped who, unlike ancestor (spirit) worship, is the key to salvation) in his book "The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven", written in Chinese. He points to the quote by Confucius as paradoxical because Confucius confirms the existence of spirits and encourages ancestor worship but also says to distance spirits, which, from Ricci's POV makes no sense if the point of ancestor worship is to curry favor with the spirits.

故仲尼曰：「敬鬼神而远之。」彼福禄、免罪非鬼神所能，由天主耳。而时人谄渎，欲自此得之，则非其得之之道也。夫「远之」意与「获罪乎天，无所祷」同，岂可以「远之」解「无之」而陷仲尼于无鬼神之惑哉？(source, 581) So Confucius said: "Respect gods and demons/spirits from a distance". Happiness, position, and longevity and absolution [of sin] can only be handled by God. Yet contemporaries flatter [the spirits of ancestors] to obtain their [favor], but this is not the way to do it. This "from a distance" and "when you sin against Heaven, [there is] no one to pray [to]" are the same. How could "from a distance" and "there is no [gods and demons/spirits" trap Confucius in [the puzzle] that there are no gods or demons/spirits? (^rough translation)

What I feel he takes out of context is that in the source of the idiom, Confucius is responding to a student who is asking him what the meaning of knowledge/wisdom/intelligence is. His full response is "务民之义 敬鬼神而远之 可谓知矣", "The meaning is to serve the people. Respect gods and demons/spirits from a distance—this could also be called wisdom". Confucianism generally holds that ancestor worship and similar rituals are necessary to society but that religious fanaticism and superstition should be discouraged. To Confucius, worship to spirits based on etiquette (which is respectful) are important to creating a stable and peaceful society. Devout belief/zealotry/fanaticism and indulgence in gods/demons/spirits/superstition is profane, so one should keep their distance and stick to rational respect for spirits (ritual). This is how Confucianism can actually be compatible with Christianity, although from Ricci's standpoint, he sees contradictions in Confucius because to him, ancestor worship to curry favor rather than worship to god IS the superstitious behavior and is blasphemous in the face of his god.

Fun food for thought aside, if you're wondering: Jesuits mostly got for milked for hundreds of years for their knowledge of things relating to science and math, which the Chinese considered as being part of knowledge that was once known but then lost in earlier dynasties due to political instability. Then ironically their favor began to decline when the Manchus instated the the Qing dynasty and in an effort to obtain more support from their Han subjects, adopted Confucianism philosophies more strictly.

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Basically, most of your vague questions here could probably be cleared up if you read up more on what Confucianism actually is and what its relationship to Chinese society is.

I can understand how this might be confusing if you are diaspora but grew up agnostic and only have the vague framework of, let's face it, Christianity in western society to base your understanding of religion off of, but I don't think it's thaaaaat unique to China for historical figures to be mythologised, either as the center of religions, folk religions, folk lore/legend, philosophies, or religious philosophies. Siddhartha Gautama and Jesus of Nazareth, for example. The Catholic saints. (Edit: also, Muhammad did exist historically and there's decent evidence to suggest that Laozi did as well, though these were not their birth names most likely).

#text #answered ask #also elon musk is already basically a cult of personality #and unless he finds a magically unscathed new scripture in a burning tesla i don't see him becoming a religious founder any time soon #long post #孔子 #religion #additional fact i forgot to add but won't edit in bc it's not that important: not only did manchu adherence to confucianism cause #the decline of jesuit influence，the pope of the time banned ancestral worship by chinese catholics which eventually led to the expulsion of #jesuit missions in china #and the decree wasn't reversed until like 200 years later #so they basically played themselves

[kankuroplease]

Trick or Treat! *is wearing some cat ears and has whiskers drawn on her face*

You’ve stumbled upon a werewolf party 🐺

#ask #trick or treat #my art #kiba inuzuka #he totally forgot it was Halloween too #oops.. unless you want to go running through the woods or something 😂

[paziffic]

Etho is so neurodivergent coded

#over complicating basic tasks #not understanding puns #poor listening comprehension #he was explained his task by martyn like three times and still didn’t understand it by the end of the session #will NOT get a clue that someone wants to team with him unless they say it directly to his face #where’s that post about how every season grians like pspspspsp etho #and how etho and grian will never team because grian is too sly and etho can’t pick up social cues #and this episode grian was hinting at wanting to team again and it was only official when grian straight up begged for it #I love that awkward pathetic man #ethoslab #mcyt #secret life #secret life smp #Etho #forgot to say I’m nd lmao #he is me I am him #edit: don’t even talk to me about the jump scare task

[antisocialxconstruct]

I've been thinking a lot about art and why it doesn't feel good anymore, and a lot of what I keep coming back to is a) simply not being happy with my style, but b) not feeling comfortable experimenting because I feel like I need things to be """post worthy""" 🙄 so like... it's kind of a vicious cycle lmao so I'm heeding the advice I used to give people trying to overcome perfectionism which was "don't worry about making things that are 'good enough' to post and just post everything."

So... some vague style experimenting 🤷‍♂️ and also a sketch of Ilya from forever ago that I really liked but kept thinking I would come back and do more with.

#ghost city #maksim girard #ilya kasharin #I forgot Maksim's tattoos AND his little neck ridges in the headshots but oh welllllll #artbyrom #me: my struggles with art are deeply rooted and totally unique to me and I could never hope to explain them to anyone else #-describes two of the most common struggles for artists on social media ever- #I'm still happy with my general approach to lineart and the flat colors with minimal accent shading #and I even really like the thing I've done a couple times now of selectively coloring the lineart #so the issue I'm having is with like... the fundamental base of the art 😬 #so many of the artists I really admire have very minimalist highly stylized ways of drawing people and I want so badly to pursue that #I never really wanted my art to have this more semi-realistic look to it :| but I'm like... #I don't feel confident in my ability to portray a specific face unless I detail it to hell and back #I need to find a way to get comfortable with forms that are more... representational #fuck.... y'know a lot of it might come down to how outspoken my ex was about how much he disliked simplistic and representational styles #lol. lmao.