#which succeeded for a while

[brambletakato]

siblings (looong list of tags below im sorry i care very much for them)

#nobody remembers that one cat i drew like a year or two ago #and I wouldnt either LOL so heres another infodump #and im COMPLETELY redoing his story #he now has a sister named Rimegaze (right) #and his name is Moonwish!! #yeah shut up about warriors cant have the prefix moon this is my story /lh #brief summary of the plot of Moonwish's backstory; #He was enamored by the elders' tales of cats with prophecies #and when he was younger he decided to fake a prophecy for attention and respect #which succeeded for a while #but he soon grew miserable when he became older #since essentially the life he has now is one big lie built when he was a naive kit #so he tries to find ways to make his falsified prophecy ''completed'' #but unfortunately hes too late... #these designs arent final tbh theyre subject to change #BrambleDrewAgain

[metastablephysicist]

i still don't really get what a kernel is and at this point i'm afraid to ask

#basically i should know more math. #they've come up in quantum (aka the propagator) and stats and while i tried to understand i have not succeeded #you can expand a kernel into its basis functions.. or go from the basis functions to a kernel.. #and it's a covariance function.. #or a green's function which is kinda the same/similar? #i just. dont really know where it came from. it was presented to us very much like we should already know what it is

[kingbeeleth]

six star nimbus

#art #my art #my ocs #nimbus is supposed to be anvil's adversary after the destruction of the smoke dragon's kingdom #he was one of two survivors of the incident #the other being the portalkeeper #he's an amphiptere which means he is more fragile than his drake peers #he transformed himself with alchemy in hopes to obtain a more powerful form #and while this succeeded he is visibly non-human yet non-amphiptere #the stars on his body are supposed to be Soul Entry Points for a lack of better terms atm #they will neutralize anvil's soul-related powers to a degree while within nimbus' range #he hopes to find her again and stop her before she kills any more people #this is during the cursed knight arc btw

[shiroselia]

Play 13 Sentinels I am no longer asking

#13sar #13 sentinels #Some maybe implied spoilers in tags #I am not okay in any way I love this game so excessively much #I'd need like a 500 slide powerpoint precentation but tldr #Hijiyama's route is my favourite and also Insanely good #Gouto's route is incredibly good and an unexpected favourite I didn't expect that to be as good as it was #They really saved the absolute best for last #I have beefed so much with how late Hiji's route is forced because I loved it from the prologue but I 100% understand and I am 100% okay #with it cause every single time I've been forced to wait for it it was so fucking worth it #Girlies after they finish Live to Protect and ESPECIALLY girlies after they finish Hiji's last event whose name escapes me now #But holy shit dude Hiji's route is excellent I can rant about it for hours #It's enjoyable as hell it's got Excellent plot reveals it hits EVERY emotional beat it pulls #Like she has it all #Not to say that the other routes don't they're all excellent Hiji's just my favourite out of the bunch and succeeds in All aspects #Whereas some routes like Yuki's I feel are Completely carried by how enjoyable Yuki herself is #While not succeeding as much in say the plot department #Which isn't a Problem but it's just something which makes me prefer routes over each other when some can hit Everything it tries while #others might neglect certain aspects in favour of others which doesn't make it Worse but makes it less complete as such

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

I see so many talk about RTD1 as if it looked like Season 1 for the entire duration, but it just didn't. There was a lot of trial and error in that early seasons as they figured out how to make the show and refined things as they went. In fact, they were sometimes refining so quickly that the end of Doomsday doesn't even match the start of The Runaway Bride.

#doctor who #dw #rtd1 #you can tell by season 3 that the bbc was really fully invested in that show #it starts to look a lot more polished #and then they go the hd cameras for the specials #if rtd had done the 5th season it still would've look a lot better than his first four #despite what many think he did not set out to make the show look bad #he wanted to look like a well made modern action/sci-fi drama #and end all the jokes about dw just being about wobbly sets #he wanted people to take the show seriously #and he succeeded #it is just that we're now looking back at it from 18 years later #which is a longer gap than between survival and rose #in fact you do see this same kind of evolution in classic who #the way the hartnell stories were shot was completely different from how the troughton stories were #while the shows budget has never been huge #it has always changed and adapted with the times

[htodinth]

Drew some barely-disguised fursona OCs (starring the bf @shanghai-ohmy) for valentines... Nothing tragic ever happens to them!☺️❤️

Transcript:

To Orion From Alder

Dear, our love is so star-crossed.

I haven't checked the dictionary, but Romeo & Juliet was about the power of love & being destined to be together, right?

#htartth #alder #orion #myself #me #air #we have been playing minecraft together heehoo #and there is rp happening in there #which is why theres lore afoot #but i havent really joined in on it yet :p #orion tried to find magic in a world without any #to end wars caused by scarcity of resources #alder tried to unify the world under a single rule #to end wars caused by the whims of dispassionate rulers #orion ran away in fear of his research being misused for war #alder succeeded while he was gone #but has now come to look for him #his long lost love #to try to mend the relationship that buckled under the weight of their ambitions

[fragmentedblade]

I swear, if they all not get to be deranged and awful and resent each other and kill each other over and over with the bitter aftertaste of love WHAT EVEN IS THE POINT

#Jing Yuan can stay seminormal watching them all like #'Guys aren't we friends? You should have called for good things instead of this mess you have made' #All the while drowning in memories watching Yangqin parallel Jingliu immensely and perhaps even Yingxing a bit #No but... I hope Dan Feng and Jingliu are awful ngl. I hope they are selfish and cruel for love in any form #I hope Jingliu didn't kill Blade one thousand times for honorable reasons. I hope she did it out of resentment or something #I hope there was selfishness in whatever Dan Feng's act was #I hope they all went half mad and grew to hate each other almost as much as they once loved each other #because of the terrible act they committed and its unbearable consequences #I hope Jing Yuan knew and didn't say anything because he was hoping they succeeded in doing whatever it was with that tacit acting of him #I hope in their grief and their pain and their hatred and their love they all grew to resemble each other perhaps a little too much #I hope they became each other a bit #I really really hope they will be deranged and awful about this #I hope in the hatred and resentment and accusatory gaze under which they behold each other they actually see themselves #I hope they can't stand it #I really really hope they will be deranged and awful about whatever happened #At this point I'm going to be so let down if it isn't #I talk too much

[dreamings-free]

Music Business Worldwide | April 25, 2023

[excerpt]

[..] Perhaps the most discussed driver behind vinyl’s rise in music biz circles, though, is the so-called “superfan”.

In a 2020 interview with The Times of London, Rob Crutchley of the UK music trade industry group BPI [167 articles]">BPI said “superfans” were powering a “buy-to-own rather than buy-to-listen” trend.

“A proportion of people are buying vinyl because they’re a superfan, so even if they don’t actually have a turntable they’re still keen to support the artist and have the artifact itself,” he said.

“Sometimes it can be because they’re catalog titles that are being re-pressed in a new edition — maybe a run on a different colored vinyl — other times it might be a new title that has a limited press on a certain format.

”In its 2023 report, Luminate defines superfans as “music listeners who spend above average (median) time AND money on music, actively discover new music, participate in music-related activities on social media, and plan on attending a live music event in the next 12 months.

”Three core behaviors set these ‘superfans’ apart from others, Luminate found:

First, they engage in social signaling (i.e., they want people around them to know about their passion for a particular genre or artist);

Secondly, they view music as an expression of their identity;

Thirdly, they engage in a community centered around music.

All of which suggests that the music industry could make serious money off of superfans’ love for vinyl in the coming years – regardless of whether or not they end up playing the format on a turntable.

[read the full article here]

#wild.. #not sure how i feel about this tbh #it's interesting yes #but also the leadtime on vinyl pressing rn is insane #and while big artists with economic leverage and huge fanbases are making bank #they are also clogging up capacity at the very limited no. of vinyl supplies #making it super difficult for smaller and/or independent artists to get production slots which aren't 6-8-10 months out #making the writing/recording - album release - touring cycle that much longer and in effect less profitable #like i get it.. a 12 inch record is like a little piece of art #but knowing that some many records never get to see a turntable makes me sad #yet another thing that makes succeeding that much more difficult for smaller acts #music business #vinyl #fan culture #music business worldwide #25.04.23 #link #m

[whyarewewlwlikethat]

oh and i got my bachelor's btw

#im hot and smart #also i like how this quick pic while waiting for the bus turned out lol #my post #this is a picture of my printed research titled 'The Rise and Fall of Sony's Handhelds: How Sony Failed Where Nintendo Succeeded' #i dont think its that big of an accomplishment tbh i only remembered to post this cause i got an email that i got into the masters program #lemme clarify an accomplishment for me personally* because i actually want a phd but i doubt ill be able to get one if i pass my tests and #start working as an air traffic controller which has been my dream job for nearly a decade

[creature-once-removed]

.

#everyone saying Dream didn't call on his siblings for help while he was imprisoned because he's too proud and petty #or because some magic laws prohibited it #I don't disregard the pride thing but I think there's so many more layers to the situation (which is what makes it so compelling ugh) #listen I don't think Dream trusts his siblings and we even get shown that he's right not to do so and why #it's established he's vulnerable and basically powerless in his fishbowl #and whatever laws the Endless operate under #I doubt he wants to owe any of them a favor. sounds like a shortcut to a bad time #Death might be the exception but we know and Dream knows it's her Roderick wanted to capture #and given that he's already succeeded at capturing one of them I don't think he wants to risk that #Roderick might be an idiot but he is stupidly capable #and we see what happens without Dream in the waking world #a world without Death is probably a LOT worse #there's more layers to this scene but for now I'm done. one point at a time.

[zorkaya-moved]

♡♡♡ [ for @/kohouri? c: they kinda have some relationship but yknow ]

@notsumi / @kohouri

FRIENDS.   childhood friends  /  work friends  /  family friends  /  recently friends  /  turning antagonistic  /  turning into something romantic  /  stable  /  falling apart  /  friendship of need  /  friendship of circumstance  pen - pals or internet friends  /  coworkers  /  partners  /  other .

ROMANCE.   childhood sweethearts  /  newly entered  /  soulmates  /  skinny love  /  unrequited from my muses side  /  unrequited from your muses side  /  friends with benefits  /  awkward  /  fading  /  turning  toxic  /  toxic  and  destructive  /  other .

FAMILIAL BOND.   sibling bond  /  older sibling figure to your muse  /  younger sibling figure to your muse  /  parental figure to your muse  /  parental figure to your muse  /  guardian figure  /  legal  guardian  /  other .

ENEMIES.   dangerous to themselves  /  dangerous to others  /  unpredictable  /  passionate  /  rivals  /  petty  /  developing into a sexual tension  /  developing into a romantic tension  /  based off family matters  /  based of circumstance  /  based of professional matters  /  based of misunderstandings or lies  /  other .

#notsumi #kohouri #❄ ― OUT OF CHARACTER. ╱ fun time’s passing by like river’s flow. #i dont think kevin and zarina would be like actually emotionally close #both of them are very set on their goal #esp after everything that went through + zar being an ex-herrscher from HIS era #like mobius and dr. MEI did everything to bring her back to her lucidity and they succeeded at a cost but they did it #but imagine kev and zar meeting because zar was training the newbies and he went thru her to get accepted into moths? #and then they trained together with kalpas sometimes as well too like teaching techniques how to fight and etc #since zar - unlike kevin - was born and raised in a criminal environment #so she might offer how to fight and how to approach those who have more experience w/o just brutal force #which may not work w/ herrschers idk #but then in those 50k years? oh boy #zar was against getting kev in the sea of quanta because she honestly had 0 belief su or hua would be able to succeed #plus them both being hurt by elysia's choice at the end? lets go #i just think they're both sad and they've got nothing left so they're going forward with just one goal in mind #with no rest. #while kev is more on the cold and determined side #zar dives into vice and indulgence to keep her humanity somehow #so like they're both going forth but also super different

[vulpixhoney]

people keep comparing the WatcherTV move to Dropout (for obvious reasons) but I cannot emphasize enough how vastly different the circumstances between the companies is. like astronomically different

• Watcher does not have the years of experience that Dropout/CollegeHumor did. CH as a company formed in 1999. They've been doing sketch comedy since the early 2000s. they were a company, like an actual company with offices and departments and everything. Watcher hasn't even existed for 5 years

• Because CH has been established for that long, not only do they have an established connection to the industry, but they have an established fan base already. People that knew about and were fans of CH for over a decade, before Dropout was even a thought in someone's head.

• When Dropout was in its infancy, CH was still under their parent company IAC, they weren't roughing it completely on their own the way that Watcher is. They were later dropped by IAC, but having that connection and funding in the vulnerable start was important

• CH was still posting sketches and skits on YouTube for free while filling out Dropout's catalog. They didn't hard shift into exclusively subscription based, they continued doing both for the first couple years in order to help get Dropout established. Even now, they still occasionally post full episodes for free on YouTube, including whole seasons of Dimension 20

• They have a large rotating cast that they move between multiple shows. They have a variety of content and a variety of entertainers to be guests on shows. Watcher has 3 guys which the occasional guest

• A big part of this transition is because Watcher's episodes have a high production cost. That's what they claim. That it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to film one episode of Ghost Files. but why?? why does it cost that much?? I get cost of travel for talent and crew but hundreds of thousands of dollars per episode?

• When IAC dropped CH and they went bankrupt in 2020, they only had 7 employees. When Sam Reich bought the company, they only had 7 employees. not twenty five. I'm not advocating for laying off people, but maybe they shouldn't be payrolling more people than they can afford

• also. Sam Reich is very vocal about how Dropout surviving and succeeding was nothing short of a miracle. They didn't get that success because the business model works, they got that success from years of networking, hard work, and pure luck

#watcher #dropout

[boneless-mika]

Me: oh yeah I like the idea of some romantic concepts and sometimes imagine being in a very devoted non-romantic relationship

Several random people who don’t know me: oh well you’re not aromantic then. In fact, the only way you could be is if you were actually completely unique and had no experiences in common with any other people (suggesting there can only be one aromantic person in the world)

#honestly distance from it has only made it funnier #did they think they were going to change my mind about my identity? #did they specifically want me to feel bad? what does that even achieve? #I mean they succeeded I was very upset but still oriented aroace so #also never accepted that being a pink haired catboy is a huge part of my personality #after claiming I made being aroace into my personality when literally all I’d done is have the aroace flag in my icon #I had the trans flag in my icon for a while and I’m not trans #(headcanon of the character the icon was featuring at the time) #so I don’t think that’s making it my whole personality #they also refused to accept my explanations of my personality which I do have #it’s why I don’t have a lot of friends my personality is a bit abrasive #I’m really hotheaded and I have trouble avoiding arguments even when there is literally no reason #(better at it now though and I never get into fights irl) #I can’t let this thing go even though it’s been months #I’m really sad all the time (sure this is depression but are you really going to say Eeyore has no personality)

[rainybraindays]

Winning the fight against the brain damage rn

#rainy talks #i managed to play pokemon for several hours with one main goal(WHICH I SUCCEEDED IN) while also mapping out fanfic ideas in my head #a v good day for me

[lilgynt]

needing to justify emotions and running through possible solutions within the vent just bc 😍 (learned behavior)

#personal #me sobbing: i know the solution to this problem so may i please cry #i can’t tell if i feel anything and i feel too much and i feel like i’m just #isolating myself from my friends and loved one through my own choices #and it’s choices i don’t even like just choices to keep everything running #and it feels like i’m being pushed out of my body just to function or recover #and if i’m being pushed out so much just keep me out i don’t want to come back horribly upset bc i can still feel everything #like going to work getting up getting dressed driving and watching my hands and body move #and just do what it needs to while mentally god. #i’m just along for the ride my body knows what has to happen regardless of me and im just tired #and at least weed im just sedated #which isn’t helping long term but i’m just very tired and feel awful and like i’m not good in any aspect of my life #and for what. if one area was succeeding than whatever #but everything suffering for a worse end product and im not even happy and it’s just like this forever #and it’s not it’s just a shitty job and i’ll have a healthier balance one day and my friends love me #but it still sucks

[gauntletqueen]

There's a lot of transgender media where the trans girl just instantly is beautiful and perfectly passing, and while I often really enjoy those works, they're fine and well-meaning, it bothers me that it's never about the actual slow, messy process of transition.

I feel like tgirls, like myself, might (subconsciously) feel bad when they actually have to train their voice, learn to use makeup, wait for the hormones to do their job etc. Most of us can't expect a perfect transition, and seeing successful stories about how that's okay would be nice, yknow?

(not to mention some of us don't even care about looking convincingly feminine and you could argue we just need more media in which trans people refuse to adhere to gender expectations whatsoever rather than wishing to and instantly succeeding, but that aside)

Edit: Seeing more people assume this post is just complaining about media written by cis people who are uninformed, transphobic or otherwise not interested in having a realistic portrayal of a trans person, and wanted to clarify again that that is not the case. First off, a lot of the media I'm talking about is made by trans people, and second off, those stories aren't inherently bad, they're just over-saturated. I understand the wish fulfillment, because gender dysphoria is a bitch, and we feel pressured by the world around us to pass. But that's exactly why I want more realistic, positive portrayals of the actual process of figuring oneself out and transitioning, so we can fight against that pressure and help each other feel more secure, no matter how far we are into our transition, and no matter how passing we end up, or how much we choose to pass.

#transgender #lgbtq #queer #trans