#which way to the bar

[pazzesco]

Maggie Moran | Hourly Rentals (Motel Open), 2023 Oil on canvas 24 x 30”

Maggie Moran | “Finders Keepers” (aka Girls Girls Girls), 2023 Oil on canvas 30” x 24”

Maggie Moran | Which Way to the Bar oil on canvas 36 x 36 in

All three paintings are from her modern renaissance series...

Here's the original - "The Calling of Saint Matthew" by Caravaggio

Here's a post about Caravaggio who was an interesting & talented jerk. Probably best known for his painting of "Medusa"

#art #which way to the bar #maggie moran #paintings #francesco solimena #hourly rentals #motel open #caravaggio #figurative #cliff clavin

[anarchotolkienist]

The reason why social media has gotten so much worse recently (reddits recent fuck-up, everything on Twitter since Musk, FB being FB, Tumblrs various attempts at expanding profitability recently) is because it is no longer possible to exist as a company by fencing in large parts of our social life and having investment money pump in on the basis of expected future value of that amount of information when it suddenly costs money to loan money due to suddenly high interest rates after the inflationary crisis of the last year, which has made the current model of the Internet that has existed for the last about 10 years completely unsustainable. All of them need to become profitable or die, and they are learning very quickly that that just isn't possible no matter how much of the life and information of the users one steals. We are witnessing the death-throes of Web2.0, and what comes after is as yet unclear.

#edit: A subscription model has been suggested in the notes which I don't think is sustainable at least not for the Big Three #I mean Tumblr is by far the social media with the highest user goodwill and investment but even here #doing it in an unobtrusive way wasn't significantly helpful #I actually think one of the only ways for this model to continue would be some form of nationalisation #but I doubt that it would happen at the moment barring a serious shift in politics in like the US

[kitsuragied]

phoenix is so funny conceptually as a character because hes so silly and goofy (especially in court) but then hes also the bitchiest little middle schooler you have ever seen like. im not even through the second game but

all this coming from the same guy who is Like This in courts of law:

#he said CRINGE AF!!!!! #the way he makes fun of ema for her edgeworth crush is so funny too like um WHO changed their entire career and took the fucking bar #(which is INSANE in california) #to see edgeworth again #ace attorney #aa #phoenix wright #like hes my favorite sillyguy but also... babygirl who are you to call someone cringe fail #popular post

[houseswife]

house: this has absolutely nothing to do with wilson

also house: [brings up wilson unprompted] [spends 95% of the session either talking about wilson or deliberately avoiding talking about wilson] [literally admits it’s about wilson]

#yes they set it up as though the true root cause was cuddy in the end #but I beg you to consider that 1) house agreed to seriously unpack his feelings of rejection re: wilson in relation to his exacerbated #drinking & the bar fight #and 2) the patient of the week deliberately evoked moments from house’s head/wilson’s heart #with particular emphasis on the brain surgery #which was the one time that wilson ever put house second to someone else #specifically a girlfriend #AKA the exact curveball that house has just been thrown for a second time (albeit in a less grave context) #nolan suggests that house punished the patient’s husband the way he’s punishing himself because they’re both losing someone they love #yes we could assume that his alcoholism was made worse by cuddy and lucas’s commitment #but also… house started drinking himself into blackouts when sam and wilson got together. not when cuddy and lucas got together #which reminds me — the last time that house sought out getting trashed at the bar #was when WILSON AND AMBER GOT TOGETHER. this is a pattern for him. #he goes out and destroys himself when wilson becomes seriously romantically involved. ERGO…. this whole thing WAS abt wilson #I’ve connected the dots #house md #greg house #gregory house #hilson #james wilson #house/wilson #hatecrimes md #that ‘say it’ was literally him asking nolan to call him a f—

[thatswhatsushesaid]

inspired by that kinnporsche meme

look don't think about it too hard, I obviously didn't

#mdzs #cql #mdzs shitposting #objectively the most offensive way to consume a kit-kat bar is to take a giant-ass bite out of the top #thus making it impossible for anyone else to have a piece #every other weird way to eat a kit-kat bar gets you points for creativity #which is not something jgs possesses

[tree-obsession]

I AM NOT OKAY DEAR GOD IT'S BEEN HOURS AND I AM STILL WEEPING

his gentle face??? the soft, delicate, kind voice and his eyes visibly softening even more and the real, genuine little smile as he blesses his younger self with his sister's voice in the background.

hoyo why do you hurt us like this it's going to consume my thoughts for DAYS now

#gnawing at the bars of my enclosure rn #the animation is impeccable #brought me to tears instantly #his arc was so GOOD i was attached to him before but holy crap #honkai star rail #hsr #aventurine #hsr aventurine #aventurine hsr #i am so attached to characters who really just never got to grow up and act one way but really are very gentle and compassionate #and just never were allowed to show it #he's been through so much and is still actually able to be nice which really says a lot abt him #the only thing that might have made me cry more were the convo with acheron when he asks why humans even exist #and the scene where kakavasha aventurine and future aventurine were all standing together #actual peak fiction. will never recover.

[doodle-empress66]

Basically these 2 are the embodiment of giving a reality check.

Reminder: most people dont notice but they are not the villains of the movie. Just an antagonistic force against the protagonist that push him forward yet eventually both earning mutual respect.

This 2 are the real villains.

#Which do you like better? #Data: they both go for a drink at the same bar. #One is death metaphorically poetically or some fancy way of putting it #the other is death straight up #i love antagonist that exists purely to call out the protagonist bullshit and force them to actually mature as characters. #110% agreed #not so much a villain but more of the “real deal” #rango #rattlesnake jake #puss in boots #puss in boots the last wish #puss in boots death #animation #dreamworks

[artbyblastweave]

My sense of what Crossovers are for, conceptually, the thing they do that other works can't, was entirely formulated by my early-childhood exposure to Kurt Busiek and George Perez's seminal 2004 Marvel/DC crossover JLA/Avengers. Like most stuff Busiek writes it's a love-letter, and part-and-parcel with its status as a love-letter was that he took the time to render the horror and bewilderment that the respective teams had upon encountering the status-quo of their counterpart's setting. The JLA encounter the anti-mutant hysteria, the supervillainous fiefdoms like Latveria, figures like Hulk and Punisher being allowed to roam free, all those tonal hallmarks of Marvel, and they come to the conclusion that the Marvel Universe is hanging on by its fingernails and that the Avengers are somewhere between in over their heads and actively negligent. Meanwhile the Avengers explore the shiny, forward-thinking, optimistic DC universe, encounter the ubiquitously positive reactions they get from people on the street just for visibly Being Superheroes, see things like the Flash Museum and the Hall of Justice, and Captain America comes to the conclusion that the Justice League obviously must have led a fascist takeover of America. Then they hit each other a lot. Anyway, if you're writing a crossover between two works and you want me to care at all, you need to meet the JLA/Avengers Bar. When a character from one work is placed in the context of another work's setting, what commentary on the original work is that character in a position to provide through their outlook and worldview? What insight, in turn, can their commentary provide on on the assumptions and conventions of their native narrative? Have all characters involved experienced enough of the events of their own work that they've actually got something to compare and contrast with, or is the crossover occurring so early in one or more of their respective timelines that you're basically dealing with OCs due to the butterfly effect? Are you actually acknowledging the different properties as discrete narratives that are abrading each other in interesting ways, or are you for the one millionth time reimagining Izuku Midoriya as a native resident of some other setting (seemingly decided via roulette wheel?) And of course, are you correct in your assessments of how these are bouncing off each other? How many times am I getting hit with "They would not fucking say that/react like that/understand their new surroundings in that way/go five minutes without trying to disembowel this fan-favorite character from the other work that you've decided they're getting along great with?"

#this is a wormpost in spirit but I'm not naming names #Also I don't want to imply that the ONLY way to do a crossover that meets this bar is to have like a literal portal open #there are definitely setting quote-unquote fusions I've encountered that take the tack that the events of both properties happened #because the settings of each are compatible in interesting ways to begin with and that's clearly the exigence for the crossover #but yeah #post-gm Taylor is in a really good position to take advantage of the JLA/Avengers dynamic #which is great when it goes well and phenomenally annoying when they whiff it #thoughts #meta

[sweaters-and-vertigo]

me, a future child psychologist, watching the bad batch:

#THIS KID #she’s like 10??? #she’s being raised by OUTLAWS #she’s a gambler and a mercenary and a rebel #she used to be a ‘medical assistant’…. which is a HUGE red flag for trauma #before pabu she spends most of her time in a seedy bar surrounded by criminals #the way they integrate normal child behaviors into her chaotic life is wonderful #she’s optimistic and resilient and gentle and wily #she was kidnapped by a fucking bounty hunter and escaped all on her own #her favorite possession is her energy bow which she uses to KILL PEOPLE #her loyalty and optimism is constantly mistaken for naivety but considering her strategic mind……. it’s not naivety #tbb omega #the bad batch #the bad batch omega #brooklyn 99 #thank you b99 for the commentary #omega the bad batch #star wars the bad batch #tbb hunter #tbb tech #tbb wrecker #tbb crosshair #tbb echo

[dennistakesamentalhealthday]

dennis is an angry character btw im sorry but he is full of rage but that rage is not exclusive his anger does not negate sadness and fragility and insecurities in fact they work together and dtamhd was one of the first times where his anger was not used as a joke via a surface level rage explosion from him but instead explored the fragility of his anger. the way he keeps reassuring the workers he encounters (and himself) that he's not mad. when he tells daisy he's not mad but he is a little bit upset. dennis is angry and that anger is what makes him so fragile. he was upset and it manifested as rage bc he doesnt know what to do with his own sadness

#disclaimer tags yes i would like to see his emotions explored more but i disagree that we ONLY saw anger in dtamhd #and EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY ANGER... anger is just as VALID and fragile and vulnerable as sadness. they are family #we saw how his anger makes him fragile how it exhausts him #how it works with his stress and fears and insecurities and sadness #he was UPSET!!!! #angry dennis in dtamhd WAS big feelings dennis in tends bar. that was the same #he expressed anger in tends bar bc he was upset he expressed anger in dtamhd bc he was upset etc etc #and i think the sadness people were expecting was present. the sadness and fragility we would have seen if he cried on the beach like most #of us anticipated (btw he did cry at the beach <3 technically <3) was THERE. it was just in his anger #sewerkingcharlie talked about this already and worded it very well but im honestly kinda bothered by how some people have treated #the portrayal of anger and emotions in this ep #you dont have to like the ep or how they portrayed dennis but some posts have really given the vibe of #his anger and his emotional outburst not being as valid because it wasnt portrayed in the way you expected #or that it wasnt palatable enough #and honestly if you dont like it thats okay! but can we please be careful with how we talk about mental illness and anger outbursts! #yes it is frustrating when people ONLY see dennis' anger or see dennis' anger in a very shallow way #which a lot of the audience unfortunately does because its been treated like a joke #but it wasnt a just a joke here #and maybe this will all go past dudebros heads frankly i dont give a shit lol but thats for another post

[rollforjackass]

i could KILL him for this. motherfucker's every interaction with children has him being, if not nice, then at minimum kind and forgiving and genuinely invested in their wellbeing.

he asks crying kids what's the matter, he's afraid to hold a baby because he's worried he'll drop it, he goes after people who are mean to kids without a second thought. his whole mentorship with timothy hunter is him trying to do right by that kid no matter how he feels about it at the time. man would be the most loving dad in the world but because of his own awful goddamn father and the ways he thinks he takes after thomas, he doesn't think that's true. i hate.

#this panel made me SPITTING mad for real he breaks my heart #the way his father fucked up his whole mindset and self-image is something that makes me so violent #me rattling the bars of my cage yelling about how the family man arc was a vessel for conveying constantine's fears about his father #how it made him feel responsible for his father's murder after his dad had called him the killer of his mother his whole life #then made him a literal killer which turned that childhood nickname into a self-fulfilling prophecy & his dad into an unintended oracle #how constantine has always been afraid of becoming his father and yet that's exactly who he had to emulate to survive the world of magic #and then vertigo gave him the fucking rosacarnis arc which made him unwillingly a dad and his kids killers. i'm unwell #i NEED john constantine to know how good a person he really is and how loved any kid of his would be #the one thing new 52 did right for him was making him genuinely loving and caring towards rose #instead of making him pawn her off on everyone around him. which i fear a lot of writers would make him do these days #i NEED him to know he's better than who raised him #they say mary anne constantine would have been a good mother if she'd lived and i think there's a lot of her left in her son #not that he'd ever believe it #hellblazer #john constantine #i'm very emotional about him right now #oxly hollers

[hyakunana]

Strangers in a Strand Land . jpg

#destiny #destiny 2 #destiny the game #destiny art #bungie #lightfall #hunter guardian #the young wolf #the exo stranger #elsie bray #elisabeth bray #oc x canon #fanart #my will to make a strand art my will to draw my hunter's strand loadout and my will to draw my girls kissin walk into a bar #i love this art bc it works in 3 different angles but i also hate this art bc i cant decide which one is better #after i coming up with that file name i went to IB so i could perish in several different ways #one of those was by polaris lance and that upset me pls dont hit me with bray weapons im emo #the english equivalent of me maining fi-lamento in portuguese (strand + the lament haha get it ha) #that was supposed to be a pretentiousless sketch but once again i couldnt hold myself #but well at least now I can focus on dark future ch 4 #'but how do exo kiss?' please step back ten houses there's a comic about my headcanon asdfghjk

[dogtoling]

im going to make this everybody elses problem too. inklings being able to get wounds and scars and inklings being able to turn into liquid whenever they want are NOT things that should be able to coexist

#unless their cells magically get damaged in a way where they cant attach to the other cells anymore #which i dont know if its a thing #and even then that would make it LETHAL to WEAR CLOTHES WHILE TRANSFORMING WHICH THEY DO ALL THE TIME #splatoon #like you know if you break a piece off of a chocolate bar and then melt all the chocolate you can mold it into the shape it was in #this is how liquid Works it doesnt care that there was a cut there to my knowledge

[vargaslovinghours]

And never let you go ♥

Bonus without the overspill lighting:

#💟 #Digital art #Full Art #Art #Edgar #Scriabin #It's that time of year again where I get real sappy about Vargas ♥ Because yes! Once again it is my own personal Vargasversary! 🎊 Yaaaay #Seven years now - I don't know what to do with seven years it feels like a hard to define number haha #Right in the middle between five years and ten years! A while to be certain but hard to define as a Long Time either hmm #Well whatever it doesn't matter <3 The important part is that I still love Vargas and them very much ♥♪ #I actually didn't really have any specific plans for this Vargasversary :0 I haven't been drawing them much again #Other things have drawn my focus and attention hehe ♪ #So I just kinda set my hand loose - no sketches on paper no defined idea - this is just what my hand/brain came up with in the moment #I'm pleased :) I think it accurately expresses how I feel about them hehe <3 #I wrote down what ended up being the text/caption a couple months ago while I was in Big Love in their direction #I don't remember what inspired it anymore other than just - They ♥ Themst ♥ Do love them <3 #I've planned my next reread now ♪ Barring anything drastic (like an update lol) I know when I'll be rereading next #I'm looking forward to it! :D As always hehe <3 #It's still a bit a ways off which works well for recharging :) #And of course I'll be doing my usual in the meanwhile - this and the main anniversary and my sketchdumps and Requestober haha #The caption is as much me as it is Edgar after all <3 #Even quiet and sleeping I still find them as a comfort - a place I find rest and joy in ♥ #Inspiring and lovely and wonderful - pretty and tender and dear! #Oh and #Always finding a way to flip up the bottom of the shirt #Hehe <3

[aro-arttorneys]

consider a swap smp aa au where Miles is the pixl

HI I absolutely RAN to my ipad upon seeing this ask to make sure I had some sketches down. Ended up working out some coherent designs ehehe

Man I lowkey like these designs more than I had for the initial AU :') Also OUGH I think Phoenix getting so fucked up and sad that he ends it all is just...kind of neat actually.

#i didn't see the full ask in the notif bar and deadass thought you were gonna say 'where Bleck and co. are in court' #which has been on my mind for sure lol. but i didn't think abt a role reversal version of this au before AA #i love doing the pixl designs it's all about SHAPES #ace attorney #super paper mario #miles edgeworth #phoenix wright #spmaaau #for Phoenix/Nikki I designed Phoenix's clothes and worked out his pixl form based on tbat #for Miles it felt easier to draw a pixl of him. Miles just has a lot of shapeable things going on lol #and then made that gay little outfit #i kinda like the name Mille for him... #you can say it the English way or the French way #the latter meaning Thousand. like he knows a thousand things as a pixl #anyway thanks for this it was incredibly fun to draw these

[hopeforbountifulasks]

Depressive?I find it hopeful,Dreams.Being constrained to one place like an imprisoned subject...that isn't living .Sure you may be exposed to god knows what lurks around you but..at least you are free of the shackles of your circumstance instead of fucking rotting away in one place because of your creators.To have the ability to move because you can,that feeling...feels so goddamn liberating.Even if you can't right now,maybe one day Dreams..

#answered #rainworld askblog #[dreams] #something something which rat is truly free #the one that escapes the cage only to die at the claws of a cat #or the one that lives and dies behind the safety of it's bars #is one rat more free than the other ? or are they both free in their own special ways ? #perhaps neither of them will ever truly be free #such is the fate of a rat