#you can do it again

[lover-of-mine]

#*ariana grande starts playing* break up with your girlfriend cuz im bored

#911 #buddie #911edit #911 spoilers #buddieedit #911 abc #911 on fox #911 fox #evan buckley #eddie diaz #my edit #otp: you don't need to pretend with me #usercam #you got him to break up with one gf #you can do it again #i believe in you #1k #911verse

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

#encouragement #you’ve gotten over things #you can do it again #doodles #bad art #lousy drawings #doodle #positivity #self love #healing #recovery

[avisisisis]

I love how everything the gods do and say and think is proof of how civillization shapes them, of how even if they say they can't change, they've been doing it for millennia

In Ancient Greece, as cool as their mythology is, there were a lot of very problematic opinions. Like the way they thought about women, child abuse and SA. These things are why the gods, in the myths, do horrible stuff like that. They didn't see anything wrong with it! But we do, which means the gods do too. And even if we know it's wrong, many of us still do it, which could also be why some of the gods are still, to some extent, that way

It's why Apollo sees what Zeus does as abuse, why everyone knows that the gods, all mighty and powerful, suck, etc etc etc. It's so fucking cool

And I think that this is another example of the fact that if they want to, they can change for the better. I think Zeus could become a better dad. I think Athena (and all of them, honestly) could start caring more about her children. I think they can stop making others fight their wars for them. They can change, because they've been changing this whole time

#“immortals can't change” EXCUSES. all i am hearing is excuses #you've changed. you changed so much since the first time you appeared #you can do it again #pjo #percy jackson #this is yet another reason why i love toa!!! #apollo being the living proof that gods can change for the better uhgfdghsdfg #toa #trials of apollo #gods of olympus #mentioned sa #sa #rick riordan #riordanverse #mentioned child abuse #child abuse #avis' post

[possessable]

Hello i'm a normal person here's some stuff i drew to illustrate different traits different "person getting controlled" tropes can have

edit: obligatory possession shorthand code link because people seem to be using this like the possession code but just. without the code part

edit: DO NOT BE HORNY ON MY POST 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

#if you see tumblr flagging this its literally not mature i dont know why it got flagged #i like how you can see the artstyle in this change because i drew the first couple a year ago and then picked it up again intermittently #this aws just an excuse to draw a bunch of tiny possessed guys. ''what am i supposed to do with a possession hyperfixation its not like you #can draw possession fanart'' Yes You Can If you really Believe In yourslef #This isn't even all the traits i can think of there's four more but they seem kind of boring to draw and are mostly self explanatory #Less Unique my Ass #ThePossessionHyperfixationIsNeverEnding

[borealiszero]

People should make more doomed by narratives siblings relationship.

Like with lovers you can just sever it and not have it related to you ever again but with siblings how could you?

You grow up with them you raise them or they raised you you both know how unforgiving the world is to both of you? You would die for them but will hate them for doing the same and yet none of you would regret it and both of you know it. They could be the person you loath the most and miss the most cause you still remember how they sneaked a candy into your hands. You can sever the tie but you can never look away at what you've lost, at whom you've lost because fate doesn't allow you to be together, eating dinners in quiet peace, if only there's another life, another time, where i can make you another plate of pancakes i would im sorry im sorry im sorry —

#[borealis.txt] #sorry um. got feels again #just. aughhhhhhhhh #like genyas and sanemis relationship and the brothers in sctir #theyre so fuckin tragic cause god. aaaaaaaaaaaaa #'because my nemi is the best brother' WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME!!!!!! #edit: alright you guys can rb this again cause im feeling charitable

[blueboyluca]

“When I first heard it, from a dog trainer who knew her behavioral science, it was a stunning moment. I remember where I was standing, what block of Brooklyn’s streets. It was like holding a piece of polished obsidian in the hand, feeling its weight and irreducibility. And its fathomless blackness. Punishment is reinforcing to the punisher. Of course. It fit the science, and it also fit the hidden memories stored in a deeply buried, rusty lockbox inside me. The people who walked down the street arbitrarily compressing their dogs’ tracheas, to which the poor beasts could only submit in uncomprehending misery; the parents who slapped their crying toddlers for the crime of being tired or hungry: These were not aberrantly malevolent villains. They were not doing what they did because they thought it was right, or even because it worked very well. They were simply caught in the same feedback loop in which all behavior is made. Their spasms of delivering small torments relieved their frustration and gave the impression of momentum toward a solution. Most potently, it immediately stopped the behavior. No matter that the effect probably won’t last: the reinforcer—the silence or the cessation of the annoyance—was exquisitely timed. Now. Boy does that feel good.”

— Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The Secret History of Kindness (2015)

#dog books #this chapter was very sad reading #when you become aware of punishment #and its use and its prevalence #it's hard not to despair #again this is why positive reinforcement feels like absolution #maybe now my eyes are open I can make up for what I did #what I did because it's what everyone does #because it's more acceptable to punish than to do anything else #I've been having so many thoughts about punishment and society and justice #this book was very validating #another great validating moment in my jumbled thoughts #was listening to the You're Wrong About episode on justice #with Amanda Knox #it helped to ease the despair a little

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

#my art #feralnette au #birds of a feather #long tags #sorry I went apeshit in the tags #LETS SAY IT ALL TOGETHER NOW #I - M - A - G - OOOOOOOOO #its fun drawing marinette's back to Alya and having her appear stout and unstoppable and totally logical #and then you see her face and she's like two seconds from completely snapping and is keeping it together by a thread #as a note just because mari feels very certainly abt smth doesnt mean she's right. feelings can be valid and also irrational #in the throes of grief she decided it was better to be alone than to lose someone again so she started pulling away #and lila made pulling away very very very easy to do #shes also vaguely aware she's being unfair in pinning this on alya which is why she started spinning the drain on cockmoth again #legitimately all the shit that's happened to her wouldn't have been so catastrophic if he was never in the picture and she knows it #but the bitterness of her bestie choosing a fantastic liar over her at the worst of times stiiiiiings #alya's personal timing was bad but lila really took advantage of the fact that marinette had been acting off and weird #she basically clocked marinette as being unstable from SOMETHING and made up a lie about her #knowing she wouldn't have the strength to defend herself #between her social life going tachy bc of lila and losing fu in a way that felt like personhood death marinette was really put on the spot #and alya doing her thing of busting in there and assuming her bias is correct was a terrible combo #essentially marinette is highly unstable and alya is just realizing that #busting in and giving her a lecture when she's slightly hysterical and definitely delirious from exhaustion is NOT the way #to show her she's self sabotaging #cuz thats just gonna make her double down on self sabotaging. bc marinette will not accept that she is also a CHIIIIILD

[lovelyyweather]

There's something that haven't been able to ever communicate with people and that's how incredibly, blissfully, excitingly long life is. Do you understand that?

Life is too short this, not enough time for that, don't waste your life doing such and such. Do you hear yourself? Are you listening to that? Take a moment to really understand when people say "We've been married for 40 years." 40 years. Take away the idea of marriage but keep the time frame in place where you're a fully adult, living for yourself and your loves (hobbies, pets, occupation). In that time you are able to learn how to do countless things, and maybe even master most of them. You can learn to paint, garden, cook, weld, widdle, fish, construct, sculpt, write, sew. Do you understand this? Each and every one of us have so much time in our lives to try and learn new things. To spend all the time we truly want on what we desire.

You can leave school for 10 years from now. And what may you do in that time? Perhaps travel. Make a business. Grow a family. Maybe you're on a roll and want to start school now. Maybe 7 years of learning whatever you wish to. About the world, our bodies, chemicals, law, architecture, the stars. Then after that you have what? 30 years to do as you wish. Learn some more. Rest, settle down, work nonstop for something greater. Can you fathom that time? 3 times longer than you had been away for school, you have left to do even more.

Now imagine you're 20, 25, 30. You think you're old? After what I just said about all you can do? You are sorely mistaken. People this age say "I'm 28, I've been working hard all my life and still am not succussful. I've no clue what I'm doing. Life is flashing by." No.

Were you truly working on your hobbies and knowledge straight from the womb? 0 - 8 you were not present in the world. You were learning to speak, to read, desperately trying to understand the feelings in yourself and those few around you. 8 - 16 you are much the same. Just barely learning your small world and what is has taught you. It may have filled you with anger or curiosity. You are learning your own body and the food you love. Learning what it means to treat people wrong and right. Barely understanding the concept of money and law. 17 - 20. Oh how school and work have run you ragged. Is it truly possible to live each day like this? Is your life going to be such a struggle week after week, month after month. Family and money and housing differences bring the world into a new light to you but you are just getting started. You're starting to learn what you love and hate. You're learning the thousands of things out there. Farming, glass blowing, medicine, business, language. So much to see, so much to do. But you are not there yet.

20 - 28 you are working or in school or drifting about either loving or despising it. You've tasted first hand how relentless this world is. It just keeps going doesn't it? "I've been doing this for 28 years and I'm still sick and tired of working, living paycheck to paycheck." Fear not. You haven't. You haven't been living for yourself just yet. Maybe by now you have a child or more, a spouse or pet. They're taking a lot out of you right? Remember, you were still living for others before 20 years as well. Is it so difficult to understand you've only been living for 7? Maybe 8?

Imagine, joyfully, you will live until 80. At 30 years old you have barely come to yourself for about 10 years. Now you have 5 times that to do even more. And it won't be so hard at your 20s because you were getting hit with everything then weren't you? Aren't you? Everything is coming so fast but it won't be like that always. You'll learn from this and then you'll have next year. Then next year. Then next year... What will you do? How will you grow? Are you going to school again? How lovely, learning about the depths of the ocean and it's creatures at 35. You'll get out in your 40s right? Remember, you still have 40 more to enjoy.

Your body will break but your mind won't. And even if it does, even if you're bound to one place, always take in just how much time you have. How will you make it wonderful? Will you have the time to read each book in a 50 year old series? Will you have the time to watch every film with that lovely actor? Each documentary about our time on Earth or someone else's time in another country? Do you still have the dexterity to draw? To fold paper shapes and build clay sculptures? Can you still hear the birds? The bees and wind and smell the flowers? Can you see the playful animals and rise and fall of the sun? The way it glistens off the Earth and clouds. Can you still taste every fruit, every vegetable, every piece of the world? Don't even get me started on music...

Each day you may use to rest or to learn as you please. Life is so beautifully long. And what are we here to do except experience it. Who is telling us what to do? Does a dog always listen when it is to be trained to have a job? Perhaps it loves what it does. Loves to protect and exercise. Maybe it doesn't and prefers another job. Maybe to howl and stargaze and care for just one. Or a whole litter.

I guess what I'm saying is life isn't so short. Time will continue always and so will we.

#im so tired of people thinking life is too short #yolo this yolo that #you have the spirit but please look at the other side of the coin #you can do it again #mine #people #life #if there are typos just know i wrote this straight from the heart

[eddiethehunted]

HELLOOO steddie nation we are so fucking back

#steddie #if you go on pinterest you will surely find the reference i used for this. #do not look too hard. #my art #my semester is almost done i can be insane again soon

[mumblesplash]

in honor of last season’s poem being called “”end poem”” (all quotes mandatory) this season i made one out of pieces of the actual end poem

#letting me just download the minecraft font? for free? a mistake #if you or a loved one have been suffering from RED TEXT you may be entitled to compensation #my art #god at this point i really do need a writing tag don’t i #<- will continue not addressing this #secret life #goodtimeswithscar #grian #secret life spoilers #sorry tumblr user livvi3love for not making one with all the deaths again #if you (or anyone) did want to illustrate this one as well you’re more than welcome to but i am not expecting anything #i can do an explainer thing again like i did last time but that is for tomorrow #right now i am just. very tired #but for now i will confirm yes the colors Matter #i literally made this on accident against my will #i was trying to DRAW

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

#this was much longer i had to cut it down for legibility #but i do want to say i am aware this post doesnt touch on human rights violations as a result of fast fashion #that is because it deserves its own post with a completely different tone #i am an environmental educator #so that's what i know the most about. it wouldn't be appropriate of me to mention off-hand the real and legitimate suffering #that people are going through #without doing my research and providing real ways to help #this is a vent post about a thing i'm watching happen; not a call to action. it would be INCREDIBLY demeaning #to all those affected by the fast fashion industry to pretend that a post like this could speak to their suffering #unfortunately one of the horrible things about latestage capitalism as an activist is that SO many things are linked to this #and i WANT to talk about all of them but it would be a book in its own right. in fact there ARE books about each level of this #and i encourage you to seek them out and read them!!! i am not an expert on that i am just a person on tumblr doing my favorite activity #(complaining) #and it's like - this is the individual versus the industry problem again right because im blaming myself #for being an expert on environmental disaster (which is fucking important) but not knowing EVERYTHING about fast fashion #i'm blaming myself for not covering the many layers of this incredibly complicated problem im pointing out #rather than being like. yeah so actually the fault here lies with the billion dollar industries actually. #my failure to be able to condense an incredibly immense problem that is BOOK-LENGTH into a single text post that i post for free #is not in ANY fucking way the same amount of harm as. you know. the ACTUAL COMPANIES doing this ACTUAL THING for ACTUAL MONEY. #anyway im gonna go donate money while i'm thinking about it. maybe you can too. we can both just agree - well i fuckin tried didn't i #which is more than their CEOs can say

[kayvsworld]

marvel watching their new quantity-over-quality projects flop, realizing exactly how hard they fumbled the bag on setting up an ongoing Avengers Team Movie Series and frantically being like “ok ok maybe we uhhHHHHH try to get the OG avengers back. the circa 2012-2016 mcu zeitgeist avengers those ones were popular we can bring back the interest” is so sad.

like babe do u think u can simply turn back the hands of time. do u think u can simply bring back the characters u killed off for shock value and expect the same level of engagement. more importantly do u think you can simply afford a 2023 robert downey jr

accept ur failure with grace. steve is in the 40s now & tony you CHOSE To Do That,

#i love to see clown behaviour on twitter via mutuals and immediately rest my head on my desk #kayvswords #DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET ANY OF THESE PEOPLE TO SIGN MULTI PICTURE CONTRACTS WITH U AGAIN #for less than infinite dollars #do u think u can make a good movie again answer quickly

[sketchy-tour]

I have been working on this piece for AGES aajsdfjkndf AUGH

I just! I just want Wally frog catching with his bestie to exist into the world dang it!!!! The idea of him slowly catching frogs and running straight to Barnaby to show him is one of my favorite things to think about. Now I can beam such an idea into yalls mind with the power of art I spent too much time on

#welcome home #welcome home fanart #wally darling #barnaby b beagle #welcome home arg #welcome home puppet show #partycoffin #wally darling fanart #wally welcome home #welcome home wally #wally darling welcome home #my art #please please please I put my soul into this #I dont know if I'll be doing pieces with this much quality much at all if ever again #but I needed to. At least once. Make fanart for welcome home that poured all my love into #I hope you can see it #my love #finished this while it was storming where i live #immersive lol #oh to be a small frog slowly scooped up by wally

[astearisms]

but it ain’t called love without a little tragedy 🍁

#my art #a love letter to betty and simon #getting to explore simon’s journey post AT finale and the nuances of his relationship with Betty has been an experience #I don’t know what’s next but we can only hope closure for them #that betty maybe learns to put herself first after putting every ounce of herself in simon #or that simon learns to let go? or both of them do #assuming we do see Betty again #i am preparing to say farewell to the series once again after the finale #thank you adventure time crew #fionna and cake #fionna and cake spoilers #simon petrikov #betty grof #petrigrof #adventure time #I forgot to mention #this animation was inspired by ‘autumn leaves’ by yves montand #but a cover of it #I was listening to the song because I wanted to learn it on an instrument #it’s a melancholy song about autumn and lost love #and as I heard the lyrics of course I instantly thought of these guys #and then I started drawing #inspiration had a strong grip on me #thank you for reading #and your support #I hope you guys have had as much fun with this show as I have #I’m grateful for it

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The musical episode.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #jin guangyao #nie mingjue #Remember jin guangyao: If you do any treachery you will face the wrath of five horses. #When are the horses going to come into play? You'll see. #s2.ep8 had beautiful music... I listened to it on loop while drawing! #Good music to chill out to before you fly into a rage. #This episode really cements how JGY's mind works - It is a matter of long-term outcomes at the sake of nearly everything else. #Morals do not matter to him if the outcome is more favourable. #and at the center of it all - he has learned that the only person he can truly trust is himself. #In turn - the only person his actions benefit are himself. #He will do anything and everything it takes to reach a position of power - not just for the power. But because it means safety. #Because it was something he was denied and the idea of not having control in his life again is unforgivable. #'Happiness' isn't a goal. We are looking at someone still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. #Everything and everyone is a piece in a game. Bonds and friendships are assets. People are dispensable. #He wants to climb for the sake of climbing. He wants praise and recognition because he feels it is deserved. It's all so hollow. #We could go deeper into his psyche on this. #But these are also tags under a comic in which 'evil penis music' is the punchline.

[grungekitty-77]

What would you think if an evilized villain(maybe a wishmaker-like villain or maybe even a villain that's unrelated to the butterfly miraculous) caused Chloe and Zoe to switch bodies somehow, and nobody fully understands what's going on, so Zoe(in Chloe's body) is taken by Audrey back to New York, despite Zoe desperately trying to explain things. But Chloe enters a fugue state(heavily due to trauma caused by the neglect of her parents) and genuinely thinks she's Zoe, and is even able to recall many of the things Zoe did due to being in Zoe's body. The class thinks "Zoe's" change in behavior is due to the psychological effects of method acting, since "Zoe" is playing Chloe in Astruc's new movie, but they gradually convince "Zoe" to let them help her relearn how to be "herself" again. Meanwhile, in New York, Zoe is trying to get back to Paris, but when she gets there, “Zoe” thinks she’s there to try to hurt Marinette.

I think you need to stop copy-pasting this idea into people's inboxes and go write your fanfic.

#/gen #/well meaning #seriously I've seen you ask this to a bunch of blogs and idk what else you're looking for #just go write it #you clearly want it to exist badly enough #that will carry you through the process #You CAN create what tou want to see #and if it's not good enough #you can do it again #and again #and again and again #stop waiting for permission or validation #just Shia Labeouf it