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Didn't do a process post this year, but I couldn't go to the fancy halloween party this year without at least MEETING the bar I set last year. So here's this year's iteration, with details! I continued from last year's moth witch vibes since I wanted to reuse the corset.

There's two things carried over from last year. First is the corset - I didn't even have to touch it up (not that I've worn it that much this year), and the necklace. I also wore the celestial gloves I painted earlier this year.

That cloak involves a custom mantle from a pattern I made from scratch (cling wrap and masking tape babeeey). The wing design painted on the mantle is based on the moth on the corset! This was my first time working with jewely chain, too, but I'm really damn happy with how the draped chain came out!

I did so much altering on that dress to make it fit me, including cutting off up to 10 inches off the length of it because I'm short.

The shoes may be my favorite part, so easy, yet so perfect to have those eyes peeking out from under the skirt :)

As usual, paint is Jacquard Lumiere metallic acrylic in 552 Bright Gold.

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i forgot how fucking weird november is theres no afternoon its just night after 2pm

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This is badass: Medieval Nubian Fashion Brought to Life. Click through to the link because there’s more replica clothing and it is all stunning!

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school-bullying is one of those things where it's horrifying how normal it is and how we just accept it as a part of kids' lives. It's just one of those things that is considered entirely normal and we see it in media and sure, there's anti-bullying programmes and you do some seminars when you study to be a teacher - but that the fundamental core of it, it is entirely normal and expected that kids go through or witness severe physical, emotional, and sexual abuse in their 'workplace' and even if this is known and documented and on the record, it is not uncommon that they still have to work with their abusers and spend several hours every day in the same room with them, go on trips with them etc. And yes, bullying also exists in adult workplaces, obviously, but I don't think it is normalised to the same degree (a lot of people don't believe it exists for adults - meanwhile, think how basically every school movie features bullying as some aspect of every day school life). I just think it's up there with corporal punishment as one of those things people expect aren't that bad or serious when it happens to 'just children'.

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adhd paralysis sucks bcuz im just sitting there and my brain is like

YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME

no work done no rest gained. literally no point of this at all

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genuinely, i think watching live theatre can improve your media literacy so much

like people who look at doctor who and are like 'lol the effects are so rubbish'

maybe watch a stage play where there's no backdrops and half the characters are played by the same three guys in different hats and maybe you will calm down

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This is what Rasputin would've wanted.

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Dream dressing gown, you say? What colour?? Dressing gown inspiration pics??

A. Dark green. I want to do embroidery on it, but I can't decide if I want it to be lighter green or silver. Whatever color it is, that'll be the lining color (silk).

B. inspiration! don't know if I can find it again, but there's one tan wool princess-line 1880s dressing gown/housedress/robe/whatever that has monochrome embroidery and I absolutely love it.

This isn't it, but that's definitely the vibe (c. 1879; sold online at Antiquedress.com some years ago). I like the more fitted look, as opposed to some of the looser dressing-gowns of the period. it looks cozier and more suitable for going out of the house to do my laundry, get the mail, etc.

same era. this one's in the Peabody-Essex Museum, just up in Salem. let Marzi examine pls???

This Dressing-Gown Fucks

anyway I want my swoon-worthy Natural Form dressing gown dreams to come true, and damnit, that IS going to happen!

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fellow germans, i don't know what to say anymore, was ist denn hier los

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MoroccanMintTea shawl by Red Teapot Atelier

(10/10, great pattern. Do this one if you're trying to learn how to read crochet charts.)

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Origins: the world is ending and you and your one remaining coworker are the only option left to save it.

II: the unavoidable tragedy of a queer friend group/polycule trying and failing to save their fucked up city

Inquisition: you went to a conference and accidentally ended up in charge of saving the entire world (again) with a team of colleagues who are (mostly) professionals and outstanding in their fields.

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Veilguard:

Rook: hey, I suffered from “sudden field promotion” after “fucking everything up worse than it already was.” I’m putting a team together to kill at least one, maybe three, Gods

Seven of the most unwell people in Thedas: say no more, I’m in

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Got some new wool to play with 😊

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Idk das ganze 'die machen ja nichts' Geheule geht mir halt hart auf den Keks. Das Kindergeld wurde vorletztes Jahr um 30 Euro hochgesetzt. Das ist eine größere einmalige Hochsetzung als es in der gesammten Geschichte des Kindergeldes seit Einführung 1998 (Rot-Grünes Projekt, btw!) gab. Das ist so viel in einem Jahr, wie während der kompletten Wirtschaftskriese ('05-'11) inkrementär draufgelegt wurde. Und das mit dem Lindner-Sack am Bein, und wir haben ja alle gesehen wie der Rotz und Schnotten heult wenn er nicht Kinder hungern und frieren lassen kann. Die ursprünglichen Pläne waren ambitionierter und spezifisch für die Einkommensschwächsten ausgelegt und wurden von der FDP blockiert.

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does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver