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Best "Romulan" Episodes by Series:

TOS: "Balace of Terror"

TNG: "The Enemy"; "The Defector"; "The Mind's Eye"; "The Next Phase"; "Face of the Enemy"; "The Pegasus"

DS9: "The Die is Cast"; "In the Pale Moonlight"; "Inter Arma, Enim Silent Leges"

VOY: "Eye of the Needle"; "Message in a Bottle"

ENT: "Minefield"; "Babel One"; "United"; "The Aenar"

DIS: "Unification III"; "Choose to Live"

PIC: "Absolute Candor"; "The Impossible Box"

SNW: "A Quality of Mercy"

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tumblr app has been changing random blog's pfp to look like theyre deactivated/deleted but nothing's actually changed when i checked the blogs fucking functioning website

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Exciting news! Game Artist wanted!

Merry Crisis is hiring*! If you are a game artist/illustrator looking for a long-term/large-scale game/visual novel to collaborate on, send your portfolio to allieebobo@gmail.com or DM me on Tumblr or discord @allieebobo for more information.

For non-artists: Appreciate the help to share this with any artists you may know :) Stay tuned for exciting news, including a demo/kickstarter sometime in Mar 2025!

Detailed information

Assets required:

30+ character sprites (3 main, 10 side-characters, 20+ minor characters)

50+ backgrounds (20 main, 30+ minor/one-time use)

Additional assets/UI (TBC)

Visual references:

Dream Daddy

Keyframes

Rates: DM with portfolio for more details if interested. Artists who are able to commit to doing all the characters or all the backgrounds preferred (for a consistent style).

Revenue-share model (20-25% of kickstarter/game revenue, with minimum sum guaranteed after completing 'core game assets')

Commission model (negotiable, est. budget: $50-$80USD for 3 main characters with necessary variations.*; $25-40USD for side/minor characters, $80-100USD for 20 main backgrounds, $35-50USD for minor/once-off backgrounds)

*Initial sketches for main character have been completed - rates are for polishing and converting to game sprites (e.g. variations for emotions, outfits)

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I’m probably the last person to know this BUT WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME SAINT YOUNG MEN HAS A LIVE ACTION?!?! WE GOT LIVE ACTION BUDDHA?!?! AND JESUS?!?! FROM BUDDHA JESUS ANIME?!?!

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OFFERING REDUCED MUSIC COMMISSIONS!!

$30 for a 0-2 minute song!

$60 for 2-3!

$90 for 3+ minutes!

Hello, I'm Joan! I am a musician with both self training and classical training influences and just about two decades under my belt.

I got my start playing live instruments, many of which I consider myself excellent at now, and made the transition into digital music production about 9 years ago! I still live record as well.

MUSIC I CAN MAKE FOR YOU:

Theme songs for OCs!

Theme songs for DND sessions!

Theme songs for just about any story or idea you have!

Background/AFK/Intro & Outro music for streamers and youtubers!8-16 bit retro sounds for game projects!

Battle songs! Calm lofi! From breakcore and triphop to even classical!

And everything in-between!

Here is my KOFI for any support.

You can message me for any questions!

Anything helps! I am struggling to afford bills and food.

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People really do not give a fuck about Arab boys and men's lives. For more than a year now we've seen the constant dehumanization of Palestinian men and how their lives are deemed worthless.

I've been talking for a while now about my friend Mahmoud Jomaa (@mahmoudjumaa1238) and his difficulties fundraising for even a small goal. He has been at it since March and only recently reached his first goal after months of stagnation, but now we're back at a stage where he doesn't get anything for days on end.

And when I open his fundraiser to take a look at the progress and how little support he gets, I can't help thinking about how a french cop who killed a 17 years old Algerian boy was able to fundraise 1.6 million euros in around a week. A racist cop can become a millionaire by shooting point blank an Arab boy (named Nahel) in little more than a week but Mahmoud can't raise 20k in 7 months to survive a genocide.

Please let that sink in. Do you realize the violence this difference displays? How much villanization and dehumanization we fostered in the Global North to get here? And yes, it's not only the US, Europe has greatly contributed to the current climate of Anti-Arab hate, which in turns facilitate the current escalation of the genocide of Palestinian people.

That's why I can't believe I still have to come on here and ask people to donate to Mahmoud. Yet it makes sense : people just don't give a shit and that's it. They don't care that he already had to evacuate from the North of Gaza because of the constant attacks. They don't care that he is in an area that is currently very dangerous. They don't care that he lost his house, his university, his friends and family members, he is an Arab man. We shouldn't care, we should instead support the cop or the governments killing them right?

This has to stop, his life is worth that of any of you reading this post. I'm sick and tired of having to ask for people's help and constantly explain what he is going through when I shouldn't have to. He needs money to survive, that's it. That should be enough!

So please, help him. Share, donate and make your own posts to promote his fundraiser. He was supposed to reach 15k last month yet he has been stuck at around 12k for weeks. You CAN change that, so don't stay complacent please!

DONATE HERE

Vetted by @/gazafunds

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Hey guys!! I need to get a tetanus vaccine as a precaution. Had been walking along a flooded area and cut my feet on something. Lately, have not been getting as much work online- currently have three jobs, but are all unstable. I priced my comms as low as possible, but it's not a livable wage for me as with my comms only priced at 30 usd each (extremely difficult to get clients if I price higher

),I can usually only draw 10-15 a month.. I am the sole caretaker and the only working person in a family of 5- my mom is disabled due to being brain dead for a few hours after having sepsis from giving birth to my sister. She is a full time wheelchair user. My dad is chronically ill, and my sister who I have been a "parent" to is autistic with a low frustration threshold..! I'm doing the best I can..! If you guys could please pick up a print, or subscribe to my patreon (I have more than 300 exclusive drawings up there!) or buy the last two slots of commissions I have or even just send a tip.. it would mean the world to me. Ideally I'd love to have the vaccine by Friday..! Sorry and thank you again.

Ko-fi / tipping jar / inprnt / patreon

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Constantly thinking about gay blade from the Eric Andre show

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@dduane created the Romulan language!!! and is here on tumblr

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Available as a print at my INPRNT.

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oh god i’d heard about the “i won’t commission artists who undercharge for their art” post and now it’s making its rounds on my dash.

please understand that this concept does not actually help anyone. the sensible thing to do if an artist is undercharging is to tip them for what you think their work it worth, and be sure to let them know that. even if this doesn’t cause them to actually change their base prices, at least YOU’RE paying for what it’s worth, and THEY’RE getting business instead of nothing.

by essentially boycotting artists who are already unsure of the value of their own work (and are thus underpricing) you’re not sending any positive message. no one is going to up their commission prices when nobody is buying them. the only thing the artist gets out of it is that people don’t want to buy their art for some reason, and people who’s products aren’t selling aren’t going to say “oh i guess it was because i wasn’t charging enough, i’ll pump up the prices!”

if you want to support a commission artist, please do it by actually SUPPORTING THEM WITH COMMISSIONS rather than by choosing to take your business elsewhere because their prices were too low.

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Drafting a sewing pattern for Carmilla from Castlevania (Netflix). WIP, I still need to finish the shoulder armor but I am very happy with how the dress looks so I thought I'd post it. c:

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Hey everybody! In celebration for clearing my commission queue, I'm having a commission sale! This type of Commission (details below) for just 10 Dollars. OCs, Canon characters, and portraits done in any anime style you like.

COMMISSION SALE!

(Digital commission, printable dpi, 1 Character bust/portrait, anime style of your choosing, flat colors with cell style shading and a simple graphic background.)

For 10$ a piece!

Hit me in DMs or email me at [hikuswing @ gmail . com]. I accept paypal but can also take payment through ko-fi. Furries welcome and encouraged.

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being an adult and trying to be "responsible with my money" is so hard like literally what corners am I supposed to be cutting on this budget. what am I supposed to stop spending money on. my anxiety meds? food for my cats? impulsive takeout orders? spotify premium? patreon artists who draw huge throbbing monster dicks? all of these are completely necessary to maintain my quality of life.

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The drake Kendrick beef trending on tumblr is like finding out an isolated village in the middle of Siberia with no internet or television access knows who Michael Jackson is