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feels so embarrassing to b hyperfixated on your own oc like the smallest thing that reminds you of them has you giggling and kicking your legs and smiling goofy in public but it’s like sorry everyone i was thinking about shmoopsie from my brain again. yeah the one like max 10 ppl know about

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WHOA!!!!! i love my friends' ocs

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Can we please talk about the Gisele Pelicot mass rape case more? This shit is so disturbing that I’m shocked at how deep men’s hatred run for women goes, even the ones they marry and commit to for life. A man willingly drugged his own wife, raped her multiple times, and then invited 50 men over to share in the act - from 2011 through 2020. How does that not make people incredibly angry. How does it shock no one else that misogyny could run this deep

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Mariana of Austria and Margarita Theresa Fanart

Be warned as some events I wrote had some artistic license. 

On the morning of September 17, 1665, the bells tolled throughout the city. Jose Everardo Nithard immediately went to the Queen's chambers. Upon hearing the bells, Queen Mariana awoke and asked what was happening. The courtiers present kissed her hand. Nithard approached her and informed her that the king had passed away. The Queen began to shed a tear but kept her composure. She began to change her wardrobe from extravagant to a simple, rigid mourning dress, with the only adornment on her finger being her wedding ring. Surgeons and attendants were cleaning and embalming the king’s body while a mass was recited at the head of the royal bed. Margarita Theresa, dressed in mourning attire, approached Mariana, hugged her, and wept excessively. Mariana began to cry as she comforted her daughter.

Source: Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman Mariana of Austria and the Government of Spain by: Silvia Z. Mitchell

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Art by Victoria Villasana

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This is sadly my least popular work 😞🥲

Queen Charlotte and Lady Danbury Fanart

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'Franklin Urging the Claims of the American Colonies Before Louis XVI' by George Healy, circa 1847-1855.

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the five stages of grief: writer's edition

denial: "this draft is amazing. no need for edits. it’s practically perfect as is." you’re so confident that you close the document for the day, smiling like you’ve just discovered the next great american novel (or swedish, or british, whatever). plot hole? who is she?

anger: "why did i ever think this was good? this is garbage. i am garbage. my characters are flat, my dialogue is cringe, and my prose sounds like a robot swallowed a thesaurus and threw up on the page." rage-quit the doc and go aggressively scroll pinterest for "writing inspiration" that you will never use.

bargaining: "if i fix this one scene, the whole thing will click into place. i just need to write one more subplot, maybe five more chapters, a quick rewrite of the entire ending, and then it'll be fine. totally manageable." queue up 17 youtube videos on "how to fix your plot" that you play in the background while staring at your ceiling.

depression: "i will never finish this book. it’s doomed. i’m doomed. why do i even write? who let me have ideas?!" lay dramatically on your bed, considering taking up knitting or rock collecting instead. cry a little over how your characters deserve a better writer.

acceptance: "this is the best i can do right now, and that’s okay. i’ll take a break, come back with fresh eyes, and remember why i love this stupid, broken story." suddenly, your MC whispers something brilliant, and you're like wait… maybe i'm a genius after all.

and the cycle begins again. writing is a joy.

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Being an artist is hard

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Turning Red has a 67% audience rating??? Yalls can't handle seeing the immigrant teenage girlhood experience bye

It's really bc of all the weirdos making it about only the period jokes so it's pRobLemAtic for their poor sweet innocent children to watch

Even tho periods happen to girls on the reg

And boys have had puberty jokes in movies and TV since forever and no one blinks an eye

And bc teenage thirst (GIRLS specifically) is uncomfortable for parents to acknowledge even tho its realistic

Movie got hate for being too real bye

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by making art you are improving no matter what im so serious never stop making art ever . Never stop drawing that game you like or those ocs only you know or things you see or objects that appeal to you or stars or hearts or shapes. draw wonky hands and weird proportions . This is important btw

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OC artists are so fucking cool. you made up some fellas and now they’re in a world

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Defensa de la Eucaristía con Santa Rosa de Lima

by unknown Cuzco School artistt oil on canvas, c. 1680 - c. 1700

Colección Celso Pastor de la Torre 29. I. 17 - my photo

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Sophie Fontaine

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"Modern retelling" and it's a blatant misinterpretation of the original text

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H...E...L...P!!! 😭😭

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some random dominican guy