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Polynesians did also rely on a form of a physical map called a stick chart, illustrating the specific wave and swell patterns surrounding different island chains. These were particularly helpful during cloudy conditions when the sun and stars were less useful. To navigate the Marshall Islands, the Marshallese represented ocean swell patterns using parts of coconut fronds and shells as islands. Like a subway map, they don’t so much represent distances as they do relationships. The complex and decorative stick charts were often only understood by the person who made them. They were memorised before a voyage by the pilot who would lie on the floor of a canoe to get a sense of swell movement and often lead a squadron of 15 or more boats.

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(if you dont like twilight, this isn't the poll for you)

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well yes!

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I thought it would be better to show my work in a reblog rather than make the main post a thousand years long.

In this scene the titular Heavy Knight and his party mate, and adorable Pierrot-fighter class (like a clown/jester themed luck based-rogue) get the chance to go to a High Noble’s home to accept their thanks for saving the day. It’s the clown girl’s first time at a noble function, she has enough money for couture due to successful adventuring, everything is set up for her to succeed.

Based on the Heavy Knight’s suit and the shop keeper’s outfit, I’m placing the fantasy-fashion at somewhere near the western 1940s. Like his suit is fine! He looks great! And clown girl’s day to day costume is adorable. I was just personally affected by the final dress they went with, and hurt for the clown girl who I love.

Shout out to @wutheringheightsamc for helping me pick an analogue 1940’s atelier because I just could not zero in on a vibe. But of course Charles James!

I mashed together the Petal Dress (a decade off I know but 😬 it was too cute and the petals and slashes were giving touches of renaissance jester) and the Ribbon Dress.

I like this manga and I don’t claim to have the ability to be able to draw the same character over and over again reliably, or to keep a mangaka’s schedule. All respect to Jaian. I will say that the original pose/perspective was kind of unusually legggy in a way that was a bit hard for me to read. So if I put the waist in the wrong spot that’s on me.

In my edit I did NOT skinnify an already thin character, I took the high cut of the pointed waist and put it up near the bottom of where I thought the character’s ribs to be, and then filled I’m the rest with that petal peplum and the volume of the skirt. The stripes of the ribbons in the original gown follow the shape of the padded hips, so I followed the flow of the ribbons in my version into a sort of psychedelic pattern in the bodice. And gloves, don’t let my girl brush elbows with nobility without gloves. She doesn’t know where they’ve been. And then some cute little ankle strap heels.

This dress edit is from The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How To Game The System

The Original — My Edit

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This dress edit is from The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How To Game The System

The Original — My Edit

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elvis biopic would be better if elvis left some scenes by saying "be right back baby, i gotta shit something fierce" or some other elvis saying & ominous music played every single time

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Did a big brave thing over the weekend and entered the daytime Afrovictorian ensemble in the Masquerade at Arisia

Guess what?

I won a Best in Show for both Workmanship and Presentation!

Hopefully they'll upload the professional photos soon but now I have to go plot for next year. I'm considering a riff on the Baddest Boss Babe in Bridgerton, Lady Danbury.

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writing tip: searching "[place of origin]ish names" will get you a lot of stuff and nonsense made up by baby bloggers.

searching "[place] census [year]" will get you lists of real names of real people who lived in that place.

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I think my main issue currently with the modern romance novel scene and other such fuck related publications I’ve been seeing is that, like, I’m pan, I’m attracted to men, I fancy i’d might like to fall in love with one sometime, who’s to say? C’est La vie! but every fictional man I’ve seen in this modern age is brutally unfuckable. The sexual viability and timeless charm of a Patagonia vest. The men are fictional and they’re unbearable to be around. Like even in your wildest dreams! This?

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Too many writers are using generative 'AI' to make their book covers, so I've written a guide on how to make your own cover for free or cheap without turning to a machine.

If you can't afford to pay an artist, you CAN make your own!

I hope this is a helpful overview that covers the basics and points to some free resources.

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When I was a kid I had a book of like, "fun physics experiments for kids". And one of them was an "experiment" where you hold an object by a string and just by focusing on the direction you wanted it to swing, it would start to move in that direction even without your input. The book of course explained that this was the ideomotor effect, a phenomenon where your thoughts can create minute, unconscious movements in your body.

Then a couple years later I got a fortune-telling kit that included a pendulum. You hold the pendulum over a piece of paper that says "yes" and "no" and ask a question, and whichever way the pendulum moves is the answer.

At which point I was like "hey WAIT a minute", and in hindsight I think that experience explains most things about who I am as a person

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if you have the words WOOL SOCKS on your label and then the percentage of wool is 3% and plastic material is 97% I should be able to hunt you for sport

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Grace Jones and Christopher Walken in A View to a Kill (1985)

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Just in case any of you are confused, TikTok being banned and coming back not even 24 hours later with a giant "we thank President Trump" message is NOT a win. It's a huge red flag and a sign that this was a thousand percent planned.

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Momo

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Criterion Collection has announced they will be launching a channel on TikTok to reach a new audience with their preservation of classic films. Launching today, Criterion has posted My Dinner with André (1981) as it’s first upload.