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e-i-l-f · 11 months ago

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there's so much dating advice content on the internet, and you shouldn't follow any of it, no matter who you are

#like if it's about safety or basic basic hygiene sure #but the rest???#wtf just be real #i know that's cliche but the rules the grifters and even the well meaning people are laying out are CRAZY and overcomplicated #'he didn't try to impress me'#maybe he is just being himself and you don't like him and that's okay #like would you really rather someone do basically a party trick to impress you #than be impressed by their genuine actions and personality #why would you want anyone to be fake just bc they're meeting you for the first time #also when ppl are like 'don't talk about _x_ on the nth date'#girl TALK about whatever feels right and/or you feel is inportant for them to know about you etc #nothing is off the table idk as long as your being real #and if they don't like it #then they are NOT FOR YOU #all these convoluted rules basically encouraging people to hide their true selves lead to bad relationships that are built before thin veils #obv i mean if you're dating for relationships and not just hookups #every new person i dated would know after the first time we met that i am #not religious #childfree and staying that way #commie left #vegan #have multiple animal companions #etc #these things are important to know for embarking on a potentially long term serious relationship #i do not want to waste anyone's time #and i don't want them to waaste mine either

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cake-chad · 7 months ago

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I'm trying to remember what episodes it was now, and it might have only been one, maybe two episodes? But it was somewhere in the 40's of OUAW where Derek wasn't there for a bit and instead of making an excuse for Frost to not be present, Nikkie was just like "Frost is here, he's just being very introspective and quiet"

This is how I pictured him for that episode, with Gricko carrying him around since Mikey kept interjecting with an impression of Frost:

#legends of avantris #once upon a witchlight #ouaw #morning frost #tk speaks #can't remember the episode but I know Nikkie threatened to canonically change Grickos name to Grinko? Glicko? If Mikey didn't stop #doing impressions of Frost lmao which he didn't but the next episode when Andy was reading the comments they had all forgotten about it lol #i really wanted to try drawing doll form Hobbes as Frost in his robes #but i am not an artist so I release the idea to somebody else #if anyone draws it though please tag me so i can see it 😘

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canisalbus · 11 months ago

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Imagine if Machete was Muslim instead of Catholic. His name would be something like Saif سيف, and Vasco would probably be something like Dhahabi ذَهَبِيّ

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#I don't know Arabic so I can't weigh in that much but if you say so!#it seems like these mean “sword” and “golden” respectively that's neat #Machete wouldn't be able to cling to his Catholic guilt in that case #I don't think Islam has the same concept of original sin that Christianity does #I'm simplifying but it's a belief that humans are born with an innate tendency for evil sinning is part of our nature #and staying on the positive and in God's good graces requires a lot of repentance which can lead to excess guilt and shame #I could be wrong but I'm under the impression that this idea of a manufacturing error is a very Christian thing #sorry I know you didn't sign up to hear me try to talk about big theology things and I don't want to make it weird #but I find this stuff really interesting I unironically like to read and think about how religions work #and how they shape things they come in contact with #in Machete's case in particular his troubled relationship with God and his career choice are big parts of his character #and why he turned the way he did and thinks the way he does you know #answered #kachavashka #Dhahabi is such a regal sounding name #I'd steal that in a heartbeat if I didn't already have one extremely gold-coded character

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sysig · 2 months ago

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Growing closer than expected (Patreon)

#Doodles #Pokemon #Kabu #Larry #Firebland #Silverstreakshipping #To the shock of no one this is Zarla's fault (lol)#Bad influence! Too inspiring! Stop this! I'm totally not culpable for Being Inspired for the [X]th time now definitely lol #I kept finding little ideas popping into my head with them and I mean if I've already doodled them Once I guess I could try a couple more #Learned them just well enough to keep finding things for them pft #Although I am surprised by just how easy I find Larry to Draw - not necessarily that I'm fully Confident in drawing him yet but like #There's very little struggle to the shapes I put down here and I'm fairly pleased with their configuration haha #Kabu on the other hand!! Why is he so hard to draw!!! What!! Like I know his clothes are complex but no his face!#He's got a really cute and difficult-to-draw face! Why! I cannot figure him out #It's probably the do with the shape and size of his head...his hair........ I really enjoy fluff and he's Kind of but Not Really fluffy??#And his white streaks aren't intuitive to me - but Larry's floofs are??? I don't know #The only thing I can figure it that I Kind Of draw Dexter the same way - Larry's streaks are like an exaggerated version of how I floof Dex #And then a suit is second nature by now but I've already talked about my difficulties with Kabu's clothes lol #Didn't stop me from putting him out front for this hug tho! It's cute... Kabu asking Larry to come play with him but Larry has stuff to do #May or may not have felt a little that way myself - made most of these doodles during Requestober haha so busy!#The brightly shining brilliant glow boyfriend setup-payoff returns ♥ He glows like a fire! Overwhelming!#I still really love that glow cutaway style around the low-bouncing flower haha - just don't draw there and it gives the impression! Fun :)#Hugs <3 Unsurprisingly been in the want of cute fluff and sweetness and hugs were very on the menu #It really is fun to think of Larry being just a Little weird about how much he feels for Kabu #Acting childish as that part of him hasn't had the chance to grow and mature! Stuck awkward and gangly in otherwise full development #Feelings so big and strong and immediate for the first time in too too long <3 Gotta express them all somehow #And ending off with a bit of silliness haha - was Kabu prompting him just to hear such an answer? Who knows ♪#Larry just too straightforward haha - why else would he do or say things unless he felt like it! Pfsh obviously #Haha

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rawliverandgoronspice · 2 months ago

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tbh oot ganondorf's stupid ass clothes are to me yet another argument in my grand thesis that he's basically just having the worst manic episode of his life with zero concrete plan to follow through with anything

#thoughts #shitpost #ganondorf #oot #oot ganondorf #I know the two ten years old are very impressed by his cunning but come on #that's at best #barely controlled spiralling #his literal attitude like canon attitude is like #“either I become a god and king of the world tm”#“or idk fuck me I guess lol”#he has no backup plan!!!!!#he doesn't think of letting link do the work for him until the exact single moment where he's about to pursue zelda and impa #like sure that was inspired but that was NOT planned #again: what the fuck did you even do with the zoras!!!!#you didn't even try anything that made any sense!!!!!#anyway welcome to my ted talk of: ganondorf is having a mental breakdown and everyone has to deal with the consequences forever #go king give us???? wayyyy too much apparently

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retros-artandstuff · 2 months ago

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decided to finish this drawing that I had abandoned a while back lol

theyre playing dress to impress

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i-made-a-bg3-blog · 1 year ago

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I was having trouble romancing Wyll in my Astarion playthrough for roleplay reasons right up until he was like, "oh by the way, you're the world's most obvious vampire, and if you hurt any innocents, I will wreck your shit. Cool? (Also, I find you very charming.)" Then, I was ready to marry him on the spot.

#i don't see him being genuinely attracted to or dating anyone who didn't have a 'try me bitch' moment with him #1. i think he would think it's hot #but 2. and more importantly #he could never have real feelings for someone who fell completely for his seduction act #he wouldn't respect them and letting himself care about them would make him feel guilt and ultimately resentment for wanting a performance #but someone who sees the monster and the manipulator and isn't impressed #it means more when they see the man #damn i got annoying at the end there #wyll ravenguard #astarion #wyllstarion #bg3

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bumblingbabooshka · 1 year ago

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Tuvok & Janeway both strike me as people who insist they aren't rich* but then they bring up a summer house or something in casual conversation *note: I'm aware that Star Trek humans live in a post-scarcity world with no money but still. I can't help but see the truth and the truth is that Janeway's fridge had an ice dispenser.

#It's a very SMALL summer house #I love them <3 #Janeway especially is trying to stop Chakotay from eating her alive. She isn't RICH - she had to get a job. Her father ALWAYS #impressed the value of hard work onto her! (Where was the job?) It's not important. <- It was at a golf course and then interning at #some fancy lab because her dad was an admiral but he SWEARS he didn't pull any strings. Not her father!#Janeway gives off such big 'My father was a self made man!' vibes and I think he absolutely was but that meant she grew up a bit spoiled #and she doesn't want to admit it. Not EXORBITANTLY wealthy but still #Tuvok's 'I had a Vulcan master teach me kal-toh' ass....you had a vulcan MASTER teach you KAL-TOH??????? AT FIVE????#What is there to TEACH????????#I'm strangling him like bart simpson <3 #Vulcan Master: Hello (Tuvok's dad). I have conquered all emotions and have at my disposal knowledge which the common Vulcan could never-#Tuvok's Dad: Wonderful. Please teach my toddler Kal-Toh.#Vulcan Master:..................T he game Kal-Toh? / Tuvok's Dad: Yes.#star trek voyager #Kathryn Janeway #Tuvok #Janeway & Tuvok are the prince and princess of Voyager in that order

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byanyan · 4 months ago

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s/o to that one ex-mutual who was notorious for only ever referring to byan as "he" and, not long after i made a gentle reminder post that byan exclusively uses they/them (bc misgendering was happening with some regularity back then from a variety of people), they wrote me a reply that used no pronouns in reference to byan, only names, nicknames, and descriptors. what the fuck was that, dude

#it's very rare that i feel like someone writing 'he' is anything more than a mistake #we all forget we all slip up we all sometimes type without thinking - it's chill. I never hold it against anyone #but this was so WEIRD. I had to go back & reread it bc I didn't even notice at first.#but yeah. there was not a single use of a pronoun for byan which would almost be impressive if it didn't feel so malicious #like just say you're transphobic at that point dude. don't try to HIDE it #honestly there were signs before that but I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt. that was my first mistake lmao #━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ ooc ⋮ don't @ me.#transphobia cw

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cheeseknives · 24 days ago

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My hate boner for the TGT fanboys has been rekindled as the news about the divorce have come out, the comments about her being gold digger or "she always seemed like a pain" etc. is so annoying to see. Like do you know them personally? Does there always have to be one who's "wrong"? Why is it so often just "wahmen this and that"??

#and like yeah it's goofy of me to say that while I'm bit upset ig about it despite _not knowing them personally_#idk I just didn't see it coming #what a year huh #also like 28 years is impressive run #but couldn't things just sometimes come to an end?#like someone commented about like oh it's the menopause the side effects are cause or someshit and like shut uppp #and okay sure the majority of the reactions that I have seen outside tumblr hasn't been like that but like #it reminds me of when Clarkson said those weird ass things of Meghan #and some defended him online like he was personally going to come and give them some for their knightly efforts #I also got called cuck in youtube comment section after suggesting that maybe he just fucked up a lil #Yes I'm petty I still remember something like that #it was like one of first interactions with TGT fans online so #not sure what to tag this uhhh #richard hammond #I guess #I'd like to think that there are people who can separate in good terms #bc I wouldn't put my parents in the same room; but wouldn't it be nice if they could be adults about it all #probably one of the most disappointing aspects of growing up is realising how many adults are just big children #I hope other people out there can try to be better

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moonchild-in-blue · 4 months ago

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Oh mother, tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend your lives in sin and misery In the house of The Rising Sun

#okay but can we agree? House of the rising sun? beautiful amazing incredible timeless masterpiece? yeah?#all i want is to put on a cute 70s dress with the bell sleeves and some gogo boots and get my hair all pretty with the flip curls #and go to one of those really cool and dark and lowkey shady bars you see on the movies. with a pool table and a jukebox #hard-looking bartender with an impressive mustache named Mitch or Hank #and go up to the bar and he'd be like “whatya having doll?” “oh. anything sweet please”#and he hands me some soda-gin or whatever with a lemon slice. and the guy next to me notices my drink and is like #“hey Mitch. give the lady something nicer eh? maker a double from the back shelf. extra ice”#“i'm fine with this actually. i don't drink whiskey” “tonight you do sweetheart”#and he's wearing some really nice jeans and boots and a dark shirt and a leather jacket. dark hair but has some freckles. charming smile.#“what is a pretty thing like you doing in a place like this? i think them church youths go bowling next door”#“i am not lost. can't a girl enjoy some music” “does the boyfriend know?” “i answer to no one”#and he takes a long drag of his cigarette and chuckles. Mitch brings my new drink as gives him a look before drafting some beer #“so. the pretty lady likes a little danger eh?” “the lady has a name” .#i take a sip of the whiskey and try real hard not to cough. he thinks it's funny. i think he's a little cute #“does she now? and does the lady dance by any chance” and he's standing up quite tall and offers me a hand “she does”#and we go to the dance floor near the jukebox where quite a lot of people are dancing and eventually this song starts playing #and he kisses me surprisingly gentle and tastes like menthol cigarettes and hard liquors and I'm definitely a bit dizzy from the drink #he probably has a cute name like Daniel (Danny is what everyone calls him)#and maybe he has a bike or a really nice convertible. obviously red. je offers to take me home but we're just driving for a bit instead #“didn't you daddy taught not to get into stranger's cars?” “my daddy also taught me not to kiss pretty boys and yet”#“so you think i'm pretty?” “pretty enough”#and we laugh to the wind and the radio is on and this song starts playing again and it's a perfect moment #anyways. great song great band 👍#darya's mixtape #Spotify

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madsway · 3 months ago

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now that i've taken in the entire show and am about to rewatch simply because i can............... i'm so pissed that dave erickson got fired because damn........

#i just think that s4 would have been insane.#i presume frank still would have wanted off the show and so naturally that chasm dave built between maddie and nick would've been... yea #idk- i think it would've been good tv. maybe. he doesn't talk too much on it but he says enough to give an impression.#i'm also inherently biased because he also said madison was the one character he saw making it all the way to the series finale #which ultimately. she does. but the story would have been much different for her. she would've felt More Madison #additionally.. of course there are characters born from the switch of writers that i'm glad we got and may otherwise have not got but....#i'd pay a pretty penny to have been able to see what dave had in store for the characters we had with us at the end of s3.#and to see what he would have done with 3b had he not wanted to wrap up certain loose ends of his creation before his departure.#the first 3 seasons of fear are the best ones. imo. for so many reasons. which i think had a lot to do with dave.#he separated ftwd from twd in big ways that i'm not going to get into but so much got jammed in s4-s8 that. it felt like the new writers #were mostly trying to pay homage to twd than to the characters and the story lines that made fear what it was. y'know.#the entire tone seemed to shift in the show. they subjected it to all the crazy time jumps. etc etc etc. which works in some ways on twd bu #they didn't do the same service to ftwd.#maybe that's just me.#dave Got the vision.#and i think it would've been really beautiful to get to see him ride it out (even if for another season or two)

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meownotgood · 3 months ago

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ok I'm awake and a little more sentient. there is a whole lot of stuff I really really like about the episodes but I think my main disappointment right now is just that. viktor became the machine herald because of his own conviction. he forced himself to become stronger, specifically attempted to remove his own emotions because he felt they made him weak. but now this viktor just gets thrust into this situation, like the hexcore is just manipulating him to do whatever the fuck, he didn't even get to choose what he wanted because jayce chose it for him

#also not to mention #that as the machine herald he didn't want a cult lol #i always got the impression #that he wanted to help people #but he saw his followers as fools or something to use #this is not a slight on jayce by the way #because yes. i would be trying to save him too #it's just like #from that point i want to see him choose his destiny for himself #not just follow the hex core's whims #and i can't decide if they're going to make him a kind of good redeemable guy #or if they're eventually just going to make him comically evil #both outcomes. do not sit right with me #I'm still a little sleepy so sorry if this analysis is just straight up wrong #I'll probably be rewatching the episodes again to reform my opinion lol #there's still a lot of episodes left so I'm not totally out of hope yet but these are just my thoughts so far #the concept of him becoming 'the arcane herald' or something instead is still super cool and interesting to me #but..... my machine guy........ holds him close like that picture of jesus holding the baby lamb

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witchzvamp · 6 months ago

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the trainee reminds me of a boss and a babe and yes it's because every ep has me thinking where the fuck is the hr department in this fucking company?

#so many things happening and almost every one of them is a hr violation #if they're trying to complete the book of hr violations as fast as possible really impressive bc they're close to do it #i think all of these characters need to know what a proper workplace behavior is like wtf #also explain to me WHY judy didn't take ANY responsibility in kissing bahmee...#if i remember correctly she in fact DID kiss her back when bahmee moved her face away #a boss and a babe has the situation a little worse because cher was having a relationship with the actual ceo of the company #also never forgetting him bring the wrong coffee to gun on purpose he would be fired in this exact moment irl #but as i am guncher for life 🤞 i also am janeryan love them very much #still deciding in what at what level am i with judybahmee #i love women and love even more sapphic women so...#the trainee the series #witchbz-bl #witchbz : watchz the trainee

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sysig · 10 months ago

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One better (Patreon)

#Doodles #SCII #Damned #ZEX #Blood #I knew going into this and it was still so distressing :'0 #Who needs plot twists when you can create such an intense sense of Dread #Probably doesn't help that I read this At Night In the Dark lol - actual shivers #Gods this was a hard scene to read - there have been several instances of my face hurting from furrowing my brow so hard haha #The way that ''Doctor'' is written is So skillful - I'm so impressed by everyone's prose and quirks and syntax!#Not to mention when he breaks character in a later scene to apologize for taking a bit to move the scene along haha <3 Play!!#It really does speak to just how much skill and effort is put into everything <3 It's so well done all the way around!!#Anyway to the actual scene at hand lol ow :') Drawing blood is always fun but I wish it wasn't his ;u;#Ugh the way he takes the surgeries is so well written - fear of course but a kind of stoic suffering as much as he's able to -#Until it comes to his eye #Ugh the /break/ of it all he goes from so eloquent - almost snarky and silly! Still trying to find an out make peace do /something/#It all goes completely out the window he's so /reduced/ and nothing hurts worse than that ughughugh #For all his intelligence and wit and prior successes and charm and just - everything that makes him /him/ to be dissolved into abject fear #It's so sad ;; And so well done <3 #And he still holds enough of himself to know what he'd be losing wegh it's so sad!! He's so defined by his vision as most VUX are it's fjdsl #Zelnick is already gone by this point but I wanted to throw him in for extra sad flavour :')#Plus - I've mentioned his post-Op was one of the ones from the gallery that Actively kills me every time I look at it #Can you imagine my heartbreak to find out that he didn't have his Captain to comfort him after this in actuality? That he was fully alone?#''Are we home? Is it over?'' ''N...not yet'' - The Absolute Devastation of realizing that Never Was not really #Just tear my heart out why don't you ugh I'm fully bleeding out 💔#That last one is actually meant to be Max but it's open to interpretation :)#I think it's such a waste that his eye was just disposed of! Someone else could've used that (lol)#I do think there's something to the idea of seeing what used to be a part of your body elsewhere - like the Leftovers!#Even just keeping as a memento tho - a trophy - insult to injury but literally #Just points to no one being special and nothing being sacred I suppose

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iamnotlookingidonotseeit · 1 day ago

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fascinating revelations out of my dad's professional coaching of the whole family today

my mom scored astonishingly high on empathy and caring for a woman who seemed to find it next to impossible to express that to me

my dad has done an insane amount of work to be so warm and personable considering that his natural inclination is towards strong reserve rooted in anxiety (just like me!!)

my sister shocked - SHOCKED 🙄 - to learn that she scores almost zero in empathy AND very high on manipulation

actually shocking reveal that my sister always knew she was my mom's favorite. like I kind of assumed she was mean to both of us but apparently most of the biting comments were for me

#in regard to number 3 I'm like bestie. you think you're the protagonist of the world. you tried to get me to come out to our parents #as a way to manipulate them into being happier for you for your engagement #you have a movie script in mind for your life and you try to get others to fit it #of COURSE you're low in empathy and high in manipulation #the mom's favorite thing was actually very surprising to me to hear bc i've never thought about it that way #mom's attitude towards me was so pervasive to my experience of childhood that i never considered that i had it worse than her #vis a vis getting chewed out and in trouble and snapped at and criticized constantly #the impression i got was that mom thought i was a crybaby and fragile and forgetful and dowdy and needy #my sister by contrast was the kind of girlboss my mom could like more easily #(i do wonder then that mom's bestie is a lot like me)#i know my sister got some Mom Comments and impatience and fighting too but it doesn't seem to have stuck with her so much #i dunno how i feel about it all #a lot and i mean A Lot to consider #also learned my sister doesn't really remember our grandma on mom's side and picked up a vibe that she's sad about it #i was a little dismissive in the moment of the idea that she was doting bc i remember her being very brisk and exacting #but i think like my mom she cared a lot but found it hard to express it in ways that weren't like. providing. keeping things shipshape #not very demonstrative and pretty intimidating to a kid #but i still do remember a few good things about her; note to self to tell T those stories #looking at cardinals on the deck. the roofing project. her painting my sister's nails. watching lion king and the old cinderella with us #good moments #it makes me think of the way mom used to really put care into giving us thoughtful gifts but she'd hardly ever play with them with us #i think it would have gone a long way with me at that age if she'd been willing to take the initiative rather than wait to be invited #i always thought that she knew so much and what she could do was so cool; i just never felt comfortable asking #bc she didn't seem like you could just ask her to come have fun #meanwhile my dad Knew a lot less stuff and had fewer cool hobbies but he was goofy and fun and willing to get on the floor #i think i understand why they were the way they were but still im frustrated #bc like t was saying today. now that mom's retired she's actually fun?? she's not stressed and angry all the time and she has time for us?#or at least for my sister anyway... but i will agree; she seems a lot happier #and i wish she'd been able to be happier when we were younger #neither me nor my sister came out of that with anything close to secure attachment

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