#(either one of those is a good option)

[shannonsketches]

[galedekarios]

honestly, while we're on the topic this whole 'gale has beef/rivalry with sorcerers' can be boiled down to (other than completely misunderstanding the "are you versed in magic?" dialogue):

ppl: pick the most obnoxious & arrogant & rude sorcerer options in the dialogue tree gale: claps back eventually ppl: omg you see gale is Totally Jealous of sorcerers & he's so so bitchy abt my incredible power~

and

gale: tells them about how being a chosen of the goddess of magic and an archmage has made him more knowledgable in areas (like cleansing the shadow weave) ppl: Um Akshually i'm just as capable

[krotiation]

this soundtrack genuinely makes me so emotional like damn. the jack vs fiona scene at the end of ep 2 is already so perfect and then they had to go make this beautiful as hell ost with it too. those bastards

[apple-grass-and-smiles]

Very cool and not heartbreaking at all for the PJO show to emphasize that Percy is an outsider not only because he's new to the whole demigod thing, but also because he doesn't know the rules of being a traumatized kid with all the daddy/mommy issues possible

[moldy-flowers]

The interesting experience of being pro Sasuke, anti konoha, pro tobirama, anti Naruto ending, pro Sasusaku, anti Itachi, pro Sakura, anti SasuNaru, pro Tobirama×Izuna, anti Madara, pro karin, anti Orochimaru, pro Uchiha and anti Hashirama. And also as much as I hate the guy danzo was kind of hot when he was younger...

[drysauce]

i mean it in the best way possible (to u) but wow from what u've been posting ur uni friends sound like fucking cunts. hope it gets better :/

haha well, yeah no i agree with you

the thing is it's not really uni friends. those just either don't reply or reply that they're busy when it's about something esle than school, they're clear with us that they have their own friend groups they value more and outside of the university setting we don't really keep in touch too much. i mean i tried befriending one girl but it eventually backfired at me so i decided it's not worth to spend my time and health on that

the thing that's happening lately is with people i have known before for ~5 years out of which one of them is my rommate. and only around january/february this year it started becoming clear what we stand on. that's probably why the whole thing is so frustrating to me now, especially that situationship with my roommate/best friend that we ended up in. it's such a complicated and multilayered situation at this point that it's just simply more tiring than upsetting

but in any case thanks for nice words, i hope it gets better too

[aromacaque]

anybody else frustrated at the AAC app options that exist out there because i am

[bookwyrminspiration]

asmr is often seen as like an embarrassing interest/guilty pleasure you keep on the dl but I am here to say. quite loudly. I LOVE asmr like yesss make your specific repetitive quiet satisfying sounds directly into my ears <33

[dreamteamemojis]

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[powerfulkicks]

just thinking about how there's no reality in which anyone but trump wins the presidency and wondering what america and the world is gonna look like when it's over

[br1ghtestlight]

searching for a tv show on tumblr is like 50/50 on if it'll be genuinely interesting discussion and gifsets etc etc or just thousands of self insert headcanons/fanfic with the Popular tumblr fuckboy of the show depending on demographics

[dorianwolfforest]

the real tragedy of alcohol is buying and drinking half a bottle of flavored vodka or rum and then not being able to drink the other half cause every time you smell that flavor you are violently reminded of what happened after the first half

[kabutone]

like not to sound like some edgy piece of shit but that is also why horror is like such a breath of fresh air to me lmao like in almost all the horror media i've seen

[pearl-kite]

Making more progress on trunk, black bits are all black again, working on oiling the slats. Photo updates under a cut:

Using Minwax Tung Oil, this was the first coat on two slats before I remembered to take a pic. I'm planning on 4-5 coats, gets it a little glossy and very nice. Advice for how long to wait between coats is all over the place online. The Minwax bottle says 24 hours between coats (um. no.) and some sites say as little as half an hour. Apparently there's a problem with consistency in the tung oil and "tung oil" industry.

I've also started using the rub'n'buff on the embossed tin, and I'm torn. At first I really liked the antique gold, kind of rosy, but I ended up liking the brighter, yellower tone of the grecian gold. But... it doesn't cover as well. Which is kind of the point. Because this is one of the sides:

Yikes, poor tin. BUT, with some antique gold:

(I'm not worried about taping off the handles because they need to be replaced anyway. Somehow.)

But I prefer this color:

But it looks so much more splotchy, you can see where it's not covering the tin, especially in the creases from the embossing itself. I might try doing the antique first and layering the grecian on top, which I experimented with a bit next to that handle. It doesn't look bad, but it's twice the work.

It FEELS close to done, because of how much better it is already, but I've probably got another month to go. I really cannot wait, I'm getting antsy about it and want it done last week.

Reminder of what this thing looked like when I bought it:

[hershelwidget]

I drew something for TBoCI for the first time in what feels like forever even though it’s only been a month

Something something AU where instead of sending each kid to the Magical Islands FT keeps all them with him and Perry as well so they ALL end up on Cold Island pre-collapse… Alternatively here’s four canon characters and two fanmade characters, guess whos who (all of that was sarcasm)

In other words I decided I will starting this over from the ground-up. It’s been over a year and my motivation is finally, FINALLY back. I will be keeping all of the current stuff on @theballadofcoldisland but that ask blog is officially shut down and is now just an archive.

Instead of being one long and strange story that only focuses on characters that honestly have nothing to do with the title, I will split TBoCI into several smaller stories that give a MUCH better insight on the motivations, groups, and the like. I will inevitably share the original files, drafts, and ideas.

This is the part where I get somewhat emotional and sincere apologies in advance to plushii, who I might mention in there. All good things, my friend. All good things.

I think this is the best course of action. There are a lot of characters in this story that despite being incredibly important, are not addressed properly or not at all until the last chapter that only exists in my notes. I mean… A massive amount of this story has only been discussed in a discord chat with a person I cannot contact anymore. It’s a massive mess of an idea that sounds stupider everytime I think of it.

And then a long while ago now, I was on Pony Town and talking to a friend I has just made. I distinctly remember they were in a Celestial skin. I think at some point they’d asked what “TBoCI” meant in my name, and I explained my story to them. They said they were writing a fanstory for MSM as well. I encouraged them to post it.

Now I daily see wonderful, wonderful content for that story, both from the creator and the fans. I finally understood what I did wrong. TBoCI was incoherent and messy where Fallen Stars was clean and consistent. I had so much in my mind that I had spilled it all out to One Person, and now there exists only two people in the world who know who the hell Kane is (possibly only one person now)!

What I’m trying to say is, in short, thanks @plushii-gutz . There’s a few factors to me being able to write TBoCI again, but you’re definitely the biggest part of that. Our encounter was a blessing.

And to everyone, please look forward to a much smoother ride. This is a fun one.