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How to Spend Time Effectively at the Airport: 7 Useful Tips
Airports can sometimes be a waiting game. Whether youāve arrived early for your flight or have a layover, thereās often a need to pass the time. But fear not! With these seven efficient and easy-to-understand tips, you can make the most of your airport experience. Photo by Kelly on Pexels.com Download Offline Google Maps šŗ: Before heading to the airport, make sure to download offline Googleā¦
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#Active Exploration#Airport Tips#Duty-Free Shopping#Lounge Access#Offline Content#Travel Hacks#YouTube Premium
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JASON GRACE PLAYS LACROSSE AND TENNIS. I CAN'T AND WON'T BE NORMAL ABOUT THIS-
#also he loves physics and history š it's canon#algebra too i think? i remember reading about how he found algebra interesting but I can't find where I read it#he also played mario party six with leo. he said it in blood of olympus#pjo artists do you see my vision??#i need more jason as a normal teenager :<#my boy would've THRIVED as a mortal overachiever student :(#the things he could've done and explored w in the mortal world....#heartbreaking considering that this is implying jason took as many subjects/activities as he could in edgarton around the time he heard the#sybil prophecy. to take his mind off of his problems. as a coping mechanism :((#pjo#pjo fandom#percy jackson#pjo series#jason grace#pjo hoo#pjo hoo toa#trials of apollo#pjo toa#toa pjo#toa#hoo toa#heores of olympus#the trials of apollo#the burning maze
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Posting a sneak-peak of this now because I'm about to be In The Shit school workload-wise, so this'll take me a while to finish.
Doing some character design exploration/expression sheets for Celestia and Luna. Figuring out Celestia's weird ass anatomy while I'm at it.
#mlp#celestia#fanart#my art#wip#the grand galloping 20s#delete later#look at me fucking smart guy signed up for 4 art classes in one quarter#so now i have 4 concurrent art/film/creative writing projects going on at the same fucking time#taking bets on how fast i burn out#anyways the idea behind the faces is the front face is the surface. it displays whatever emotions celestia intends when she's in control.#the two side facesāāsadness and angerāāare sides of her she has less control over. i drew all 3 faces active for the exploration#but in reality only 1 is active at a time. the others will either close their eyes or go catatonic like a puppet or doll#the final face on the back of the head is the deep subconscious. every ugly and violent and hateful thought and emotion#that lies buried under the surface. celestia has no control over that side of her. if she ever wakes
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one of the things that continues to strike me on reread is how much the character of Darcy, and Austen through him, finds Mr. Bennet dead. And how much Elizabeth, in growing and changing and discarding her past blindness, has to move past her way of seeing her father and thus of seeing reality, because the two are connected! Darcyās letter exposes her fatherās flaws to Elizabeth in a way sheād never been able to see before. Most especially the way his laziness and neglect of his own gifts have hurt his family and that ultimately he doesnāt. care. Not enough to change. It literally says that she comes home from Hunsford and tries to laugh at her sistersā and motherās folly (the way she used to; the way her father has taught her to by example for her whole life) and she canāt anymore! It sticks in her throat. She is grieved by the failures that she sees in him, all the more so because she IS his favorite and she loves him! And the thing about Mr. Bennet is he never changes. The Lydia/wickham situation exposes to him sharply his own conduct and the consequences and he feels it! Because he is neither stupid nor unfeeling. But he, like everyone, has free will. And he chooses not to change when the opportunity presents itself. He even jokes about how quickly his feeling bad will pass and how soon everything will go back to normal, to his laziness and his selfishness. He is set in his ways and he serves as a contrast to Elizabethās personal journey because he embodies a version of a person she could have become and was in danger of becoming if her only goal at all times was to laugh at and judge people from the sidelines.
#pride and prejudice#Iāve always loved his character because he IS funny and he is iconic!!! and his love for Lizzy is touching!#heās not faking it.#but he is so flawed. a man of taste a man of ability a man of judgment.#a man who could and SHOULD have set a different tone for his children and chose not to!#and they SUFFER FOR IT#their house is a divided one. and every child feels the pain of living in a house where the parents neither respect each other#nor are on the same team#there is a crack running through their house for this reason and itās how Lydia (and Kitty) came to be so neglected!#who is going to discipline them or guide them? certainly not Mr. Bennet!#heās so important to teach too. because the boys LOVE HIM. of course!#and are always very struck by his failures and laziness once I point it out#and yeah Darcy one of the only people who can expose him. because Darcy is putting in the work a man should be doing#Darcyās house IS in order. his love is active and protective. he is fulfilling his role!#Mr. Bennetās gifts are so extraordinaryāthe wit. the insight into human nature. honestly the capacity for wisdom#but he likes his library. he likes enjoying himself more than he likes doing his duty#as either a father or a husband#he does fail Mrs. Bennet! I have compassion for her there#anyway I love to think about this: something no version I have ever seen has ever fully explored#but man is it on the page#yeah yeah sorry for all the words. teacher off duty etc.
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Destiel Pride - Day 16; Baby steps
#destiel pride#destiel#dean winchester#castiel#destiel art#destiel fanart#spnfanart#spn art#wiggleart#I like the idea that when they try doing more Activities TM they get overwhelmed at first#itās a lot to go from pining for a decade and having to restrain yourself to all of#a sudden having the ability to explore whatever you want in this relationship#so I like the concept that it takes them several tries to kinda get all the way there lol#also I made the dialogue so you couldnāt really tell who was saying what because I think itād be overwhelming for both
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Kingdom Hearts 3 - Rage Form
#kingdom hearts 3#kh3#sora#rage form#arendelle#formchange#my gif#rage form is so intriguing#sora still behaves in a wild animalistic fashion similar to his anti form but it's different#anti form felt as if he relinquished all self control and acted strictly on instinct just like a heartless#he used to run around hunched over on all fours and fight tooth and claw with reckless abandon#but here you can at least see SOME semblance of who he is. he's able to wield his keyblade while in this form which is pretty major#he still fights in an absolutely chaotic and primal manner but it feels evolved#the big difference is you call upon rage form at will. he channels his rage and darkness in a desperate last resort to stay alive#which is very significant but he still loses some control like the ability to use of magic; items; shotlocks; etc#it's cool to see darkness used in this way but i really want sora to able to explore themes of darkness within himself in future games#i want these to be more than cool forms with fun gameplay. i want them to have implications that something dark is brewing and needs to be-#brought to the surface and tackled head on because we've never seen anyone capable of cloaking themselves in darkness in such a way#take riku's dark form for example. he's in control and he's very much still himself. it's entirely different#on another note i'm now thinking about how hp is fully restored when activating rage form but you have the choice to give it up again-#when using risk charge. it'll increase attack damage but you're still walking a dangerous line in the pursuit of power
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All I can think about recently is that there are three main career options for Grishaverse main characters:
A) Child soldier
B) Criminal
C) āØBothāØ
#and none of them are a choice#itās very dependent on who your government is#shoutout to Nina and Matthias for really exploring all options available to them#my poor babies#inspired by convo with my sister where she said why is everyone a child soldier and I said some of them are criminals too(!)#as a side note itās very unclear whether Grisha in Ravka get paid to be in the second army#Iām pretty sure they donāt#like at least if youāre a criminal you can make some cash#not that Iām endorsing criminal activity obvs#but at least thereās marginally more choice as a criminal#it would appear at least marginally more autonomy#crooked kingdom#shadow and bone#the grishaverse#six of crows#grishaverse#leigh bardugo#grisha trilogy#seige and storm#ruin and rising#kaz brekker#inej ghafa#jesper fahey#wylan van eck#nina zenik#Matthias helvar#alina starkov#mal oretsev#genya safin#zoya nazyelensky
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i miss blaseball every day
#riv#right now im writing the final essay in this class on exploring how fandom interacts with blaseball and with generative narrative#im also thinking of interviewing people on the topic if possible#if anyone is interested#blaseball#metraposting#im just getting so sad reading old articles from when it was still active
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Husbandry would be quite efficacious huh?
First post here. Why is the app quality so sh*t lol :')
#artists on tumblr#sci fi#star trek#spock#jim kirk#tos spirk#vintage#star trek tos#star trek fanart#just exploring and studying the flora on different planets#an ideal afternoon activity#date?#toboldlyescapeart
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I donāt know how to explain any more clearly that it doesnāt MATTER if it seems legitimate to you. You have got to fact check every single headline and post and claim on the left just like you need to do on the right.
The left is NOT immune to misinformation and rushed reporting. And the more emotionally polarizing or shocking the talking points, sound bytes, and headlines are, the worse it is and more frequently it happens.
Learn to verify through multiple independent sources. If you canāt do that, you canāt trust it.
If you have to wait extra hours for the real information to come through vetted channelsāNOT just one individual somewhere everyone links to, and not just one single media source either, EVEN if itās a major news networkāthats just how it has to be. What news outside of genuine local disasters near you TRULY needs your outrage and post-sharing in the next hour specifically?
Misinformation works best by not seeming like misinformation and by fitting in with the rest of what you already expect to see. It doesnāt help anyone to not be able to recognize and avoid the stuff.
#hey little star whatcha gonna queue?#and before I get any angry anons saying Iām making the argument that both sides are the same#I am not. and nowhere did I say that#and if your immediate reaction to any amount of criticism of leftist spaces or communication#is knee jerk outrage and defensiveness#this is an invitation to explore why that is for you.#this isnāt about anyone on here this is from conversations Iāve had with a few people IRL who have shared leftist misinformation a lot#so if youāre feeling attacked by this post and I havenāt directly spoken to you multiple times about misinformation with you responding bac#this isnāt. a vague post. about you. okay?#I cannot reiterate enough THIS IS AFTER IRL INTERACTIONS NOT A CAL OUT VAGUEPOST#and as one final note. IF YOU FOLLOW PEOPLE. WHO CONSTANTLY USE. THE MOST INFLAMMATORY WORDING CHOICES POSSIBLE.#YOU SHOULD NOT FOLLOW THOSE PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT.#no one communicating in true good faith to ALL PEOPLE about facts uses loaded language more than occasionally#the sooner you learn that the better. and that really starts narrowing down the pool of who you want to actually listen to (while still#verifying anything they tell you)#get higher standards!!!! and read some books or watch lectures about actual effective communication to broad groups without using tribalism#and also. anyone on the left trying to convince you of massive efforts and conspiracies that are anti everything#is also wrong 99% of the time and not a good source to listen to#never EVER assume conspiracy when it can be more simply explained through either#ignorance obliviousness incompetence financial greed or misunderstandings#the end. Iām really done this time. Iām just sick of seeing so many people fall prey to this#shh katie#cult escapee#politics and current events#donāt get swept up in the constant tsunami of performative online activism#election 2024#world events
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more johnny eff doodles
#jthm#johnny the homicidal maniac#johnny c#johnny eff#jthm au#i just think eff would be so selfish and honestly good for him#listen i just think itd be super cool if it was an exploration of the self#see if we go with the eff being the separation of nny's mania into its own entity i just think Eff would feel so cozy having flesh n meat#thats all im saying#he doesnt wanna give it up even if the corpse is actively rejecting him
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~ Halloween Carnival š”š
finished a drawing thatās been a WIP for like a year now wasnāt sure what art style to do since Iām a bit inconsistent ;w; I love how everything came out tho added some new stuff like my oc Rainbow Dee and Connie ^w^šØ
#my art#sydneyās art#kirby#meta knight#kirby fanart#digital art#galacta knight#kirby right back at ya#sword knight#blade knight#smrpg geno#vivian paper mario#paper mario goombella#toadette#princess daisy#smash bros#crossover art#mario and luigi brothership#subspace trio#princess peach#pokemon explorers of sky#animal crossing isabelle#for those I remember I did posted a few parts last year all this took me ages ;w;#rainbow dee#connie mario and luigi#I made this for Halloween but I wonāt be active much during that week Iām gonna be on break for a bit ^^
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Silly little comic, close-ups of panels below the cut
#fun little speculative evolution/biology stuff#I imagine half-foots being highly social and more active at dusk and night compared to other humans#many half-foot communities live low to the ground in tropical-temperate forested areas#some communities closer to dwarven towns choosing to burrow instead of remaining only above ground#burrowing half-foots tending to have shorter heights and tails compared to their above ground counterparts#theyād also more align to dwarven beauty standards compared to elven and tallmen (to an even higher degree)#chilchuck#marcille donato#chilchuck tims#dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#fanart#myart#comic#I donāt think chilchuck would be strictly a burrowing half-foot but heād have a lot of the traits of them that helps him explore dungeons
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I think one of the most interesting ways to write Steveās parents (or his mom, at least) is as a deeply flawed person with good intentions.
Donāt get me wrong, I love a fic where theyāre just bad people. Sometimes thatās all you need for a good story and this is not a criticism of anybodyās interpretation.
My personal preference in writing his parents is as people who are trying to be good parents.
Like, im currently messing around with this AU concept where Steve has a really complicated family dynamic. In it, he has bad parents. His mother made a choice to follow her husband because she thinks itās the only way to preserve her marriage and thus preserve a good life for her son. Itās not malicious neglect but it is neglect. Sheās trying to do the right thing but sheās making the wrong decisions. In the end, sheās still hurting her child.
A couple years ago I wrote this fic about Steve spiraling into a severe depression and his parents are trying to help him. They just donāt listen. They donāt understand what heās dealing with and they make the wrong choices when trying to help him. Everybody that tries to help him makes the wrong choices, but with the best of intentions. Steve says repeatedly throughout the fic that itās not his parents fault they donāt know how to be parents.
Itās really fun to write and itās really cathartic if your relationship with your parents isnāt easy.
#Iām very lucky to have great parents but I donāt have parents who really understand me#so you knowā¦āØinspirationāØ#I also have an unfinished companion piece to a fic where Steve is dying#and in the foc Steve talks about his dad going out of town while his son is actively dying#he mentions that his dad had watched both his parents die slow deaths and implies that his parents are killing his in their minds to#make it easier when he actually dies. which isnāt a good to do but it is an incredible hard situation to be in#people donāt make the right choices all the time and I think itās an interesting place to explore in your writing#again this isnāt like a diss at people who write them as like evil#I do that too. thereās not a lot of depth to his parents in the tiktok saga#steve harrington
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Akihiko becoming a cop is something that simply doesnāt happen in the coma route cuz Shinji would see that shit and be like Aki what the actual hell is wrong with you
#persona#persona 3#akihiko sanada#shinjiro aragaki#akishinji#i guess#im making it that way lol#see if you know me you know i actively avoid p4 arena like the plague both cuz i hate p4 and cuz#i simply have no interest in how the p3 characters turn out if this is whats being done to them#i seen how akihiko and mitsuru look I HATE IT I HATE IT SO MUCH I WANNA EAT GRAVEL#the only character i care about is ken really i approve of him getting to be a funny teenager i love my baby boy so much#but i watched the akihiko social episodes for reload and he talks about becoming a cop and i was just like. of fucking course š#we just cant escape this shit huh theres always gotta be a cop character for some reason#i consider this a bad ending for him cuz even though atlus and their copaganda loving asses would probably looove to tell me otherwise#theres literally no way shinji would stand for that shit like my guy has beef with the kirijos and was a homeless addict#so you know cops wouldnt like him and hes seen some shit#they had to kill him cuz hed tell the truth sldjks#i definitely am gonna explore this dynamic in my fic but you know. no way in hell is aki gonna be a cop on my watch lol#maybe he can be like. a PE teacher or some shit akskkls
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I keep seeing fanarts of ppl's OC's being on the ship, so do you think that if there was 6st crewmember (specifically, another woman) Anya would've been more safe? Like, someone to actually call Jimmy's begaviour out, someone Anya might wanna trust? Is there a possibility something might have changed (even if a little) or it would not have mattered at all?
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I feel like the game would make it part of the commentary on where she would believe and help Anya but still be sort of dismissive? Like the whole ādonāt waste time crying and being scared keep going and move on, donāt let him winā. Itās supposed to be positive and reinforcing but sometimes it does more damage in those times of mourning and grief, it feels patronizing, like you donāt understand what youāre going through but they do. Even if they did call out his behavior itās still on Curly to act and while another voice would help, itās still 4 against 2 on guys that donāt get it until they have to vs women who always have to.
I donāt mind mouthwashing OCs but I do get a bit bored as they tend to be borderline saviors or like Jimmy aligned. They are either more complicit than Curly or just Jimmy haters for no reason, outside of what the creators know about what he did to Anya. I am never irked by OCs but in a story like mouthwashing you really need to think about what your character adds to the commentary, especially if they are there during the crash. Itās nice to have like characters on Anyaās side more whole heartedly and interesting to see characters who placate Jimmy but sometimes itās one note.
I canāt and donāt want to police peoples OCs itās never my intention when I comment on trends I notice, but I do feel like the way people make their OCs interact with these two characters and especially Curly, really show a grave misunderstanding of the narrative and these characters as people vs roles in the story. Still, I know people just make up characters for fun and thatās fine. Great even, but I guys Iām focusing more on OCs that are supposed to have those serious dynamics. My favs tend to be pretty-Tulpar or post-Tulpar au OCs.
The inevitably of the crash is on Jimmy. He did that not because he wasnāt stopped but because all his means to kill Anya were taken. The gun, the axe. Even if Curly did strip him of his co-pilot privileges and try to keep him contained thereās only so many people. An extra body helps but they have jobs they have to do, heās the only one steering the whole ship and Jimmy would likely have an out: food, bathroom, etc. Heās not new and if he couldnāt crash the ship directly, whoās to say he wouldnāt sabotage something else? A clunker like the Tulpar wouldnāt take much. An extra person helps but itās just another thing that prolongs what a person like Jimmy is willing to do to shirk responsibility.
Itās more than just needing someone to stand up to him and think thatās what is missing when it comes to inserting a character into the mouthwashing setting.
#like again most people treat Jimmy like a misanthrope and heās not and the way heās just evil/rude to everyone all the time just isnāt real#like heās snarky and rude but it canāt be 100% of the time like hes not going out his way to instigate#heās the type to say shit and hope it stirs the pot like Daisuke likes him at first#thinks heās a bit of a jerk but he likes him like unless you specifically make a character heās dislike heās not just gonna be#readily antagonistic to strangers or at the get go#not to mention itās not just about Anya needing a friend but someone with the power to do something#a point in why she confides in Curly is heās the captain sheās not just gonna tell the only other woman just because itās still personal#not every girl tells their friend or another woman especially if they are new and they donāt know how they react not all girls are#girls girls some can be just as toxic as the men they are being confided in about#the nuance of the situation is not solved by having more people who actively hate jimmmy if anything it would make him escalate further as#clearly has issues with how people perceive him and being liked like another woman who hates him thatās gonna do something crazy in his mind#I think itās interesting when OCs explore another side of the pre established dynamics as Jimmy uses each remaining crew member to fill a#something Curly provided for him and represent his dynamic with Anya and being an abuser I just feel like a lot is being missed out on#and itās mainly cause people donāt want to make OCs that arenāt great people like itās okay to have a grey mediocre OCs in situations like#this its realistic and helps you write more grounded characters like idk i like the ocs but eh im not like a super fan#I really should make an analysis on Jimmy cause people hate discussing him and his character is being really misunderstood#like not saying sheās innocent or an excuse but just not getting how he is supposed to work like heās no dick fucking dasteredly#heās a shitty guy who gets shittier like he aināt start out an avengers level threat#mouthwashing#š anon#mouthwashing game#ask#anya mouthwashing#curly mouthwashing#jimmy mouthwashing#mouthwashing oc#now I gotta make an oc just to prove myself but I canāt draw#so maybe not cuz whatās the point if I canāt explain the fly drip
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