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this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen
#lol good luck finding all of the photoshopped versions in the rb history. ‘manatee restored’ is still my favorite of all time#misc#I encourage anyone dyslexic to try rotating him in your mind. I can’t do that; which is why I’m asking you to.#also: a bunch of tags are surprised this isn’t ‘shopped#it’s the lighting. backlit by the sun (which is diffused through the water) but also forelit artificially#the artificial light - a flash pack or something - casts a hard shadow under the creatures arm#which normally wouldn’t be possible if backlit by the SUN; you’d see a less-hard/more-fragmented shadow above water#as light sources ‘compete’ in a sense - and since there aren’t any light sources which can outshine the literal sun#it looks a bit weird when the darkest shadow is being cast from any other origin point - which is what’s essentially happening here#I don’t know the mechanics of how light travels through water; but I know the effect is substantial even with relatively short distances#also: it’s been balanced and color corrected by the author of the photo - who made deliberate choices to bring out the full potential#so it’s not like it’s a fresh and untouched export#but the kind of ‘tacked on’ appearance of the creature is a result of the lighting conditions within the image
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#my art#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#jjk fanart#jujutsu kaisen fanart#jjk spoilers#jjk manga spoilers#yuji itadori#nobara kugisaki#fushiguro megumi#itafushikugi#inside me are two wolves one is dead on the floor bc this took ages and the other one is screaming from the rooftops bc i am so PLEASED#im so . im so happy w this im in love w flat markers and chisel brushes im sorry fr ever being frustrated with the harsh angles#opacity down square chisel....layers upon layers of polygons...#i love u so much the effect is a treat to play with#hard shapes thin lines my beloved i think ive struck a good balance between sharp n smooth vs textured render#idec that these kids took probably 12 hours each#worth every minute worth every second#nobara's hair here alone is some of my best work idec#god i love. making things tht make me happy i know how to draw i love when i make smth tht makes me say wow im good @ my hobby
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Machiavelli's Wisdom: Balancing Niceness and Effectiveness
Learn how Niccolò Machiavelli challenges conventional notions of goodness and effectiveness in our quest for positive change.
In a world where goodness and effectiveness often seem at odds, the 16th-century Florentine political thinker Niccolò Machiavelli challenges conventional notions. His perspective, as outlined in “The Prince,” delves into an uncomfortable truth: that the so-called wicked often triumph over the good. Why? Because principles unburden the wicked. They employ cunning, deceit, and violence to achieve…
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#Balancing Goodness and Effectiveness#Ethical Dilemma#Leadership Insights#Machiavelli&039;s Wisdom#Machiavellian Principles#Niccolò Machiavelli#Political Philosophy#The Prince
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isat speedrun bad touch%. new game+ (dialogue skipping allowed) but no other exploits. grind the house, beat the king four times in a row, watch the event, time ends when you equip the memory.
is this anything
#i’ve been theory crafting (ba dum crash) how to speedrun ISAT effectively and this was giving me a giggle#would be a fun meme category but also a good balancing act to learn.#when have you done enough grinding. can you beat the king four-ish times in a row effectively at a low level to save time#do you have enough memories of skirmishes to go back there four times in a row#i dunno!#in stars and time#isat spoilers#i think memory of touch is a spoiler.
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have some unedited screenshots while i mess around with reshade
#trying to find a good balance where its not too overwhelming with color effects/bloom/etc#this is cerubean's pluto preset with some edits btw#i might mess around w colors and stuff but a lot of my editing will still be in PS#eliposting#ts4
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doing some color scheme experiments with Taako as my muse
#chronologically I did the 2nd first and I think the other two are better#but I still think it’s alright ! improving is the point lol#my fave is the third I think I’m gonna use something like that palette going forward#tbc this was more abt practicing designing palettes than finding a good one for taako. that was just a side effect lol#digital art#taako#taz balance#taz#the adventure zone#artists on tumblr
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I'm watching this one and mostly enjoying it, but oh do I miss the days when they effectively built stories for ALL the characters into their opening disasters.
#like this is very good#i like the bobby and athena stuff#but also that was their multi episode opener last season too#i just really miss when they were better at building effective parallel storylines#and balancing the roles all characters played#911 spoilers#911 negativity#911 discourse#i guess#911 s8#911 8x03
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Shortly after Madoka Magica released (to great success), everyone started trying to make the next big "magical girl misery" anime. I think the reason those ones didn't really take off is because they missed the point of Madoka: the love of others and self-sacrifice is center stage, and we only really feel bad for the characters of Madoka Magica because we see them happy.
Madoka Magica isn't just a misery fest; Mami's death matters because we understand Mami's dreams and struggles, Sayaka becoming Oktavia is impactful because we see her downfall that isn't her fault (or anyone's for that matter). Madoka (and to a secondary extent, Homura) never give up hope or trying.
Madoka isn't constantly victimised and abused (unlike some over-the-top edgy magical girl animes I know) she's in tragic circumstances and still tries her best; still WANTS the best for the world around her.
Making something sad isn't about how much we see a character suffer and struggle; it's about making the struggles and suffering they go through impactful through their story. Wants, relationships, traits, and flaws... That's what makes a character's pain painful for an audience.
#mahou shoujo madoka magica#madoka magica#puella magi madoka magica#magical girl#madoka kaname#pmmm homura#pmmm madoka#homura akemi#pmmm sayaka#sayaka miki#mami tomoe#mami pmmm#I like “edgy” media in the sense I like media that makes me truly feel for the pains of the characters#a non-stop torture fest feels so cheap and disengenuine to me#it's hard to find good media that balances “misery” and “lightness”#filler and downtime is necessary to making an audience connect with characters#I don't (just) mean “beach episodes” but general moments of calm between painful circumstances#this applies everything that tries to be “dark”#watching a character suffers only really feels bad when they get time to be a character and have joy in their life#this is kinda a rant but I'm sick of mindless edgefests and people (producers + consumers) entirely missing the point of effective misery#I made a typo in one of the tags but it's far to late to fix#wyfy's meltdowns#I have a lot of thoughts about writing dark subject matter and misery but I'll post about that another time (maybe)#pmmm
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Started reading The Bad Wingmen by @topazshadowwolf and @paddie-ut and it utterly possessed me for a few days so I needed to draw some of my favourite bits
#UTDR#UTMV#Dadmare#Dust Sans#Killer Sans#Nightmare Sans#Balance Toriel#You ever read a fanfic so good you have to draw 4 pages worth of moments from it?#I think I probably could have done more but I needed to have some self control so this post wouldn't be enormous lol#I didn't expect to get so invested in this one but the Dust and Killer interactions really fascinate me#They're so chaotic and they get at each other's throats even though they're not that different but they have each other's backs deep down#I'm just. They're brothers your honour and I love to see it#Almost all of these are from one chapter but the whole thing is so good#Fuzzynight is growing on me I'm excited to see more of these two#And don't get me started on Nightmare's unruly kids trying to set him up because they want him to be happy#It's eternally sweet but also hilarious#The real question is are they still grounded now that Nightmare and Lyra have agreed to date?#The answer is almost certainly yes but I feel like they'll still argue they should get a reduced punishment for being right (and helping)#Also I tried to do the dappled sunlight effect you described with the last picture because it was so vivid to me#And I love to see a rare moment of Dust and Killer at peace with each other#Oh my god there are four million tags I'm sorry tldr I love this fic I want to print it out and eat it okay goodbye!!#My Art
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What are some things cable likes about peter?
nathan's type:
red mask ✅ tight suit ✅ kind of stupid ✅ filters sadness through the prism of humour ✅
bonuses peter parker has to offer
cute hair ✅ cute butt ✅ cute everything ✅
#sci speaks#i think cable likes how upstanding peter is. like peter's just a good guy. he's such a good guy.#and i think. being able to read people's thoughts. nate probably doesn't know a lot of people as Good as peter.#like peter's good because he's kind of just... simple. he has simple wants and desires and he's not ever angling for anything.#peter's just so good. and i think nathan is definitely fond on him because of that.#i know i complain about this mindset that peter is pure of heart yadda yadda#I HATE that. i hate the trope where peter's like an angel who is pure of heart. he's not. but.#he's not deceptive or hungry for power or morally righteous or anything. he's just a guy. and that makes him better than most heroes.#i think that's something to admire peter for - that he doesn't let power go to his head and he's flawed but not in a superhuman sort of way#he's flawed in a human sort of way.#he doesn't make cosmic mistakes that effect the balance of the earth (well. he didn't.)#he makes small mistakes that effect his personal life and his relationships but he's trying so hard.#he's so. so small potatoes. and i'm sure nathan just. loves him. peter small potatoes parker.#admires a guy who's living his life like that. without cosmic worries or massive ambition. just a guy who wants to be happy.#i think it's funny how wade equates nate and peter in his head as similar because they're both 'heroes' or whatever#but nathan and peter have such polar opposing philosophies to life. polar opposing that they'd still probably admire and envy eachother for#peter envying nate because he's ambitious and powerful and has a freaking floating ISLAND or whatever#and nathan envying peter for being able to grant himself happiness.
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what you said in the tags of that post about struggling to keep the tone in check is so real. I have my own woy swap au and as tempting as it is to just straight into The Horrors tm or make it like, super edgy, it's not really what I want to do with it. For my own villain!Wander I wanted the tone to be like, oh its very silly and goofy and a bit surreal and cartoony and while it seems fine at first glance, there's an sort of undercurrent of like, a sense of wrongness or offness to the whole thing. Yknow what I mean? Like there's horrors, but it's subtle. Hope this ask makes sense lol.
oh yeah i'm real bad at keeping the tone in check. and your au seems really fun! it's hard not to get carried away when the temptation to make things as evil as possible is so strong. it's so fun to write!
#ask#swap au#swap wander#i think the thing that helps the most is just that i watch a lot of wander over yonder. too much of it many would say#which means when i think hey i wonder how something like this would pan out in canon i can be like hmmmm This event happens in This episode#and then revisit said episode and count the jokes and sound effects to know how serious they actually take it#cuz like they're really good at striking that balance esp. with dominator's plot because#hey#it's really sad to think about an entire galaxy and everybody in it being wiped out because of one really annoying bully#and yet they handle it with enough sugar that it doesn't feel like the end of the world. i mean it does but it's also happy and joyous#most of the time
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i don't understand why people act like teenage girls calling themselves misandrists is such a huge deal. yes jason!!! 13 year old layla fucking hates men because boys at school are making fun of her & she's always hearing about men domestically abusing women on the news. shocker!!!
#obviously teenage girls on tiktok aren't gonna be politically correct or have a completely nuanced balanced take??#can you blame us??#im not gonna go down the “ im a minor 🥺🥺 its an excuse to be wrong and annoying ” bullshit#but forreal if you've been hearing about how awful men are & experiencing awful men your whole life you're not gonna like them#idk why this is so weird to people. maybe if men acted fucking normal towards women the “ good men ” wouldn't be so effected by#“ misandry ” !! also is it even a real issue?? I mean its a social media thing between mainly young adults & teenage girls.#lol its not “ oppression !!”#oppression is the fact that in some countries its the norm for little girls to be married to grown ass men. lol#this is a rant based off of a conversation I had with my brother#I will clam down soon lol#and i do not believe all men are bad but i do not trust any men unless i really know them and will continue to giggle at misandrists memes#they are fucking funny fuck off#this is a girlblog
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sometimes boys (students) will force you to enforce the rules to the strictest measure of the disciplinary law.
#sometimes I think they WANT you to#like it’s the only way they feel safe#I can manage girls pretty well (not always) with a balance of warmth and interest gentle course correcting etc.#it doesn’t not work on boys they feel the power of it but they struggle against it too#they’re kind of like. no. punish me#and I need to get better at doing it faster lol#I had a kid who last year who really took it so well when I finally showed that I was mad and dealt out consequences#like. he changed! he grew up!#he still thinks well of me#so it’s nice to have that in my back pocket#but yeah I have a teenage boy going through it and I am so good at getting a student to a place where I don’t have to use disciplinary#measures#but sometimes too good. the disciplinary rout is better and cleaner and ultimately more effective#anyway he’s getting detention tomorrow#and a flash of anger if he tries to step to me about it
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You know, for as much as I didn't like all the romance soap opera drama and what happened with a lot of the ATLA cast in Legend of Korra, I can admit that just because it wasn't my thing and bothered me in a lot of instances doesn't make it necessarily bad per se. I just think there were some weird decisions character-wise
However. I did not like what they did with Wan and the Harmonic Convergence, and I am quite confident in saying that it thematically weakened the show and was a wasted opportunity to do something truly special with the concept of the Avatar itself
#storyrambles#it's been a long time since i've watched lok#so bear in mind i may not be remembering everything clearly. but. i do have a rewrite concept for this part. it's very simple.#i'm not going to pretend i'm better than the original writers or anything. but i do think in this instance it's more thematically meaningfu#anyways i didn't actually hate lok (i liked it!!! i love avatar korra actually!!!) and i don't think it deserves the hate it gets at all#it's still a stellar show. i just think it has a set of very particular weaknesses that made it less effective than it could've been#but yeah. harmonic convergence. could've been so damn good.#instead we... get rid of the whole yin-yang balance aspect to make the avatar the big good and lock half of a balanced set in a tree???#:/#eh. i'm not putting this in main tags because it's a criticism and also i really just intend for this to be seen by people following me
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god i cannot wait to be off these steroids…
#marzi speaks#marzivents#<- it’s late n i’m kinda pent up abt this#i’m so TIRED of themmmm#i’m probs gonna be on them for the rest of the year. which SUCKSSS#i don’t like how many ppl comment on the moon face#i don’t mind it. like i look in a mirror and i’m okay.#it’s a little weird. but like. just because it’s different. like getting used to a new haircut#but every time i see someone for the first time in a bit it’s ‘woah your face got rounder’#and i have to go ‘oh yeah it’s water retention- steroids thing it’ll go away when i’m able to go off ‘em’#and they go ‘oh alright :) you still look good btw don’t worry’#and i just. i HATE how people talk about it!! like jfc. it’s so clear that they think it’s like kinda sad#my dad said he thinks it’s cute and he’s the only one i actually think is telling the truth there#my mom and i agree that it doesn’t matter. but even then she tries to tell me not to panic#like a little extra squish in my face is something to panic over#it’s so clear that so many people see it as another thing to pity#oh poor thing. has that chronic illness for the rest of her life. and the steroids made her jaw look rounder :(#like jfc i knew fatphobia was prevalent but come the fuck on. literally i’m like barely retaining water for steroids too#like. i’m still very much skinny (i JUST finished being malnourished ffs) but bc i’m retaining water in my face#now ppl feel the need to comfort me. over this tiny cosmetic thing that does not matter#like. i wouldn’t feel weird abt it if it weren’t for everyone else making it such a THING. why is everyone so weird about it#i’m not insecure about it but when ppl try to comfort me or go ‘it’s not that bad’ it makes me feel like i’m SUPPOSED to be insecure abt it#and it drives me NUTS. bc there are things about being on steroids that i would love to be comforted about#but the water retention is not one of them. i couldn’t give a rat’s ass about the water retention#y’know what i’d like to be comforted over? the mood swings. the irritability. the insomnia. the appetite fluctuation#the slow healing of skin. thinning and dryness in the skin. having to take like 3 other medications alongside the steroid#bc taking the steroid causes side effects that need to be medically treated or prevented#even outside of the steroid! i’d like some comfort about having to build back my stamina from scratch#i’d like some comfort about having the worst balance i’ve had in years#there’s. more to this. but i’m out of tags. maybe i’ll make some replies idk. i’m just. UGH
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having arfid is like if someone diagnosed you with "hates poop disorder" then told you that you either have to start eating bowls of horse diarrhea with human nail clippings in it or you die. that would fucking suck now wouldn't it
#personal#arfid#avoidant restrictive food intake disorder#i have found the ''you live in a world in which all food is literal shit and ppl keep tryin to convince you its actually really good#and acting like youre the unreasonable one for hating it'' metaphor to be quite effective in explaining how my life feels to other ppl#its so annoying when ppl act like im stupid for not jumping at the bit to torture myself for some vague dream#of recovery or whatever#i have ways to cope! i have foods i can eat and other things i can do to keep myself alive!! there is no point torturing myself#trying to be more 'normal' 😒#idc how much u condescendingly tell me how a balanced diet is good for me#i dont want to eat the horse diarrhea. i dont care what vitamins it will give me. i am surviving without it#i do not see any benefit to torturing myself for years just to gain slight resistance to it#let me beeee
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