#Every single one of these is so spot on!
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So I just picked up another Vorkosigan book (having inhaled the first 8 or 9 books several months ago), and I dont know if it's that I've been away or that this series just keeps gaining momentum, but I am here to tell you the PLOTTING on these bad boys is THE TIGHTEST SHIT. Listen. Every time I pick up one of these books I underestimate it. somehow!!!! I say to myself "ah yes, this will be merely good." AND THEN IT KNOCKS MY SOCKS OFF. it's not just the plotting. It's the fact that this woman UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE SO GODDAMN GOOD. And she's like. Genuinely progressive about it. do NOT be fooled by the archaic language. she's got THE SPIRIT in a MAJOR way. And in my (huge metropolitan) library's app, where you borrow nothing without waiting 4-50 weeks, her stuff is TRAGICALLY always available. Please help me create hold times for these books! You'll thank me!!!
#vorkosigan saga#lois mcmaster bujold#one of those writers that has me seething with jealousy <3#its so deceptive too!! very matter of fact style that seems almost factual#will have you cryin in your cereal#whooping in triumph in the lab#i havent said anything about what the series is about thats a weak spot i admit#do look up the recommended reading order rather than reading in publication order tho#EVERY SINGLE ONE IS A BANGER#they have good audiobooks is how ive read them btw
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Hello Ian! ♡
I hope you're doing well! ♡
I know how much you like GloMas, and with the rerun here I was wondering what your favorite scene/part was?
Thank you! ♡
hi hi sheep!! i hope you're doing well too 🥺💖💕
to be honest there’s a lot of favorite moments that i love for different reasons!! but if i had to choose a scene that lives in my mind rent-free it would be this:
these two ;;;
THESE TWO—
absolute chaos these two
TOP TIER DYNAMIC I'M TELLING YOU
i love it when twst puts together two guys I've never/barely see interact before, and then realize that their dynamic is actually really interesting/fun??? jamil and ruggie are both like very partners in crime and i love that
anyways this entire scene is just so funny it’s definitely one of my top favorite glomas moments 😭 and i specifically love just seeing jamil being unapologetically a terrible person (affectionate)
#[—✦ chatting#-✧ my art#ruggie bucchi#jamil viper#i think i just have a soft spot for glomas because it’s one of the first events i played when i got back to playing twst hfjdhjfj#another special shoutout to every interaction jamil and azul had#every single time jamil could not help but take a dig at azul#it's so funny#mah if you see this#i drew ruggie for like the third time ever#i hope i did him justice 😭
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dear diary… one day I met the little prince…
but just as the storybook said… we got separated… all I know is that somewhere out there… we see the same stars…
ps. they found each other again...
#sickly dazai and protective chuuya childhood friends au that nobody asked for#i have a very very special soft spot for wholesome childhood besties aus okay#im sorry if these are getting unnecessarily longer akjsdhfkalf I just love brainrotting abt them sm augh#yes its the little prince reference for me ~#i have no thoughts my head empty but I survived this hell of a week and I'm so darn proud of every single one of you who did too#have some fluff !! (ignore the angst what angst)#bsd#skk#sketch#sketches#my art#bsd dazai#bsd chuuya#little prince skk au
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today was a successful cat spotting (and petting) day
these are just some of them there were too many
#this is a short path from the train station through the tiny town and to the port that should take about 15 minutes#but as soon as i get to the section that runs between the shore and a small forest i HAVE to stop and pet every single cat i encounter#and there are a LOT of them living there.#and i must pet every single one#basically what should be a 15min bike ride takes me about half an hour and i end up being late#because i’m SUPPOSED to set sail at like 10am but there are just too many kitties#and all of them are asking me to pet them with their eyes and their tiny little noses#so what else am i supposed to do#god i love cats#the best part about life is that sometimes there is a kitty#cat spotting#cats#kitties#stray cats#wild cats#i eat mold#my life#ig#i love sailing i love the sea and i love cats
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cindy + studcoms compilation
#cindy the skull#steban the student communist#disco elysium#their dynamic is so funny to me. like as much as she ribs at them you can tell she still has a soft spot for them#and that they like her as well. or well i would say steban certainly moreso#steban also does mention getting cindy in the room regardless of whether she was mentioned earlier which i thought was nice#side note have you seen the disco elysium tvtropes page#like i found that first screenshot while looking for all the times cindy said communist#bc on her section it says that she supports communism “in spite of herself” so i was looking to see if she ever really mentioned it#in that sort of light but from what i was able to find (and from what you can see in the screenshots) she doesnt#and then it says TWICE on dros' page (among many many other things)#that he supports pederasty bc the commune legalized it#when he was calling gay people pederasts as a slur. & he uses it as a slur multiple more times in that same#conversation outside of that line#and they misspell dobreva's name as deobreva every single time its written (including in the section title)#and they listed her cause of death as being by firing squad#even though her suicide with abadanaiz is like#one of the two or three things we actually know about her#anyway i did actually create a tvtropes account because of this i hope you know that#just realized i forgot to tag ulixes#oh well
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Yes with these names, Pedrosa, Marquez and Stoner amazed me. And Rossi, obviously. Pedrosa was very strong in 125 and 250, because with his stature he had an incredible technique. Above all he took advantage of his weight a lot - as they say, in the pick up of the bike, which was very difficult and he was the first to do it like that. After all we copied him with the technique. Marquez is a beast here (points at head), and the only rider that... I wouldn't tell you that he likes to fall, because nobody likes to fall, but he wasn't afraid of falling. And he was like a pit bull - he always wanted to win, even if he wasn't comfortable on a circuit, even if the bike wasn't going well... He had an unconventional ambition, he always wanted to beat you. He believed in the falls, but he wasn't afraid of falling. So in that sense he is unique. Stoner was a natural talent, unconventional. For example, when the track was wet, with patches of water - he took it on, came out of the box, delivered the track record, took two or three seconds off everyone. So an improvisation and an ability to see the limit of the track immediately, incredible. What a natural talent. Either you have it or you don't. Valentino? Very complete. A person... as a person, naturally very intelligent, very charismatic. A great braker, a rider who could improvise a lot with the bike. When he was racing, [even when tired, with an elevated pulse], he was very lucid. Very complete. He didn't have a super quality… How would I say? (Interviewer: Any [outstanding] quality.) Yes, but it was all very complete.
Jorge Lorenzo on his rivals (x)
#i googled to like. check if this had been picked up by another outlet#and i don't think so? which might be because gazzetta dello sport is one of the single unfriendliest websites i have ever come across#the video player is actually a crime against humanity. i also had to transcribe the comments because they weren't summarised in text#some bits i had to make educated guesses about#unfortunately gazzetta does run stuff you don't spot elsewhere. hence me checking it every once in a while#//#brr brr#wall tag#alien tag#from what i gathered jorge was asked about a whole host of riders but just ignored the other names lol#again he's very much the alien's alien isn't he. like he's the one who's a fan of the group#they really do always get associated with the same things. technical. fearless. talented. intelligent. each with their little label#if i had been into motogp when i was like fourteen i would've used all those tv tropes pages to sort them into different categories
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mentioned Ibe in the previous post so in case anyone doesn't know him he is a doctor who makes medical illustrations showing black people.
and my personal favourite:
#dengue one is personal yeah I got comments on how at least it doesn't look so bad on my skin#because lighskin as I am rash still looks more brown than bright pink on me. but we associate it with the bright pink spots#even if it's mainly pardas and black women catching it so yeah it changed something in me seeing a black man in the drawing#it's not by him I think the illustrator is a woman doctor even but his association does have a drawing of a black woman bit by a mosquito#which isn't something I expected myself to be so excited and emotional about but. yeah#my first contact with him was in one of my classes in college about publishing school materials#and fuck if it didn't solidify a lot of reflection about the images that go on textbooks#which yes. includes women only appearing if the condition is exclusively of the female sex in this#but fuck if his work didn't make me cry. I'm an educator and the daughter of a black healthcare professional. and I never thought about it#how every single anatomical drawing I had seen in my life and even photographs of medical conditions. had been of white people#I come from a predominantly black family with a history of skin cancer dammit. I had never questioned it. part of me was embarrassed of me
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Look, I just think it's VERY funny and on brand that I thought of an entire premise of colorful characters for half the cast and immediately drew the only one void of color.
#my characters#i will not bore you all too much in the main post but now its story time in the tags so yeefuckinghaw#noll is a fae and is distinctly the only one that just lacks colors#at first he was like well surely i can wear colorful stuff to make up for my dark hair and eyes !#and then he overhears some of the fae talking about how hes a blemish to the fae and hes like well fuck#guess its time to go all in baby! and decks himself out in all black and jagged clothing#and he tries to play it off as hes an idiot and a lot of the fae actually believe its not ALL an act#like they can tell he thinks about stuff but he normally does it staring into space so they dont care to ask#cause surely it isnt important enough to brood about hes just thinking about stuff#and he really REALLY has a lot of confidence issues and worries that more fae are disturbed by his darkness than let on#but then the other fae that like to hang out with him are like#YOOOOOO THATS OUR LIL VOID! THATS OUR LIL GUY! our lil black spot look at him hes so edgy and cute!#and treat him like a pet cat at times giving him head pats even if he bats their hands away#and the plot premise is that some of the fae are bored and decide they should go play with some humans! give THEM enrichment too!#and noll gets roped into it and The Game is basically go find a human partner and convince them to be an ally#then the fae give the humans cool lil toys (weapons) and are like GO FORTH MY CHAMPION!#so noll keeps like ... not picking anyone to participate because its not just A Game to him#if he can prove victorious in A Game with outside factors such as humans then he can prove hes not#an absolute disappointment to the fae like he has a lot riding on this in his mind#and his friends are just like buddy you cant even play if you dont pick a human you gotta#anyway here is noll and then i have ideas for two other fae and also a veeeery vague idea for two of the humans though not as sure yet#rae if you read all this you should know the cobalt is a fae thanks bye#i am so stressed posting ocs every single time and i am incredibly depressed and anxious#so good lord please let me not just delete all the tags in an hour bc im ashamed
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gonna be so sad when tonight is the first preshow space with good audio and i'm asleep because i have a psych appointment tomorrow
#life update if anyone gaf we're now at the point where i know i'm getting the adhd diagnosis and yet i STILL HAVE TO WAIT#like she just isnt sure if it's adhd or add (its norway theyre not gonna update the terms any time soon just roll with it)#and im just like. girl i don't give a fuck#its been so many years i cant do this anymore#we've talked to my fucking kindergarten teachers like 😭 they've investigated my entire life atp#to make sure i did in fact have all these issues from birth#because my word and my mum's word just isn't good enough i guess#like lets rely on the selective memories of random ass people ive encountered growing up this is ASININE#anyway my godmother had a 4h consultation the other day and got diagnosed on the spot#so now my mum is mad at her LMFAO#cause my mum's like. that bitch doesn't even have adhd. shes fine.#which i feel like is probably wrong but i agree with the sentiment#where is the deep dive investigation into her wholeass existence 😭#its cause she got to go private but they refuse to refer me to a private specialist so i have to keep going publuc#public#and if i go private on my own its too expensive plus the waitlist is years long#so. whatever. i guess.#man im so tired.#i will never ever ever forgive my psychiatrist from when i was 15 who said i probably had adhd but because i did ok in school its fine#and they wouldnt set the diagnosis#because the fact that i have papers from when i was 15 saying i don't have it is what's making this all so difficult#even though if you read all the papers it says i hit on EVERY SINGLE POINT#which is why the One Psych who listened to me is absolutely fuming losing her mind cause she can't understand why any of this happened#man i hate my fucking life lol
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Audacious | Franz Ferdinand
So don't stop feeling audacious, there's no one to save us So just carry on And don't go blaming the neighbours, you know they're the same as us We should just get on Get on
#audacious#franz ferdinand#the human fear#音楽#new music#gif#my gifs#i'm sososo excited to have a new single & mv !!!!!!!!#look at all of their smiling faces !!#bob hardy mr. assassin himself momentarily reverting back to a cherub#wearing his signature hat#audrey with even fancier earrings#and her rabbits 😭#(what is it with this summer & rabbits)#dino living out his glam rocker dreams#julian with the curlicue sideburns#and alex's rings -- but more than that his little family unit 🥹#and! they're all sporting brooches (?)#my gosh i have such a soft spot for each & every one of them#this mv is such a joy to watch so i can only imagine how it felt to create#though it's poking a bit of fun at the perceived excess/mystery of backstage#it also kinda feels like they're saying look what happens when you put yourself out there!#if you take risks & push past your fears you never know what will happen#but it might be something wonderful
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thank u for all the lovely msgs in my inbox!!! i'll try to get to them soon but for now pls just know that im endlessly grateful for how sweet and kind u all are
#i try to read every single tag under rbs and i get always a good giggle outta it thank u#esp on the strfire one omfg#and i loVE seeing u coming up with more ideas based off my silly scribbs omg#super super cool to see ppl talking abt ideas for fics!!#i also spotted some horse-adjacent feedback too so ty for the info!! feel free to dm me or drop an ask with that sorta thing ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )#crow.txt
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sigh hope everyone’s having a good [insert time of day]
#camping wasn’t as relaxing as we thought it would be#truth be told we only stayed one night#the spot we were at was a crazy walk from the car up and down hill#and then we were all alone all the other spots were empty#so every single sound put us completely on edge#so neither of us slept#we got completely eaten up by bugs#and I got some first degree burns around my mouth and nose which#man I already hated my body now I’m just disgusted every time I look in a mirror#which I’m doing a lot of since I’m cleaning my face a lot#spent all today just trying to rest#anyway#we’re gonna try and start moving things tomorrow so hopefully we’re getting closer to normal#hoping my face clears up enough before my doctors appointment on Monday because I don’t want to talk about it with the doctor#i should but its not that bad#its having heavier psychological damage than physical atm#i feel gross
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Little "bouquet" of random flowers I found growing wild in a yard
#flowers#photo diary#I think people are way too mean about ''''weeds'''' and not appreciative of them. Like.. dandelions are super nice looking#and bright and pretty.. forget me nots are so cute and a nice color.. etc. all of these random things that just spring up in the yard#are so neat. and it's evil that people tear them up and mow them down all the time#I guess maybe I get dandelions because they can kind of take over a space?? MAYBE?? but even then#if I was going to have a yard that is just a giant empty plot of blank grass. I would ratherit have a scattering of dandelions than#just like....... nothingness.#Also super cool that this person I know has columbines growing wildly in the yard. They hate them and pull them up#since they've kind of ''taken over'' a patch of grass near a bench they use#but they're soooo cool... Though they only have the single color ones just purple. My favorite columbines are the ones that are two colors#and almost look like two flowers in one or something.#There's a hill near a road around here where poppies seem to be growing wild.. ough... I wish I could go and take some or something#I've tried to transplant forget me nots everytime I'm in some realitive or friend's yard who has them and I ask to dig a few up but#I think theyre just not the type of flower that really grows long term on a deck lol.. but I wish they were... I just really like the blue#color. THOUGH this year in someone else's yard I found a very cool flower just randomly growing wildly that I had never seen#before. It's called Bethlehem Lungwort and it has spotted leaves and multi colored flowers and it looked like a flower out of a cartoon#at first. Since it was randomly growing wild in a yard the person let me dig one of them upand its' still aliveon my deck actualy#It's not blooming flowers anymore but the leaves are still prospering fine. Though it seems to really dislike the super hot sun#and will wilt in this heat wave if I'm not watering it at least once every other day lol.. anyway
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Dang, that redraw hits hard in 2024 🙏
Below are the old versions! (The left is my very very literally first drawing of Ichor! The others followed a few months/years later-)
Some design breakdowns under the cut!
Okay, okay-
^this guy!! I drew him on my janky old laptop with a tiny lil drawing pad right after my Mlp phase in middleschool. He was one of my first designs and I'll confidently say the first utmv oc who made it onto a drawing format. At the time I refused to draw hands correctly and drew claws instead- Ichor here still had his name "Ichor" and was supposed to be a combo between Reaper and Red. He had his chains because he was a fickle God of death who needed to be held back by his fellow gods lest he wreak havoc on the surface. I love this design to death, mostly because I always think back on it to see how far I've come and how Ichor's been here forever! (Note that here he doesn't have his iconic gold tooth or purple arm. His clawed hands inspired me for the purple arm though, and the one spiked white tooth eventually became his gold tooth!)
^ This is post iPad acquisition thanks to my school getting some new funding. I don't think I drew this on procreate but I can't remember the name of the app smh. This version of Ichor was similar to the old one. Less bent on destruction, more just a trickster. (This one and the other one always fell into 'Teenage' vibes). Now he has shoes, the gold tooth, and the arm! Though he still has both eyelights and the 'crack' in his socket is still a gold scar instead. This *is* where I gave him his gray pants, but the slash on his jacket... uhh... swapped directions?? Idk about that one- But fun fact! The spot on his jacket is a mark of how he'd be killed one day if that came to pass! He doesn't know, no one does, but it's true! Old prophecy locked up somewhere in the Ruins. (Actually, Toriel might be aware.) His arm here is super desaturated because I wanted to keep it a minor detail. That changes very quickly 👀
^ He's lanky af!!! I always go through a phase of drawing things too short, then too tall. Welcome to Ichor's Way Too Tall phase! I wanted him to be big and chunky but uhh. That 'silhouette' talk got to me. Here the biggest differences? The hand is out of the pocket and includes his sword! (Which is Canon still) The scarf is here too! At first the scarf was a gift from Reward, then it was from Reward being killed, then it was just a bold fashion choice?(I settled on it being a gift from Reward again, to help him cover the collar) His socket is finally empty, the crack is there too. His teeth are all straight besides the one gold tooth, and the hand is very purple this time. The lore I wanna mention in this bit is the soul! It's constantly been a pale yellow, but here it has a hole in it! This isn't something that stocks, but the idea of it does. Ichir's chains prevent him from healing with his godly magic, so he's stuck on 1 hp. The god's souls are naturally gold, abd here, Ichor's soul was wounded when he was captured, so he's slowly been fighting off death. (In the final version his soul is white with fading gold, showing how his magic is restricted)
^Honorable mention jumpscare because this is actually a sticker I made about 2 years ago? Not exactly the same pose but it was definitely inspired and it shows how certain elements have stuck around since the last doodle. (This sticker is currently on a sketchbook at my house lmao-)
^And then current! I used to be allergic to using the same colors twice, so he used to have different shades of yellow abd gold everywhere. Now the yellow/gold is all the same! His eyebags (which started in the Lanky era) are more pronounced, he's more classic-shaped than he's ever been, and as per usual I don't think I drew his purple hand right. But! He's my boy, and that's what matters! Side note: His chains aren't visible here, but that's because I've decided that he prefers to hide them. His sleeves are puffy so he can tuck them away, his scarf covers the length of the chain on his collar, etc. It just doesn't make narrative sense that he'd leave them exposed like that. He's also in his old man era finally! Been trying to draw him like this fir years!!!
#utmv#utmv sans#utmv oc#my art#spot!drawn#Ichor sans#ichor#punishment sans#catacombtale#I love love love analyzing old redraws#vecause every single one of these I remember being so so proud that I'd improved so much#and the feeling hasn't faded yet because I just keep going lmao#Ichor is my beloved and he's grown so much!!!#I think that if the Me that drew the very first version of Ichor saw how far I'd taken him? she'd explode. obliterate on the spot#maybe I'll make this version of him into a keychain sonetime like I did for Ec-4o!Blue...#lord knows I'd tow Ichor around like a trophy lmao#we'll see#regardless I feel a bit insane but I forgit Tumblr hasn't seen the madness of my style changing that Amino got to see#and I haven't redrawn Ichor in this pose in ages so it was time lmao#also word to the wise: I rarely colorpick Ichor's arm from the ref#his shade of purple is whatever feels right. that's all#anywhere between Bright Purple/Pink to Dull Purple to Royal Purple. all of it is viable#because I'm insane 🫡#I just need to keep making jokes about not getting drawings done because hello??? how did I manage???#ehgh#goodnight y'all 😌
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the one negative thing i have to say is that please don't be screaming every single line and pushing into the barricade mid-show and fake hyperventilating through the quiet parts so that my short recording of the piano intro to atlantic is dominated by some heavy breathing from behind (to that person, it's not just you in the audience)
#we're all excited and emotional but there was no reason to be acting like that#everyone screams a few lines#YOUVE GOT ME IN A#< for example#TAKE A BITE#etc#but not every single line of every single song#sing along sure#but when you're competing with vessel for whose voice is the loudest#shut uppppp#i'm here for him not you#sorry. i'm over the moon in general but just watched my atlantic clip#and can hear that heavy breathing through the whole thing#so am very annoyed about that#acting the way this person did is disrespectful to the band and to everyone else in the audience#especially the other people in the audience#you are never the only one affected#ANYWAYYY#got to get on a plane#one more show so hopefully no heavy breathing and screaming there#and pushing into my spot lmao#did i see heavy breather at the doors at 7am?? no#get back#jdbdhgxjdbdh#had such a good time though#ending this rant on a positive#still worth it
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Hobie and his guitar appreciation post (part 2)
BOUNS Hobie fiddling with his guitar strap:
#that last one might be a bit of a reach but I won't rest until there are GIFs of every single second hoibe's on screen!#so if you guys have any ideas for GIFs either with hobie or just from atsv in general let me know! <3#also I love that his guitar changes colour independently of him#yet another cool detail in this movie!#hobie brown#spider punk#pavitr prabhakar#spider man india#gwen stacy#spider gwen#miles morales#spider man#the spot#once again I decided to slow down most of these so it's easier to tell what's going on#also gotta love that I had to convert most of these twice since they were too big for tumblr when I first made them#spider man: across the spider verse#across the spiderverse#across the spider verse#atsv#my post#my gif#my gifs
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