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md000001 · 1 year ago

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Navigating a Potential Recession: The Key Focus Areas for #CIOs

During a potential recession, the role of a Chief Information Officer (CIO) becomes even more critical in helping the organization navigate through economic challenges and uncertainties. These break into two types of action, those that help build the future, but improve efficiency, and those that reduce costs. Innovating for the future: Data-Driven Decision Making: Leveraging data analytics can…

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 6 months ago

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I want it back / I drag its dead weight forward.

#Better drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #digital art #This was a style experimentation doodle that took on a life of its own.#In a way it is a great example of 'beautiful failure'. The original goal was to try a pure black and white contrast piece.#Which I very much failed at doing. Not quite ready for that! However what this turned into is something I like a lot!#Different but in a way that really pushed me as an artist. A little less simple; a little more proportional.#I was also recently thinking about LWJ's grieving that we only catch glimpses of.#LWJ grieved his first love for 13 years. His love that was never reciprocated.#He chose to dedicate his heart to that mourning and most painfully of all - he did so knowing there was no end to that grief.#Wei Wuxian comes back to life in MDZS but that is an exception. Not the expectation.#He was dead. Not missing. Not 'maybe in hiding'. He was dead and his spirit unreachable.#Jiang Cheng went forwards with denial but LWJ takes that grief on. He copes by continuing to carry the weight with him.#Let me be clear. Neither are healthy approaches. It is a way to cope but it does not mean that is healing or healthy.#Grief is loved transformed but it is also about endurance and letting go. Grief can change you. You can also change your grief.#It isn't a good or evil thing to experience. It is just an experience.

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royaltea000 · 4 months ago

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This man has no idea how close he is at all times to being attic wifed

#NEED people to be insane about him #Lud has to burn at least four proposal letters each week #most of them from an insane puritan idiot #he’s just like yeah that confession was kinda cute but he’ll get over it #fast forward to a century or so later and he’s like wow my underwear has been disappearing a lot lately where do they keep going :/#I honestly think Gil would be kinda into it if he gave it a chance #well sexually at first at least #the guy is big everywhere that’s perfect for him #every meeting Al comes up like omg hi~! and glares at anyone trying to approach their conversation #he’s this 🤏 close to straight up eating him in an obsessed way #digital art #my art #fanart #hetalia #hws prussia #hetalia fanart #aph prussia #gilbert beilschmidt #alfred f jones #aph america #hws america #hws germany #hws england #pruame #amepru

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art-is-kayos · 1 month ago

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Sight of a Star - Blue-ish Star Ryōshū and Don Quixote

#HERES HOW BLUE-ISH STAR BELIEVERS CAN STILL WIN I PROMISE #Rendering sucks but I do like how these look very much. I hate drawing armour. big fan of dramatic shadows however.#but! as for justifications:#B-iS is an abno regarding what one so desperately wants but cannot have - possibly connecting to Blue Star and the paradise-like place-#people wish to reach by throwing themselves into it. though what is offered by B-iS is a much less refined yet as tantalising #given the text of 'The irresistible allure is almost tearing you apart' and the less refined bit being implied by both design #[jagged edges of the actual blue shape and legs like dolls - both unlike BS' much rounder and more naturalistic design]#in short it's the manifestation of impossible dreams - for Don this is her quest for a just knighthood in the City of all places #and for Ryōshū [though idk her source] it is her final work of art - the Hell Screen #when approached one's body is 'pushed away' as if a manifestation of how it is unachievable. at least it is for them #'To be truly blue the one with the true blue must be left alone in one’s blueness.'#is what I interpret as: 'to truly dream the dreamer must be left to one's fantasies'#dreams by nature do not intersect well with reality. all their flaws will be shown and they will crack under the pressure of the real world #it is why the dream pushes them away. to preserve itself. also probably has something to do with how DQ also has void dream #and this abno gives pride boosts in its event. and I personally see pride as a sort of 'self assurance' or 'self above others' so to speak #as to chase ones dreams one must think themselves the exception. as the one that can persevere over the City #plus the HP damage and the various juxtapositions in the 'forward' option may be in reference to how dreams and reality don't mix.#harming those who chase them. though all the same the 'backwards' option shows that simply tossing them aside shall hurt in its own way #to think oneself 'impure' enough to give up on chasing it is all the same resignation on your uniqueness #as for the gift: the name is possibly to do with how lower stars seem easier to reach. and the effect of damage at minus SP....#going insane dream chasing?#but to take ones leave allows for it to be left behind without any further effects. you did not look at your dreams. acknowledge them at al #but are you better off like that? not dreaming? forgetting that brilliantly unfinished star?#but anyways I hope you liked my rambles. also this abno and everything related to Blue Star is so tastefully C flavoured that I love them #and fun fact! when I was first generally mapping sinners to unfightable/EGOless abnos I entirely forgot Ryōshū somehow. which led to this.#they don't have weapons they just kick real hard and it works well enough #limbus company #ryōshū lcb #don quixote lcb #🎠🚬

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puppyeared · 5 months ago

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i feel like im not making any sense but does anyone else feel like there are stories that let u run with them and ones that spell everything out for you

#im reading that post that says artists are directors of audience reaction and not its dictator:#'you cannot guarantee that everyone viewing your work will react as you are trying t make them react. a good artist knows that this is what #allows work to breath. by definition you cannot have art where the viewer brings nothing to the table ... this is why you have to let go of #the urge to plainly state in text exactly how you think the work should be interpreted ... its better to be misinterpreted sometimes than #to talk down to your audience. you wont even gain any control that way; people will still develop their opinions no matter what you do #im thinking abt this again cuz i was thinking maybe the thing that lets adventure time work so well the way it does is cuz it doesnt #take itself too seriously that it gives the audience enough room to fuck with subtext and then fuck with them back yknow. i think it was #mentioned somewhere that they werent even planning to run with the postapocalyptic elements that are hinted in the show but changed their #mind after the one off with the frozen businessmen and dominoed into marcy and simons backstory. on the other side there are stories that #explain too much to let the story speak for itself and i think it ends up having to do more with the crew trying to lead ppl in a certain #direction than expand on what they have and i see a lot of this with miraculous. like when interviews and tweets are used as word of god in #arguments and it becomes a little stifling to play around with it knowing the creator can just interject. u can say its the crews effort to #engage with its audience but it feels more like micromanaging. and none of this is to say there ISNT room for stories that spell things out #theyre just suited for different things. if sesame street tried abstract approaches to themes and nuance itd be counterproductive #a lot of things fly over my head so i need help picking things apart to get it- but it doesnt have to be from the story itself. ive picked #picked up or built on my own interpretations listening to other ppl share their thoughts which creates conversation around the same thing #sometimes stories will spell things out for you without being so obvious abt it that it feels like its woven into the text. my fav example #for this might be ATLA using younger characters as its main cast but instead of feeling like its dumbed down for kids to understand why war #is bad its framed from a childs point of view so younger audiences can pick up on it by relating to the characters. maybe an 8 year old #wont get how geopolitics works but at least they get 'hey the world is a little more complicated than everyone vs. fire nation'. same for #steven universe bc its like theyre trying to describe and put feelings into words that kids might not have so they have smth to start with #especially with the metaphors around relationships bc even if it looks unfamiliar as a kid now maybe the hope is for it to be smth you can #look back to. thats why it feels like these shows grew up with me.. instead of saving difficult topics for 'when im ready for it'#as if its preparing me for high school it gave me smth to turn in my hands and revisit again and again as i grow. stories that never #treated u as dumb all along. just someone who could learn and come back to it as many times as u need to. i loved SU for the longest time #but i felt guilty for enjoying it hearing the way ppl bash it. bc i was a kid and thought other ppl understood it better than me and made #feel bad for leaning into the message of paying forward kindness and not questioning why steven didnt punish the diamonds or hold them #accountable. but im rewatching it now and going oh. i still love this show and what it was trying to teach me #yapping #diary

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solaestial · 5 months ago

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I'm glad you're evil too - Pinocchio-P

#end roll #russell seager #chris (end roll)#chrissell #my art #LONG TIME NO CHRISSELL #not for lack of trying bc holy frick this took FOREVER to do #it is !!! the first pic in my plans to illustrate a questionably large portion of the playlist i'm making for them. SWEATS #(which i'll def share too once i'm satisfied enough)#been really hyped for just about all of them coming after this tho so i hope it goes well 😳#i have uhhh over 10 thumbnails done already i think #everything else was more easily inspired and should be a lot more approachable #so look forward to more of that hopefully more quickly than this took WHEEZE #i just upgraded to csp v3 so i can now say with tangibility that i spent over 20 hours 'finishing up' alone sob #just REALLY wanted to get it done first bc it's def the best opener #also gonna confess that i stole this particular song association from someone else associating it w them already #i've known of the song for a long time but had never listened to it super closely before

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alicenpai · 1 year ago

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2021 re2 and re4 doodles i unearthed, 2020-2021 were the years of art block for me - i drew a lot, but not too many of my drawings felt quite right. anyways... sherry finally got that puppy (big puppy...) and parrot she always wanted! im a big fan of taking a single obscure piece of dialogue/game mechanic/inventory item etc and then drawing it

#resident evil #resident evil 2 #resident evil 4 #leon s kennedy #ashley graham #sherry birkin #my art #this was the time when re8 came out and it changed me it was so good #i rmb watching a let's play of re3 remake when it came out but re didn't click for me . until 8 #albeit i have a soft spot for any of the games with leon. bc who doesn't #i think ive checked out all of the games besides 7 and the spinoffs. i wanted to watch 7 gameplay before i sleep as a bedtime story ^_^#(for reference re7 is arguably the scariest one)#ill continue looking in my folders for old art i dont mind sharing. probably gonna just keep these low effort/old doodles on tumblr only #i really liked doing lineless style and i like this era of my art #but i think for me. lineless suits me better to get out quick ideas on paper. and less suited for full illustrations #i think when i tried doing lineless everything back then it didnt work. and i now know when to juggle my different styles #depending on the needs of the drawing im working on. good thoughts moving forward!#also hm. this particular lineless approach with this particular brush doesn't really resonate with people it seems

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8cfc00 · 5 months ago

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augh who up feeling like they should be humanely euthanised for liking media the wrong way... sorry for fandomising certain characters but not fandomising others enough in the right way.

#ive noticed the wbg fandom has a very different way of interacting w the source media than like. dndads #both are similar in some of the fandomising of characters #specifically like funny characterisation stuff #but when it comes to more complex stuff like angst it feels like the wbg fandom approaches from a different layer #eg in dndads just a characters death is seen is sad but for wbg a lot of the time theres more to it...#an extra layer. a more complex flavour. the horrors are not just those experienced but the entire surrounding situation.#like edgars death isnt sad #i mean. its not sad in the way that referencing it in art will get any attention #but TJ's death is devastating!#with notable exceptions of course. eg innocent hunter and like everything about him #i find that i tend to approach media more stylistically and appreciating the DRAMA which i can mine for visuals #and then in my art i try to challenge myself to translate those vibes #like picking at a thread that is already present. an angst or dynamic already present and explored briefly #but wbg fandom tends to lean more towards analysis? which makes the way i engage feel a bit surface level #like in wbg fandom i dont think i can do the eqiuvalent of all my angsty glenn close art #also i just noticed. the characters in wbg are really interesting because you THINK they #wouldn't be very fandomised. that theyd be treated within the show as more like characters that exist to push the plot forward #but then certain characters act as very fandomised versions of themselves in canon #and are treated as their one trait in the qnas too!!#its like theyre almost dndads characters in this way. but without even that extra layer #the second heat that even like henry oak has! like henry's a hippie but he's also stinky and cringe and is repressing so much shit #but marissa is just explosions girl #i guess that's maybe cuz many characters in wbg arent main characters but in dndads they all are #BUT EVEN NPC HERMIE. HIS LAYERS.#very interesting

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fictionadventurer · 2 years ago

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People will often say, 'If you could be with Lincoln for dinner, what would you want to ask him? What would be the unanswered question?' And I know I should be asking him, 'OK, suppose you had not been killed, how would you have dealt with the South? How would you have dealt with Reconstruction and all the controversies that arose?' But I know that if I really had him for dinner one night, I would simply ask him, 'Tell me a story, Mr. Lincoln.' Because then I would see him coming alive. He laughed so hard when he told one of his funny stories, his eyes would twinkle. And then I'd know that the Lincoln I knew -- who was somehow able in the worst days of the war to dispel the anxiety of his Cabinet members by his humor and his life-affirming sense of storytelling -- then I’d know I would have seen him alive.

-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Presidential Episode 16

This was where I had to stop the Lincoln episode at the end of my commute, and as I pulled into the parking lot I said to myself, "Wow, that's lovely." A little schmaltzy, perhaps, but I think it gets to the core of why people study history. Sure, there's the intellectual impulse to analyze and understand events with the benefit of hindsight, but deep down, the heart of historical study is a desire to connect with people. To bridge the gulf of time and space and get to know people despite the fact that they lived in a completely different century.

History's not just dry lists of dates and names and theories. It's people. It's personalities. It's quirks and memories and stories. It's knowing that a historical figure isn't just a face on a monument, or a source of information, but a guy who can tell really funny stories. And I wanted to share this quote because it really understands the humanity of history in a way I rarely see expressed.

#history is awesome #presidential talk #i had this woman's lincoln book rented on libby #cuz the library happened to have it and i thought i recognized her name from podcast ep descriptions #with no real intention of ever listening to it but now i may just have to give it a try #it's crazy how i keep thinking 'this era of history's so interesting i don't think i want to move forward in the podcast'#but then i hit the next ep and it fires me up to find out what's next #i thought the lincoln ep would be relatively boring but they take an interesting angle with it #and after all the buildup to pre-civil-war #i'm now desperate to see how they can possibly build things back up now that they finally broke apart #look at me treating american history as if it's a tv show #(of course i know the broad outlines but i'm specifically not refreshing my memory on later details to avoid 'spoilers')#anyway i didn't want to make the main point of the post about catholic things #but i do want to mention here in the tags that this approach to history #is one of the greatest proofs we have of the communion of saints #we have a drive to connect with each other despite coming from different times #we are timeless beings caught up in the flow of time #enough rambles time to post

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 9 months ago

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The girls are plottinggggg

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wen chao #wang lingjiao #Realizing she was supposed to have an upper lip mole was a cold slap in the face. So sorry ma'am. I won't forget again.#They are evil dumbass 4 evil dumbass and I think we are all missing out on the sheer potential of the comedy between these two.#They have way too much power and are using it for the wrong reasons - which makes them truly great villains.#And when things don't go their way they become piles of whining sludge.#Wang Lingjiao is forever fascinating to me even though we only get crumbs about her.#She's a servant girl who's greatest asset is her beauty and her attractiveness.#Meaning she's had a life being in the gaze of people with significant positions of power over her.#I can't help but read her childishness and petty tantrums as someone who has finally been given the chance to not feel powerless.#If she was a more virtuous type we might 'like' her more but honestly...I don't think she would have survived to this point.#WLJ has only known power hierarchies her whole life. Probably accused of seduction before she even understood what that meant.#I love contrasting her with mianmian because they have similar(ish) backgrounds but different approaches to moving forwards #But WLJ's story is about flying too close to the sun and mianmian's is about going too close to the water.#Like the sea mist dragging her down into complacency - all the sect powerplays are mandatory to 'go along with' if she wants to climb-#-the social ladder. Yet she is the cautionary tale (and a foil to JGY as well) she leaves before sacrificing her own morals.#Mianmian flies away with her wings only slightly plucked while those who sacrificed everything to reach for the top crash and burn.

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t4t4tclethian · 8 months ago

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scott cleo and grian’s conversation about loyalty in secret life will never not fuck me up. all 3 of them have a different idea of what the word means and it’s v interesting to see how they discuss it

#like. grian sees it in terms of obligation i think #where when he views himself as no longer obligated to loyalty he just Leaves. he’s Gone.#he’s always moving #when the bad boys died grian dropped those sunglasses and felt no sorrow about it because he’s got to keep moving forwards #and to him that’s loyalty. being tied to someone and not breaking those bonds unless it’d be really funny #whereas scott and cleo both have very strong ideas of what loyalty Should look like and both generally try to follow those ideas #but cleo and scott’s ideas and approaches are different #and scott expects that conduct from Everyone while cleo expects it from Their Allies #and scott’s loyalty is transactional. it just is. and he always tries to give more than he gets #bc as long as he does that he gets to choose what he gives and what he keeps #cleo’s is more of a ‘were in this together’ type thing it feels like #although now that im thinking of it i wonder if those have anything to do with each of their confidence in their own skills?

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welcometogrouchland · 8 months ago

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"lol they should make Steph spoiler again she's basically not even a Batgirl" look I'm not too jazzed about the current state of Batgirl lore either rn but if I have to suffer through another decade of terrible babsgirl content PLEASE AT LEAST LET ME HAVE BATGIRL STEPH, IF ONLY IN NAME

#ramblings of a lunatic #dc comics #stephanie brown #ideally we'd have no babsgirls and Steph and Cass co-existing as two different types of batgirls both together and separate #since even beyond personality the types of heroes they were- how they fought what they fought their thinking their approach etc-#-was all very different from each other #and in calling back to their respective eras as Batgirl we'd get a steph who feels more like batgirl and less like n52 spoiler #but unfortunately dc hates me and insists on shoving babs into a role better occupied by steph and cass #leaving neither girl to really be able to flourish as batgirl #< this was inspired by me seeing ppl. not quite gloating. that's mean. but they were celebrating-#-about some steph concept art (NEW STUFF WITH STEPH WOO) being labeled ''batgirl/spoiler''#like i don't think it's a reflection of story progression (bc it wouldn't be progression. it'd be regression. batgirl was forward for steph)#i think it's a reflection of the fact that editorial feels bullied and strong armed by fans into acknowledging steph (and cass) as batgirls #sips juice. anyway #i lowkey think it'd be cool to have steph and cass be batgirls in different cities. cass already had bludhaven let steph take a stab at it #if we're insistent on keeping babs in bludhaven then let her oracle for steph ala bg 2009 #it'd be neat! we could finally explore the tensions and parallels between dick and steph!#and you wouldn't have to remove steph from gotham either considering dicks there constantly too #you lose lich rally nothing and gain so much #but really I'm happy we get anything with steph considering she's only been getting cameos for nearly a year now #steph nation winning despite it all

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thecultoflove · 26 days ago

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Hi Cupid !! I just want to say that I'm sending you all my love and support ! If you ever want to talk about anything (literally anything) I'm here if needed ^^ I can't really know what you're going through right now but I really hope that things will get better for you (sorry if this message is weird or something, I'm not the best with words and stuff ^^'

hey you're a-ok !! don't even worry, i think a lot of the time words are really rather difficult and sometimes the best way to communicate is sending cat videos (that's the quickest thing i could think of but i'm in a gc with people who send the silliest animal reels all day on insta) you're really cool!! just being here is enough. don't ever feel like you gotta run a mile or something i just appreciate the little things in life despite me being super "everyone hates me" mentality .. thank you for everything <3

#i feel so bad AAA but you've done more than enough! as i said before you're really one of the people i look forward to on like #instagram and all. i think you're super funny and cool i wish i didn't act so awkward sometimes PLEASE i've had urges to dm cats or someth #BUT YKNOW IM SO AFRAID TO LIKE!!!! IDKKK I NEVER FELT OFF ABOUT YOU IT'S MORE SO ME. BEING SCARED OF FUCKING IT UP #thank you thank you #you can message me anytime i won't bite !!! im bad at approaching

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persephoneflouwers · 2 months ago

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#what made you change your stance anon #lmao you guys act like you know what I think or feel #i criticise and say what I feel like I have to say because I have opinions and I don’t like some stuff #i decided to take a huuuuuge step back from fandom #i don’t interact with anyone anymore and I don’t engage with much content #i decided it was better for me to not know #and i saw what being an opinionated person in this fandom means #it means you’ll feel alienated and you’ll get a lot of hate #and quite frankly it’s not what im here for :)#im not trying to appeal no one. the people who know me on here already know my stance and what I stand for #plus I dont hide #you mentioned babygate and I dont think I have changed my approach to it #but i dont think we’re moving forward with that. it’s not going to change or stop or anything #i have to accept that that horrible stuff will stay longer than I will #(one of the last moment of struggle for me was the chickengate iirw and costed me a looong list of block and hate messages)#i think i am now at peace with him #i am healthily recovering and now im doing much better #i really like him and his music #i like going to his shows and I really think he’s genuinely a nice guy #and i think that’s it. i don’t feel safe sharing my opinions on here anymore #only here for fics and personal stuff :)#hope you have a nice day!

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coockie8 · 2 months ago

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u kno i actually never thought maybe my cat actually wasnt a stray 😬😬😬

#look I know we all hate Facebook but this is the one thing it's still pretty good for #costs literally nothing to just throw a ''lost cat found'' post or two in a local pet group on Facebook #it's the bare minimum but at least you did *something* instead of just blatantly stealing what could be someone's pet #also if it's relatively clean noticeably well fed and fully willing to approach you #very likely *not* a stray unless it was recently dumped #and no one's gonna claim it if they dumped it so you don't lose anything by making a post or two #if the cat is claimed and turns out to be an outdoor cat what you do going forward from there is up to you #but at least you found the owner and didn't just assume things #'cause literally how would you feel if you posted your cat now #and learn some kid somewhere has been devastated thinking their pet's been dead for years after getting out one night #only for it to turn out some random stranger actually just stole it after making a faulty assumption?#I imagine you'd feel like shit and you should

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chiropteracupola · 4 months ago

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whimsical and flower, for the wip word ask game!

no instances for whimsical. in casual conversation, you may observe me speak like our friend bertram wilberforce wooster, but I do not do that when I am writing ...most of the time.

foth tam lin au:

Now, the sunlight tracking against his shoulders was of a warmth earnestly sought, as pleasurable as the similar heat of Ewen’s hands against his arms and the burn across the back of his calves as they collided with sun-warmed stone. It was easy enough to want to keep this moment under glass, to dry and press it like a summer flower, but it was yet living, in all its heart-pounding, searing vividity.

#em writes stuff #heronposting #reasonably certain I've posted this bit before...#but also that particular fic is Laid Away for the time being because I put them in a fucked up time bubble situation #and now I either have to a) commit far harder to my althistory '45-didn't-happen timeline #or b) move keith forward in time and have him approach the fucked up time bubble from some place in the significant future #the Classical move would be to place him in the present but 60s-70s keith compels me. that man cannot have a cordless phone.#what also compels me in the extreme is like. 1830s-1840s keith.#in both these cases I think the fic would have a stronger point to make about Reemergence from the Fucked Up Past #of both one's self and of the physical landscape... but also that is one million years of thinking about it in my future still. eeep.

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