#I might give it a try

[artist-ellen]

Do you know the blog historical-fashion-polls? Maybe you can do something similar with your redesigns! Like, post 3 of your Arielle redesigns and add a poll about with design people like the most. (Or post three different princesses, etc.) I think it might be a good strategy to drive engagement. You do not actually have to do anything with the poll results. It’s just fun for people to vote and it encourages people to think more about your posts 😄 Just an idea, though. Obviously you don’t have to do it

I haven't heard of that blog! It certainly sounds like I should try to find it though.

This sounds like a good idea! I'm not so good on the algorithms/strategy. Right now the approach has been "make something cool enough other people like it", which has its pros and cons.

Shall we test it? ;D

[maddie-grove]

Personally I think reworking one’s fanfic into original fiction and getting it published used to be the province of the grandiose and the shameless, but (after the first few of them made bank) it’s now the territory of the simple hustler. For better or worse, it’s an economically rational act.

[star4daisy]

Can I interest you in: obsessing over the anime jujutsu kaisen? It’s fantastic.

I feel like this is hunting me hsuahxuahxh the amount of people that told me it's amazing is starting to make me feel like I should watch it

[nieves-de-sugui]

Today’s dillemma: To watch or not to watch? 

I am overwhelmed by the amounts of shows I’m currently watching so freing my fridays wouldnt be a bad idea. On the other hand, do I want to miss this ✨cultural phenomenon ✨? 

What do the bl besties think??

[hansoeii]

crowley

[softness-and-shattering]

Am I going to watch the GoT prequel show?

Likelier than its ever been.

[mokeonn]

"But if college was free, then people would abuse that and get useless degrees" hell yeah I would! If I could go to college without debt I would make it my job to get a degree in every little thing that interested me. I'd get a doctorate in film studies. I'd have a bachelor's degree for every science I like. I'd try to learn at least 5 languages with varying results. I would learn something "useful" like coding and then follow it up with a ""useless"" degree like art history. I'd be the world record speed run holder for getting every degree possible.

But I can't afford college without going into massive debt, so instead I spent the last 5 years trying to figure out what I am passionate enough about to consider going into debt over, because unfortunately being passionate about everything is extremely expensive to pursue.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Actually, the bars aren't so bad anymore.

Think you can fix him? Read about his care instructions over at Tiger Tiger)

[cherryfennec]

Bad End Trio but I gave it a few retouches

It's been a while since I've drawn these goofballs, I missed them :).

There are quite a bit of things that I have yet to explore with the world building. I'm still currently at the beginning in my playthrough of the new TTYD which will probably fill in some gaps in my knowledge.

With the remake coming out recently I'm going to hold back a little for the time being with talking about Shadow Mario because while quite a bit of people are familiar with the Queen, not everyone knows about him.

[spilledkaleidoscope]

POV your partner finally believes you about those 24 voices in your head but somehow it still doesn't absolve you of responsibility, damn it

[lianlilac]

(If I do a follow-a-thon on Twitch will it draw more people to check out the stream? I have a certain follower goal in mind and hope by doing this I gain more average viewers.)

[soosoosoup]

sunset serenade

[maipareshaan]

Maybe i should watch xfiles next. I started a lot of shows around 2020 but i dropped them cuz i got too bored, breaking bad, buffy, the l word, gilmore girls, all around 1.5 seasons in, this is why i whine so much about suffering through d*bb era, i have little tolerance to being bored but i was too invested to stop, plus i did specifically start it to end it when i found out its going to end.

[milesofstars]

this is dedicated to all the people upset about jason in my last art post (heart emoji)

[the-woman-upstairs]

Really fucked up that, when they’re young, Patrick and Art are SO tactile with each other, so comfortable sharing the same space. Art lets Patrick touch him and move him and physically overwhelm him and easily acquiesces to it, if not outright enjoys it.

Then in the present, they’ve been so far out of each other’s orbit for so long, held such animosity that when they have their moment alone in the sauna, Art physically recoils from Patrick’s close proximity! It’s so painful to watch because even as Patrick’s goading him, it’s so obvious he wants to be able to get back into Art’s space. But Art has erected all these walls around himself, he refuses to give Patrick an inch or even admit to missing how close they used to be!

AND THEN we see Art and Tashi later and he wants her to hold him, to be gentle with him, and just TOUCH him. Like, he does miss that kind of close physical contact! He either doesn’t know how to ask for it or is uncomfortable being that openly vulnerable. Worth noting that he pretty much always defers to Tashi in regard to initiating physical intimacy (with their first kiss, though he does state his desire, SHE has to be the one to make the first move). And it seems pretty obvious that Tashi herself isn’t comfortable providing that intimacy, whereas Patrick actively seeks to provide it (the hug/forehead kiss after their win together in the early years, dragging the stool closer to him).

Art has tried very hard to act like he doesn’t need physical affection and even though his discipline and devotion to Tashi has made him a stronger tennis player, it’s made him a hollow person, which, in turn, has kept him from becoming a GREAT tennis player.

All of this, of course, is why the ending hits so damn hard.

[wasyago]

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