#I'm not used to this

[dustofthedailylife]

Jiaoqiu

That's it.

That's the post.

[spuirrelwiththeletterp]

Just came in here to say that I am mad that I haven’t seen you sooner sksksk—CAUSE I AM TOO LATE TO LOOK AT YOUR BEAUTIFUL ART RAAAH I FREAKING LOVE IT 😭😭💖💖💖

AAAAARAHWFAHAAVNHHADJFHHH I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY BESIDES THANK YOU 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[burningparadiseduck]

I was expecting Neuvillette to be stoic, cold, heartless (or worse case scenario, another asshole a la alhaitham) but he is NOT.

He's super NICE and KIND and SWEET. It feels very weird. I now understand why they chose this soft jp voice for him (I play in jp dub). It fits him well!

+ The way he was ok with being Lyney's friend just because 🥺💞💞😭.

[karmagotme]

I'm rather proud of this, even if it did take me about a month to complete.

Let me explain.

I'm normally a cross stitcher, but I'd been seeing a lot of embroidery tricks on Pinterest (chronic scroller) and have been wanting to try the tulip button stitch for quite some time. Unfortunately, I had no jackets or cardis appropriate enough to try it on, so I hit up the Rockmans website and got this fuzzy thing for $20 (marked down from $80, mind, so I'd call that a win). It eventually arrived and it came with buttons like this:

Blingy, no holes, and so heavy they were drooping off the cardi and making it a lop sided garment when worn unbuttoned.

In other words, perfect.

Before I could start lopping them off, I had to make sure I had replacement buttons. As I live in small town with barely any decent crafting supplies, I needed to wait for a day off work where I could travel the hour and a bit away to my closest Spotlight. The day finally came, I took in the spare/replacement button the cardi came with, hunted through the minimal button section (why do buttons not come in those long tubes with the sample button on the lid anymore? Sometimes I would like to buy more than one button? Or more than three??) and walked away with a packet of mixed white buttons.

Then my stupid brain hit.

When I finally had another day for me to work on my cardi, I opened the button packet and started rummaging. I pulled out the various buttons that had been the same size as the original buttons, lamented that the creamy ones with the slight flower petal design on them only numbered 3, and realised that in order to find enough of the right size buttons that were all the same type, I was going to have to sort them.

I ... may have a problem when it comes to sorting.

Sorting things takes me AGES. Not that I think I'm bad at it, I think I'm too GOOD at it. My usual sorting items of choice are books. You won't believe how much enjoyment I get at spending days sorting our library after every time we've had to move house. And just like with sorting books, buttons seem to have their own distinctions. Buttons with 2 holes. Buttons with 4. Buttons with writing. Buttons with SHEEN. SPECIFICALLY COLOURED SHEEN. THERE WERE SO MANY BUTTONS WITH GREEN SHEEN AND, LIKE, THREE WITH PINK?!

Anyway.

I believe the task of sorting them into pairs or more of identical buttons - with a small pile of Lonesome Larries to the side - followed by bagging up the piles, and followed THEN by glad wrapping the rest of them because I had limited amount of little baggies, took me a good couple of hours. In the end, I had a pile of 7 of these plain white buttons of the right size, so at least I have 2 spare if I ever lose any in the future.

And then I discovered just how difficult a French knot can be.

Mini videos on Pinterest generally don't explain how to do things in words. I'm a visual learner, I think, so I thought I'd be able to do this just by following the example. I struggled for a long time, @itchylimpet 's Ma even tried to help me to no avail, and after watching many videos and reading one article on how to do it, I finally managed to do it without making a horrible mess. I continued on, paused for dinner, and by the pitch of night I had finally finished.

So, there you have it. One project that resulted in barely much but took forever to do. I am proud that I eventually managed to get it and I am excited at trying out some other embroidery projects I have in mind. I know this is probably silly, considering it was just a button change, but I like this.

[dawnquafam]

It's been a week and I still can't believe I don't have to hallucinate a happy ending for Orm and the Aquafam

[youchangedmedestiel]

I don’t remember why I followed you, I just know that you’re my favourite person I’ve followed!

Whaaaaat?!!!! Now you're making me blush. I - I don't know what to answer...

Thank you, I guess. Thank you so much!!! That's so sweet of you!

[stinky-ahh-gay]

Oh god, do you guys ever have moments where you realize a person you are friends with really cares about you.

Like dayum...

Bro literally said that he wouldn't have finished the school year alive if it wasn't for me 😭

[elzarkriss]

@dancingdorito How are you feeling post-temptation of the force?!?!

[radtoken]

haha ladies, ladies... i cannot handle being this popular...

[postrainproductions]

"Does it know that we love it? That the universe is kind?

Sometimes, through the noise of its thoughts, it hears the universe, yes.

...

and the universe said I love you because you are love."

-The End Poem by Julian Gough

Today (this was originally posted yesterday July 1st) was the anniversary of the announcement of Technoblade's passing.

Last year, when it was announced, was the same day I had to go to a convention cosplaying as Techno. I was hesitant at first but decided that it was the best way for me to honour him. And so this year, I recreated at upgraded my mourning Technoblade cosplay to honour his memory once again.

It is rough at times to remember him, but through the pain and tears, the rain clouds lift and the sun shines through to my heart to remember the good through the bad. And it comforts me. It comforts me to not be alone with my grief. When we mourn him and cry, our hearts feel like one and the burden weighs less in my chest.

So long Techno. Keep your chin up king, your crown is falling. 💙🤲👑

Photo by @joe_ratzer (Instagram

Convention: @koyocon (Instagram)

[miserye]

also i took my keyboard cover off my computer and now the typing sounds are actually bad and everything is too smooth

[shamebats]

A few weeks ago I was asked if a pair of shorts were "gay" (they kind of were - I'd totally wear them - but I didn't want to fuel the guy's anxieties) and he decided to donate them because he felt too insecure about their perceived homosexuality to keep wearing them. Today I watched multiple dudes comment on another dude's "gay suitcase" (it's hot pink) and he had to repeatedly explain that he got it for really cheap and it's a good suitcase. Middle aged straight men are fascinating. I'm learning so much about their culture.

[renah]

mom come pick me up, my post complaining about not having polls is starting to blow up and I'm scared

[desperatepleasures]

one time I used the ben affleck smoking reaction image in the family group chat and my mom replied with the funniest possible response which was: "mommy doesn't know who the guy is???" and that phrase has not left my brain since. I'll see blorbos on my dash that I don't recognize and I'll be like well it seems mommy doesn't know who the guy is.

[suzypfonne]

Before January 2025:

If you are a USAmerican in a relationship that might be affected by legislation that dissolves same-sex marriages, who may no longer be recognized as next-of-kin, especially if you have children, get your rights in writing!

Your marriage certificate may not be enough to prove you have rights to make medical decisions for non-biological children or for a same-sex spouse or partner.

Go to a lawyer, get it spelled out as clearly as possible that you have a voice in emergency medical and legal situations.