#ILL DO SOMETHING DRASTIC

[potato-lord-but-not]

I TOLD YOU I TOLD YOU

I think what’s worse is both Oscar and Noel’s objects that they gave to Arthur (letter and gun) have been used up at this point. But if you look at the objects themselves, the letter is completely burnt away while the gun is still present and could be reloaded in the future. Meaning that we could potentially see Noel again but we aren’t going to see Oscar since that’s who Arthur “chose to forget” in Part 40.

I don’t have a small melancholy thing that I wrote for Oscar after listening to that chapter if you want it. It’s at least mildly hopeful ;^;

I………. I like to still think…. That maybe he can come back…… cus Arthur wants to reconnect with Marie and she’s close to Oscar right ?????? RIGHT ??

[skunkes]

reunion

[dawnatlas]

jean moreau my beloved son every day closer to april is a day i worry more about your sanity and well being

[ashleyslorens]

[serpentface]

Cold sores are thought to be best addressed by lancing the sore to remove polluted blood, washing with vinegar, applying a paste of honey + tansy + horsefat. In frequently recurring cases, it's considered best practice to also shave the face to eliminate any lingering traces of infection. This is the most psychologically devastating thing that Brakul has ever experienced in his life.

[wuntrum]

omgggg new comic festival thing happening in portland maine in april of next year!!

[uncanny-tranny]

In discussions about mental health, I am so tired of the only voices mattering being other people or other people who do not deal with a condition/disorder or a specific situation.

"Here's how I deal with loved ones with [x] condition!"

"If you do [y] because of [x mental health reason], you're selfish and everybody who loves you is having their lives made harder by you!"

"If your symptoms are [z], you're gross, and you deserve no sympathy for struggling"

I understand to an extent why people do this, but holy hell, as somebody who struggles and struggles often, the last thing any of us need to be told is that we're a burden that others have to carry. And it's terrible how everybody else's feelings but ours matter - even if we are the ones most affected by our condition or situation.

If you are dealing with issues surrounding your mental health and well-being, know that everything above isn't true; you are worthy of patience, understanding, kindness, and love. You are worthy of being listened to without judgment. You don't have to apologize or "make up" for who you are or what you struggle with.

[houlen-yabusame]

quick platinum (re?)design for funsies

[ninashiki]

i will say, i enjoyed nosferatu (2024), but i really don't think we need any new adaptations of the basic beats of dracula now (or future adaptations of adaptations of the basic beats of dracula lol). like i think we're done now. we need a faithful carmilla NOW!!!!

[lggy]

mys/mcd characters that age regress. in my heart.

warning this has a little angst

mys aaron: almost entirely involuntary, it comes on when he's triggered or under extreme stress. he's nonverbal and prefers quietly curling up to his care giver and sulking until they comfort and cheer him up. he can end up like that for a few hours to almost lasting a few days, and hes extremely clingy and needy and avoids eye contact. aaron likes quiet tactile play from his childhood like building legos and playing with pokemon cards. on the rare chance that aaron can talk, he will go on and on and on and on about video game lore and facts. his cg will need a stack of emergency gaming magazines for him to read up on even if theyre decades old. you will familiarize yourself with the top 50 hardest jrpg bosses by the time its bedtime

mcd dante: loves roughhousing and playing with sticks and most of all feeling protected. he needs lots and lots of reassurance and comfort. do not leave him alone. in his older years past the timeskip, he still partakes in it every now and then, especially after his daughter was born. he gets really into teacup party with nekoette while kc brings them little tiny cakes

mcd malachi: he lived 900 years as a young child of course he regresses. ever since becoming human and being able to grow up in the past 18 years has felt like his life flashing before his eyes and the existentialism and grief of it sometimes gets to him so much that levin or zoey has to coax him back into his safe zone. zoey and malachi are extremely important to each other as they're going through the same thing that everyone else with shorter life-spans just cant comprehend. but on a lighter note, malachi loves reading books and looooooooooove playing with dolls. he absolutely loves animals too and knows 100000 animal facts. levin loves to care for him just as much. although malachi is aging, levin will always be young at heart with him together.

mcd levin: mostly stuff above but heres some more: Levin needs his music box to sleeep!!! hes probably the littlest and most wholesome out of the characters i listed. loves saying mama and babytalk. zoey says her babies will always be her babies and he took that to heart

[ashendalia]

Hm

[walking-loather]

When it comes to hygiene tasks and self care with disability and chronic illness, its pretty much a constant case of: don't let perfect be the enemy of the good.

Basically: it's better to do something, than to do nothing at all.

TLDR: Just because you can't do something "properly" doesn't mean you shouldn't do it at all. Do it half-way. Do it shitty. Do it barely. Do it on a technicality. But do what you can. Just try, because doing something will help you.

If you don't have the energy to scrub your body with a sponge, just rub soap over your skin with your hands.

If you don't have the energy to wash your whole body with soap, just hit the places where sweat accumulates, or where you're smelliest.

If you don't have the energy to wash with soap AT ALL, just sitting in water is better than nothing. It will wash away dirt and oils.

If you can't bathe or shower at all, a warm wash cloth is your new best friend. If that's too much, then try bath wipes. They're a bit bigger than regular wet wipes, and a bit more heavy duty. They're designed to help keep bed ridden patients clean in hospitals.

If you don't have the energy to dry yourself after a bath or a shower, just put on a bathrobe and get into bed. If you don't have the energy to get dressed afterwards, just don't. It can wait until you can.

If you don't have energy to brush your teeth for two minutes, honestly, just a cursory scrub is better than not doing anything.

If you can't brush your teeth twice a day, brush in the evenings. It will help take away the build up of food from the day.

If you don't have the energy to brush AT ALL, honestly, just take a cloth and wipe the plaque off your teeth. Rinse with mouth wash after if you'd like. Something is always better than nothing.

If you can't floss twice a day. Try once. If that's too much, try a few times a week. If that's too much, try setting aside a day once a week as a goal. If you can't keep a schedule, do it when you're able to. Hell, I keep some floss next to my bed so that if I forget and don't have the energy to go get it, I can just reach over.

If you can't iron your clothes, don't bother. Wrinkles are fine. Wear jumpers over wrinkly t-shirts. No one will know, and honestly, most people won't even care. If it's really wrinkly and it's A Big Deal And It Needs To Be Ironed, here's my life hack. Step 1: take a spray bottle, and spritz the item of clothing (while you're wearing it is easiest) until it's lightly damp. Step 2: use a hair-dryer on the clothes until they're dry. It gets rid of creases like nobody's business, it's easier than lugging out the iron and ironing board, and you get to have nice toasty warm clothes afterwards.

If you can't fold your clothes, try just hanging them up. It's less commitment. It's quicker to do. Granted, you need to have the space in order to do this, but it is also good at helping you downsize, and lets you visualise exactly what you have.

If you can't put your clothes away, invest in a couple of laundry baskets, and then just keep your clean clothes in the baskets. You can then separate washed clothes into underwear, pants, and shirts baskets. You can just leave them like that. I'm giving you permission to never fold your laundry again if you can't. Just leave it unfolded. Who's going to care? Something is better than nothing. If you can, try to put those baskets into your closet so that you can keep the clutter out of sight, and give yourself a more restful environment.

If you can't separate your clothing out into different categories and wash them "properly" (whites, warm tones, cool tones, darks, delicates / switching between hot & cold washes / paying attention to laundry instructions on the label) then just don't worry about it. If you cold wash your clothes, colours won't bleed. Maybe gradually over the course of dozens of washes there'll be some changes in hue, but it's really not as high stakes as the One Red Sock In The Whites Turns Them Pink trope makes it out to be.

I've pretty much come to the point in my life where if a piece of clothing can't survive the washer and dryer, then it's just not meant to be. I colour separate my clothes, and if I have the energy/remember I'll take my bras and jumpers out of the washing machine to drip dry. But otherwise, I leave it to the universe.

If you can't separate out your recycling, then don't. If you have a large amount of rubbish you need to get rid of but the idea of separating it out properly is stopping you from doing so, then just don't worry about it. I know it's not ideal, but if you have garbage in your room/house and you need to get rid of it, please just get rid of it. Don't let the problem get bigger and harder to deal with. Don't let "doing something properly" get in the way of keeping your living spaces clean. Please. Give yourself understanding.

If you can't wash your dishes, get paper plates. Obviously, it's not ideal, but it is better that you eat food than skipping meals. It is better that you have a clean kitchen, rather than having dishes piling up and making it harder to look after yourself.

If you can't prepare meals for yourself keep making the tasks easier and easier. If you can't do recipes, then simplify. Use pasta sauce from the jar instead of making it. Eat canned soup. Buy food you can just stick in the oven. If you eat fish fingers and microwave veggies every night, it's better than not eating anything at all. It's better than having to fork out money on take-out. If you need ready-made meals, then get them. If you're literally just eating a raw cauliflower for dinner; 1) I see you, 2) me too, sis, 3) something is better than nothing.

These are the basic things you need to do every day to function as a person. They are your activities of daily living. Brushing your teeth. Bathing or showering. Using the bathroom. Getting dressed. Eating. Drinking. Sleeping. Keeping your environment clean. You don't need to do these things perfectly, but they need to happen in order for you to have a decent quality of life.

And it breaks my heart, because I know that so many disabled people can't do these things every day. I'm not saying this to guilt or judge, I'm saying that these are basic needs; you deserve these things. These things bring dignity. If a disabled person is unable to do these things, it diminishes their quality of life. It robs them of dignity.

If you need help to do these things, Its okay to ask for help. It's okay to need help. But if you can't get that help and you have to do these things by yourself -- or you just plain want to be independent and do it without help-- then don't hold yourself to standards you can't meet.

Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good. Doing something is always better than doing nothing. Even if it's not perfect. Even if it's not done well. Do what you can.

[kretsketch]

did a redraw to wrap up 2024! the original was drawn in 2021 ^_^

if you're cold, the weird girl inside the painting is cold...let her in...

[mellotronmkll]

I've been having the post concert blues so bad and have been looking really wistfully at the setlists of my past tmbg shows and wishing I could go see them again and I made a playlist of all the songs I've seen live and I have to say listening to it is making it much worse

[fearandhungies]

like clint gets such an unsubstantiated amount of hate, not ambivalence which would make more sense as hes a pretty irrelevant side character, but Active Hate because of the false idea hes some sort of incel because hes very insecure and shy and not happy with you if you end up with emily and its like, id be upset too if someone who KNEW i had a crush on someone went and dated that person??? its not an unfair thing for him to feel and its not like hes EVER mean or weird to emily or says ANYTHING about how he deserves her attention or anything that an incel would ACTUALLY think, but again gets labeled as a complete predatory and it is 100000% because hes fat. if he looked like sebastian people would be like oh no my heartbroken ugu baby pleading emoji like i will throw up on all of you

[oofuri2003]

I know I said mizutani was next but...here’s shinooka!! one of the most fun ones yet tbh