#Just One Thing

[bleaksqueak]

This week's Soli update will go up later this week! (probably tomorrow, but possibly thursday) Not feeling well and do not have it in me to letter the page right now (... shhh, no, I don't wait until the day before/day of to fully letter the pages. What? Who said anything about that?? Not me, surely. That isn't something I would do, famed Lover of Lettering that I am.) (...) (ok that is exactly what I do don't judge me)

[julietasgf]

I may slander the movie for plenty of reasons but I'll never, NEVER forgive it for erasing the sejanus and marcus baby pic from the book

[nonbinarylesbianherb]

as long as Alicent and Rhaenyra get at least one interaction together in s2 and it’s not just them pining for each other across the seas I’ll be okay.

[metamatar]

yeah it socks when circumstances put you in situations where you have to come to terms that maybe you wouldn't do the good thing. Growing in an abusive family I learnt to choose survival over 'doing good'. We were also poor so my brothers use to steal, and I learnt how to be incredibly mean. I'm unlearning the meanness at the moment but I'm still poor y'know? And not in the best situation in terms of housing so I'll stick to the survival for the moment

all strength to you, you were wronged by the world and you're still surviving and trying to be the person you want to be.

[lock-my-feelings-in-a-jar]

[edithshead]

from Just One Thing Quannah Chasinghorse and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai by Blair Getz Mezibov styled by Tonne Goodman for Vogue, May 2023

[eregarden]

i just feel as though i try so so hard all the time and i still just have nothing

[rocknrolloccultist93]

Yeah the new season is great and everything but I grew up (and am still) too poor to afford merch and now the ONE PIECE OF MERCH I WOULD SELL MY SOUL FOR GOES FOR $250 MINIMUM (without shipping) and now it’s probably gonna be EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE

[hirunoka]

... if only the characters I'm writing would listen to me for ONCE. You know, for a change.

I'm currently fighting with Bernard in my head because he NEEDS to listen to me and just DO NOTHING, but of fucking course he won't listen.

[waffles-and-flapjacks]

i can't draw without a reference, and i can't really deviate from a reference. does that make me bad at art? was my creativity just beaten out of me from art schooling?

i think maybe i was already like this. making art is hard.

how does anyone make anything, lol. it requires so much trust in your own abilities, so much understanding, etc. it's so hard to do things when you don't have your full abilities

i'm gonna blame this on the DID, that i can't like. remember how to do certain things because the skills are locked behind certain alters.

it'll take a miracle to get them to front. sigh.

[seekerwithsneakers]

I feel disconnected from people around me ...

I do not like myself right now

I envy everyone around me

even though I am the one puling out

I am the one building a wall around myself

every meeting is disenchanting

everything just leaves with a void that I don't have what they have

I just want to sleep and not look back

I think this is cause someone shook my values, made me see how people come and go

you never really know a person

can i be happy with people

without giving

right now I dont want to be the one reaching out nd wanting

i want to have someone who i want to want me

maybe i just need to sleep

[thehiddenedge-blog]

Equal - Ovi Challenge #5

Resist the storms, fierce and great, In balance, we hold the weight. Obstacles, we navigate – And persist through life’s disputes. -o0o- Distractions flee as we fight, Striving for what’s just and right. Communities will unite – Amidst trials that do emerge. -o0o- We can resist the control, Of what seems a big, black hole. As equals, we can console – Together; we’ll make it…

[bitchfitch]

writing advice for characters with a missing eye: dear God does losing an eyes function fuck up your neck. Ever since mine crapped out I've been slowly and unconsciously shifting towards holding my head at an angle to put the good eye closer to the center. and human necks. are not meant to accommodate that sorta thing.

[marisatomay]

People will claim to be a fan of some thing and then hate all of the themes and motifs and story lines and plot lines and protagonists and antagonists like man I don’t think that you actually like it here

[canonkiller]

I just think everyone should take a moment to consider the question "what is your visual shorthand for cruelty?" and then follow it up with a critical "and who taught you that?"

specific examples include but are not limited to

why is an evil timeline character design disabled? (why do the heroes go through equally punishing battles and never lose an arm, a leg, an eye?)

why are the futuristic scifi terrorists uniformly darker skinned? (why are the heroes so much lighter?)

why is the greedy boss fat? (why are the heroes skinny?)

why is the criminal mastermind heavily scarred? (why is the brooding, traumatized hero unscathed?)

why is the predatory creep a bearded person in a dress and makeup? (why are none of the heroes trans women?)

who taught you that this is how things are?

how long do you plan on repeating it?