#Merit Badge

[intrepidbeans]

The Patches of the Coven of Elders 🪡🧵

In addition to my personal obsession with all these badass witches, I also wanted fans like me to be able to rep their favorite witches in an aesthetically cool way, and hence the Witchy Merit Badges were born!

Here are some close-ups:

Fun fact: the middle patch is based on the Hay Necronomicon, a Lovecraftian symbol based on the Elder Sign star

There’s 7 more days to help WOAR Philly assist those who have been affected by sexual violence in Philadelphia by purchasing stickers

[fshoulders]

Achievement Unlocked: The "Starring Linda Darnell" Criterion Channel Collection!

Recently my co-protagonist, who is so deeply into movies I call him a ‘film elemental’, decided to indulge in a Criterion Channel subscription. This has proven to be a lot of fun, and we’ve barely scratched the surface of their offerings yet.

The first curated ‘collection’ we took a look at was “Starring Linda Darnell,” because the blurbs and teaser promised us an actress we didn’t know* but whose repertoire included a lot of snark, tempestuous rages, and throwing things at male co-stars. We like all those things! (Men in old movies basically always deserve it.)

*I had seen Mark of Zorro as a kid and loved it, but hadn’t remembered the name of the lovely young actress.

We rampaged through this collection night by night. Linda Darnell was an AMAZING actress, with incredible range. She’s also so gorgeous she is, in herself, a lighting effect; but that’s not just her inborn beauty but how deftly she uses it. She started (astoundingly young for a leading lady) as an ingenue, but pivoted to rôles for 'bad girls' and more complex, world-weary women. Whatever part she played, she brought it interiority, charisma, and passion. Her delight is infectious; her rueful humor cuts like a knife.

The collection includes a few movies that are memorable chiefly for Linda Darnell’s part (Fallen Angel); a few that are great movies where her part is limited but stupendously executed (My Darling Clementine, Unfaithfully Yours, the totally underrated Hangover Square); and a few that are great partly because Joseph Mankiewicz deployed the hell out of Linda Darnell’s nuanced talents (No Way Out, A Letter to Three Wives.)

When we finished Hangover Square (after we’d recovered from how crazy-good it is) we realized we had successfully watched the whole collection. (We were worried it would go away with the new month! But it’s still there, if you’re also film-mad enough to get the Criterion Channel!) “They should give us an achievement for watching the whole collection,” said Ryan. The Criterion Channel does not give achievements.

So I fixed that for them! I thought I was just making this for me and Ryan, but I just discovered that the Criterion Collection/Channel logo is considered too simple to copyright, so I decided to post it here! For any other Criterion Channel watchers who have binged the whole thing (or enthusiasts of old movies who pulled this together on your own), *ding* YOU EARNED AN ACHIEVEMENT!

To earn this achievement, watch:

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Star Dust (1940)

Blood and Sand (1941)

Fallen Angel (1945)

Hangover Square (1945)

My Darling Clementine (1946)

Forever Amber (1947)

Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

No Way Out (1950)

I would say "and stan Linda Darnell" but if you watch all these movies, you will not be able to refrain from stanning Linda Darnell.

[pusheen]

[epitome-the-burnkid-viii]

[most-normal-eccles-cake-ignorer]

The products of trying to recreate what was going on outside the frame during the kiss. (for ENTIRELY SCIENTIFIC purposes)

@actual-changeling altered my whole outlook on life with this post about Aziraphale's left hand (I'd only been looking at his right hand) and I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I painted the rest of the fucking owl (and his bf).

so normal about this

[sassysnowperson]

Yeah that seems like a thing that should exist

where's the merit badge/award ribbon for "did not strangle my coworker"

[jdyf333]

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[poppetsisters]

Psychonaut Badges from left to right, top to bottom: Basic Braining Marksmanship Levitation Pyrokinesis Telekinesis Invisibility Shield Clairvoyance Confusion Mental Magnet Astral Projection Mental Connection Brain Storm Time Bubble Projection Psi-Punch Hydrokinesis Zoolingualism Cryokinesis Herbaphony Psi-Fabrication

[eveningrainstorm]

not what they used to be

[yayxstitch]

I have earned a merit badge today.

[stimboardboy]

dog merit badges

[k-is-for-potassium]

hey guys i just cut my finger with a knife on accident and my first thought (after "wow that's a lotta blood" and "holy shit holy shit what the fuck do i do") was "tumblr should hear about this"

[serenagold]

Welcome to Tumblr Scouts!

Where we earn merit badges for good behavior, or whenever Twitter does something stupid.

[applecoreart]

I really used to struggle with visual instructions and patterns for more 3D things, but in recent years I've been exercising that part of my brain to the point I could finally tackle this doll/plushie tutorial I saved ages ago. It only had progress photos and instructions, no patterns, so I had to kind of recreate it by trial and error.

I also made some changes-- smaller head/hands/feet, longer legs, and altered the head and body shapes so it'd be more proportional and less chibi. It's super satisfying that it can stand AND sit reasonably well, but even more of a joy that my brain has leveled up to handle these sorts of puzzles XD

(note: the pins on the face are marking where I want to paint the eyes/mouth/ears-- I did forget to sew the ears on when sewing the head together, but will make an excision and glue them in later)

[actuallyaj]

I recently discovered adult merit badges, and let me tell you it has changed my life. I use them to award myself for accomplishments throughout the day. I always make sure to give myself 5 everyday and it makes me feel a lot better and focus on the things I can do instead of everything I can't. Try it out and see how your mindset can change! 🥰

[rose-above-dark]

“Are you seriously quitting now? Just give it one more try!” Have you ever considered that I know my limits perchance. I don’t feel like injuring myself for something I know I can’t do, thanks.