#Motivational Speech

[thatonetwig]

Small reminder to stay calm even if the bill does get approved tomorrow.

Remember, the bill still has a very long way to go before it becomes an official law all around the U.S., and even if it does get to the president, there will be a very long 18 month time-frame where we can fight as much as we possibly can in order for it to be revoked (remember all of the other laws and bills in the past that got revoked because of protests).

Listen, I get that you're scared. I get that you're scared of losing everything that you've worked for, and that's okay. But thinking that it's all over by tomorrow if it gets approved is not a very good mindset to have. Remember, the reason why it hasn't gotten approved yet is because we've all been speaking out against it and refusing to back down even when it seems hopeless. Be optimistic. Be confident in everyone around you working with you in order to succeed in not letting these terrible bills pass.

It's not just KOSA you should be fighting against either. There are many bills like the recent FISA ACT and the Earn It Act that are also threats to our rights. Please advocate against those just as much as you've done for KOSA. Let's fight for our futures together as one.

Thank you, and have a good day/afternoon/night. Don't lose hope now!

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I went to my grandparents’ house and Michael Cera was there. My dad gave me and Michael a motivational speech and while he was speaking I saw a montage of people doing yoga on a beach with The Rock.

[anime-to-the-t]

[oliviaemiley444]

Your journey is unique. Embrace the challenges, celebrate the victories, and keep moving forward.

[ask-dcf]

Datatale's Message

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For a while now I have not been doing too well. I been dealing with both personal and online problems. Slowly but surely with the help of my friends, family, doctors, and Girlfriend I am beginning of to slowly get better. I can not thank everyone enough for all your love and support. I don't know what I would do without any of you people in my life. In return I asked @xjunjox to make these amazing pictures I wrote up speeches for. I know I have friends who also not been doing too well. So I hope all my characters help you. Just remember to stay safe out there. Much love to all. And thanks again to @xjunjox for the art.

[yourdreamsaredreamingyouback]

Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths.

Imagine your ideal future in vivid detail.

What do you see, hear, and feel?

How can you start embodying that vision today in your actions and mindset?

a guide to manifesting magic

[that-one-weird-kid-from-school]

A little productivity tip that has worked for me(I don't know if it'll work for you) is to make an art piece as quickly as possible.

I used to draw my art for a whole day just for a single post, drawing then became tedious to me, and it was pretty hard to force myself to draw.

But one day, I thought to myself "Do my posts need to be perfect? I mean, the average person looks at a post for about two or three seconds, they won't see the stupid mistakes, and even if they did, they won't suddenly see the work as garbage and unlike."

So, I changed myself to draw Jevil in less than an hour, really impressive for me, cutting as many corners as I possibly could.

And it worked, I even had time for my little quirks like a coloured sketch, shading on the line art, and not using the bucket tool and colouring it manually like a colouring book, and I still had 26:21 minutes to spare!

The result not looking like a hot piece of trash made me have confidence that running a log that people like seeing does not involve drawing until you fall asleep just to wake up and draw again, the brain does not mind doing something when it thinks that "Yeah, sure, why not, his won't take me that long of a time." and I can much more easily force myself to draw!

I did not try this today, I made this a bit ago, and I have made a few posts after that with the same corner-cutting technique and yall fuckers didn't notice the difference!

The moral of the story: your art doesn't need to be perfect, if there is no monetary value involved, then you just share whatever makes you happy, but you should still go out of your boundaries because this might make your life a whole lot easier.

[techtow]

Success isn’t about never falling; it’s about getting up every time you do. Keep rising.

[writethestory365]

We don’t have to understand everything God is doing in order to trust Him.

[kemetic-dreams]

[floreciendoesperanza]

More on INSTAGRAM 🤍 *All rights reserved © @floreciendoesperanza

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Neil Cicierega gave me a motivational speech in the middle of a McDonald’s.

[anime-to-the-t]

[oliviaemiley444]

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." – Joshua J. Marine

[clairethecutepup]

Don't Worry about YOUR "Place" in a Fandom...

Okay, I’m still not checking messages nor posting currently, that shall resume on Friday. I just popped in again to share this message because it may be something someone needs to hear ASAP.

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Fandoms: the perfect opportunity to engage with other fans of something, and share your work or see theirs. Heck, they’re even the perfect place to make some new friends and get feedback on improving your abilities, should you be a content creator. However, they can also be the perfect place for discouragement or even, in the more toxic ones, harassment. It’s, unfortunately, the proverbial “double edged sword” that comes with a community of fans for something: you can either find yourself a well-renowned or at least welcomed individual, or you can find yourself overlooked or full-on attacked as one of the “black sheep.”

Sometimes, it can be more of an issue with the fandom itself. Billie Bust Up’s has an issue with policing fan-produced content– to the point where actual kids/minors will get mobbed –and I’ve seen them go as far as accusing “pedophilia” or “homophobia,” on the claims of fighting “proshipping” or “erasure.” Then, we have the infamous Steven Universe incident of a minor feeling inclined to take her own life, as the fanbase decided her “fatphobic” over a fanart piece that drew Rose Quartz “skinnier than she’s supposed to be.” I don’t think I need to say anything else they’ve done to emphasize “issues with the fandom itself,” but be assured that the suicide attempt failed and that user is still alive.

Other times of the “double edged sword,” and I hate to say it, but the “issue” is actually you: it not being a “toxic” fanbase of unreasonable members in these specific cases, but you and your actions being why you find yourself in a disfavorable position. You may behave in a way that no one finds “attractive” nor “appealing,” like if you have a tendency to act out or constantly “sympathy-reel” for attention– yourself or what you make. Believe me, it’ll often be more your behavior than your actual work that’ll earn the ire of more reasonable fandom members: the only time the more reasonable will hate you over pictures or writing, is when you’re actually using your talents to attack others (ex: “hate art”) or if you’re using everyone’s favorite characters for… sinister purposes (ex: actual grooming material).

Even if you don’t make such content, but normal content meant to be enjoyed by fellow fans, you can still feel some manner of grief within your community from it. Sometimes, it can be more direct: the bullies of the fandom finding your work/style “offensive” enough to attack, or the rabid fans of some bigger fandom member claiming “idea stealing” and otherwise. Clearly, they don’t fall under the “reasonable members” umbrella…

Other times, your content can result in your misery more indirectly: the realization that there’s nothing “special” about what you make or offer, especially easier in a smaller fandom of less “competition” (for lack of a better word). Before you start crying that I’m being mean, recall that “special” doesn’t specifically mean “good” nor “enjoyable”: it’s a term referring to uniquity, something that would really grab others’ interest and attention– something they couldn’t come across anywhere else. I mean, why focus on all these gray rocks on the road, when I can look at this shiny, rainbow-painted one? So yeah, your offered content just might not be “special” enough to earn a majority of attention, sorry to say. 

What’s that: “Why bother anymore then, if no one else likes me or what I make…?” Umm… Did you forget why you joined a fandom and made content of that franchise in the first place?? It’s because you loved the series it’s based on, right? Why should others determine whether you continue making content or continue consuming whatever the official people behind it make? What’s that: “What’s the point of sharing, if the target audience wouldn’t want anything to do with it or me?”

Look, even if an entire fandom somehow turned against you, blocked you, whatever, you can still post things! No matter how small, you’re bound to still have some fellow fans who would love what you make. What about the people who aren’t part of the fandom? Heck, even people who generally don’t like the franchise in question may like what you, specifically, have done with it! Don’t get a swollen head, now, even if they may like your take on a character in fanfiction better or prefer your artstyle to the actual show’s/game’s/etc’s.

Just… You are in an age where people can finally share whatever they want to make, why are you letting yourself waste the opportunity because people are unreasonably cruel or you’re not some “big name”? Stop worrying about whatever “place” you may have in your fandom, and just create and share! Don’t hold yourself back from making great things, because of something that’s really just superficial in the long run…