#Never liked how Pinterest doesn't give the sources of the images it takes :/

[melonthesprigatito]

Random thing I feel nostalgic about: that period of time after Sylveon was revealed but before the Fairy Type was when people couldn't figure out what the fuck Sylveon's Type was so they came up with crazy speculation/theories + the memes and fan art about it

[madara-no-kojika]

Tips for visualizing what clothes you wore as a divinekin, if applicable

Clothing and presentation has always been important to me as a God, so it's also always bugged me that my "appearance" in terms of clothing never felt right. After all, it's how I presented myself to lower beings! It's important they get the right impression, no?

So here's some tips I brainstormed on how to figure that more out. Could also be used as help for character design, I guess.

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General Tips:

Throw away stereotypes. Not every god and angel wears flowy white and gold clothing, and not every demon wears dark reds and black. Go with what feels right to you.

Try to seperate skin and clothing. Maybe your skin has patterns on it or has fluffy bits/fur, and it's not a piece of clothing!

Trust your instinct. Often, your gut is correct when it comes to this type of stuff. If you look at an image and immediately go, "No, that's more something an angel would wear where I come from, so that's probably not at all like what I wore", congrats on the kin memory! But also, it's probably right.

Determine whether looking at external sources will aid you or not. For some people, looking at things like pinterest or picrews may help them visualize or trigger kin memories. However, for some it may give undue influence over what they're already trying to visualize. So, determine if you're more of an internal or external type of person.

Visualize. If you can visualize inside of your head, try meditation. While meditating, imagine yourself as a seperate entity to talk to. Imagine mirrors, imagine your "home." If you can't visualize inside your head, try pinterest, google, or character creators like picrews. Or, if you can, draw!

Consider your domain, if you know it. Fictional example, but, look at the gods of Kid Icarus. Palutena has white and gold flowy clothing, and a large pendant on a necklace resembling a sun. Her colour palette and symbolism make sense as she's the Goddess of Light. Contrasted with Viridi, who wears saturated magenta, red, and purple (much like that of a flower) with a more faded leaf-green. Parts of Viridi's outfit look like they're made out of wood, her shoes resemble leaves, and she has a flower crest on her dress. Naturally, Viridi is the Goddess of Nature. To put a long story short, your domain may have a heavy influence on what your outfit looks like.

Make a distinction between general feelings and specific details. Is that EXACTLY what your top looked like, or do you just have the general idea that you had a bare chest showing? Is your skirt EXACTLY that long and has EXACTLY that many layers, or do you just have the general idea that you wore a long flowy thing as a bottom?

The Senses

Often, the question you're trying to answer is "How did it look?" But if you're having trouble with that, we can turn to the other senses.

How did it feel? This is probably the most important one. What material was it made out of - silk, cotton, wool? Was it soft and smooth, or was it more fluffy and comfortable? Was it heavy, or light?

On the contrast, how DOESN'T it feel? Where do you not feel your clothing? If it was a cold or windy day, which parts of your body would you feel it the most in? This can help with narrowing down the shape of your clothes and where it covers and doesn't cover.

How did it sound, if at all? Is it silent, or do parts of your clothing make noises as you move? Maybe you have jewelry or adornments that clack together or jingle as you walk. If you were to rub against different parts of your clothes, what sound would it make?

Taste and smell are a little weird to talk about when it comes to clothes, but they have their uses. Maybe you're struggling to figure out just what part of your outfit you're imagining or being reminded of. If so, you could take this part and imagine what it tastes or smells like - if it tastes/smells metallic, it's probably jewelry, etc. Smell could also hint at the material, like if it smells naturey, maybe it's made out of leaves and wood.

And lastly, like I said before, trust your gut! Don't take everything in this post as absolute fact that must apply to you - these are just guiding tips to hopefully get you closer along your pathway.

[girlslikestarlight]

tips to get everything you want ✶⋆.˚

PART 3

Link to Part 1, Part 2

under the cut, you'll find psychological advice that will get you a YES for everything you ask for. think of these as tools for the next time you need to seduce, request, or attain.

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☾₊ ⊹ SOCIAL PROOF

This is where all your besties come in to back you up. You can say basically anything about yourself, but that doesn't mean anybody will believe you. But if somebody ELSE is telling people that you're the best tutor around/an amazing personal stylist/hot and single, people are more inclined to believe it. The more friends you have validating that you ARE something or HAVE something, the more true it becomes in the listeners' minds.

This doesn't have to be about belief either. One person paying you a tip sets the social rule for being given lots of tips.

Observe this in a group! If you tell a joke and one person starts laughing, everyone else will join in laughing too.

If you're making music or even just posting yourself online, one fan can draw in a million fans. It's just about setting a social rule. You only need one person on your side to get the ball rolling.

☾₊ ⊹ MAXIMISE LIKEABILITY

I obviously don't have to tell you that people will help you out because they LIKE you. I know you know that already, so here's how to use this to your advantage.

How do we apply this?

Network through mutual connections. The most effective way to network is to pick up on other industry contacts and names of people with desirable knowledge or experience. It's less scary to call on an important person when you're armed with "Your friend Laura suggested I reach out..."

Find a commonality. I used to work in customer service for tourists I knew I'd never see again, so I'd tell little white lies when I scanned their passports. "That's my Mum's birthday too!", "We're both Smiths", etc. I honestly did this so they saw me as a human being and didn't Karen me, I really don't recommend lying to anybody you might see twice - try and find a true common interest!

Glow up. It sounds bad but it's true: everyone finds hotter people more likeable no matter how much they deny it. The hotter you are, the easier time you'll have in a social situation.

Give compliments. I don't mean the simpering "you're sooo good and it was such an honour to listen to you" kind of compliments. They can be simple and slipped into the conversation. "Love those earrings. So you both work at the same company, right?" or "Great speech! I've been thinking about applying to..." People love praise and it's so easy to give it away without diminshing yourself.

☾₊ ⊹ SCARCITY

You'll know this one from your high school economics class. The rarer something is, the more people want it - right? People want things that are exclusive. That's why you're going to be exclusive. Give nothing away.

How do we apply this?

You can practice this in romance by being choosy about who you give yourself too and holding onto that thread of desirability.

You can practice this in your career by developing hard-to-find skills that make you more valuable to employers/managers.

Developing a niche interest or hobby might seem lonely or tough when less people are talking about your field... but when more people are interested in the same small hobby as you, there's an instant community - and community is so, so valuable.

☾₊ ⊹IN SUMMARY

If you don't have time to read all that, here are the takeaways:

It only takes one person to establish the social rule, whether it's giving you tips, applause, etc. There are lots of small ways you can indirectly create instant likeability. By demonstrating rare qualities, you make yourself more desirable.

...and that is a wrap on this series! Don't forget to use your powers for good. Your best qualities will always come from your deepest core values and internal truths, so make decisions that will make your 'inner you' proud.

⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆

Yours secretly,

Starlight

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Let us Read a Story❤️

Lost in a forest🌳

Five wise men got lost in the forest.

The first one said:

I will go left. My intuition tells me that.

The second one said:

I will go the right because the right comes from the word rightness.

The third one said:

I will go back, we came from there. It means I will go out from the forest.

The fourth one said:

I will go straight, we should move forward. The forest will end and something new will open.

The fifth said:

You are all wrong. There is a better solution. Wait for me. He found the tallest tree and climbed into it. While he was climbing, everyone else scattered towards their own sides. From above he saw, where they should go to leave the forest faster. Now he could even see how in what order the other wise men will reach the end of the forest. He climbed higher and saw the shortest way. He understood the problem and found the best solution!

Do you think that he was the real wise man? It's not a cliche(read as cleeshe) story where only one wins! The others were wise too! *Everyone is Special in their own way* So, each one was wise in their own way. Let us see what happened to them!

The one who went to the left, found himself in a thicket. He had to starve and fight with wild animals.

But, he learnt how to survive in the forest; he became a part of the forest and could teach others the same.

The one, who went to the right, met thieves. They took everything from him and made him steal with them.

But, after some time, he had woken up something in those thieves that they have forgotten humanity and compassion. The remorse was so strong in them, that after his death they also became like the wise men.

The one, who went back, made a pathway through the forest, which soon became a road for those who wanted to walk in the forest without getting lost.

The one, who went straight, became a pioneer. He visited the places where no one else was and opened wonderful new possibilities for people, amazing healing plants and magnificent animals.

The one who climbed into the tree, became a specialist of finding short ways. People turned to him when they wanted to find the fastest way to deal with their problems, even if it didn't lead to any development. This is how the wise men reached their destiny.

So, I am asking to the one who is reading this.

(I know majority of the people will just scroll down. If you are reading this, I am very thankful💖 So, will you please drop a ❤️ in the comment section to let me know that you are reading this? It will inspire me alot! Just curious 😉)

What can you understand by this? Yes, each and everyone of us are unique. Then, let me ask you. Why are you sad over little things happening in your lives? Why are you comparing yourselves with others? Why aren't you happy in your lives? Just ask yourself.

Now, see in this story. All those men found their destiny in different ways. Because they were all different from each others! We too are different. Some people will find their destiny soon. Some will take some time. Some will not find at all. Your destiny will reach you. Everything will reach you at a perfect time! You have to Struggle for it. Sometimes you maybe lucky! But your character plays a major role in determining your destiny! Just imagine that, what would happen if these wise men were just crying over their fate and not doing anything and just waiting for their destiny? What's the point in it? They did what they could do in that time. That made them find their destiny even after struggling. So, You. Your character and attitude determines your destiny. You will and must face a lot of troubles in your life. So, at that time, you should use your senses to overcome it. Don't copy from others. Because all people are facing different kinds of problems and have different attitudes and destinies. For example, you are suffering from fever. Another person is suffering from diabetes. Both of you are suffering from diseases. Each of you have diseases but they are different in their own way! So, they require different treatments. Imagine that what will happen if you are taking the treatment of that person? That doesn't make sense.😇

Similarly, we all face problems. They are of different kinds and have different solutions!

So, whenever you are facing a problem, deal it in your own way. Don't try to copy others. Because you are special! You can take inspiration from them, but never ever copy them. You may have to struggle alot and you may have to face alot of challenges and criticises. But, you should never ever give up! You must stay focused! Focus on the process which will lead you to your goal! Enjoy the process! Overcome the struggles💔 Forget the pains and understand the lesson taught by it💖

Never Ever Give Up❤️Be the Real You❤️You are Amazing and Special❤️There is no one like you❤️You are Unique❤️ Believe in Yourself❤️ Be You❤️

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This tattoo artist reveals exactly why your tattoo doesn't need to have meaning

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This tattoo artist reveals exactly why your tattoo doesn't need to have meaning

Whenever people see my tattoos, they immediately ask what they mean. For the designs on my body that serve no specific purpose or have no other “meaning” besides I think that they look cool (like the skeleton on my ankle), I feel pressure to attach something sentimental to them. But it’s not necessary for tattoos to have a specific interpretation or symbolism in order to be significant to you. And even if it is insignificant to you, all that matters is that you chose to get it because you liked it and wanted it on your body.

After spending time with tattooer Mars Hobrecker in his studio nestled in the back of The Living Gallery, an event space and art gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, I now feel more open to getting a tattoo that I didn’t spend months or years planning out, like the deer on the back of my arm that pays homage to a trip I took to Japan with my dad or the hand holding flowers on my inner arm that is a tribute to the women in my family.

Most of Hobrecker’s appointments are based on predrawn designs, which are known as “flash” in the tattoo community. His clients pick from the latest designs he’s drawn that are taped onto the pages of a photography magazine. Flipping through it, I noticed drawings of objects including everyday objects, like chairs and toothbrushes, and medical equipment, like a speculum, as well as people, both clothed and naked. At first, I was closed off to most of them, mostly because I was trying to connect something sentimental to each of them. The lady sitting in the chair didn’t have a vague resemblance to my grandma and the man hoisting a woman in the air didn’t resemble my ideal relationship.

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Hobrecker was incredibly patient as I looked through the magazine-turned-flash-book dozens of time trying to pick something for him to ink onto my skin. He tells me what freaks him out the most is when people open the book and almost immediately point to a design they’d like. “I just feel like I could never be that decisive,” Hoebrecker tells me as I spot a Cruella de Vil-like a woman walking a gaggle of Dalmatians, a package of birth control pills, and a circus-performing couple. I find myself gravitating toward the nude sketches of people covered in colorful flowers, or “garden people,” as Hobrecker calls them.

Each design in the flash book demonstrates a striking between Hobrecker’s style and the many delicate flowers and tiny tattoos that flood Instagram feeds, and unlike the slim pin-up girls of traditional tattoo designs, Hobrecker has a refreshing take on representation in his work.

“People have lots of different types of bodies, so I should be drawing lots of different types of bodies,” he states matter-of-factly. “There’s such a huge range of bodies that come through the door to get tattooed, so I feel like my work should reflect that. I don’t want somebody to flip through and think none of these people look like me.”

Like me, most of Hobrecker’s clients take their time selecting what designs they want permanently etched into their bodies. They’ll flag a couple pages and discuss their top three picks with the tattooer, and some even settle on one completely at random. “I feel like that’s actually a great method because even if you pick the one you like less, you immediately know you like the other one more,” he says. “If you have that sink in your stomach, like, ‘Oh I was hoping for the other one,’ then you know that’s the real choice.”

I find way more meaning in taking a moment to sit with my body and think about my relationship with it.

If you ask Hobrecker, determining whether or not the image “means” something to you should be secondary. Instead, he believes a tattoo’s significance could be found in the tattooing process itself. “I find way more meaning in taking a moment to sit with my body, think about my relationship with it, and have that hour or two where you’re really forced to think about yourself and have this very physical sensation associated with that,” he explains. “For me, that holds way more meaning than a rose that you get for your mom.”

Becoming a tattooer

Although Hobrecker set up shop in The Living Gallery in December 2016, he’s unsure of when he officially became a tattooer, mostly because it wasn’t a career goal of his. (Note: Hobrecker never refers to himself as a “tattoo artist,” which stems from feeling like tattooing isn’t an art practice.)

About three years ago, 25-year-old Hobrecker graduated from school for photography but realized he didn’t want to take photos anymore. Selling his camera equipment and buying a tattoo machine became his next option. At the age of 16, giving “horrible” stick and pokes with sewing needles to his friends and friends of friends became one of his regular extracurricular activities. From this, tattooing became less about the art of it to him, but more about helping people assert control over their bodies. As a trans man, this discovery was crucial to Hobrecker.

“When I was younger, I was always very involved in queer and trans communities,” he says. “The people I was surrounding myself with, myself included, didn’t feel super at home in our bodies.”

My first tattoo was a very permanent reminder of the ownership I had over my own body.

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In Hobrecker’s case, he didn’t feel like he had control over his body when he was younger either, having attended an all-girls Catholic school where he was required to wear a uniform and barred from dyeing his hair. In this controlled environment, all Hobrecker could do was get a tattoo in secret when he was 18. “That was something that couldn’t be taken away from me,” he says. “That was a very permanent reminder for me of the ownership I had over my own body.”

With his background in stick and pokes, Hobrecker figured a machine would be a faster way to tattoo. Once he had one, he taught himself how to tattoo via the Internet, learning about different machines and needles. Typically, this kind of information is accessed through traditional apprenticeships in tattoo shops. Hobrecker mostly circumvented this by tapping Instagram’s “weird” tattoo community, which he declares is “entirely noncompetitive.” In fact, most of Hobrecker’s tattoos, which add up to about 50, are trades from other tattooers.

Hobrecker explains that, oftentimes, tattoo artists share information with each other, too. “It feels really supportive, and I think that’s because a lot us did come into tattooing through nontraditional means,” he explains. “Tattooing has had a lot of gatekeeping in the ways that people are allowed to learn and access to information, but now there’s a wonderful community of people who snuck in through the back door and are really supportive of one another because we all kind of went about it the same way.”

The tattoo community feels really supportive, and I think that’s because a lot of us came into it through nontraditional means.

These delicate finger tattoo designs are perfect for first-timers

Because he doesn’t consider himself an illustrator and doesn’t draw unless it’s for a tattoo design, Hobrecker’s distinct style developed as he learned to tattoo, too. He read that you needed separate needles for lines and shading, and this influx of information was so confusing to him that he decided to skip shading altogether and focus on lines. “That’s why I draw like this,” he says. “It was really an entirely practical decision.”

Sourcing his designs

Somewhere on Pinterest, Hobrecker keeps a board filled with more 200 photos he plans to use as references for drawings. As the earlier mentions of medical paraphernalia might suggest, he gravitates towards medical imagery. “Even the [designs] that don’t look like they were from old medical texts are,” he says. This comes as a surprise when he later tells me he’s had a largely negative experience with medicine, due to “going through transgender help and as someone who has really severe chronic pain — both things that doctors don’t really like to believe people have because they’re not necessarily visual.”

He also draws inspiration extensively from sideshow and circus history. When he sees these pictures from the past, “I look at them and think this looks like me and my friends,” he says. “It was a lot of trans people and a lot of disabled people with nontraditional bodies, so I feel like I relate.” However, he’s very careful about which images he pulls from because of the controversial history of sideshows and circuses. “I don’t need to profit off of someone’s images who has already been used in that way for centuries,” he says.

Due to time restrictions, I wasn’t able to add one of Hobrecker’s flash designs to my tattoo collection. I browsed the book so much while talking to him that I basically memorized it, but once an image of a sitting garden woman called out to me, our interview was coming to an end. (I now know I truly wanted her because I saw on Hobrecker’s Instagram that someone else recently picked her out, and a pang of jealousy hit me.) Talking to Hoebreker nevertheless offered a different type of permanent change for me, though.

Next time I visit Hobrecker’s studio, I’m more likely to select something randomly than when I first went there. This specific part of our conversation will pop in my head when I thumb through his flash book once again: “I think that the image can just be something that’s fun, something that you vibe with. The meaning can be much more in making a commitment to a permanent change to yourself.”

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