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time to go write down a table of each of the types of dopamine and serotonin and how they all differ
#i so wanna know the difference between the D2 and D3 receptors#reading an article on the SGAs that partially antagonise D2. i am salivating this is so interesting#i wanna be able to understand more of how these meds work than just 'antagonises/partially antagonises dopamine'. GIVE ME MORE INFO#i have to read more to understand more#i know that they aren't easy to take and that their side-effects can be debilitating but i love learning about antipsychotics so much. aaaa#please. i wanna know more about how lurasidone works. how quetiapine works. the differences between aripirazole; brexpiprazole; cariprazine#wanna know why blonanserin isn't used in the US. wanna learn about neurotransmitters in more depth than 'there is 5HT. there is Ach. etc'#wanna read so much aaaaa#SpIn stuff#(for new people here – yup my SpIn is antipsychotics and neuropharmacology more broadly. i'm not a doctor. i am sorry)
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I’m boutta reblog so much stardew valley ship content, the bots that follow me won’t know what hit ‘em
#I think I’m funny#toby rants#this is 1000% about Sam and Sebastian#they’re in love shut up#yes I married Sebastian in my first playthrough#he has two hands fuck you#anywyas#spin stuff
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another thing fantasy writers should keep track of is how much of their worldbuilding is aesthetic-based. it's not unlike the sci-fi hardness scale, which measures how closely a story holds to known, real principles of science. The Martian is extremely hard sci-fi, with nearly every detail being grounded in realistic fact as we know it; Star Trek is extremely soft sci-fi, with a vaguely plausible "space travel and no resource scarcity" premise used as a foundation for the wildest ideas the writers' room could come up with. and much as Star Trek fuckin rules, there's nothing wrong with aesthetic-based fantasy worldbuilding!
(sidenote we're not calling this 'soft fantasy' bc there's already a hard/soft divide in fantasy: hard magic follows consistent rules, like "earthbenders can always and only bend earth", and soft magic follows vague rules that often just ~feel right~, like the Force. this frankly kinda maps, but I'm not talking about just the magic, I'm talking about the worldbuilding as a whole.
actually for the purposes of this post we're calling it grounded vs airy fantasy, bc that's succinct and sounds cool.)
a great example of grounded fantasy is Dungeon Meshi: the dungeon ecosystem is meticulously thought out, the plot is driven by the very realistic need to eat well while adventuring, the story touches on both social and psychological effects of the whole 'no one dies forever down here' situation, the list goes on. the worldbuilding wants to be engaged with on a mechanical level and it rewards that engagement.
deliberately airy fantasy is less common, because in a funny way it's much harder to do. people tend to like explanations. it takes skill to pull off "the world is this way because I said so." Narnia manages: these kids fall into a magic world through the back of a wardrobe, befriend talking beavers who drink tea, get weapons from Santa Claus, dance with Bacchus and his maenads, and sail to the edge of the world, without ever breaking suspension of disbelief. it works because every new thing that happens fits the vibes. it's all just vibes! engaging with the worldbuilding on a mechanical level wouldn't just be futile, it'd be missing the point entirely.
the reason I started off calling this aesthetic-based is that an airy story will usually lean hard on an existing aesthetic, ideally one that's widely known by the target audience. Lewis was drawing on fables, fairy tales, myths, children's stories, and the vague idea of ~medieval europe~ that is to this day our most generic fantasy setting. when a prince falls in love with a fallen star, when there are giants who welcome lost children warmly and fatten them up for the feast, it all fits because these are things we'd expect to find in this story. none of this jars against what we've already seen.
and the point of it is to be wondrous and whimsical, to set the tone for the story Lewis wants to tell. and it does a great job! the airy worldbuilding serves the purposes of the story, and it's no less elegant than Ryōko Kui's elaborately grounded dungeon. neither kind of worldbuilding is better than the other.
however.
you do have to know which one you're doing.
the whole reason I'm writing this is that I saw yet another long, entertaining post dragging GRRM for absolute filth. asoiaf is a fun one because on some axes it's pretty grounded (political fuck-around-and-find-out, rumors spread farther than fact, fastest way to lose a war is to let your people starve, etc), but on others it's entirely airy (some people have magic Just Cause, the various peoples are each based on an aesthetic/stereotype/cliché with no real thought to how they influence each other as neighbors, the super-long seasons have no effect on ecology, etc).
and again! none of this is actually bad! (well ok some of those stereotypes are quite bigoted. but other than that this isn't bad.) there's nothing wrong with the season thing being there to highlight how the nobles are focused on short-sighted wars for power instead of storing up resources for the extremely dangerous and inevitable winter, that's a nice allegory, and the looming threat of many harsh years set the narrative tone. and you can always mix and match airy and grounded worldbuilding – everyone does it, frankly it's a necessity, because sooner or later the answer to every worldbuilding question is "because the author wanted it to be that way." the only completely grounded writing is nonfiction.
the problem is when you pretend that your entirely airy worldbuilding is actually super duper grounded. like, for instance, claiming that your vibes-based depiction of Medieval Europe (Gritty Edition) is completely historical, and then never even showing anyone spinning. or sniffing dismissively at Tolkien for not detailing Aragorn's tax policy, and then never addressing how a pre-industrial grain-based agricultural society is going years without harvesting any crops. (stored grain goes bad! you can't even mouse-proof your silos, how are you going to deal with mold?) and the list goes on.
the man went up on national television and invited us to engage with his worldbuilding mechanically, and then if you actually do that, it shatters like spun sugar under the pressure. doesn't he realize that's not the part of the story that's load-bearing! he should've directed our focus to the political machinations and extensive trope deconstruction, not the handwavey bit.
point is, as a fantasy writer there will always be some amount of your worldbuilding that boils down to 'because I said so,' and there's nothing wrong with that. nor is there anything wrong with making that your whole thing – airy worldbuilding can be beautiful and inspiring. but you have to be aware of what you're doing, because if you ask your readers to engage with the worldbuilding in gritty mechanical detail, you had better have some actual mechanics to show them.
#finx rambles#worldbuilding#for writers#honestly I quite liked the asoiaf books I read#it's a well-constructed story! it's a well-constructed world too on its own merits#none of this stuff about grain and spinning is actually important to the story#the problem is that grrm himself seems to just. not realize this#and goes about blithely insisting he's created an extraordinarily realistic fantasy world where all the tax policies make sense#he has not!#he has invited people to tear his creation apart if they can and! it turns out! they absolutely can!#this shit's got no tensile strength! it's made of glue and popsicle sticks!#you're not supposed to put weight on it
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the urge to buy a surgical gown just to have one
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highly doubt they would ever meet but I'm curious what The Hunter would write about Dewi
Dewi
A human child, the largest living creature in Hallownest. His skin is soft, but strength lurks behind his stride.
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Legends tell of immense godly creatures who strode through clouds and walked across the plane in times of old. Perhaps such fantastical stories are not as unthinkable as they once were...
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A strange mountainous creature. Though he seeks the thrill of the hunt, he does not close in for the kill. Us mere bugs seem to be easy prey. To be truly hunted by a creature so vast is a bewitching thought.
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I absolutely love The Hunter, so of course he'd make a visit to see the beast everyone in Hallownest has been whispering about (and when I say everyone I mean like 10 people).
#Here is your food you ravenous hyenas :)#I love reading the Hunter's journals. They're informative but he adds a fun spin to them. Makes me feel less alone in game#Hunter: ''Wow I wish this thing would hunt me.''#Dewi: ''Wow I wish I could study him under a microscope"#The Hunter IS HUGE. He's literally bigger than Hollow. WHAT#ask stuff#dewi's adventures in hollow knight#the hunter hollow knight#hollow knight#hollow knight the hunter#my art#art
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stuff from game design class
#me when the task is to make concept art: gggrraaarrrhghghghgh spins around#school stuff im proud offff#my art
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So what if I drew Marina in a bunch of Ellen Ripley outfits, what then huh??? What’cha gonna do hmm??? (Sigourney Weaver had no business serving like that)
#i’m in an awkward silly moment rn#where I have a bunch of different media & i’m indulging in each one#but only with the intention of potentially chuking pearlina into it#but also. I have so much work so it’s just all spinning in my head#we’ve currently got: alien. silver fang anime. a bit of warrior cats#+ whatever ashe is cooking on occasion#and some other stuff I cant talk about yet#rip#squid rambles#off the hook
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Why did no one tell me about the time Langa thought "Reki was hitting on me :0"
LANGA CANONICALLY THINKS REKI HAS BEEN FLIRTING WITH HIM OMFG
That right there👆 is the official comic "chill out" btw
#why did no one tell me#sk8 the infinity#cries in gay#sk8 reki#sk8 langa#reki kyan#langa hasegawa#renga#sk8 renga#reki x langa#renga canon#this bitches be gay#gay gay homosexual gay#aalesu says stuff#sk8 chill out#sk8 spin off
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Plan was to draw them all full body like Kori but I'm tired sorry
Kori - @xmajordumps - been eating your aus up i love toxicity
Noor - @runningwithscizzorz - i love the divorce and your artstyle <3
Amyntas - @oneofthosenightbees - i love the outfits and the yuri and the cannibalism
The Lamb - @aveloka-draws - Paisa me gusta tu au un montón me lo quiero comer
Lambert - @bamsara - your fic gave me worms i love it its like you put crack on it or smth
#i hate you tumblr why do you kill the quality of the stuff i post#i want to do more but again im tired#cult of the lamb fanart#cult of the lamb#cotl lamb#cotl#my art#i just love the thought people put on their aus#and the outfits specially if theres any#personally i like to spin the characters around in my head like theyre dolls#and make them kiss ocasionally
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Children of the Watch's shenanigans bro found their secret stash of snacks :3
#found this old sketch in my drive so i had to color it#imagine a spin off animated series about their clans and stuff ; v;#i would kill someone to watch it fr#my art#grogu#the mandalorian#clan mudhorn#children of the watch#baby yoda#star wars
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2012 Usagi maybe please?
i havent drawn the old fuck yet BUT i did design a 2012 descendant version as well cause i love being sane about shit
taking advantage of space arc to use the space usagi descendant concept
girlthing that got accused of treason and is wanted by the goverment
also
#my art#ilustration#digital art#artists on tumblr#character design#fanart#tmnt#tmnt 2012#tmnt usagi#tmnt leo#leosagi#2012 leo#leonardo#teenage mutant ninja turtles#space usagi#thats all the usagi designs so far now to actually make stuff about them#im so sorry for the spam the last few days but also not really#again you can ask me anything about the 3 ive been spinning them in brain for over a month
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Been having thoughts about ISAT’s ending for a while now. The ending is extremely swell and I love it a lot, but I’ve been haunted by a flash assumption I had late in Act 5
!!! SPOILERS FOR ACT 5 AND BEYOND !!!
Between the resolution with The King and up until the final fight, I had assumed Siffrin was going to die? This would have been extremely cruel thematically but I’ve seen enough of these sorts of things that I wasn’t going to be shocked if it had happened. It didn’t, obviously, and the ending we got was wonderful, and I’m very happy that everyone made it out okay… but I’ve been rolling around the idea of Sif dying in my head.
I don’t feel like it would be thematically incoherent? Thematically cruel, absolutely, but not completely out of line.
Hear me out: The King is defeated, Vaugarde is saved, and Siffrin is now too sick and burnt out to continue. Vaugarde’s wish has been granted, and Siffrin, unable to go on, has to accept their own death, a real one this time, with no looping back.
Siffrin not wanting everyone to leave can be granted, in a cruel, twisted way. They will never have to be left behind by their family, never have to say goodbye, since they can spend their final moments surrounded by them. The House’s balcony would provide an ample location as well, with The Island being visible just on the horizon. Siffrin can die, having completed their goal, surrounded by their family, seeing their homeland for one last time, and rest easy knowing that they were loved.
It would be a tragic end, but still an ending.
And wouldn’t this be exactly what Loop wanted?
King is dead, or at least dead enough. Country is saved, loops are over, and that weird clone copy debacle wrapped itself up nicely. The party can stick close to each other since they have a body to deal with, and Loop gets to have their family back. Everyone is alive, a Siffrin is alive. Everything is as it should be.
Loop Wins.
#watch this space I have more incoming#If you see this post on its own check RBs for more stuff#been discussing this with a friend. I think we made an AU on accident. Watch this while I go to my spinning class#Nohats AU#Looploops AU#in stars and time#in stars and time spoilers#isat#isat spoilers#isat act 5 spoilers#isat act 6 spoilers
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Do you want sloppy iPad baby sitting render
#forgot I can do stuff with this. it’s not made to sit very well I think if I make another (which would be a Sanford btw)#I might segment into 3 pieces ? not sure. made the base model something I could use for other grunts easier but I may have to remake it#if I did something like that#anyway toss bone to the dogs maybe I’ll make him spin again sometime but this was just fast#madcom#render#my art#2bdamned#madness combat
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I'm on a mission to draw every Disney couple as lesbians because the world needs more yuri! My partner and I were watching Hercules last night, so it's the first to get hit with the yuri beam
Taglist + redraw without ref under the cut (feel free to suggest disney couples to do this to!!)
Taglist♡: @me-myself-and-my-fos @tiny-cloud-of-flowers @sunstar-of-the-north @dearly-beeloved @adoredbyalatus
@changeling-selfship @crushes-georg @cherry-bomb-ships @rosieaurora @rejaytionships @sunflawyer @in-true-blue-love
@tropicalgothships @little-miss-selfships @hotrodharts @cupiidzbow @frozenhi-chews @limey-self-inserts @candyheartedchy
#artfarts#not self ship#fanart#disney fanart#disney hercules#hercules#megara#disney megara#rule 63#genderbend#gender swap#lesbian#lgbtqia#sapphic#ok thats sort of a lie i already drew yuri phoebus and esmeralda#BUT I CAN DO BETTER IM GONNA REDRAW THEM#i have a wheel now so im gonna spin em randomly now and again#this was just an itch i HAD to scratch#cause hjfjgjgjj big buff woman 🥴💘🥴💘🥴💘🥴💘🥴💘🥴💘🥴#meg is a lucky girl!#also i was gonna post this to my art blog but i did some stuff by accident#so here it goes!
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wintery mallevil comm <3
#forgot to post this to tumblr. please forgive me i swear i thought it was already here#listen to me. i have ten billion ships do u know how fun it is to get a comm for one ive never drawn and would likely never draw myself#giving me the opportunity to draw smth for the agenda <3 <3 sry im always too busy drawing plot art i forget to draw other ship stuff FHBJK#^_^ spinning in circles <3#twst#twisted wonderland#malleus draconia#vil schoenheit#mallevil#suntails
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// pentiment spoilers (implied ig but still there)
more of these because i was inspired
#i hope you guys see my vision on some of these#the claus and andreas one could also work the other way around i feel#also unrelated but why is there like no father thomas content out there sorry#will be talking abt big spoilers here btw#but like i loved him in my first playthrough idk if i was dumb but i thought he was nice and neeever suspected him#even now i can still appreciate him although i do not ‘like’ him for obvious reasons but i enjoy spinning him around in my head#anyway idk ig i was expecting to see more stuff abt him online like posts or fanart or whatever but there’s like nothing !?#to the like 2 people who’ve made fanart of him and/or a discussion post about him pls know u are everything to me#anyway sorry idk when tags became father thomas discussion time but i have a lot to say abt him tbh#pentiment#pentiment spoilers#andreas maler#father gernot#father thomas#brother mathieu#brother rudeger#ok too lazy to tag them all sorry guys#can write about father thomas for 6 long tags but can’t tag like 7 characters
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