#Take this post I'm off to bed

[kakusu-shipping]

Luigi master of the beans, worked in a Starbucks in Highschool, now a regular in the Beanbean Kingdom, makes the best cup of coffee in the morning every day for Mario, who could absolutely just drink whatever whenever and is not picky about his morning Joe at all but he loves the flare Luigi puts into it

[lynzishell]

Love in Selvadorada

[rosynova]

every day i'm haunted by the fact that this man is a whole foot taller than me

[souenkun]

Pokémon Masters EX spoilers ahead!

Kabu likes to play TAG with his pokemon... and he's shown to have a much softer side beneath his strictness in pokemas too... he's so grandpa-shaped to me 😭💖

[bookrat]

Sale post! Very sorry for the photo quality on some of these, I can attempt to take more if you're interested in a piece and ask for different angles/lighting.

The Deinonychus bust is $350, it hangs out from the wall 21 inches and is 19 inches tall

Yi qi is $180, 11 inches long and 8 inches tall

Catfish is $350, 15 inches long and 17 inches tall

Tianyulong is $200, 29 inches long and 11 inches tall, the tail is poseable

Fur-bearing golden trout is $130, 12 inches long

[prismatoxic]

my less-used banners are also worth mentioning

[lesbiancarat]

want to give my two cents on the AI usage in the maestro trailer--

i think seventeen doing a whole concept that is anti-AI is very cool, especially as creatives themselves i think it's good that they're speaking up against it and i hope it gets more ppl talking about the issue. i also understand on a surface level the artistic choice (whether it was made by the members, the mv director, or whoever else), to directly use AI in contrast to real, human-made visuals and music in order to criticize it. i also appreciate that they clearly stated the intention of the use of AI at the beginning of the video

however, although i understand it to an extent, i do not agree with the choice to use AI to critique AI. one of the main ethical concerns with generative AI is that it is trained on other artists' work without their knowledge, consent, or compensation. and even when AI generated images are being used to critique AI, it still does not negate this particular ethical concern

the use of AI to critique also does not negate the fact that this is work that could have been done by an actual artist. i have seen some people argue that it's okay in this context because it's a critique specifically about AI, and it is content that never would have been done by a real artist anyway because it doesn't make sense for the story they're trying to tell. but i disagree. i think you can still tell the exact same story without using AI

and in fact, i would argue that it would make the anti-AI message stronger if they HAD paid an artist to draw/animate the scenes that are supposed to represent AI generated images. wouldn't it just be proof that humans can create images that are just as bad and nonsensical and soulless as AI, but that AI can't replicate the creativity and beauty and basic fucking anatomy that's in human-made art?

it feels very obvious this was not just a way to cut corners and costs like a lot of scummy people are using AI for. ultimately it was a very intentional creative decision, i just personally think it was a very poor one. and even if some ethical considerations were taken into account before this decision, i certainly don't think all of them were. at the very least i feel like the decision undermines the message they want to convey

i would also like to recognize that i myself am not an artist, and i have seen some artists that are totally on board with the use of AI in this specific context, so clearly this is not a topic that is cut and dry. but generative AI is still new, and i think it's important to keep having these conversations

[poke-poke-poke]

finally back home after a tiring day - maybe a few minutes to relax won't hurt............

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......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

wip + 'lineart':

hopefully when he wakes up, he'll wash his bedclothes... goomy slime + his shoes on the bed = no good------

[outlying-hyppocrate]

well. did you fucking miss me.

[front-facing-pokemon]

[chadsuke]

biggest pet peeve and thing entirely beyond my understanding is when people are like of COURSE the gen z tiktok lgbt kids don’t know lgbt history uwu no one is passing around archives to lgbt history uwu you need to TEACH them this stuff and so many people can’t be part of a COMMUNITY irl

i google ‘lgbt books goodreads’ and the first thing that shows up for me is a goodreads list with 460 books. hell, i google ‘lgbt history archives’ and i get a ton of different archives. there’s an entire lgbt history magazine i just found right now. found a random history essay with a ton of good launching off sources.

even if you’re not in a place where you can get one of these books from the library (interlibrary loan is your friend!!!) bc of an irl situation, you can read an ebook. hoopla and libby are also your friends or learn how to use libgen. my country’s netflix has 19 different lgbt documentaries and a quick google search led me to these ten free ones online and here’s a couple more. there’s literally multiple podcasts devoted just to lgbt history.

these are all brand new resources, things i just found right now in a quick google search. yes, community is incredibly important and foundational and yes there are teachings and the like handed down and yes this isn’t available to everyone and no one is asking you to be an expert but if you can be on tiktok you should at least know shit about the hayes code. that neopronouns have existed for decades. etc. or at least own up to the fact that you don’t know anything about lgbt history and don’t pretend that you do.

if i see one more person acting like it’s just sooooooo hard to find access to information i’m going 2 lose my mind. if ur online enough 2 see this post/use social media ur online enough to find resources.

[sharkjumpers]

^ Most fucked up movie lines

[tolerateit]

hmmm unfollowing and blocking lots of people

[luvsavos]

i am once again apologizing for my lack of activity/responsiveness

my childhood cat passed away a few days ago which has just been more stuff on top of everything else for me to deal with to stress me out and upset me

i'll try to get back to stuff. Eventually. as soon as i can</3

[thethingything]

at some point we saw a post with a screenshots that was something about adding "scary hour" to your morning and it was kind of funny but it turns out "scary hour" is just doing the tasks you least want to do and at some point one of us half jokingly suggested doing it and it turns out that works surprisingly well for us so now on an almost daily basis someone in the system will be like "should we do scary hour?" and this is how we do half the shit we need to get done

[jedi-bird]

I'm back home, showered and in bed with my heating pad. I did not murder anyone at the event, which is good. We were lied to however, about what was required for us to bring, which I'm not surprised about. I don't want to have to repeat it all tomorrow, even if it's on a smaller scale. I'm tired.

But at least the ham tasted good and the crumble, while much less sweet than last time, was good and I didn't have to stay until super late. Small victories.