#also i know this is very different from my other drawing i really liked the colors 💀

[radishearts]

Im SOO late to this party but here’s my two cents;

In Keeper it seems elves have a naming convention for siblings, (Tam Dai/ Linh Hai, Edaline Kelia/ Juline Kalea, Dex/ Lex/ Bex/Rex, Bianna Amberley/ Fitz Avery <- less so for them but u see where I’m going).

Brant Alger / Kenric Elgar.

It’s literally the exact same name with different spellings— which I don’t know… could just be a coincidence or it’s a way for Shannon to signal some kind of relation between characters. I personally choose to believe they’re brothers because there’s an really interesting parallel in the tragedy of both of their lives that is spurred on by inequality and societal rules. They also represent two very different ideologies of seizing change and power in the world.

Tinker has less of a connection but that’s because she has like three pages in flashback and has one known name 😭. But drawing from her description as a tall (the tallest elf she’s ever seen), red headed who is afraid of fire. Who else is tall, a red head and is probably afraid of fire now? Also she is described as having grey eyes. You know who has grey eyes? Brant .

Tinker obviously has some connection to a pyrokinetic, and when in doubt? Go for an angst heavy option. She’s a Black Swan agent who’s sent to investigate Jolie Ruewens death— only to find out it’s her own brother ? That’s crazy. Then her other brother gets killed by her brothers mentor? Even crazier. Maybe she goes into hiding in fear that what she knows would get her killed too. So many thoughts to be had,,, Fathdon siblings my beloathed 🫶

Anyone else think it’s sus that Brant’s last name is redacted like what are you hiding Shannon

[alwaysless]

Fellow William analyst, greetings! I hope you are well, I hope you don't mind a question/ask.

I am curious about your thoughts on the lack of reaction we see of Will at the "one life" reveal at the dinner scene, if you haven't already shared your thoughts before! We know Annabel wasn't shocked, but what about Will?

It took me longer to answer than I thought, sorry

I'm not sure I can say anything new, but yes, it's pretty damn suspicious. The composition of the frame stylized as broken glass, makes it easy to draw Will with everyone, and a frame later we see him with other panicking students, so RnF didn't show his reaction quite intentionally.

But I also want to talk about his behavior further. In the next episode, Will doesn't behave the way you expect him to. Given his weak-willed personality, it seems like he should be scared and overwhelmed by the prospect of a survival game (like Morella for example) but he's confused at best, and moreover, confused by everyone else's reactions. He even tries to justify the deans, basically gaslighting the rest of the students.

Will is not afraid, but he does not understand why others are. I have only two possible explanations: either he knew, or he just doesn't care, just like Annabel. Or maybe both.

Maybe he has played these games before. Maybe he doesn't plan to fight for a second life (at least not in Nevermore, again just like Annabel). Maybe because he is somehow connected with the academic staff with all his doll aesthetic, there is no second life for him in general, he just works there. There are many options, but here I would prefer to focus on his parallels with Annabel - two characters whose reactions we don't see in this frame.

This is actually not the only scene where they are absent, contrary to common sense. In episode 6 we see the merit board for the first time. Most of the names on it are blurred, but some can be distinguished. Among them are Lenore, Annabel, Duke, Morella, Ada, Prospero and Will. All of them, except Annabel and Will, are present in the room at this moment.

I wouldn't have paid much attention to this scene if it weren't for Prospero. Why is he there? He doesn't speak a single line, and we haven't been introduced to him as a character yet. His presence here is useless. So maybe the idea really was for all the characters whose names were visible on the board to be in the scene(or at least have already been introduced, like Annabel).

So what about Will? My main problem with shapeshifter characters is that they can be anyone, anywhere, at any point in the story. Especially if they can also create their own copies. He could have already been introduced and we just didn't notice.

Now let's talk about the games these kids love to play so much. We know that Annabel is a talented chess player, and Montresor constantly uses card game slang. But did you know that it was William Wilson from Poe's original story who was a cardsharper? I just think it's such an interesting detail. Nevermore`s Will has never been seen like this, but considering how much of a board game aesthetic this webtoon has, I think it's important to note this.

And finally, there is a similarity that also makes them very different: both Annabel and Will have ribbons as an essential symbol, but it has a completely opposite meaning for each of them. For Annabel, the ribbons are a symbol of madness, fear, and perhaps her golden cage. It appears in her hallucinations after Lenore's fake death, as well as when Ada shows her her main fear.

Will, on the other hand? The ribbons are his weapon. He uses them to tangle other people. Curious, although his spectre is obviously a marionette, he doesn't have a control bar for strings, he controls the strings himself (not always successful but still).

No matter how weak-willed Will is, he's the only one in Annabel's group who isn't influenced by her. She blackmails Montresor, Prospero respects her as a leader and friend, Ada admires and envies her. But she doesn't have anything on Will. In the chess allegory, he will obviously be a pawn (and I`ll write a whole post about it, I swear), but not Annabel's pawn. I have an idea that sooner or later, Montresor will think of using Will to find dirt on Annabel in revenge. After all, given their spectre abilities, it's easier for them to find out lenabel's secret.

So, let's summarize what we found. Absolutely nothing. This post turned out to be longer than I had planned, because I was a little carried away, but I hope you found something interesting for yourself in this stream of thoughts.

Here, take funny little Will everyone. He deserves to be noticed.

[lordystrange]

I think it’s okay to ship Finn and Noah.

Please give me the benefit of the doubt. This is gonna be a long post.

I don’t think real-person-shippers are bad people, like some of you often insinuate (or blatantly state). Here’s how I view this:

We often tend to daydream about our crushes, right? Picture ourselves in situations with them, plan our lives and even analyze our dynamic and compatibility as a potential couple. We wonder if they like us back and/or how we could make them like us back. That even includes questioning the sexuality of the crush.

That’s shipping ourselves with this person.

We also do it with our friends. ”Ohh I wonder if this person likes you back… you two would be so cute together!”

So we also ship our friends with their crushes. (unless our friends have horrible taste)

Reading the possible/potential signs of mutual attraction is not only okay but necessary in the dating scheme.

Imagining you and your crush as a couple is also necessary, because that’s how you can learn if you’d even like the relationship and what exactly would it need for you to like it.

Why do we ship fictional characters? Byler for example. There are many answers, but let’s summarise it in ”We like their dynamic.” Just like we’d like the dynamic of ourselves with someone or our friend with someone.

Not all people are ”dynamics-enjoyers.” Not all people are shippers. But if you are, you can’t really help it. Certain dynamics are just so appealing to you. I’d say it’s natural.

We can’t control our thoughts but we can control what we say. I know there are a lot of Byler shippers who also ship Foah but don’t admit it out loud. Some of them are ashamed for it, some are just hiding from the bullies.

There is nothing wrong in finding Finn and Noah’s dynamic cute. There is nothing wrong in wondering if they’re together. There’s nothing wrong in wondering if it’s possible for them to be together some day. There’s nothing wrong in wondering if Finn is queer. (<- Before you wanna argue about that, check the disclaimers.)

Because there’s a difference between shipping and harassing. We can enjoy the dynamic and talk about it without it crossing the line.

What is the line, then? I’d say the line is when the people in question can’t ignore it. Here’s some examples:

A tiktok edit of cute Foah moments?

Ignorable.

A tumblr post analyzing Finn and Noah’s behavior around one another?

Ignorable.

A reddit comment saying ”Foah is so cute together 💕” ?

Very ignorable (it’d get downvoted so fast that they likely won’t ever see it)

But

Harassing their real life partners (if they got those) for ”forcing them into a relationship with them against their will?”

Can’t ignore.

Pestering them with questions about them everywhere they go together, making it uncomfortable for them to be seen together?

Can’t ignore.

Spreading your own interpretation of them like a proven fact, refusing to admit that you don’t actually know?

Can’t ignore. (there’s always people who won’t fact check and will just help spreading it)

Forcing them to come out?

Can’t ignore.

Commenting 25 GIFs of their characters kissing under every single instagram post they make? (iykyk 🙃)

Possibly can be ignored but I’d still find it disturbing.

One might argue that it’s easier to just draw the line in no real-people-ships at all, than trying to draw the line based on semantics and posting platforms.

But one might also argue that it’s easier to just not ship fictional characters either to avoid all complications it may cause.

I’m not one. I ship Byler and I ship Foah too. The extent of my shipping is different between those ships, since Byler is permanently renting room in my brain and Foah is something that comes and goes, but I find enjoyment in both dynamics. I know that my interpretations of the dynamics are just mine and I don’t expect others to see what I see, Noah and Finn themselves included, but if someone does see what I see, I’m happy to appreciate the ships together.

In conclusion: Shippers’ poor behaviour is not shipping. It’s just poor behaviour. Shipping is shipping and as such it’s okay.

Disclaimers you need to read before commenting:

I’m not saying that everybody should ship Foah/real-people-ships. I’m just saying that the ones who do so are not necessarily hurting anybody and therefore shouldn’t be shamed for it.

I’m also not saying that shipping real people is the good/right thing to do. I’m just pointing out that it’s not that different than any other ”form” of shipping.

I understand that there are a lot of different situations to which what I said can’t be directly applied to. We can discuss those, but there’s no need to intentionally come up with the most complex cases possible just to challenge me or ”prove me wrong.”

I know that me saying this might make people uncomfortable for various different reasons. Take your time!

This doesn’t excuse anyone who has been shamed by real-person-ship -antis to shame them back.

If someone manages to point out something I haven’t thought about and it ends up changing my mind, then I do.

I won’t lose my marbles if Foah never really happens.

Thank you for reading! Have a nice day! 💚

[livmightlive]

LU Maze Runner AU (actually explained this time)

Okay, I got way ahead of myself in my last post 😭 I forgot that maze runner didn’t have the same impact on everybody as it did me. Here’s the actual plot of my AU so that it makes sense to everyone 😭

Hyrule has reached an incredibly advanced age of technology and other sciences. (So think like, hunger games, or any sci-fi movie that takes place like, 200 years in the future.) Most of Hyrule has fallen to a horrible virus called the gloom. This gloom grows through plants and taints water sources.  This virus was engineered by a terrible cult called Demise, a group of people under the control of a man named Ganon who wishes to take control of Hyrule. 

In retaliation, a group sponsored by the royal lineage of Hyrule creates a research facility called HYLIA to study ways to take down Demise and fight against the gloom. They take individuals from across Hyrule who show either great resistance, sometimes even immunity to the gloom, and/or significant resistance against the cult of Demise. Demise has some type of brainwashing technology that causes people to either become submissive under its rule or compliant to the cult, often joining it. 

Of course in this story the people taken are the boys from the chain and also all the Zeldas. They’re all taken young, at least in the quarter HYLIA that they live in. Most of them were surrendered by their parents but others were either found or taken. HYLIA cannot afford to be kind. 

So in essence, everyone is stuck there, but it’s not horrible. They spend a lot of time getting “normal” schooling. They’re subjected to tests but it’s not necessarily like a horror lab AU. They’re not treated like animals or anything but they certainly can’t leave. This of course leads to a lot of resentment from the chain.

Eventually HYLIA starts getting frustrated. They aren’t getting very far with their testing. It just isn’t… natural. One of the key discoveries is that gloom resistance and resistance to Demise mind control is really hard to replicate in practical labs. The labs can’t be unbiased with literally the same exact sample each time. They realize that the only way they can actually get results is through real life experience. But how can they get that when all these people have been living in HYLIA for years? 

The Maze is born. It's huge, spanning hundreds of acres of land. In its very center lies the glade, a safe spot of land in the middle of it all, the maze surrounding it. (I’ll try and draw a rough map at some point.) They build two of them. One for the boys, one for the girls. They fill the mazes with genetically engineered monsters that they infuse with low levels of the gloom in order to see how the “participants” react when they fight them. 

The mazes are full of different puzzles and beasts so that HYLIA can study the participants and how they react. Through these means, they believe they will understand how to defeat Demise and the gloom.

I mentioned before that they send in each chain member going off of their game release dates. This starts with Hyrule and ends with Wild. They time this just around the span of a full year, sending in a member around a month or two at a time. 

Before they send in each member, they completely and FULLY erase their memories so that when they wake up in the glade, all they can remember is their name and age. They do remember how to do things, like math, reading, survival skills, etc. but they don’t know how or when they learned it. Sometimes they might get strong feelings, but that’s all they have. They’re essentially new people once they hit the maze. 

I’ll get more into the chain members and dynamics next time! Or I can write about anything you want 💕💕💕 please lmk thoughts!! They keep me motivated

[beneathsilverstars]

okay the loop pronoun thing its like its like the splinter in my mind that sticks out just enough to get caught on stuff and irriatate the stuff further in.

because they start off with the royal we before going oh wait thats a personal thing not how other people refer to you. so that with the masking literally everything i am genuinely completely undecided on if the pronouns are like they actually just dont associate any with themselves anymore, their lying and covering it up so siffrin wont suspect anything or if its like they just need some time to be around people again and then itll be like ohhhhhh thats why i like these right.

and from there it goes into we literally have no idea how they act around people. okay they were siffrin but now have been so completely transformed by the looping that they are different enough to qualify as someone else.

they get called shy by the party but is that because they realize talking to them will have permanet consequences? is it because they remind them of who theyve lost? is it because they just havent talked to anyone aside from siffrin?

if they got comfortable around others would they be sassy like they are around siffrin?

loops everything is so wrapped up in the timeloops that its like there is almost nothing that can be said for sure about how they would act outside them at this point its like yeah they were siffrin but theyve forgotten all that and are different at least somewhat from everything.

the looping time really has utterly crushed them and then remolded them into something new and it is shown so so well through what is and isnt there about them and its so irritating they are literally a puzzle begging to be solved and the pieces are all blackened from fire and some are a bit out of shape and its like this used to be a solvable puzzle but at this point who knows!

yesss i do think the they/them was just the quickest default that they at least knew they didn't hate, and they're no longer Siffrin Enough to share siffrin's preference for he/him or they/them, though they may now (or one day) have their own preference for they/them. sometimes i give loop more pronouns later because there's no way they won't change a lot post-loops! (or in aus where they've otherwise had more time to think about it and try things out.) i'm fond of she/they/it loop but i may be biased lol

WE JUST KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT THEM!!!

we know they were siffrin, a long long time ago.

we know how they act with siffrin, who doesn't yet know who they are, during the timeloops -- which are all three very big and specific criteria.

and then we know how they acted in acts 5 and 6, which are also super unique and unreplicable situations! obviously in act 6 they were just faced with the fact that a happy ending was possible all along but it can now never be theirs, on top of this being the first interaction in which siffrin knew loop's identity and loop knew siffrin knew. and then in act 5, this was their first interaction with the party as loop, which only happened because of desperate circumstances, and started off on the very wrong foot of utter devastation at not being recognized, which meant they abandoned their plans and improvised, all while everyone is super worried about siffrin and then trying to navigate the fucked up house. very weird and overwhelming situations!!

you can draw clues about how loop might act post-canon from all of these things we know, but you can't just straight up extrapolate, yknow? their in-game feelings and motivations just will never again apply in the same way, post-canon. and on top of the new contexts in which they'll be living, their trajectory will surely be strongly affected by their immediate post-canon circumstances, to the point that even putting them back into more-familiar contexts somehow would now provoke new responses. they could go in so many directions!! we just don't know!!!

sometimes people are talking about how loop would act post-canon and they say things so definitively and im like. man i think it depends 😭 we know so little about them and they know so little about themself.

[wings-of-ink]

Anon ask with slight spoilers (ch 5 content)!

I was suddenly hit by a thought that is now eating me up from the inside and I have to ask it: If there was no curse, if MC was just a lucky kid who really just happened to be taken in by two wonderfull men after the unfortunate passing of their mother right after birth, if things were just, normal How much would the current story and everyone change? Mainly I am curious: would it change something about who Oswin comes to be? And also: would MC ever meet Duri at all? What about Zahn? And Rune? And Aster? This has been nagging me on the back of my head for a full hour now I am going to lose my marbles

Oooh, this is such a good and deep question. I honestly had not really considered this before...

So, I think this would be 2-fold for Oswin. On one hand, the curse business forces him to come into his own (but in a cruel way that actually sets him back a ways first). On the other, the journey is taking a heavy toll on his mind. With no curse-event on the birthday though, some things could have changed a lot for him. He planned to tell MC about his leaving, apologize for being a shit-heel, glaze over an explanation, and give them the gift. This is something he had tried to work the courage up to do multiple times though. He only found the courage because he would be leaving town for a long time. Depending on how that conversation went and what MC did or said, they could have made amends and started something friendly or romantic. Romance would have still taken some time, but if Oswin saw hope, he'd have canceled his job and stayed home.

There is a small possibility that MC could have met Zahn without the curse. But, there's also already the possibility that they have already encountered each other. :D That'll be discussed in the story if the right parameters are met. I think not having crossed paths with MC would ultimately mean Zahn is worse off. They'd stay in their cult much longer and probably would remain too uncertain about leaving for a long time. I fear that would put their sunny disposition at serious risk permanently. No more Sunflower.

I do not believe MC and Duri would ever meet. Duri very likely would not leave the shrine maybe ever. It's possible their sister could pry them away for a bit, but the odds of her taking them anywhere near MC is slim.

Rune would have a higher likelihood of crossing paths with MC. Though they favor cities for their travels, they aren't beyond stopping at little towns to play at any tavern they hear about. And, if MC is able to travel on their own, they would maybe find Rune instead. Without an event to really draw them together, I don't know if they'd have been able to get to know each other well. Rune's growth is a little different than the others through MC's story, so it is hard telling if they are able to have that growth without MC at all.

Aster would have a very small chance of encountering MC. I won't say zero, but it would depend on world events I suppose. He's very focused and driven by his needs. In his current stage of development, he would probably not pay much mind to MC. And without meeting MC and all that, he lives without some seriously-needed personal development. I can't say what sort of person he might become without the influence of MC and the crew...

Interesting to think on! ^_^

[deepsea-cowboy]

Count Orlok is not a person or representative of a person. He is a representation and physical manifestation of many different ideas. He is both an abuser and Ellen’s manifestations of her guilt and sin (her queerness with Anna[When O is biting Anna], her desire to dominate her husband[when O is biting Thomas], her hitting puberty) and a validation for everything people think she’s crazy for (her nightmares instead being a real threat instead of just nightmares[there’s other examples I just can’t think of at the time of writing]) and the consequences of her hiding her desires for so long AND a sexy vampire. Like, he can be both the abuser/groomer/whatever and her sexual liberation. He’s both real and not and that’s the point. Human emotion and memory and experience is so complicated and strange where you don’t know what is what and if you really love the people who hurt you or if the people you love hate you or literally Anything else. This isn’t something that’s just one metaphor for one thing.

Also, this is gothic horror/romance. It’s going to be morally questionable and strange and erotic. Like you can’t have a holier than thou mindset with this because the point is to explore deplorableness. Yea you can draw the line wherever you want and it’s fine if this is to much for you but you can’t just say everyone who finds this erotic is just some crazy yandre whatever. Like I don’t understand how you are coming into the den of weird freaks and then complaining about how people are being freaky.

If gothic horror/romance isn’t for you that’s not a bad thing but don’t try to tell anyone that they are stupid or blind for enjoying it.

Edit: also the actions and morals of the characters aren’t flaws and just because they do bad shit doesn’t mean they’re horrible. These people live in the 1830s, of course they are going to be awful to Romani people. Thats not excuse but it’s an explanation and reasonable to believe they would do because they aren’t perfect characters. Ellen isn’t a strong independent woman who is witty and helps take down Orlok because she’s a mentally unstable woman dealing with a lot and the whole movie is an exploration on her feelings specifically. She’s not going to get her happy ending where she lives and that’s okay. Von Franz does tell a suicidal woman to kill herself for the greater good and that’s awful but also what Ellen wants because like with Orlok, he truly understands her and also almost worships her. She’s a maiden sacrifice stereotype because and Von Franz encourages it 1.) cause he’s an occult, insane man who follows ancient rituals and texts and moral or not people used to sacrifice people (especially woman) and damnit that’s what he’ll do, and 2.) because it lets the plot keep moving in the way to where Ellen will be her perverted and raw self, which also bows to no morals or intelligence because emotions aren’t intelligent by nature.

( im very sorry for unloading this onto you. By the end I realize I’ve strayed away from your original post and am mainly just venting my frustrations about all the takes I’ve seen on this app. But I’m not sorry enough to not make this post :3)

guys

I know this is the monsterfucker website

but please

I need you to look me in the eyes and tell me that Nosferatu wasn't a tale of sexual liberation

I need you to tell me that we watched the same movie about sexual abuse, victim blaming, grooming and self-blame

please

[silusvesuius]

testing out drawing maormer 🪸🐚🪸 and a nelvas 🧣📜🩷 i'll ramble about maormer a bit in the tags

[icewindandboringhorror]

Pages from trying to keep a little sketchbook-scrapbook type thing going for two weeks lol. I gave myself specific rules in hopes they might all end up more cohesive/consistent seeming, but alas, scribbly chaos reigns, it seems

[chiropteracupola]

Poverty, poverty knock / Keeping one eye on the clock / I know I can guttle, when I hear my shuttle / Go poverty, poverty knock...

...so I read @nothwell's novel 'mr warren's profession' at approximately light speed the other day and felt like drawing some of the cast.

[imiya]

(Piggybacking solely because I don't wanna keep my ramble in the tags)

I've collected MLP for over ten years and I'm at the point where I'm buying very few things because most of what I don't have are expensive, hard to find, or even common enough that it doesn't feel worth it to me to seek out buying individually. I collect MLP because I love the hunt. I was buying the toys as they came out in stores (with my parents money because I was 10), but then when my parents started antiquing, I started buying older ponies because I wanted something to look for and MLP has been basically my biggest interest since the FiM cartoon came out. I think having a goal and going to rummage through stuff is super fun.

This is kind of in opposition to how some people I've seen collect, where they know exactly what they want and are willing to pay top dollar to get it in the highest condition possible. I bought a Mimic for $200, which was a deal, yes, but I've found way more enjoyment in finding a cheap G1 pony in the thrift. Now, I'll buy collection completers that are expensive or otherwise impossible to find for me locally, but I'm at the point where I've found so much stuff locally I'm more than willing to wait for a ratty pony to pop up at the thrift, or I'll check cheap listings to get a really good price on a rare pony that was overlooked in a lot. Neither my method nor the "buy what you want" method are right, but I think I'm trying to say it's important to discern what about collecting draws you in. If you like cleaning up/restoration or getting a good deal, you'll want to start out differently from someone who wants a very specific item and ONLY that item.

Something else I do (in particular with TADC, because it's a show with new merchandise coming out now), is to get into the archival of a line. I am collecting these items with the intent to document them, make information about it public, and then decide if I want to sell off or let go of an item. This is definitely more expensive than my MLP collection right now because I'm importing stuff from Japan constantly as it comes out, but it's more active right now because I'm giving every item a bit of a purpose for me. This is also fun for me, even though there's virtually no hunt aspect.

I do think you generally "end up" with a collection rather than setting out to start one, but if you're going in with intent to start, figure out what would be appealing about the collection to you and make that part a bigger part of the hobby. Is it talking to other collectors? Is it looking up information and learning about the toy? Documenting? Photographing them? Do you want to set up a special space in your room for them and make them look super pretty?

hello sorry if this is a stupid question and if it is feel free to ignore this ask, but how do you go about starting a horse figure collection? like, i know the best answer is probably to Just Start ! but the whole thing is kinda overwhelming, and I'm from a country where figurine collecting of this kind isn't really A Big Thing so the overseas shipping alone would be A Lot lmao,,,

that being said seeing these guys on my dash everyday always makes me smile, so if all else fails i can just live vicariously through this blog HSJJDJS thanks for ur work o7

Disclaimer: This is the opinion of one horse collector, it's not the objective truth of horse collecting. That said, it's an opinion I very strongly believe in.

The thing is, you don't really "start a collection." You just buy the horses you like and within a few weeks or months or years you'll have a small collection. And some day, if you keep surrounding yourself with horses you like, you'll have a big collection.

Gonna get a bit preachy here, but it's something I keep seeing, so I feel like I have to talk about it: I think entering this hobby with the mindset of "wanting a collection" can make you very impatient and vulnerable to fomo and completionism. You get so into the idea of Collecting Everything that you end up wasting $1000s on overpriced listings because you didn't even stop to think if it's gonna get relisted, if the seller is a scammer, or if you even really want that particular horse/doll/pokemon/model car/trading card/memorabilia/etc., or if you only "want" it because it's part of a set.

Collecting hobbies aren't really about having a collection. They're more about the act of collecting continuously. Maybe you take a break from it (I'm a Bella Sara collector who hasn't actively collected for 3 years), but you never really have a "complete" collection. And you need to accept that you'll never have a complete collection, otherwise you're gonna burn out and the hobby won't be fun anymore.

I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, I really don't mean it to. I'm trying to warn you because I'd hate to see yet another potential fellow collector burn out and leave the hobby after a few years. Collecting can be a wonderful lifelong hobby that creates lasting friendships. But only if your center your hobby around the act of collecting, rather than the idea of your collection itself. (I also find that people who focus more on their collection than the act of collecting are often a bit jealous or self-important, but I might just have run into some bad apples).

If you wanna get into a collecting hobby, the best place to start is to go out (to the thrift story, toy store, ebay, craigslist, you name it) and scour the market for things you like. And then buy a handful of cheap ones. Display them, photograph them, tell your friends about them, look up what other figures/cards/etc. are in that series, and in general just... sit with them. Get a feel for them. Are they satisfying you? Do they spark joy? Did you enjoy hunting them down and do you enjoy taking care of them and looking at them?

If yes, they spark joy, you can start looking at more specific brands, styles, colors, etc., and try to focus on what kind of horses you wanna collect. Maybe you wanna focus on palominos. Maybe you love Barbie horses. Maybe you find a really fun community of glass horse collectors that keeps you coming back. And maybe you fall so deeply in love with the hobby that you wanna collect every kind of horse figure you come across. Just be patient and focus on the act of collecting, rather than having a collection.

[marcmorrigan]

@fenglianweek day 6: memories/growing up

the best thing thats ever been mine

[backpackingspace]

Guys listen I'm once again having ideas that I cannot draw. Consider:

A brief look of rage on Calypso as odysseus calls out for /a different goddess/

[kyouka-supremacy]

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[kokoasci]

every time i post i am reminded that some of my irls follow me on twt/instagram (not here afaik. thank goodness) sorry guys for being way too invested in a manga based on dead authors. i may be cringe but i am free

[moeblob]

I like the fact Tremaine's designated color is pink while Germaine's is maroon because if I draw them together it looks so bright and happy but they're in a dying world and both commit crimes many times a week just to survive. But hey, whatever.

If love is how they die, it beats starvation or injury! So letting them be codependent is like a treat almost.