#also this is why the people who are like 'have fun finding people to work for you if capitalism is abolished🫵🏻🤪' are funny like

[senadimell]

Okay, I love the enthusiasm here because textiles are my thing! But some clarifications:

Nalbinding can be done with just about any type of cordage; many people today join the lengths of yarn by felting but it's not the only way to do that. I've seen a bunch of milk strainers made with hair, which is not a particularly feltable material. I don't have time to look up pictures on DigitaltMuseum, but I've definitely seen nalbinding mittens made in the 19th century with plied yarn.

Here's an old video where you can see one of the non-felting joining methods ;

Nalbinding can also be used to make more net-like cloth as well (for fun, look up nalbinding camel muzzles :) ). It looks like it was independently invented all over the globe - I've got articles about it from Peru to New Guinea. It can also be quite stretchy depending on the technique you're using.

Re: crochet - this is something I'd love to learn more about, but everything that I've seen points to it being a relatively new art form (like sometime within the last 400 years ish, with some of the estimates I've seen making it a 19th century thing). We do know knitting has been around for many centuries - the oldest fragment we have is of I believe an Egyptian sock and it's pretty complicated colorwork, which suggests the tradition is older (I think it's 11th century?). We have nalbinding textiles from at least 4,200 BCE.

Spinning wheels are cool and definitely changed how fabric was made, but they didn't replace spindles, not by a longshot. The reason is similar to why sewing machines didn't replace hand needles. There's a saying that goes something like "You can spin more by the hour on a wheel, but more by the day on a spindle" because spindles are incredibly portable, and spinning wheels are not. You cannot spin on a wheel while herding sheep, but you can spindle-spin while walking. I've done it while hiking and gathering fruit, and I spin way more on a spindle on average just because I don't have to sit down and only spin, like I have to when I'm wheel-spinning.

Spinning wheels are also complicated and expensive to make compared to spindles, so it helps to have both tools available at your disposal. Spinning on spindles survived as a common practice across Europe to the point where we have photographs of people doing it as part of their living tradition. A friend of mine remembers her grandmother spinning on a support spindle when she was young. I've seen tons of spindles in museums that are less than 200 years old. I've seen videos from Ukraine where spindles are used in making textiles. I bet there are some Europeans who can chime in on this; these are just some of my limited experiences from people I've talked to and museums I've visited.

(Random note: I find cottage industries in the British Isles to be fascinating. I watched a shetland woman in an old video knitting at a rate of what looked to be about 240 stitches per minute. Knitting can be portable in the way that spindle-spinning can be, so it was a major cottage industry in many places).

The methods for getting wool off the sheep and into a usable format can vary drastically by region and time period. Rooing, or plucking the shedding wool of a sheep, would have been common in a lot of places rather than shearing. (think brushing out a long-haired pet). Many varieties of modern sheep do not shed their fleece, so that's when shearing becomes necessary for the sheep you're keeping.

Some places you will flick your fleece with a stick until it resembles a cloud. Sometimes you'll spin directly from the lock. Whether you do it before or after washing the fleece changes across region and time period. If you're working with a sheep with a dual coat (long guard hairs and shorter, softer underhairs) you can also spin the coats together, though my understanding is that separating them helps you get the most out of each type: strong with strong, soft with soft.

There are probably as many ways to prep fiber as there are types of spindle, so I'll stop there, but they're part of living traditions in many parts of the world so there's a lot of neat things out there to learn.

On looms: This article on Lady Elewys' blog goes into some of the options for European reenactors. Inkle looms are fabulous but they're also a pretty modern invention. You can weave narrow bands on full-size floor looms; you can weave narrow bands with cards pretty much anywhere you can put pieces of string under tension.

Purple, pink, and orange did not exist as perceived colours--remember, colour is a function of language. Meaning if you don't have a word for the colour, you don't perceive it. Red was difficult and the only thing more expensive than red was, as I said, black.

I think this is a little exaggerated, or at least not spoken clearly. There are some studies that suggest that if your language differentiates between two colors, it's easier to distinguish between those colors than for people whose language doesn't differentiate, and it's true that some color differentiations do appear to be older than others, but you still perceive the same lightwaves as everyone else, you just might categorize it differently. (It's honestly kinda weird that English has pink as its own separate color - by all accounts it's just variations of light red.)

Handweaving - another challenge today is that we haven't really been cultivating linen for handspinning for many decades if not centuries, plus our machines are mostly made for short-stapled stuff (there are people working on making milling equipment that works for longline flax! very cool). The stuff we grow today tends to be thicker than older stuff. To make yardage, a lot of places are going to be using some variant of backstrap looms, tapestry looms, or warp weighted looms to make a wide variety of fabrics. Looms can be as simple as a few strong sticks, maybe with a heavy rock in some places.

A note on dyeing and laundering. As mentioned above, dyeing can be very smelly to the point that cities had laws and regulations about where the dyers are allowed to live and work because of that. As for laundering, there are about a gazillion techniques for it, but many of them have been pretty labor intensive. Especially if you're looking at a more ancient time period, laundering and dyeing might even be comparable processes in terms of work, so re-dying a piece of clothing that faded doesn't have to be as big of a deal. In later times in Europe, textile roles were often guilds and trade secrets could be intense.

Historical dyes often would have had a mordant (a kind of metal salt), to help the dye stick.

Oh, again for Europe, woad can make a blue that I understand was pretty common. Highly recommend reading up on the history of Cochineal because it's fascinating and I hear way too many people using it interchangeably with indo-european scale insect dyes. Like maize, that bug was super cultivated by indigenous Americans to make it a dye-generating machine.

Something to realize is that for many, many people throughout time, if not most people, clothing means something. It typically conveys the social status/role of the user, and can be very sacred. Things like gender, marital status, profession, and wealth are typical messages clothing might send. For some cultures, it can be way more complex than that. Kente cloth is a pretty well-known example, where different patterns have different names and meanings and some of those are known primarily to the specialized weavers who make it. An item can be equally practical and meaningful - it doesn't have to be one or the other.

Cloth can be an important dowry item for cultures that practice that.

Other neat techniques from around the world:

Barkcloth has a pretty wide geographic area and is made from many types of plants. From my understanding, it's typically made with the inner bark of a plant and pounded to make it smooth and flexible, and other finishing techniques can be used (this is an area I'm still learning about so I'm far from an authority). Related but I think different to barkcloth is cedar bark cloth, which was common in the pacific northwest area of north america.

Silk was both common and precious across Asia - still a high status item, but more accessible in some places than others. Silkworms eat a lot. I've read short stories from 20th century chinese authors that reference the relentless sounds of the worms eating, and a friend who recently raised silkworms has confirmed. But those are domesticated silk worms - wild-harvested silk was and is used in many places as well.

And felt! Felt was and still is important for many nomadic people in Central Asia. It's quite the process to make it, but I've seen gorgeous felted textiles, some of which are quite ancient.

And an addendum: Hats and headcoverings! Waaaaaay underrepresented in fiction compared to history.

(also, the history of socks is way more complicated than I expected, but that's a subject for another day)

@lingerie_addict has a really cool thread on ancient fashion over on twitter.

Those source links are here

cambridge.org

Youtube

ucl.ac.uk

[bitchy-craft]

PICK A CARD: your next self-love improving exercise

Hello and welcome to this pick a card! In here I will give tell you what exercise you should do to better your self-love and through there be open to love from others. I hope you all find this fun and interesting!

masterpost > paid readings > patreon masterlist

for the extended version of this reading and 80+ exclusive and extended pac's check put my patreon

Pile 1:

Stand in front of the mirror, clothed or naked doesn’t matter whatever you are most comfortable with, and look at yourself, truly see what you look like. Look at your eyebrows, your eyes, your nose, your lips, your chin, your jawline, look at all the wrinkles in your face and see all the years you have lived right through it. Look at your body, your neck, shoulders, arms and hands, look at your chest, your body, your hips, thighs, legs, ankles and feet. Look at every inch of your body in detail and truly take the time to take all of it in. Mention the things about yourself that you find prettiest about yourself, and if you find it hard to give yourself compliments mention the parts of yourself that you are okay with, or find the ‘least ugly’, whatever you wish to name it mention the most positive things you can tell about to yourself. Then, find the parts about yourself you are most insecure about, the parts you wish to avoid when looking at yourself, the parts you hide in your clothing and have tried to fix for years on end. Look at these parts of yourself and compliment them, compliment each and every part you find ugly or not worthy about yourself.

extended reading > paid readings

Pile 2:

Make a journal and think of a couple of prompts for you to write about regarding self-love and having to think of yourself in a positive light. You can do this once, try to keep it up for a week or maybe even a month. The more you do this the better your self-love will become. If you find personal prompts to be too big of a step you can also make sure to do prompts about the day you had to make that a bit more positive in the end; like naming five things you liked about today. If you had a very bad day doing this exercise can make you see the positive sides of it. When it comes to journal prompts regarding self-love they really don’t have to be that difficult; think of five things you like about your appearance or personality, think of ways you show others love and how you can use this on showing love to yourself, think of things you’ve forgiven yourself for, things you’ve overcome in your life, reasons as to why you’re strong and deserving of love, or things you would do if you truly believed in yourself and weren’t insecure about it.

extended reading > paid readings

Pile 3:

Catching yourself in bad thoughts is what you should try in order to do in order to really work on your self-love. You criticise yourself a lot, more than you realise, way more even. You do not notice if you call yourself dumb, insolent or a loser, you aren’t aware of any of it. You have to catch yourself cussing at yourself, calling yourself names, hurting yourself or do any other thing that talks down on you, your personality, your looks, or your skills. The moment you catch yourself try and reverse the way you think; of you call yourself ugly instead remind yourself that you’re beautiful. If you think you’re dumb call yourself intelligent. Find the positive things about the negative ones you’ve been thinking about. Other things that might also do you well would just be repeating affirmations to yourself mainly focused on self-love but can also be directed towards your overall insecurities. They don’t have to be too detailed or long; I am enough, I am proud of who I am, I am a beautiful person, I am intelligent and compassionate, I do not need to be perfect in order to be worthy of love, and I deserve as much as all those people around me I give so much to are just enough.

extended reading > paid readings

[cosmerelists]

Would These Cosmere Characters Read Fanfic?

As requested by @genderselkiera :)

I don't know if fanfiction exists in the Cosmere (has anyone asked Sanderson yet?). But if it did, here is my take on whether various Cosmere characters would be interested. [Full disclosure: I do not myself read fanfiction, despite arguably writing it. I didn't know it existed until, well, graduate school, when I read some because the girl I had a crush on wanted me to. Since then, not so much.]

(Also, cosmereplay & I did one about them reading Cosmere fanfic specifically! Link here.)

1. Jasnah: No

"If I wanted to read fanfiction," Jasnah would say, "there are certain historians I could reread." (She thinks it's frivolous.)

2. Raoden: Yes

He especially likes the ones that bring back a character who died in canon, especially through fun or unlikely means.

3. Galladon: Not often

Galladon doesn't really see the point of fanfiction; it's not like it changes what happens in canon! He will, however, sometimes read one that Raoden begs him to.

4. Vivenna: No

At first, it did not occur to Vivenna that deviations from canon existed, and when she realized that they did, her general attitude was "Huh! Anyway."

5. Yumi: Yes

At first, it did not occur to Yumi that deviations from canon existed, and when she realized that they did, her general attitude was "I WILL READ THEM ALL."

6. Ellista: Yes

Ellista the Ardent is obviously BUILT for fanfiction: writing it, reading it. If it doesn't yet exist on Roshar, she will probably invent it.

7. Dalinar: No--he only writes it

The call of the explicit self-insert fanfiction about Nohadon is too strong: How could Dalinar not write it?

8. Painter: Yes

Fanfiction for Seasons of Regret is VERY popular.

9. Elend: No

I'm not sure Elend even reads fiction?

10. Lyn: Yes

Lyn especially likes the ones that take an underdeveloped female character and make her the star.

11. Tress: Yes

Tress is out there in canon essentially writing cup fanfics in her head. She would definitely read it if she could.

12. Shallan: Yes

Shallan is out there recrafting the pasts & futures of real people through her Ideal Self drawings. I don't see why she wouldn't also like fanfiction.

13. Radiant: No

Radiant understands that Shallan likes and needs fanfiction. But Radiant feels that her time could be better spent doing other, useful things. That's all.

14. Veil: Yes

Veil is there to read the stuff that's a little too racy for Shallan.

15. Hoid: Yes

Hoid has part of his breath memory bank devoted to his favorite ones, I'm sure.

16. Syl: Yes

Especially when Syl doesn't care for the canon couple, she likes to read endless fanfiction where the guy gets the girl SHE thinks he should have.

17. Shai: Not often

Mostly, Shai finds herself getting a little bit annoyed at how little worldbuilding and planning goes into some fanfics. You can't just SAY that they work at a coffee shop now: You need to have all the details of their life exhaustively planned out to get them there!

18. Allrianne: Yes

The great thing about fanfiction is that characters can simply have the emotions you want them to have--you don't even have to work to riot them!

19. Evi: Yes

In fact, Evi thinks that fanfiction and canon are equally important parts of the experience of a book/show, an attitude that confuses almost everyone she talks to.

20. Kadash: Yes

The good thing about becoming an Ardent is that you can read all the fanfiction you want, even the soppy stuff, and no one can say anything about it. (Yes, he read Dalinar's fanfic. He didn't like it.)

21. Mraize: No

Mraize likes to hunt down fanfics that have never before been read, and then he downloads them. But he never actually reads them. It's just about the hunt.

22. Wayne: Yes

Wayne doesn't see why you'd want to read about just one version of someone's life when you could read dozens instead.

23. Dilaf: No

Canon divergence is basically heresy!

24. Hrathen: Yes

Sometimes to get a convert, you need to drop the name of a popular ship to show that you're cool. It's fine.

25. Amaram: Well...

Amaram reads fanfic. Then he uses ChatGPT to "finish" them. He doesn't see why this makes everyone SO upset.

[aleespace]

I think it's time we talk about Burgerpants x Nice cream guy because I feel like I'm going crazy over here

For those who forgot or unaware this is a ship between two vendors, so called "Burgerpants" (because we don't know his real name) who works for Mettaton in Undertale and "Nice cream guy" (NCG) blue bunny who sells you "Nice cream"

I think originally this ship was created because people were like "they both are vendors but one is a cute optimistic bunny and the other hates his job and life... WOULDN'T IT BE FUNNY—" and so it began

But what's interesting is how Toby apparently saw it and was SO onboard with this idea that he now created an entire storyline for these two

One of the few late additions to Undertale was including NCG in Burgerpants' dialogue, not only that but also making it very clear that NCG likes Burgerpants and this affection is transferred to Toby's other game - Deltarune.

Now it's Pizzapants instead of Burgerpants and NCG is referred to as just Blue Bunny or Blue Ears but their dynamic stayed the same. Starting with first chapter we see that NCG still likes Burgerpants as he's often clings to him to the point when his behavior can be described as lack of "concept of personal space".

There's also a phrase following this one about Blue Bunny constantly accidentally pouring drinks over Burgerpants and laughing. I highly doubt it was intentional act of harm, for me it reads like maybe he was nervous around his crush or for some other reason. Toby wrote Blue Bunny to be kind so I think he wouldn't harm anyone with malicious intent which we will also see in 4th chapter, but now let's look at them in second chapter.

Here Burgerpants tells us about his new "girlfriend" he chats with online. He's never seen her actual picture and there are reasons to believe this girlfriend isn't actually real, but Burgerpants is oblivious to it as he's just happy he found someone. If we talk with NCG here he says this about the situation

Now it could've ended here if it wasn't for new chapters which completely recontextualize all of this

Suddenly it is made very apparent that this "girlfriend" was fabricated by NCG and Bratty. The dialogue between them below:

Now I don't know if this plotline was in Toby's mind from very beginning but considering it was this whole situation to me looks like this:

NCG started chatting with Burgerpants first. Maybe he somehow found out his number or found him on social media and started a conversation. I guess at some point there was a miscommunication and NCG thought that Burgerpants knew who he was chatting with, but in reality Burgerpants thought just what he wanted to think. NCG might have sent him a simple photo of pizza and Burgerpants saw it as "bikini"

This would've explained why NCG at first couldn't understand why Burgerpants was so happy. Because if we later find out that NCG is okay with lying to Burgerpants to make him happy then why would NCG start pretending to be this "girlfriend" in the first place if he didn't know at first that this would make Burgerpants happy?

So I guess what happened is: NCG texts Burgerpants, Burgerpants misinterprets it as a girl texting him, Bratty and NCG find out about this situation, NCG at first wants to tell the truth but Bratty talks him into continuing lying. NCG thinks he does it to make the one he likes happy, when in reality he unknowingly helps Bratty to make fun of him.

If this is really the case then my prediction for the next chapter is that at the festival NCG finally tells the truth and we see where their relationship will go to from this point. Knowing Toby it will probably end well but still I'm so intrigued by this little side plotline most people won't even notice!! I'm actually so unwell about this ship if you couldn't tell already and I expect something really really interesting in next chapter!!!

[dreamlikevening]

what are your creative gifts — what is your artistic sparkle ꒰ᐢ. .ᐢ꒱ྀི₊ ˚. ⊹

𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓅 𝑜𝓃𝑒

❀⋆.ೃ࿔ your creative field

the creative aspiration you hold (can be your passion, your ideal career path, or your divine purpose) is related to the union of two polar forces. it combines two regions of life — or it could very well be dealings with another person, one-on-one. you may help people get to know themselves better and recognize their own light, and/or you may be very honest and direct with people, helping them uncover hidden truths about life. in some way, what you do and the way you do it helps others find answers. the example i’m imagining is a person looking at my group one’s painting and they suddenly get a vision or reach a conclusion about a life situation they had been particularly stressed about. it seems like unintentionally, the thing you do creatively gets people’s perspectives to shift or more like their gears going. your work sheds clarity upon other’s hearts. what you do always tends to have a hidden symbolism to it that comes as a result of your personal approach. a lot of your creative projects, ideas and such come from an unnameable place. an underlying and unknown energy that buzzes through your being. i’m seeing a person’s hand holding a pen and their hand is being moved by an invisible pen (it’s a spirit who grants you inspiration). this person does not even realize it but what they are writing or drawing on the page is actually incredibly significant to someone else. it’s reminding me of those videos on tiktok of artists intuitively drawing completely random people and posting it asking “did i draw you?” specifically with an extra emotional touch that was completely “accidental” or “coincidental.” like them drawing a person who exists sitting besides a black cat, and that person commented saying “yeah, you drew me!” and strangely enough, that person recently had a cat who passed onto the other side. it’s a very emotional experience for the person who was drawn because it just seems like such a huge comfort and positive sign. and the artist had no idea that what they drew was channeling something very meaningful for somebody else. that’s the kind of energy you bring to your creative field.

❀⋆.ೃ࿔ your creative gifts

your gifts my dear are the right bits of fun, fluid, and free-moving as well as the right bits of dedication. you feel moved to it and devoted to it for perhaps a reason you haven’t yet been able to explain, but the drive continues. the motivation continues. and for others of you it could be a little bit of the opposite. you could 100% know the purpose as to why you’re drawn to a certain field, and you lack motivation because you’re afraid of making a mistake or doing it imperfectly. let me tell you, part of your gift, as i mentioned before comes with a huge creative gift. it’s a very lowkey psychic ability. clairvoyant art. mediumship could run in your blood or it is a very possible field for you to enter because of a natural intuitive link you have. again, consider yourself with this vibe: an artist who always draws this particular character for no apparent reason, one day they find an ancestor of theirs who looks exactly like that character. i want to tell you that the more you feed into your intuitive gifts and spiritual side, your creative side is greatly impacted positively. these two aspects feed each other. the collective consciousness may be a subject you are interested in or would be interested jn looking up. your creativity has a very wide spectrum, people of a varied and vast demographic would enjoy what you do creatively. it also seems you have the ability to change your mind easily with your projects and modify it in order to achieve your proudest result. you are moved to adjust certain aspects in a way you can’t even explain. i’m seeing someone drawing a portrait with all blue colors, then this very random voice in their head whispers “draw a red stripe.” and your ego is like dude what… but your soul accepts and goes for it. it seems like you don’t restrict yourself creatively so your works are very abundant. unlimited. uninhibited. there is definitely an innovative touch to what you do, have you any significant aquarius placements? look into those and see how they play into your life. aquarius is a very creative sign, even more-so if influenced by other creative signs. pisces, libra, cancer. leo.

❀⋆.ೃ࿔ what you offer to the world through creation

a sense of relief for some. a safe haven for others. a type of presence that is alarming to some (baffling, puzzling), but very fitting, suitable, and full of joy for the right ones. if you are in a specific field like let’s say you are a painter, a lot of people who are more societally or technically “advanced” in your field find your work very enviable. they would really like to replicate it because you have this natural touch with it that cannot be studied, analyzed, or reasoned with. your creative gift does not come from a source that can be explained.

❀⋆.ೃ࿔ channeled songs <3

if you like something different - i <3 you, marina

if you like something poppy & modern - acquainted, the weeknd

if you like something feel-good - tokyo rain, loaded honey

🩰 thank you for being here! take lots of care, i would love to hear from you about how this resonated!

𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓅 𝓉𝓌𝑜

❀⋆.ೃ࿔ your creative field

your ideal creative field is one that is very well paid today. very very very well paid. and i can already see you doing well at this and being successful. it seems that this field requires discipline, actually sitting down and studying what you do. so you would have this very intricate knowledge of what you do, which feeds you creativity. without that knowledge, you may feel a bit stumped creatively. so reading books about this greatly increases your “artistic sense” or your skill in this area. this feels like something you’d study in college. and i feel like you may have intuitively known this was the path you were meant to go, but you may not have realized how much hard work it takes. however, you are more than equipped. i’m sensing this energy of a person who is so good at what they do, actually mindfully learning and studying. studying, studying. it keeps popping in my head. you may be very serious about your studies or be very engrossed in them. you have a kind of devotion here that many people wish they had. an intelligence that can’t be copied. the way you pick up information is not easy to others and it seems you have been this way since childhood.

❀⋆.ೃ࿔ your creative gifts

attention to detail, careless mistakes bother you, analytical or methodical approach. it seems like neatness and togetherness is what makes your projects look so clean and approachable. you are protective of your--metaphorical or not--art per say. this is significant because it indicates that a big piece of you goes into what you do, you can't help it. it adds meaning to what you do. you have the ability to cater to a broad and average audience rather than a niche group. this shows to me that you may have excellent social skills and connecting to others is quite easy for you. you creatively engage with your clients/customers/audience/viewers and such. now where is the sparkle? because so far i'm seeing a very straightforward official kind of energy. i'm feeling that some of you are actually trying to discover a spark at the moment, and are struggling a bit because your natural skills lie more with research and analytics. well, good news, you can use those skills to endeavor your new path or ambition. i can see someone looking up artistic techniques, tutorials, tips, overall researching an interest they really want to tap into and dabble in. it's like you're a music technician rather than a songwriter. or you're an english major rather than a creative writing major. both need creativity but one is more closely linked to technicality while the other is less restricted. follow your talents but be willing to let loose a little. i'm seeing that you'll be able to actively search for beauty rather than letting it find you. that's the kind of dedication you hold. find things yourself. investigate. dive further. you have what it takes to find and master all the coolest skills you could dream of having. over time, you will definitely relinquish more of that straightjacket energy and fall into a more pure energy. but follow your current strengths, be led where you are led and lean into your "now gifts" regardless of your future goals!

❀⋆.ೃ࿔ what you offer to the world through creation

wow, this is a super cool energy. you can offer something really impactful through your creations. because you have talent in research and really learning the depths of a subject, you can make things that are unknown to most people be more known. i'm thinking of an archeologist discovering evidence of human life thousands of years ago then telling people and it being a huge eye opener for society. it seems like the type of information you uncover and then divulge because very impactful for those receiving it. you are putting big truths out into the world and seriously helping people's perspectives widen. you revive minds, concepts, ideas.

❀⋆.ೃ࿔ channeled songs

if you like something chill & groovy - here comes your man, pixies

if you like something poppy & modern - first, everglow

if you like something light - waterfalls, TLC

group twos, thank you for reading. i hope this message found you well <3 take care, bye bye!

𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓅 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝑒

❀⋆.ೃ࿔ your creative field

immediately got this fun-loving energy from you and we will dive deeper into that in the second part. your creative field seems to be your "true love". this is something you know you're passionate about and i see that you have many role models or at least one role model in this field. it's also highly likely that an ancestor of yours was very interested in this field, was a part of the field, or is now getting to be a part of this field through you which is so sweet and heartwarming. you could definitely have this ancestor in your spirit team and they are the first and foremost one to hold your hand through this specific path because it is so special to the both of you and they recognize your gift. you jot down notes related to your creative field. parties are held in this field. i heard "in your honor". you've undergone many personal transformations to reach this field or along the way you've transformed within it many times. deep, sometimes incredibly difficult transformations and "falling aparts". but it's made you better and connected you further to your calling. i can sense a smidgen of doubt but it doesn't cross your mind to give up this dream. it's just a bit of anxiety that you won't do your best or do it justice. but you are devoted to it. there is such a loving and grateful feeling i am picking up on that you have for it and it is just so endearing and charming. my heart feels really happy tapping into that energy. this is a social field, people work with you and help you out. it is a bit of team effort. engaging with other like-minded souls. this feeds your gift. it is also a very visionary field. your craftsmanship will grant you good funds.

❀⋆.ೃ࿔ your creative gifts

you may physically see pictures in your head of what your ideal projects within this field look like. such as someone who is into cinematography seeing the exact shots and sights and edits they want to put in the film in their mind before even starting. you are creatively very open to source. visuals, sounds, vibe, and stylistic details magically appear in your head and you probably write down your ideas a lot. your imagination is your greatest gift, i have a feeling you don't know just how wonderful that is. the amount of ideas that come to you and the originality of them is absolutely insane for lack of a better word. just astonishing and admirable, really. the love you have for your field is a great gift too. that, my friend, is the gift of passion. the lyrics "i'm a star, i'm a star, i'm a star" came to mind. the love you give out towards your passion returns to you and this love can be felt in your chest. like a swell of pride after finishing a project. a smile on your face. an excitement. a recognition of the talent that you hold. follow your dream. spirit wanted me to tell you that. and follow your visions. the stream of consciousness that flows through you is enchanting and extremely sparkling. um, please be my friend. i'm sorry i had to add in that personal touch, i am enamoured by this energy!! be my friend!!!

❀⋆.ೃ࿔ what you offer to the world through creation

this actually is quite funny because of what i was just saying. you offer a feeling of friendship to those who get to experience your artistry and creativity. you are a charming one, group threes. there is also something attractive about your creations. intrigue. people are drawn like moths to a flame to what you do. is it because you know yourself so well? is it because your visions are so different than most? is it because of your gentle but powerful impact? is it because you always seem to be achieving greatness? is it because your passion is absolutely radiant? all of the above, and more. you are a star, and it's making me really emotional. starlight, star bright!

❀⋆.ೃ࿔ channeled songs

if you like something that reflects your energy - lucky star, madonna

if you like something poppy & modern - señorita, camila cabello and shawn mendes

if you like something light - thank you, dido

it was a pleasure reading for you!! i wasn't lying when i said Be My Friend <3 thank you so much for being here and take lots of care! :D

[mk-wizard]

Top 10 Reasons Why Transformers Botbots is GENIUS!!

1- It reminds us that Transformers works best when it is NOT serious. - Transformers are at their core TOYS. They are not meant to be taken seriously though they can be put in serious situations if the person playing with them wishes it so. And even then, Transformers are meant to be fun.

2- It reminds us that the possibilities of Transformers are infinite. - Hasbro is very guilty of trappings the beloved bots in a rut specifically the one where every story is just somehow a variation of G1, but it doesn't have to be. Botbots was not even the first case. We had Beast Wars that had a huge hand in TF lore as we know it now and we had Rescue Bots that no war at all going on.

3- Transformers can change into anything the story calls for. - People forget that the Transformers are transforming robot aliens. They change into what their environment necessitates them to. It doesn't have to be cars, planes and such. In fact, it's fun to play with that idea. Like I said before, Beast Wars and Beast Machine played with this idea. We even got a Transformer (Botanica) who changes into a plant.

4- Switching up the setting is refreshing. - The setting doesn't have to be a battlefield. In fact, why not take it a step further by not having it on dry land? I would love to see a Transformers story that takes place in the ocean or even other country that isn't in North America. Heck, why not make one that's on another planet!

5- You can tell a good story without violence or war. - The Transformers have personality, quirks and lives beyond fighting. And before you say "Transformers is not that type of story", as I said before, they are their core TOYS. They can be anything we want and can go through anything we want. If Hasbro can make a story about fluke Transformers having fun in a mall while getting into mischief, you can make other stories involving Transformers too. Be honest, would you really not watch a Transformers sitcom especially if it starred Optimus Prime as the dad?

6- You can tell a good Transformers story without Optimus Prime. - I love the guy, but... we talk about the fatigue towards Bumblebee yet perhaps he's not the only one we're tired of. I'm not saying get rid of him or any of the iconic characters. Just give the guy (and us) a break. Show us what the other bots are doing for a change.

7- The fact that Transformers can change even into inanimate objects is pretty cool. - Can we also talk about how useful this is when it comes to camouflaging and hiding? If sounds dumb on paper, but actually, it's not. If anything, putting the bots in a situation where they are challenged in such a way that they can only move when in bot form opens possibilities for other stories. Like stealth missions, observation or finding a newfound appreciation for activity and manual work. Or... they can take on the properties of the object they change into!

8- The possibility of inventing new factions. - Since we are on the subject of bots who change into inanimate objects, maybe they should be a faction of their own? Maybe even several ones. I mean, we have seen that Transformers are not limited to Cybertron, so why not?

9- The possibilities with energon are infinite. - According Botbots, they can to be due to an energon cloud passing over a mall and turning some objects into Transformers. If energon can do that, what else can it do? Can it heal? Can it create technorganics? Can it make AIs sentient? I'm open to exploring that. With that said, do Transformers have connections to OTHER media and we never knew?

10- Are Transformers in fact MAGICAL? - This was a theory that originated as a joke, but after seeing how energon can bring inanimate object to life and considering how the Matrix works, maybe it is not such a stretch to say there is more to Transformers than just robotics. Maybe the Botbots are that missing link or rather, proof that Transformers do have a bit of magic in them and that's actually pretty damn cool. Can you imagine the storytelling possibilities with Transformers who use magic? Plus, it has been confirmed that Alpha Trion has ESP.

PS: It is actually not the first time the Transformers changed into inanimate objects. In the GoBots (yes, they are a part of Transformers lore), we had the Rock Lords which consisted of bots who transformed into various stones which varied from plain stone to precious metals or stones. Now I'm imagine a series where Optimus and his team transform into gems and take on their properties.

[thecaffeinatedlich]

Yeah! Delighted to hear people go off in detail about their thoughts and opinions and ideas about media! (And no worries about long posts! I am terribly verbose myself!)

I agree with the broad idea that it would have been great to see some consequences! (not punishments, as you said but just more time spent on the Effect side of "cause and effect") I think 2 seasons of this may have given us more time to show us how this is affecting the populace. (iirc we do get like flashes of this and the sort of like "oh hey it seems like the undercity is rallying behind jinx as a symbol of rebellion now I guess!" bits but, uh, I felt that really could have been expanded on). Just a little more breathing room and space for the emotional beats. And also some like practical stuff. Show us some of the common folks of both Zaun and Piltover reacting to the events and arguing and making choices. Turning the camera away from your protagonists in a show like this to have some moments with normal people can be such a great way to casually work in some world-building and allow you to look at the story and the main characters from an "outside" perspective. (and if they wanted to sneak in some more proto-Champions or LoL world development or just more tidbits for fun, that would have been fine too. by all means, I am here for including things for the LoL players to recognize and enjoy lmao)

When it comes to Ambessa, my feeling was that she did very much talk herself into power and control she wasn't entitled to. The Piltover government was in disarray and I think she took advantage of that. (Ambessa is kinda a fascinating character herself and I do love that through Mel's parts of the story we get complicated family stuff but also a glimpse at what Ambessa as a very martial but emotionally manipulative politician is like, which sets us up for Caitlyn being manipulated by her.) Caitlyn is much less practiced with dealing with politics (despite her family) and is much more comfortable being a person who goes out and does things and I think Ambessa really took advantage of that, stepping in as advisor (and eventually anything else she wanted) to Caitlyn and to everyone else. (But yeah, I think, uh, a little more time, a couple of lines even, making it clearer why folks are letting an outside political power direct so much in Piltover would have been great!)

I'm a little confused about your point that the attack on the Council was a political act not a personal one when it comes to Caitlyn's feelings. Because people don't work like that. We don't care if a bomb was a political action or a personal one. We still still take it personally because our loved ones died and it's hard to be impersonal about that unless we have a lot of experience in handling difficult emotions under pressure. And I really don't think Caitlyn had the emotional maturity to go "okay, this was a shockingly violent attack when I was still trying to do my best for everyone and my mom is dead but I need to bottle that up and find a way to handle it separately from the unfolding political situation." Like she's just not ready for that. And Ambessa sees that vulnerability and exploits it. She doesn't choose to guide Caitlyn into dealing with her personal grief, and the public's emotions, and the Situation carefully. A different mentor at this stage probably could have intervened to talk Caitlyn down from making her personal revenge the center of how she dealt with things. Instead, Ambessa eggs Caitlyn on and I think uses Caitlyn (with her big important House name and power) as a figurehead while she steers things, ultimately aiming to take over Piltover herself if it will get what she wants for her own ambitions.

So there's a lot of story where Caitlyn can't slow down to think about the consequences of her actions because while she is inexperienced and emotional, I don't think she's an idiot. But, I do think we should have had some later, when it does click what's been happening and how the situation is changing and her role in that (manipulated into or not).

(in contrast, Jinx got a lot more of this. Her line to Cait that's something like "I'm sorry about your mom. I didn't know she was in there. I still would have done it, but, yanno, I'm sorry" does so much work for signaling Jinx's growth as a person and ability to take responsibility for her actions. And it would have been great to see Cait have some more introspection. I loved the moments in S1 where Cait is seeing how Piltover's politics hurt the people of Zaun and put them in a position to be exploited by the chembarons. I feel like we needed some parallel scenes of Cait understanding how her own actions as a leader are not helping, how she's just repeating the violence that was done to her.)

That said, I don't know that Caitlyn being a more clear cut Good Guy choosing to act with compassion would have served the story or Caitlyn better. Like I said earlier I just don't think Caitlyn has the emotional maturity to get there. She's a little impulsive and determined to act by what she thinks is right and prone to black and white thinking. I think the grey morality of someone struggling to do what's right when they are young and still figuring things out and have a complex and troubled political system that she has to answer to and a divided public she has to maintain order/control over and also protect, is probably the most realistic outcome for her. And the story. Which I think really revels in having the sort of characters you cannot easily divide into Good or Bad. Lots of people with good motivations making terrible choices. Even the characters that skew more strongly to Good or Evil are messy enough that you can pick something out and argue about it if you want to, lmao.

Bringing things back to CaitVi, I think that emotional immaturity is something to keep in mind about their relationship. Not an excuse for anything, but they are clearly letting emotions make the decisions there, behind all the fights and getting back together, etc. They need to sit down and talk things out, but I don't think either of them know how and they are too horny for each other to really stay broken up for Vi's good. Does this suck? Yes. Do I want better for them? Yes! Do I think either of them would have figured this shit out in the span of what we got? No. Maaaybe if this was two seasons with a lot more emotional beats and introspection time (for these two girls who do not seem that comfortable being introspective alas).

So yes! Broadly, I agree with you that it would have been great if we'd had enough time to let Caitlyn have some of her emotional development happen, like, onscreen. She really got shortchanged there compared to some of the other characters. (She and Mel, I think, really suffered from lack of time for their stories in s2. Very.... "here are the major story beats, but we don't have time to flesh them out properly so while they hang together.....they are unsatisfying...." Whole S2 kinda has that problem but I really felt it the worst with them.)

(Arcane fascinates me as a writer as a study in like trying to find ways to efficiently cram a lot into a 9 episode show with roughly 3 arcs of 3 episodes each. There's a lot of constraints there before you even get to the part where it has to be both a functional story for newcomers and a satisfying retelling of lore from a game that's been going for over a decade! I'm slowly dabbling with writing an AU, which, for me, involves a lot of like trying to pick apart what's there to understand it better and the how and why of things. But also means that I can choose to slow down some bits of the story because I don't have the same constraints at the show writers. But at the same time, every time I diverge from what exists, I have to take into account how that changes other things. So, anyway, conversations like this are great because I have to actually put my thoughts into words and also get to bounce off other people's impressions of characters and develop deeper insights! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with me. Even if I didn't touch on everything in my response, I am thinking about it!)

you know, something that bothers me supremely about the scene where caitlyn hits vi and leaves is the imagery, and (i personally) haven't seen it discussed yet

so i'd just like to point out that caitlyn hits her with the butt of her rifle that she uses for police work (and has a similar design to what other enforcers have been seen carrying) while in uniform: the way this scene was written is bound to evoke associations of police brutality and the systemic oppression that has already been shown in arcane.

imo that just makes the whole scene worse by highlighting the power imbalance between vi and caitlyn. it's a big reminder to the viewer that we're seeing a cop that operates within a body that specifically and intentionally oppresses the lower class hitting a lower-class woman with the weapon (not tool, weapon) that we know they used to intimidate and keep them "in line" in the past

i'm not going anywhere specific with this, just wanted to know what other people thought !!

(and yes, i know vi was also in uniform, but that just points out the working imbalance of cait being her commanding officer, aka her boss; similarly i used "that woman" instead of girlfriend as to not bring in the dv undertone— and neither of these erase the socioeconomic divide between them, arguably it just makes it worse)

[elodieunderglass]

Eggs for Killie is over!

I award myself the 150th egg for all of the little bits of art. Thank you so much for inspiring me to make them! It’s been really amazing to see all the hard work and to truly appreciate the wide range of crafts and activities everyone can do. Bobbin lace? Shoemaking? Knife forging? Translating Irish? It’s genuinely incredible.

I also really appreciated the people who were taking a rest, too. Thank you for that as well.

And I SUPER, SUPER appreciate everyone who was going through saying encouraging words, leaving replies/reblogging with comments, or liking all these posts. That was also a huge outpouring of kindness and time. I saw you doing it (and tried to make sure OPs did too) and any credit for people feeling empowered? That’s for YOU.

I know for a fact that people were following each other simply because they spotted one of their people through doing this. Thank you for being here - and being brave enough to find each other! 

If you have a project you were working on specifically for this, and missed the inbox, drop me a message - I don’t want to miss you.

150 eggs x 60g (weight of medium-large chicken egg) is 9000g of eggs.

That’s 16.8% of Killie’s body weight in eggs.

I am planning to write a book about Killie and I think it will be very VERY funny to acknowledge every single username who contributed in the acknowledgements…

…. Because I am planning to throw them back at you.

Now rest up, everyone. April Fools tomorrow, we gotta make the REST of the website unusable.

[bleue-flora]

"He has friends, Tommy. I'm right here. I'm his friend... What are you gonna say about that? You think I'm not his friend?" — Punz —

Thought it was only fair that I do c!Punz after doing c!Dream, so here he is, ready to fight anyone who messes with his friend. And yes, just like with c!Dream all of his Minecraft skin elements and colors are apart of the design in one way or another.

[wu-does-art]

grabs onto you

ough its so great to see another sally face fan in 2025.....and a little nightmares one as well.... /vpos

GOD FORBID INDIE GAMES GET ATTENTION </33 WHERE ARE MY SF AND LNS FANS IM FREAKING CRAZY

[onefaintingrobin]

On these tags from a reblog:

I do totally appreciate this feeling. Here's why I think you don't have to stress yourself out about it.

1. It's possible to think critically and still be generous or come out liking something. Not just on the broader level of analysing something and coming out with a still positive opinion, but also because there are different types of reading. There's this essay by Eve Sedgwick where she poses a perspective of 'reparative reading'. In it, she argues not for seeing critical reading as being about looking for issues and finding reasons to dismiss, what she calls 'paranoid reading', and instead looking at work with a more hopeful slant. When reading in a reparative way, you look to make the perceived issues MAKE SENSE. For example, one could criticise, say, the slightly odd disconnect between the Star Wars sequel trilogy and the films that came before, how they seem to undercut some of the plot points in Return of the Jedi, especially Palpatine's death; a Paranoid Reading looks to explain why that means the films are bad in some way as a result, but a reparative reading looks to find meaning to bridge them. For me, I like to see the sequel films as a messy but slightly timely metaphor for real life politics. The First Order are a slightly immature-feeling rehash of the Empire, yes, but we can see that as analogous to the rise of modern contemporary fascist movements; I feel like most of the Far Right could be summed up as 'what if the Nazis were really fucking cringe but just as dangerous'. There are plenty of ways I could take a reparative reading to several questionable plot choices in Doctor Who, and approaching things with a desire to find meaning rather than pick it apart helps a lot. It's why, for example, I can find things to absolutely LOVE about the reveal of Ruby's mother.

2. While Tumblr can sometimes give you a different feeling, it actually is okay to just enjoy something for entertainment's sake. Art is always political, yes, but that doesn't mean that you're obliged to always see enjoying art as political praxis. If you ignore and refuse to engage with any art on a critical or political level when relevant (the example that comes to mind is Harry Potter fans trying to stick their fingers in their ears and shout 'separate art from the artist' over and over again), that isn't ideal. But I also think that, especially when we're not talking about something with a tangible harm like HP kinda has now, it is okay to just enjoy something. In fact, I think in the current climate it is pretty important to be able to do that. We live in a culture where we spend all day every day on social media having the worst of humanity beamed directly into our eyes, where politics is, for most people, utterly inescapable. If we're not even allowed to watch the silly space show for kids without feeling like our viewing has deep political ramifications, we burn out.

The truth is, media literacy is important, in my opinion, not because we always have to be on our perfect critically analytic behaviour at all times, but because we need to have those skills for when we need them. While deeper critical analysis is valuable, and fun to weirdos like me, where media literacy is CRUCIAL isn't in whether Doctor Who is good or not, or whether Your Fave Is Problematic. We are allowed to enjoy things!

And for what it's worth, I DO critically think about Doctor Who and I still love it. I've got my criticisms, including of the recent series, but I still love it, because that actually is the critical conclusion I've made.

The problem with being a Doctor Who fan on here right now is that I actually like Doctor Who. But algorithms don't seem to realise that, so I'm getting fed a constant stream of people shitting on any variety of eras.

Like, every version of Doctor Who has its flaws, but honestly? I don't think there is a single era or series that I think is flatly BAD. And honestly, most of the crazy 'big swing' decisions the show makes, whether we're talking about some of the stuff from the last couple of episodes, or the Timeless Child, or anything else, I honestly love all of it.

I dunno, I just like Doctor Who, in basically every form it comes in.

[icewindandboringhorror]

indeed my exact process once every 8 months or so

[undistortedworld]

last time i went to con as a-yao someone told me that "at least hes not as bad as xue yang who committed genocide because he didnt get sweets once" but this time someone told me jgy and xy did nothing wrong and they support their crimes and they shouldve done more tbh and that jgy and xy are actually the main characters THE WORLD IS HEALING whoever you are i love you lol

[hellohoihey]

Like I feel kinda shit for it but I truly do not have the energy to figure out based on fcking posts of someone's Instagram likes and like. The fucking actions of people they support to figure out whether it's "okay" to like them like I just can't

[uncanny-tranny]

Another thing that I've learned as I have undertaken my craft is just how satisfying it is to use what you make - to have known that you made it. Even now as I make my big project, the fabric is big enough that it's warming my lap up as I make it - even that is satisfying.

People want to make an effort - even small ones. What people don't like is pseudowork - bullshit jobs. Honestly, it's partly tragic to think about, partly infuriating.

[orcelito]

I do find it so funny that I will graduate college days away from my birthday. Like my birthday is literally in between the end of the semester ("graduation") and commencement

It really will be like a joint graduation & birthday party for me lmao