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Due to a long history of [REDACTED] I have a chronic anxiety of doing something “wrong” and having [INSERT ANY PERSON HERE] get “mad at” me, and in trying to get over it I have developed a calming method that has worked rather well in extreme flareups if you don’t mind appearing a little unhinged
Step 1: Get a scrap of paper
Step 2: Consider the thing you are about to do
Step 3: Write down what you are about to do and why it makes sense
Step 4: Put it in your pocket, tape it under a desk, in your bra, wherever- Somewhere nearby so that it will be there when you need it
Step 5: If someone DOES “get mad at” you, retrieve the note and give it to them
Whether the “angry” person is reasonable or not, you can rest assured in the evidence that your actions made sense and were the best you could do with the information you had at the time.
Also, because it is always very very funny to have a handwritten response to something very specific that a person hasn’t even said yet, you may find your anxiety lightened by the possibility of pulling off an excellent bit, so even if the bad thing DOES happen, you’ll still have something to laugh about later
*I am aware that this is a trauma thing. Yes, my clothes are full of paper. No, I don’t intend to stop. Yes, it has happened. No, they don’t always laugh. Yes, it’s still very funny every time
#Not for obviously dangerous people obvs#but there are people who I objectively understand are safe even when I��m projecting anger onto them#and knowing I have a backup helps
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"Jason was the happy robin" this, "jason was the angry robin" that. Let's all be fully honest here Jason was the lonely robin
#It gets worse the more i think about it aiguaoughhh#they pretty much retconned the people he was close to before the crisis. he only interacts with dick like once or twice#ive never seen him with barbara#he had no team#in terms of school he had rena(?) and then 3 friends that show up in an annual and never again#and obviously with the whole secret identity it hardly can be a close friendship. esp with how little theyre shown#in terms of super friends he had Danny and Kid Devil. which. one is mentioned off hand and theyre never seen together#and the other is from a short story and never brought up again#alfred has his praises sung but we never really see him connect with jay#all he had was BRUCE. and the only way to ever be with bruce is to be robin#is it really any wonder he chased after his mother? is it any wonder who chose to trust someone he hardly knew?#dc liveblog#jason todd#i feel so bad for him all the time for forever#ive just started reading comics after his death but before his resurrection. the hallucination jason era#and its seems to be shaping up to be with him written as the angry robin who never listened#which i Know is because of the writers. but in universe? it just feels like jason wasnt understood or known at all#doylist vs watsonian moment as they say#dc comics#batman comics#and he became a symbol of failure to batman So Quickly. not a memory but a reminder#and every trophy from his time as robin was taken out of the batcave. and every moment as jason was removed from (at least) bruces room#he was on call/on a list as a backup titan if they needed help but he wasnt With them. they teamed up twice#i cant remember if he meant it towards blood specifically or in general rn but he fully admitted to not being good/experienced enough#they didn't really know him and he didn't really know them#wait fuck was rena all pre-crisis. devastating. he stopped going on patrols n being robin for awhile when she was his gf#of course by then he was already A Hero who cant fully ignore how he can help so he eventually was like yeah we should stop a little#obviously there was that catwoman arc going on and i feel writers just liked keeping him away alot. but ough. he was so quick to stop when#there was someone There. and robin didn't have ti feel like all he had#anyway crisis got rid of her im sure. like harvey. when does 'pre and post crisis' actually start bc its not at the crisis its issues after
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y'all!! i'm doing it!! i'm reading a charted pattern with NO TEXT BACKUP, and a baby shawl is being born!!
#text#personal#knitting#my knitting#portia shawl#IVE NEVER DONE JUST CHARTS BEFORE!!!!#ive always had the text as a Backup (and ive always used said text over charts 🫣)#but i FIGURED IT OUT i didnt even have to ASK FOR HELP i KNOW WHAT IM DOING!!!#we're gonna ignore my gauge swatch failings of earlier and count this as a Win
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threw together a new buddy cole doc poster design on canva tonight bc i don't really want to use the old poster for our next crowdfunding campaign and anyway do you like it?? genuinely give me any feedback you have bc i do not know graphic design i just have images and put text on em
#i had another idea that would composite multiple photos together to emphasize that scott/buddy dichotomy#and i might still do that one but since it'll probably take a while to figure out i wanted to have a backup just in case#i think it works? like i have several of these ''scott looking up at the spotlight'' pics from backstage and this is the best version#i like how buddy's kind of glowing with this otherworldly vibe. and you can kind of see the outlines of the front row audience#also yes i know i chose the least popular font in the poll it was the only one they also offered on canva lmao#(i'll use the poll winner for the trailer text)#also like. the previous poster wasn't *bad* like it worked perfectly fine#but i just cannot stand that one specific photo of buddy with the cigarette anymore bc they use it for EVERYTHING scott-related#like for the past decade or so any scott appearance whether it's buddy or not is promoted via the same image of buddy smoking#so i want to have something that's JUST for me#especially bc that same photo was used to promote that shitty interview event that happened at my college#so during the following weeks where i was lowkey traumatized by how badly my school treated scott (and treated me bc of it)#i would constantly have to walk by posters advertising the event that they forgot to take down#and again. i don't think scott looks bad in that photo. but also?? is it just me or do the eyes fucking follow you??? it's a lil uncanny#so i am never gonna be using that photo on one of my scott-related projects again if i can help it lmao
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thinking about different ways you can be nocturnal in relation to bats ya know, like you could go to sleep at dawn and wake up mid afternoon or go to be during the afternoon and wake up at dusk etc etc
so ive started classifying bats into morning bats or afternoon bats lmao:
Morning: Alfred, Jason, Steph (school), Cass, Bruce, Damian, Kate
Afternoon: Tim, Dick, Steph (during breaks), Babs, Harper
#in universe id have duke come up with this classification system so he knows who he can call for backup lmao#the inbetweener time between steph switching is Brutal#Jason and Bruce would rather not have to know what 2 pm looks like#either way all new bat themed vigilates come with theater grade blackout curtains with their costume#duke only calls for help if he Really Needs it lmao only the joker deserves to see a chipper Red Hood at 7 am#bruce and tim are the most variable here#unhealthy relationships with sleep shruggie#also this is a way that they split WE work when Tim is working for the company (also variable atm)#fuck i realized i have to tag all the bats#hell#dc#batfam#alfred pennyworth#bruce wayne#dick grayson#jason todd#tim drake#cassandra cain#stephanie brown#damian wayne#duke thomas#barbra gordon#harper row#why are there so fucking many of them#bread talk
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Gonna be a downer tonight and say that as much as I love the opportunities to learn and to meet new people that technology has given me, I still hate it more and more the older I get.
This is kinda weird coming from someone that seems to be always on Tumblr, but I really.... Really am coming to hate technology with a passion. Nothing seems to work. Everything has to update or else. You could be using your computer in the way that you always did and suddenly boom, your antivirus decides a problem is happening even though you didn't do anything. Corporations steal my information and I have to always be connected. "oh we don't use that app for videocalling, can you download this one?" "oooh we need you to sign up for this, or else we will deny you service!" "oooh there are sudden damaged files in your pc, make a scan to fix it!" how about I cry instead.
I am becoming increasingly technophobic, yet I rely on technology to keep in contact with loved ones and do my hobbies, and I just wish i could stop, or that all of this continuous updating could stop and tech companies would finally optimize their damn products instead of releasing wildly unoptimized and vulnerable shit into the world. I am currently so full of rage and anxiety because my pc gave me and alert and I will not be able to sleep tonight. Thank fuck my dad is there to check things with me and hold my hand as I scan stuff, and I dread the day when he will be gone and I won't have his calming presence beside me as I do yet another scan or try to download a program.
This is depressing, and anxiety inducing, and I'm so done with technology and cannot let go of it. What the fuck.
#cernu speaks#personal#Technophobia#It's as I said in the post. My antivirus decided that I suddenly have damaged elements to my fuckin... Operating system#And i don't know how it could have happened#Tomorrow I do a backup and ask my dad for help but. Jesus fucking christ i hate technology so much
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#I feel like I’m losing my fucking mind#moving out here and working in this hospital is what got me out of homelessness and at first it was wonderful#but now it feels like I’m going to end up getting pushed right back into that kind of shitty situation#work is fucking with me and it feels like there’s no way to fight back against being treated like garbage#if they fire me it’s wrongful termination and I can get a lawyer but that still takes forever#and it’s a small town so there’s very little jobs around anywhere and what is available isn’t the easiest shit to get into#I need to have a backup so I can jump ship if needed or just move to something else if I do get fired because I can’t afford to be out of#work for any amount of time at all#but with there being so little around it just feels almost pointless to try at all and like the end is inevitable#if I end up homeless again I will kill my self I am not about to do that shit ever again#if my dad’s social security/disability would come in already then there would be some breathing room to look things over and start again if#needed but that’s taken over a year or year and a half already with no change or anything coming in#so at this point who knows if or when he will get any money and be able to be self sufficient in any way#everything in our lives depends on me and I’m being crushed under all this pressure and I just don’t know what to do anymore#I feel so lost cause all the paths I saw for my life have all blown up and I’m left with nothing once again#trying to start over and rebuild is nearly impossible when you don’t have the tools or materials needed to do so#and there’s no one in my life I can rely on to help me or fall back on if I need it#everything is just me and if I make any mistakes I’m just fucked and free falling#how do you keep going when you have so few options and no ideas of what to do?#how do you find your way out of the smoke from all the bridges around you that burned?#personal
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Under the cut are mostly self-insert doodles of decreasing quality. Again, not much directly tied to Team Fortress 2. Might as well toss these out while I have no access to my puter. Much yapping under the cut and in the tags incoming.
Another self-insert, this time less of a "here's me as a tenth class" and more of a "here's my game experiences translated into the class I would take the place of". The Cleaner. Although I guess they could still be wearing either suit. It doesn't matter that much.
That one Convict's Case taunt with Backup would be extremely funny, because the man would be on the verge of a breakdown (he does not want to go to jail so bad you have no idea). The second image- I owe no explanation. You know what I am. You see the pattern with my favourites.
The duality of the man. Resting face versus "just heard you express interest in religion/Russian folklore" face. He's not that hard to make friends with, when you pull him away from all the explosions.


Some doodles of trying to figure his face out. Unfortunately, the more I stare at him, the more I worry that he looks like A Certain Guy With The Last Name "Kazarin", and the fear of never being original in my life caught up to me.


Don't look at me, don't perceive me, I refuse to explain any of my actions to you.
#team fortress 2#tf2#that's it that's the only tags i am putting this in. maybe someday i will have the balls to do more but for now that's about it#while i have the chance - and since posts with more of my yapping in the tags don't pop in people's feeds much - i might as well ramble-#-about these guys here. self-inserts or not i'm projecting only half of my bullshit on each one of them. creativity 👍#backup is tall and pale and has sharp canines and more of a dull brown hair colour with tired grey eyes. no amount of babyface or soft-#-hands can really help a motherfucker when he's grimacing so much because he just Hates being around half the people on the team.#cleaner meanwhile is on the shorter side and has constantly flushed skin and brighter colours and whatnot. you can't see it because of the-#-mask most of the time but they do smile a lot more and have a more cheery disposition towards life and see the whole team as their friends!#backup transitioned fully (albeit not very legally lmao) and is scared shitless of not being seen as a man although the last time that ever-#-came up was years ago. he holds onto his last name as part of the heritage he loves and loathes at the same time - attached to his culture-#-and religion and bloodline while also resentful of his family and the regime he knows someone else on the team suffered under.#cleaner just kinda binds and calls it a day. he only does it to confuse the team because while he doesn't identify with being a girl he-#-loves the confused looks his epic gender reveal moment gets. they do not remember their family name or where they grew up or what even got-#-them to this kind of mental state. and he's chill with it he values the here and now way more than some dark edgy backstory.#backup despite trying to be an honest man is afraid of vulnerability as well. he stubbornly refuses to express love towards certain people-#-lest they feel disgusted and turn away. he's afraid of consequences afraid of losing the people he loves afraid of his ''interests'' being-#-what drives them away. it doesn't by the way and he just wasted time being a cold indecisive loser for several months lmao#cleaner wears a suit that hides all of them yes but they pretty much never lie. he is always his truest self and he can always just burn-#-people who don't like him enough to make it a problem. they are a lot more comfortable indulging in their interests - be they innocent-#-and juvenile or violent and dangerous. he is quite open with his affection and his fascinations that backup would rather keep secret.#i want to establish that these two can only exist in separate universes because they both have feelings towards the funny assistant lady-#-and the funny inventor guy (selfshipping for the winnn) and would fight over those two. cleaner would win by the way#it's also a really funny point of comparison. cleaner is objectively more fucked up than backup and still managed to be more normal about-#-their feelings and live as a healthier and happier person than that guy. comedic gold honestly#OKAY I'M DONE if you read up to here you get uhhh a cookie :-)
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So depraved of HazeKen content I'm puking up lungs over fan [mis]translations ( ´Д`)=3

#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#kenjaku#iori hazenoki#hazenoki#hazeken#kenhaze#rarepair shipping#i'm mentally ill#anyway let's talk#hazenoki doesn't refer to kenjaku by their name in any other translation that i know of#it's not important but i like them enough to make it a big deal#he also tells kenjaku he's willing to help them#though he says it's because sukuna might attack them next - which isn't true#in objectively more accurate translations hazenoki says that gojo would attack kenjaku if he had won and then he himself would have backup#it's cute though so i'm still crying my eyes out over it#i wonder how it'd be if i wasn't so fixated on these guys...
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It's so hot at the moment, and I woke up in the dark morning to someone screaming outside our house??
I ended up going to ask if she was ok, and then got her a glass of water and some food. She thanked me and told me not to help people and also to watch out for aliens and reptiles and hospitals
Idk maybe it's foolish to be getting out of bed and talking to randoms in the middle of the night, but I like... Watched her for a bit from my doorway to see if she seemed violent, but all she was doing was trying to light a toy dog on fire with a lighter, and like... It must be fucking awful to be out overnight in this weather. She poured half of the water on her head and then gave back the glass and I went back to bed
#would have been sensible of me to wake up my partner to have backup... but then again i could have woken them up if anything went wrong#idk I'm sharing this story cause i think it's good to know that you don't have to be scared of people who are experiencing psychosis#and like... my mum has helped a lot of people in kinda similar situations throughout my life without getting into any serious trouble#i did seriously consider ignoring this person and going back to bed. but like. idk then maybe someone would have called the cops on her#she sounded like she had some major hospital trauma and that my city's support services would not really help the situation at all
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(this is fine bc neither friend is on tmblr) was trying to get together with a friend who can have a little social anxiety and a friend who’s chill with whatever, and also, am sick of my friends being behind on severance, and also, never compromise never surrender, (and also light social anxiety friend tends to be a bit flakey) (usually because of extenuating circumstances but I’m probably gonna wait like a month before trying to make any plans so I can have a cooldown period) (listen. things happen plans get cancelled And Also we haven’t seen each other in like half a year and every plan I’ve made so far has been delayed/rescheduled/cancelled on her end) (so I’m gonna need some time before I’m willing to, once again, Take The Active Role, again, without reciprocation) but anyway I had it planned out for IF everything went according to plan I’d have the severance watch group come over sat morning and kick them out at 3, IF lightly socially anxious friend cancelled but chill with whatever friend came then tell the chill friend she can come early and kick no one out, IF both friends cancelled then it’s just gonna be a severance day, option 2 happened
#my ramblings#you know how with some friends you just don’t make plans w/o making backup plans#or don’t really try to do one on one hangouts bc more people would probably mean more motivation whereas you alone#are more easily weighted towards cancel/raincheck/whatever#‘I’m not bitter’ she says bitterly#but: it’s not actually about the friend it’s about other past experiences and other relationship patterns I put myself in#and: this is why it’s important to recognize and spend time with friends that have capacity for me#and: I also need to develop more independence and emotional maturity#<-spoken through gritted teeth#so: I am going to make myself some tea and perhaps morning soup#and I’m going to put on my I Am Spending Planned Time With Friends hat#AND I’m going to remember to give that other friend paperwork I’m helping her out with and old ass con merch to pass onto her boyfriend
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oh my god I was thinking about a jayvik fallout new vegas AU and was like "hm maybe Viktor uploads himself into one of those robots until he can get a different body by like repurposing power armor or something idk" and then I remembered that this guy's name actually is Victor

#idk what to do with Jayce tbh its been a while since ive played this game#just thought this was a funny coincidence adjfkg#you know the brainworms have gotten real bad when im coming up with a bunch of weird ass AUs#ok i know i just said i wanna shut up about fandom things but this was in my drafts and i think it's a little funny#honestly idk if that would even work i don't know if they have the technology to transfer an entire personality to a robot?#i think they just have their own weird AIs going on and if Viktor wanted to extend his life he'd have to do the other thing#and augment himself with power armor. like that seems more in line with what would actually work within the lore#though it has been a while so there's a lot of fa/lout lore i don't remember idk#maybe he has like an emergency ai based on his personality in there but its distinctly not him and it's a creepy how uncanny it is#OR the robot is blitzcrank which would make the most sense actually idk why that wasn't my first thought#anyways i have a few ideas on what a questline with him and Jayce could look like maybe?#like Viktor is chilling with the followers of the apocalypse or whatever those were called#Jayce is maybe a field medic with the NCR? and when they go on their regular vacations to the strip he gets drunk and in a fight#somehow he ends up in freeside at the fort where the followers are and Viktor patches him up. That's how they meet#and then they bond over medical research science stuff. Now Jayce just dips out on his ncr buddies whenever they go to the strip#he just goes to freeside to hang out with Viktor. He probably also steals supplies from the ncr bc the followers have so few resources#he brings all that stuff to Viktor and they make new medicines and build cool shit that helps freeside etc#but then Viktor is dying of radiation sickness. ensue fetchquests to gather power armor parts and supplies#so he can build a new body and avoid dying yippie. maybe his backup ai and building blitzcrank from that can be like a sidequest#different sidequest would probably be Jayce getting in trouble with the ncr. and having to deal with that#idk I'm just throwing ideas at a wall and seeing what sticks. I'm having fun with it tho#maybe if my brain doesn't hate me I'll make some art for this. it's a neat little concept#this is NOT going into the tags lol. i am embarrassed about everything i say as per usual forever and always amen 🙏
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Every year for the month of October I make a movie calander- one horror movie a day, every day, for the entire month. My problem now, is that after three years of doing this- I'm starting to..... well, run out isn't the right way to put it... but it's starting to feel like I've seen most of the big hitters.
So the question I'm throwing out there is:
Fans of horror, what movies would you reccomend for this year's October watch?
I'm looking for anything and everything. I will watch silent black and white films. I read subtitles and I'm not opposed to hunting down a niche foreign horror/thriller. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE SPOILERS I would like to go into the movies blind (trigger warnings are very welcome, though)
#horror movies#october#spooktober#idk what tags to use. im really just assuming this post will find those it needs to before october this year#i really love the classic slasher movies. monster movies. creature features.#im not super into found footage (mostly because shaky cam makes me motion sick) but if someone has an absolute gem hidden somewhere......#id be willing to check it out#just!!!!! please help my bf has seen so much horror too. we need New Stuff#i dont wanna do a ton of rewatches this year. i wanna pick as many new movies as possible#dream goal is finding a solid 45 movies so i can have backups in case i cant for some reason find one on the list#“certainly tumblr user transsexula knows enough vampire movies!” FALSE i NEVER have enough vampire movies. give me ur niche vamp movies#give me gore give me scares give me heavy makeup#hell i love campy funny horror too#ANYTHING JUST GIMME ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE 😩
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Getting my playlists sorted for the big Move to....... my iphone......
Ick!!!
#For context:#I have multiple old phones that I've basically held onto over the years#and I try to repurpose them to give them new life and all that#One of them was a Samsung phone with a stylus that I called my Venti Phone#It was#as you might have guessed#a phone I used to play music on#like an overglorified Mp3 Player#it was great until the files on my phone started to get corrupted#So I switched to making yt playlists for a while because I just could not figure out the corruption glitch#and finally I was like “Nah I miss offline music” and was looking into getting an actual Mp3 player#turns out mp3 players suck now a days though#so Celest told me to just buy a dongle for my iphone (no headphone jack because Apple sucks) from the official Apple store.#So I did that.#And now I'm fussing about with a program that can download entire playlists off of YT#and itunes#I don't like this btw#I like having more than one “point of failure” AKA like#if my phone dies then I'll have a backup of my music and stuff for example#so I compromised and decided to buy a wallet for my ID and cards#I know this sounds like a weird compromise but I wanted to remove a point of failure from my phone#which is in a wallet case because I'm a disaster about dropping my phones and breaking screens so this plus a screen protector helps#and I usually keep my cards and stuff in the phone wallet card slots#but since I'm going to be using my iphone as a music playing device now as well....#I decided that I would buy a wallet to remove that point of failure#So that way if one gets stolen I still have the other#again I really don't like having everything on one device. And maybe one of my older phones could be a better Mp3 player.#But... bah!!#I'm mad about no headphone jack mostly tbh#Still!!!
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I’ll be fine, I just have to get it all out of my system (Patreon)
#Doodles#Spoiler alert: It has been got out of my system by this point lol#I had a bad writing day and it was terribly demotivating :P I've gotten over it lol#It was an Offline Monday and the previous several days had been such good writing days! To the point where I was worn out lol#But not recognizing that and expecting to just be able to Keep Going - well it led to a minor crash lol#Again nothing bad just complainy and demotivating I'm fine ♪#I am a little :/ about my devices being in the state they are that certainly doesn't help#My laptop's hinge and my iPod being so old and janky and my poor old tablet - still the main one I'm using lol#I think most of my USB drives are shot on this poor laptop so my new tablet that needs more than just the one just....doesn't work lol#It's a good backup to be sure tho! I do still kinda want a standalone proper-like... Investing in an iPad at some point is probably...#Well I'll worry about it more when it's an Actual Problem - for the moment everything is still working! Not the best but it's Doing!#Back to the writing et al lol - It was my Big Project which I think I've pretty clearly gestured at being an Adventure Time comic lol#I have not in fact rewatched the series beginning to end since finishing it - I've watched certain episodes but not just a front to back#I think a rewatch would be very entertaining! Seeing how all the pieces align from knowing the ending going in :)#But I'm good for the moment lol - I've got enough to work on to keep me going for a while yet haha#And as always I want More More More Tamagotchis#I've got my three but I want more!#Always about money huh :P Slowly but surely
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nothing quite like the rush of confidence and empowerment you feel when paying all your bills for the month, maxing out those adult responsibility points, quickly followed by the gut-deep anxiety as you check your bank account to make sure the payments came out and watch the $$$ disappear
#《 ° puffin.exe 》 im a puffin ! i dont do much#° mobile post !#° to be deleted !#° personal !#first of the month. i get paid. i pay all my bills and set aside the money i need for loan and subscription payments. and then i cry a bit.#this month is especially rough cuz im paying for my classes out of pocket... meaning im not getting a loan or refund#so i have very little wiggle room / room for error. all i have for backup is a card ive paid down but i dont want to use it if i can help i#im actually trying to pay it and my other one down completely so i can close the accounts#between my student loans and unpaid debt :x i have financial anxiety orz i need to get a job tbh i just dont know how
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