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unlocked a new diy skill: learned how to drill a hole in wood
#ok listen I had to figure out EVERYTHING about this#from the size to how the fuck to put the drill bit into the machine thingy to the settings to the actual drilling#BUT now I can hang up a wooden clog to put a plant in it#my dad is 100% facepalming the whole time from the afterlife#I can feel him judge me#while I probably ruin his tools#shouldn't have died if you didn't want me to fuck this up dad#anyway this is just yet another step in my long term plan of#'if I can't get the cute diy loving lesbian I will become the cute diy loving lesbian'#(and see if all my super amazing skills attract a cute girl)#also I don't have pictures of the end result because I need to go to the diy store to get screws first#baby steps etc
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I lose my mind about once every two months on the dot for about 4 hours and then Iâm fine. Hopefully by next year I can get this to âonce every 6 monthsâ
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Gonna try to be one of those girlies (neutral) again who washes and moisturises their face every morning and evening. Wish me luck
#also i am attempting to lotion after the shower but tbh its a Lot#idk how you guys do it#usually i just splash my face with water and scrub with a facecloth but ive been told#that thats not sufficient#so i have one (1) cleanser and one (1) moisturiser#baby steps etc
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Like 3 weeks ago I could barely hold a plank & now Iâm up to 1 minute, so thatâs cool
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She para on my humans till I [GRUESOME SOUNDS OF BUG FUELED VIOLENCE]
Redraw of a skitter design I did a little over a year ago, comparison under the read more
And the sketch. As a little treat. Just for you.
#taylor Herbert#parahumans#parahumans worm#worm#my art#Iâm sorry itâs so dark her hair being black and her suit also being black is so irritating to me#eyes changed to red to mimic a fly. face mask had a minor change to mimic the head of an ant better#antennae got a little extra prong to mimic ant pincers and also bc hollow knight fan#boots got a steel toe for maximum violence potential#suit padding was actually referenced off of motorcycle armor instead of just winging it#no skirt or belt because I don���t think the former looked good and I didnât want to draw the latter#even if itâs not canonically accurate she needs some form of armor. Taylor your vital organs. theyâre in danger.#iirc she DID put knee pads and stuff on when she first started out. and yet she refuses to wear a helmet. inevitable TBI moment.#in terms of general art stuff the posing looks so much better. look who learned about contrapposto.#and improved (a little) at anatomy. not really on costume design but weâre taking baby steps.#Iâd like to thank the wormblr fans for recirculating the og post every three months or so for getting me out of my art block#nothing will make you draw faster than seeing your old art go around.#i promise Iâll finish worm one day đŤĄ#end of patch notes/ted talk/etc
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I just saw a few "beginner artist" animations and posts that had gained some traction and their comment sections actually made me pretty seethingly upset.
"Experienced" artists really just jump on "beginner" artists to tell them all the 2 to 5 to 50 things that they can do better. All under the guise of "I'm just tryna help" and coated with "you have potential!". Well I am also a fellow artist and that is so haughty and discouraging to me. Some artists need to get off their hyper realistic objectively superior anatomically correct high horses and give the goofy newbie ones some fucking room to breathe. Leave beginner artists alone, a tip or two is fine but they do not need 20 people correcting all their "mistakes" and giving tips and criticism where it was never asked for. I genuinely feel so bad for these beginning artists who put in effort to create something, and that's the foremost beauty of art, only to get jumped like prey by all these other artists who fail to appreciate the very core of what they claim to teach. If you do that, THEY DON'T NEED YOU to grow as artists, and that's assuming you even wanted to help and not just having a superiority complex
#if people ask for criticism thats a different story. Im not here to tell you you cant say what you want. free speech and whatever#its the internet#but holy SHIT#if I had gotten this amount of âexperiencedâ artists seeing my newbie artwork#ough I shudder at the thought. Horrible#blabber#art#I will tell you right now I criticize etc some art in private. with friends. dont do that in the artist's face are you kidding me#If a baby takes its first steps are you going to give it a 5 minute pep talk on its posture correction and how to run#like no oh my god the baby will be fine. People new to their craft will be fine#are you gonna do that because it gives you an ego boost because youre better at walking than a baby. no youre not!!!
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mom was right nobody ever helps in this fucking house
#feeling murderous today <333#literally why am i the idiot fuck who always ends up deep cleaning the house#bc if not my roomies are happy to let it turn into a dumpster hello???#at least today i discovered that if i loudly announce âi WANT TO CLEAN THE HOUSEâ from three days in advance#one of them might feel spiritually moved to put away the dishes. baby steps. leading by example etc etc#(sadly obviously itâs the girl the boy will Not do shit ever i fear)#âcan i use the bathroom one sec?â my faggot in christ do you Not See iâm elbow deep in the toilet you want to shit in???????????????? die#retroactively apologizing to my mom sheâs never been wrong once in her life she suffered more than christ#and now iâm following the same path cleaning after ppl my age đŤĄđŤĄ#send post
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DRABBLE CHALLENGE 2024: DAY 5 / RING Roma gets new clothes.
Rahadinâs armor fit Roma perfectly--an honest surprise considering so few things did. The fine leather breast piece lay flat and uncomplicated over his clothes. The boots neither squeezed his toes nor chafed his ankles. Even when the collar was clasped fully shut, he felt like he could breathe comfortably.Â
For someone who had a lot of complaints about clothes, Roma could admit that these were nice. They would serve as a good replacement for his tattered traveling leathers... though, cynically, Roma was fairly sure whatever benefit they provided would be negated by Strahdâs rage upon seeing that he, of all people, was wearing the chamberlainâs armor.  Â
Roma fished out the signet ring Rabbit had plucked from Rahadinâs body; like everything else, it was a satisfying weight at the center of his palm. Roma remembered the monster hunter theyâd parted ways with just a few days earlier.Â
âKnives would like this.â He thought as the raven insignia glinted in the early morning light. âIâll give it to her the next time we meet up.âÂ
Roma pocketed the ring again.Â
Well. Whatever. Strahd was dead set on killing everyone anyway. Not something a ring and some armor was going to change.
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#strahdart#strahdposting#roma#knives = ez lmao#still trying to gain my footing expression wise before i start tackling the fact that this challenge should be 100 words long lolll#BUT baby steps#we kick off the rust etc
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When you don't want to get out of bed-
#MyArt#Fanart#Spark The Electric Jester#Spark TEJ#Spark TEJ 3#Spark The Electric Jester 3#Spark#Formie Fark#Fark#Digital Art#Art#comic#*SLAPS spark across the head* this man can fit so much guilt in him-#Bro i just wanna practice drawing comics more and also express the guilt i'd imagine spark having after events of spark 3 on g o d#wanted to try my hand at little subtler movements/panels. like simply making a cup of tea etc. etc. I love those quiet moments#when in doubt....make a simple tasty breakfast thing and ur good to go with making little baby steps. i know from experience pfffffff#bro what if......ohmygod they were roommates.....I can dream pfff. at least Fark can visit every now and then to check in on spark
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don't know how to say this in a nice way but. the food recalls we're having? the shortages of (and high prices) of eggs due to bird flu? they're not JUST because of lax regulations under trump though they are. they're also because animal agriculture when done intensively is fraught with risk and because we literally don't have the space to sustain ourselves like this. and some of us are so privileged by the fact that this global clusterfuck of a food system we have is designed to feed the western empire that they don't realise how bad it is
I know going vegan or even eating less meat is not possible for many people but i am BEGGING you to please, let's all collectively get our heads out of our asses and realise for one more time that just because individual behaviour does very little it doesn't mean that there isn't a LOT of collective action and systemic change that needs to happen. because nutritious food from plants should be cheap and easy to access but it isn't! because animal products, despite taking a lot more resources to get to the point of consumption are heavily subsidised. because our whole food system is based on competition rather than making sure everyone gets enough to survive, starting with the most vulnerable who aren't going to have as many options as the rest of us.
#i know diet culture fucked this one up real bad for us#but it's destroying the planet and people are dying of hunger#collective action is always the solution#and food that's the result of it will always taste better. everyone can always be accommodated but we can't be careless#and some of us have a lot more privilege than we realise. is it held onto out of desperation? i believe so. but it still exists#and we have to address the factors for why people desperately hold onto a higher animal product diet (time poorness is one)#before we figure out how to consume responsibly. but i need all of you to never give up on the fact we CAN consume sustainably#we need to be sharing our food etc in times like these. we need to take baby steps a little more towards equity#animal agriculture#climate solutions#antibiotic resistance#disease outbreaks#food safety regulations#biodiversity crisis#we need to start getting a growth mindset around these things
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WIP WEDNESDAY.
i was tagged by the lovely @corvosattano and lo and behold i actually have something this time !!
tagging: @malefiicarum @rosebarsoap @lvllns @ladyshar @shadowshearts @liurnia @astarien @kirnet @druidgroves @anoras @shadowglens @calenhads @mrs-theirin @nuclearstorms @flymmcargo @maxthetruman @necroticpetals @devilbrakers @morvaris @hylfystt @shellibisshe and you!!!!!!!!!!!!
i like to call this one "astarion is playing himself and he doesn't even know it. also he's bitchy."
âHow did you learn such a skill, anyhow? Picking locks on doors you canât enter?â she teased.
Astarion grumbled. What was that saying? Stones from glass houses?
âSo many jokes from one asking so many favors.â
âOne joke,â she corrected. âAnd one favor.â
Astarion listened close for the ticks of the lock, rolling his eyes. âEugh. Thatâs how it always starts. âPick a lock for me, Astarion! Hold my bag for me, Astarion! Rub my back for me, Astarion! Do all the hard work for me, Astarion, while I gorge myself on excess and watchââShhhhhhit!â The pick snapped between his fingers pathetically, as if retribution for his outburst.
If Ursula noticed his defeat, she did not reveal it. Gorge myself on excess, she mouthed with a slow nod. She shrugged, took another bite of her apple, and said nothing. Typical of her to let him complain. Some days he couldnât decide whether she was patient or simply a stonewall. Perhaps both.
Astarion wormed the broken pick out of the lock, grateful it hadnât been busted, and set to work with a fresh set.
He contemplated an apologyâthe use of it, that is. In truth, the situation between the two of them was quite the opposite and he knew it. She rarely asked anything of him. Of anyone, really. She defended him relentlessly and she allowed him to drink from her on the regular, and he didnât need to ask. Picking a lock once in exchange for the kind of security and sustenance she provided seemed more than a fair bargain.
But Astarion was nothing if not frivolous, and Ursula did not mind, so he deigned to feel no shame in complaining, hyperbolic as he may have been. Perhaps embarrassingly so.
âYou know you can get up whenever you wish, love,â Ursula said.
He tutted, tossed a sideways glance at her. Torchlight glinted off the recent puncture wounds in her neck as she leaned against the wall. Her good hand held the apple while she tucked the injured one close to her waist. He looked away quickly, lest he be reminded how she found herself injured in the first place. Lest he feel a shred of guilt, or worse: indebtment.
He can get up whenever he wishes.
Hmph.
Well.
The lock wasnât exactly difficult, was it? He wasnât doing this for her. On his knees in the dirt? Certainly not. This was a strategic move. He needed her trust. He wanted to see what was on the other side as well. Obviously.
The final tumbler clicked into place and he teased the lock to the side. He shoved the door open with a triumphant grin, only to be met with⌠Nothing. About ten square feet of dusty floorboards and barren wall sconces. Not even a hint of any secret passageways or loose planks. Astarionâs shoulders slumped.
Ursula poked her head inside and casually scanned the vacant room. âHuh,â she said. âJust an empty storage room. Oh well.â
âWhââ Astarion started, but she was already marching away. âAre you kidding me?! After all that?â
#i cannot for the life of me remember who writes and who doesn't so i'm so sorry if i missed any tags or mistagged !!#lmk if anyone is cool w being tagged in wip wednesday !!#tag game#writing*#ch: ursula#x: love opened a mortal wound#but yeah. the one (1) time she asks him to do something in act one he's like oh so you want me to die is that it#anyways. i'm still trying to improve !! baby steps etc
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[OC- Marlin and Rosemary ] Marlin enjoys the human pleasure in dancing. Also pppshh making a playlist for them
#Marlin was 100% against human contact.#No Timekeeper ever made contact with humans. So#he was worried it will disturb the timeline etc#Rosemary on the other hand proved that theory wrong.#She slowly got him to gently hold hands then to dancing#then finally kissing. You know baby steps#tap ocs#ocs
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The thing about the painter analog that people don't get and makes them hate it is that at heart this isn't a serious horror story. This is pure gore not only for the sake of gore but for the sake of camp. Once I was talking of to my dad laughing at the guy who had his face sanded off and he was like yeah not new they did that in Jason already đ which was later reinforced by UrbanSpook admitting this is inspired by those old 80s slasher which should tell you everything.
I'm saying this bc i saw a video pairing it with Playground and the incest game and while I don't know the second I watched a video on playground once and the difference is that that book is trying to tell a story and say something on top of the gore but the later makes it hard to care. Which is kind of the issue another "gone too far" piece of media my beloved A Serbian Film runs into where you cannot take yourself too seriously if you also want to show over the top violence or you'll lose the audience.
OF COURSE there are exceptions like Hostel, Saw and đ the human centipede âşď¸ (cocksucker for that movie and it's more serious points, though it barely counts bc the gore is very tame save for in 2) and I couldn't exactly tell you what's the difference between what makes them work and what doesn't but still.
But I'm getting off topic I'm not here to say which media is good or not I'm here to point out the painter is not a serious story that asks you to care for the characters it's a over the top schlocky gore that asks you to go GROOOOSS or laugh at the over the top brutality it presents. Which is very standard in horror.
#luly talks#urbanspook#the painter analog horror#also yes actually I'll mention THC again bc that movie is deemed to go ''too far'' which is joked about often in its sequels#in 3 after the inmates at the prison watch the movie they echo the opinions of the public (calling the director sick saying he'd be jailed#etc except for my best friend who GETS IT and is laughing ILY BESTIE) and 2 is a direct response to the reaction of 1#while 1 is an extremely fucking tame horror movie BY ALL FUCKING MEANS (1 surgery scene and its so clean. after that just a tad bit of blood#and some minor infection) they made a movie that ACTUALLY went too far#and i ironically enough hate it despite appreciating this bc it just isn't fun for me. because it's trying a bit too hard.#but in case you don't know. one of the links of the centipede is a pregnant woman. she escapes and gives birth in the car. baby falls on the#brakes. she steps on its head.#pointing it out since children seem to be the point ppl go THIS IS TOO FAR#i personally found the baby squishing the highlight of the movie. second to that is. the barbed wire rape#which i didn't like because i don't enjoy seeing women be raped in my movies but its like#so funny man. literally bro put barbed wire on his cock. like that's just iconic#what shit like this and the painter are trying to achieve is simple shock. and that's FUN.#if you dont find it fun that's literally okay it simply isn't your piece of cake but that doesn't mean its bad or it shouldn't exist.#like i still see ppl insult it like GROW UP... THIS KIND OF HORROR HAS EXISTED FOREVER STOP BEING SUCH A BABY MAN
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#saw a friend today who decided on having kids now that she's getting married to her longtime boyfriend#i deeply appreciate that friend but i never got on board with how she speaks so matter-of-factly of having a baby#bc she believes she 'owes' her significantly older bf#another motivation seems to be that she just wants to be done with her job and become a sahm (crossong myself)#also shes annoyed by other kids but bought into the idea that 'it's different once they're yours'#well yeah for life and death reasons not because your child suddenly becomes a ray of sunshine 24/7#idk idk i see how she could manage somehow but she gets easily overwhelmed and dissatisfied as it is&says she doesn't have any savings so.#hm. worried.#also wanting to become pregnant to have a reason to stop smoking as if there aren't so many pregnant women smoking right this second#between this and my friend who keeps dating mentally unstable men in order to have a kid despite a risk of maternal death#and a another befriended couple that seems to be head over heels for getting pregnant asap despite some red flags#it feels very very isolating to be a woman right now#oh i forgot to vent that friend a seems to reject it when i say that statistically it can take like a year to get pregnant#and she also doesn't want to get tested.#like i get that since im not planning on kids rn and took active steps for birth control im more aware of the risks and statistics#but it's worrying how little some people want to think about things like money mental health physical etc before having kids
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Like we'll never make proper progress bc too many women have internalised misogyny and are quite happy with it bc they see their successful conforming to gender roles as something they should be proud of and other women's "unsuccessful" conforming as something to shame. Why? My assumption is bc they also don't want to have to conform 24/7 and are bitter when confronted with women who have decided they won't bother anymore. I like to think that bc then there's at least some hope for them.
#it could also just be ''if i conform and hate like a man then i'll be successful despite the patriarchy'' but#idk i hope it is just a misguided envy and want to break free from societal expectations#i get it. i wish i didn't feel like i have to put on make-up too but it's baby steps#i took it off now and i'll see my bf without it even tho i feel like i don't look ''good enough'' for a bare face but#it's my natural face and it's always good enough#but anyway and this successful conforming as a point of pride?#let me be controversial. it's bc you all fell for the beauty industry's rebranding into#''self-care and self-expression'' and are now fully convinced it's a choice that is never influenced by anything#other than what the woman wants. make-up is fun and a way to express yourself so that woman who doesn't do it#must just not be able to do it how sad and pathetic lol#but it's not self-care of self-expression if you're using it to change your natural appearance#i am only pro-make-up if it's used to emphasise or genuinely have fun but i don't trust the world with it at all so#idk. i kinda grew to like slathering my cheeks and nose in pink glittery blush bc i like to look cutesy#but i hate feeling like i have to use concealer. etc etc.#one is a fashion accessory one is ''i need to look perfect at all times bc society expects that from me'' and THAT is what we need less of
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I was about to say the tonal differences between the different parts of arkham knight feel a bit off and implicative of different writers but then I realized that's just the experience of reading batman comics
#arkhamverse#reading the city stories: murder baby killing suicide#the overheard conversations 'so i heard penguin had a shark so wacky lol'#to be clear i appreciate the latter ig they listened the misogyny complaints#batman#like you need to overheard those conversations etc sometimes more than once#the misogyny in arkham knight: stepped down#racism: hm well
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