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WIP Wednesday | Lachrimae
He barely ate. Nerves were twisting and gnawing at his guts. He had made this haphazard, roughshod plan, getting from Point A to Point B, but now that he was here, the prospect of walking into a room with his father â as a child â wasâŚ
âŚdaunting.
He could feel him. Vegeta's ki had never left his awareness ever since that first moment in the shuttle. Not when he'd finally managed sleep, and not now that he was awake in the earliest hours of the morning. A small star now, so much dimmer than the one he'd known, and yet unmistakable.
Trunks finally shoved out of bed with restless energy. The tile was cool beneath his feet, and he found himself focusing on the details of the sensation. He noted the press of each individual toe against the floor, then the ball of his foot, then back to the heel. Each recorded observation eased some of that waking anxiety, until he felt himself even once more.
#not as far ahead on this as i've been in the past ;_;#but here's something!#roz fic#dragon ball#dbz fanfic#vegebul#vegebul fanfic#trunks briefs#roz fic: lachrimae
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WHG 19: The chariots
whg tag list: @concealeddarkness13 @pen-of-roses @ratracechronicler @knmartinshouldbewriting @clocksandchaos @forthesanityofsome
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On Asherâs suggestion, I decided I would try and play nice for the stylists once we got off the train. Heâd said it wouldnât do me any good to cause trouble yet but the way they circled and eyed me up like stalking animals... I didnât like it. They all smelled too strong like chemicals that were supposed to smell like roses but applied far stronger than any flower could ever smell. An artificial nectar. It burned my nose. I didnât like it. Â
One of them, the tallest and probably the leader, leaned in and I had to stop myself from gagging. âNow, what should we do with you?âÂ
He reached to tilt up my chin and before I could think better of it I snapped at his fingers, stopping myself just before it would have actually left a mark. He took his hand back and shook it out cursing under his breath but when he looked back to my surprise he was beaming. Smiling ear to ear. Â
âWell!â He slapped his hands down on my shoulders and presented me to the others. âSheâs got sharp little teeth. We might have a fighting chance at victory this year!â He whirled me around to face him again. âKeep that up my girl and theyâll love you!âÂ
I blinked, opening my mouth but failing to think of what to say. So... So they liked this? Was this the kind of things that the Capitol was into? I still hadnât thought of anything as they sat me down in the makeup chair, chatting and poking and brushing. Maybe I should have bit him harder. Asher would never believe me if I told him they approved of it, but on the other hand... Maybe Asher didnât need to know Iâd already gone and done the opposite of what he suggested. Â
The styling team sprayed glitter in my hair, a silver shimmer that ended up looking almost natural like it wasnât plastic and aerosol. They styled it back smooth and slick and curling down around my neck and shoulders and dressed me in sheer, almost cellophane-like robes that drifted and shone like oil on clear water with a dark green slip dress below embroidered in gold patterns that I couldnât decipher for the life of me. The way they seemed to be placed deliberately must have been supposed to conjure some kind of image, but I didnât know what. Â
âThere, youâre all set!â Â
The head stylist gave me a pat on the back that turned to a gentle shove towards the waiting chariots. Each had a horse, big and sturdy at the front in all kinds of colours. I stood and watched one of them from a very generous distance. How come they were so strong but still did what people wanted them to? Just looking at them they seemed like they would have no trouble trampling anything in their way so why didnât they? Did they like pulling carts? Maybe it was fun? If only I could ask them. Â
I didnât talk much to the tributes sharing the chariot with me, from my district. Iâd never met them before and they didnât seem to know who I was either and I was fine with that. Besides... I gripped the front of the chariot and stared out at the gathered crowd. I might have to kill these two anyway so it wouldnât do me much good to get close to them now. They didnât know me. They didnât have any reason to want me alive instead of themselves. None of the tributes being paraded around did. There were a lot of them this year too. Seeing them all spread across the clearing before the presidentâs podium... There were a lot of people who wanted me dead. Who Iâd have to kill to live. Â
I swallowed, shuddering under the noises and the lights and the shouts from the crowd gathered to see us all for the first time. Asher might have found his way into that crowd but I didnât want to bet on it. There were a lot of people there and it didnât seem like something that heâd like. Heâd promised heâd meet me afterwards though and that was good enough. Â
The noise died down and the president started his speech but I couldnât understand most of it from the echoing of the microphone and the sound bouncing off the stands. It probably wasnât very interesting anyway, and probably wasnât even that exciting for him either. By now I doubt there was much new content to add to a speech he had to give every year. Â
The only interesting part of the speech was when a seagull went from lazily soaring above the chariots to swooping low over my head to land in front of our horse to wander over the dirt and pick at items thrown by the crowds. I leaned over the edge of my chariot as it turned over roses, poked at fancy lace creations, and pecked at jewelry that might have be thrown intentionally or may have slipped off of fingers and wrists by accident. It wandered an browsed until one of the horse staff shooed it away, but not before snatching a shiny gold ring and flying off with it. Good for them.Â
Music started up again and the chariot lurched into motion. The sooner it was quiet again the better but I couldnât let the other tributes know that, so I kept my head up and even managed a small wave at the end. I could slump into a chair or a couch later once the excitement was over.Â
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refraining from a lot of election joke posting and instead I just donated $55 USD to gaza soup kitchen and i encourage anyone else to consider donating even a couple of dollars to the people who will be affected the most from whatever outcome happens
you can also donate to care for gaza here
EDIT: please also consider donating to this family their 93% to their goal!! and also please check out this post featuring more places to donate
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License to Kitty.
#dungeon meshi#izutsumi#marcille donato#chilchuk tims#I still stand by my tags on the Izutsumi character study piece I did in January - but I will repeat myself on a few lines here:#I *really* love this character. I love that all of the dungeon meshi crew are complicated and have difficult to love components.#But Izutsumi is a particular kind of hard to love. I foresee a lot of people being turned off by her abrasiveness and lack of teamwork.#She is very self-centered and openly goes against what the party agrees on.#She's a picky eater in a story that is 50% about eating good and healthy food!#It is in part about her growth but admittedly even *then* she remains rather true to her self-centeredness.#Even though she isn't as nice or funny or compassionate as the others...Izutsumi is still someone worth loving.#Even the more difficult people are someone worth loving.#And those people in turn are people who have something and someone they love.#She may be a girlcat but she is the most human of them all.#I hope that if you are an anime only watcher and are feeling put off by her at the moment; you'll give her a chance.#By the way: *yes* I worked very hard to draw that skateboard pose. It was worth it.#EDIT: HAPPY 500th POST OF POORLY-DRAW-MDZS!!! What a comic to commemorate the milestone with!
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this manatee looks like itâs in a skyrim loading screen
#lol good luck finding all of the photoshopped versions in the rb history. âmanatee restoredâ is still my favorite of all time#misc#I encourage anyone dyslexic to try rotating him in your mind. I canât do that; which is why Iâm asking you to.#also: a bunch of tags are surprised this isnât âshopped#itâs the lighting. backlit by the sun (which is diffused through the water) but also forelit artificially#the artificial light - a flash pack or something - casts a hard shadow under the creatures arm#which normally wouldnât be possible if backlit by the SUN; youâd see a less-hard/more-fragmented shadow above water#as light sources âcompeteâ in a sense - and since there arenât any light sources which can outshine the literal sun#it looks a bit weird when the darkest shadow is being cast from any other origin point - which is whatâs essentially happening here#I donât know the mechanics of how light travels through water; but I know the effect is substantial even with relatively short distances#also: itâs been balanced and color corrected by the author of the photo - who made deliberate choices to bring out the full potential#so itâs not like itâs a fresh and untouched export#but the kind of âtacked onâ appearance of the creature is a result of the lighting conditions within the image
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this post is fearmongering. the results of this study are concerning and should definitely be a matter of public discussion, but this is certainly not the conclusion the researchers came to.
the point of the study was to assess the risks of exposure to toxic metals- something one of the co-authors notes are âubiquitousâ fwiw- via menstrual products. Their research confirmed that these metals are indeed present in tampons, but no further conclusions are drawn. it is possible the metal entered into the cotton from the soil, which is a well-known phenomenon; cotton is so good at lifting heavy metals that it has actually been suggested as a part of the solution for revitalizing polluted ground.
the authors conclude with an acknowledgement that the study should be repeated- their sample size was 60 tampons- and a suggestion that further testing ought to be done to indicate whether or not these metals can even leech out of the tampon in the first place, let alone whether or not such leeching could occur at levels deleterious to human health.
there is, in fact, a body of research- too small, for sure, but much larger than this single study- indicating that long-term proper tampon use has no observable negative impact on health. i am grateful and thrilled that more research is being done and i hope that this study is the first of many on this line of questioning, but i am really frustrated at this post and the response it got.
obviously, if this study alters your approach to menstrual health, more power to you. consumers should be informed-risk-takers, and menstrual health is double-obviously a very personal choice. but it definitely wasn't the researchers concluding that you ought to âavoid using tampons at all cost," only this tumblr user did. the lead author of the paper, in fact, specifically says that she hopes people do NOT panic about the results.
(the notes of the post were disappointing. people affirming that they knew they were right to be suspicious of tampons all along, or even recommending alternatives that actually have very little to no research regarding the safety of long-term use, etc. itâs a different conversation, but categorical distrust of tampons is old-school misogyny. you certainly shouldn't wear them if you donât want to, but there is nothing inherently scary or wrong about them, and people who prefer them are not being reckless or crass.)
((if you're really worried about exposure to heavy metals, you may want to turn a critical eye to fast fashion, as an aside))
#couldnât reply to the original#so. sorry for the screenshot lol. but i can't put my two cents there. and this topic bugs me (grew up in anti-tampon country)#(Utah)#i do not blindly believe that tampon brands are looking out for us or anything. i hope that comes across here.#anyway. it's something to keep an eye out for more research. i hope this team is able to continue their work
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love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking
#yes i want things to be free like ??? that is not a weird desire#'but but it costs money to keep up' ok and? how is that my problem#the government has plenty of murder dollars they could reallocate a few to make internet services universal if they wanted#also these companies were perfectly capable of supporting themselves before the internet got drowned with ads so ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ#edit: muting notifs on this post bc new additions have kind of petered out#so no one feel bad about adding something someone else has saidâ it is not bothering me im just trying to keep my#notifs page cleanish lol#also since i saw some people are being redirected to read my tags: firstly hiiiiii this is a special secret message for you:3#secondly i have learned since making this that the reason they were able to support themselves previously was because#of investors bankrolling everything#and theyre now finally realizing that theyre never going to actually make a profit and arent as willing to invest#however thats just a minor correction and doesnt change my overall point#once again. so many murder dollars#so thats why im just adding it here in the tags rather than making an actual correction#anyways . love yall đ#origibberish#bigger gibbers
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Does anybody else track their life though a series of obsessions? Like âah yes, i remember that happening, i was obsessing over Star Gate Atlantis at the time,â or, âthis was during my Supernatural era.â I can map out my whole life in this way.
#thundercats was the first#tmnt after that#though it was teenage mutant hero turtles here#since they thought ninja was a bad thing#or something#then I discovered Star Trek#and on and on it goes
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Jason but he wears this helmet đź
#jason todd#red hood#dc comics#batman#my art#digital art#just something really quick because I saw these helmets for the first time a few days ago and have been thinking about them ever since#wonât tag dick because heâs not even really here#also dick doesnât know what heâs talking about cause those helmets are sick as hell#mister hypocrite DISCOWING grayson
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rules for thee and not for me
#sorry the t/rf thing was like an actual roach infestation so I made a new post and deleted the old one and turned off reblogs#but I didn't want you to be without the og comic so here you go guys#nice fresh and clean#old tags ->#funnies#btw you're allowed to watch the silly sisters and the giggle brothers just keep your morals consistent istg#its very embarrassing when you criticize someone for enjoying something from a problematic creator#whilst openly being a fan of another thing with an awful creator and defending them because you like that thing#really weird hill to die on
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#art#my art#trans art!#werewolf#ftm#trans masc#i hadn't done something specifically for pride yet so uh here you go#yay :D
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this is just my opinion but i think any good media needs obsession behind it. it needs passion, the kind of passion that's no longer "gentle scented candle" and is now "oh shit the house caught on fire". it needs a creator that's biting the floorboards and gnawing the story off their skin. creators are supposed to be wild animals. they are supposed to want to tell a story with the ferocity of eating a good stone fruit while standing over the sink. the same protective, strange instinct as being 7 and making mud potions in pink teacups: you gotta get weird with it.
good media needs unhinged, googling-at-midnight kind of energy. it needs "what kind of seams are invented on this planet" energy and "im just gonna trust the audience to roll with me about this" energy. it needs one person (at least) screaming into the void with so much drive and energy that it forces the story to be real.
sometimes people are baffled when fanfic has some stunning jaw-dropping tattoo-it-on-you lines. and i'm like - well, i don't go here, but that makes sense to me. of fucking course people who have this amount of passion are going to create something good. they moved from a place of genuine love and enjoyment.
so yeah, duh! saturday cartoons have banger lines. random street art is sometimes the most precious heart-wrenching shit you've ever seen. someone singing on tiktok ends up creating your next favorite song. youtubers are giving us 5 hours of carefully researched content. all of this is the impossible equation to latestage capitalism. like, you can't force something to be good. AI cannot make it good. no amount of focus-group testing or market research. what makes a story worth listening to is that someone cares so much about telling it - through dance, art, music, whatever it takes - that they are just a little unhinged about it.
one time my friend told me he stayed up all night researching how many ways there are to peel an orange. he wrote me a poem that made me cry on public transportation. the love came through it like pith, you know? the words all came apart in my hands. it tasted like breakfast.
#warm up#writeblr#actually this is because again i don't go here#i don't read/write fanfic but i have nothing but respect for my troops#but i also have never played minecraft. im sorry. please ask me any question about pokemon tho i love that shit#anyway#out of some banal and thoughtless curiosity i watched the minecraft movie trailer#and again i know nothing about minecraft. i am aware im in an endangered population#but im watching this going: this is so fucking.... BAD#there is NO LOVE in it!#like if someone who has NO history in minecraft watches that and is like - ohhh this is soulless#WHO IS THE AUDIENCE????#ppl who love minecraft are gonna hate it!!!#at some point it's the ''mean girls musical movie'' problem --#some people will always hate the premise of what you're doing and some people will love it#make it for the ppl who love it#and usually that somewhat convinces the haters to like. chill enough to TRY it . bc it IS good#but when you try to make it for the haters..... nobody likes it. it doesn't have passion. energy. footwork#which is a small way of saying a big thing: if you love something. fucking make it and assume someone will love it too.#i love u . be brave . be bold. be in boston and come to my reading#where i wrote a really weird fucked up little book.#love u love u love u etc
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Happy 10th anniversary to FNAF!!
#myart#chloesimagination#comic#fnaf#five nights at freddy's#fnaf fanart#fnaf movie#fnaf silver eyes#into the pit#security breach#mike schmidt#micheal afton#springtrap#fnaf vanny#william afton#fnaf vanessa#charlie emily#gregory fnaf#cassie fnaf#oswald fnaf#abby schmidt#HAPPY 10 years!!#All the rabbits are pretty happy about their anniversary!#everyone else though all the protagonists? not so much pff#they have no reason to celebrate their crimes#SILLY lil comic I wanted to do had to do something to celebrate#tbh me drawing fnaf everyday was my celebration gift as is#tried to add all the fnaf canons into this one games movies and books#I only started to draw fnaf late lsst year but Iâve been a fan from the very beginning#happy 10 years to fnaf and hereâs to many more!! đđ
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above all else a trans woman is a person. above all else a trans women is a woman who goes to the same grocery store as you and buys fruits in the same grocery cart as you and goes home and eats her dinner the same as you. above all else a trans woman is a woman who dresses like you do and talks the same way you do. above all else a trans woman is a woman who wants to be cared about the same way you want to be cared about and a trans woman is a woman who makes friends the same way you make friends. above all else you should care about trans women because they are people. treat her as such.
#pig originals#im so fucking tired. right now. let me know if something here doesnt make sense or whatever but god damn#its always the fucking singling out of transfem people i just. want everyone to have a normal life#i want everyone to have the chance to worry over their clothes or whatnot not whether. they're going to be respected as Actual Human Beings#i want us all to have the opportunity to live quiet happy lives forever#can we fucking do it!!!!! ahh!! ahh im going to explode
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was talking with a friend about how some of dunmeshi fĐ°ndom misunderstands kabru's initial feelings towards laios.
to sum up kabru's situation via a self-contained modernized metaphor:
kabru is like a guy who lost his entire family in a highly traumatic car accident. years later he joins a discord server and takes note of laios, another server member who seems interesting, so they start chatting. then laios reveals his special interest and favorite movie of all time is David Cronenberg's Crash (1996), and invites kabru to go watch a demolition derby with him
#dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#kabru#kabru already added laios as a discord friend. everyone else in the server can see laios excitedly asking kabru to go with him#what would You even Do in this situation. how would YOU feel?#basically: kabru isnt a laios-hater! hes just in shock bc Thats His Trauma. the key part is kabru still says yes#bc he wants to get to know laios. to understand why laios would be so fascinated by something horrific to him#and ALSO bc even while in shock kabru can still tell laios has unique expertise + knowledge that Could be used for Good#even if kabru doesnt fully trust laios yet (bc kabru just started talking to the guy 2 hours ago. they barely know each other)#kabru also understands that getting to know ppl (esp laios) means having to get to know their passions. even if it triggers his trauma here#but thats too much to fit in this metaphor/analogy. this is NOT an AU! its not supposed to cover everything abt kabru or laios' character!#its a self-contained metaphor written Specifically to be more easily relatable+thus easy to understand for general ppl online#(ie. assumed discord users. hence why i said (a non-specific) 'discord server' and not something specific like 'car repair subreddit')#its for ppl who mightve not fully grasped kabru's character+intentions and think hes being mean/'chaotic'/murderous.#to place ppl in kabru's shoes in an emotionally similar situation thats more possible/grounded in irl experiences and contexts.#and also for the movie punchline#mynn.txt#dm text#crossposting my tweets onto here since my friends suggested so
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