#but they're balancing it well i think
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god almighty....uncanny counter fight choreo remains so unfathomably boss
#like they're having more cg fun this season but the bare bones of what made their fight scenes so compelling isn't lost#i'm so glad#i was a little worried about how much the psychokinesis would pull the gorgeous tactility out of it but they're being very clever with it#very much of the opinion that a good solid hit will always be more satisfying to look at than a psychic blast#but they're balancing it well i think#the uncanny counter#counter punch
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How long do you think they would last if a pink lizard walked in here? 10 seconds? 20, maybe,
#they're 'splorin#rain world#flickerdoodles#art#group pic#I think I started drawing this like nine months ago and decided to finish it now lol#this is a#cdss#thing - but after chewing on it all this time#i'm not even sure if they CAN climb poles like this#all itties in cdss have core strength/balance issues (among many other things)#the severity is different per person as well#i haven't dug into the extent of that yet#and how much physical therapy helps with it#AKA whether they can get to the point of very slowly climbing poles like this#they also don't have any special abilities like... magnet hands or whatever#ehhh either this will get retconned or I'll figure something out
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Would you say Sans and Papyrus are closer than Sans and Wingdings?
Ehhh I wouldn't know what to say honestly
The dynamics are different
I guess Sans and Wingdings were closer, but Papyrus and Sans have a better sibling relationship (Though they keep a lot of things secret from each other and that's not great...but they might work that out eventually, they're just trying to protect the other)
Hmm I'm more of a show don't tell person so you're all gonna have to wait and see
Just know that both dynamics have good and bad parts!
#i think the reason why Windings and Sans were closer is because obviously they would be! They grew up together and had the same interests#and pursued the same career and they have always been together#but just because they were closer that doesn't mean their relationship was perfect#they obviously cared about each other a lot but things didn't end super well#as for Sans and Papyrus#I think they're not quite as close but their sibling relationship is better and more balanced#and yes they also care a lot for each other#RAAAH ITS SO CLEAR IN MY HEAD BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT#I hope this is alright#answered ask
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i don't know if there's any actual evidence for this (her hair being able to hold his weight doesn't count) but i would like to enter into the record my headcanon that rapunzel, from years of just parkouring and climbing around inside (and maybe sometimes outside, on the walls and roof when gothel's not there?) her tower, rapunzel is strong as fuck and fully able to carry eugene without much problem.
#bluebird.txt#they're both strong af this is my headcanon#part of it is cartoon logic needing people to not think about how much a real non-fictional person could go through#such as eugene if he'd been real 100% dying from falling off a fucking cliff#part of it is vague suspensions of disbelief#but i'd like to believe that they are both strong and squirrely and dexterous#at least initially#cuz i also hc that rapunzel has intermittent balance issues when her hair's short. it comes and goes.#she's still strong but sometimes she can't walk so well#tangled
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Love the bingo event but 2 cards for readers vs 6 cards for writers is foul, why not more 😭😭😭
is it really foul or do just have no idea how long it takes to write sth
#there's 8 writing prompts per card. that's A LOT for the span of two weeks while this event lasts#it's not like i expect anyone to actually write all 48 of these prompts. i just wanted to have some variety within them#and bc they're all based on things i enjoy in fiction and that's a lot of things apparently lmao#so no i don't think it's foul and honestly i don't appreciate the reader vs. writers mentality 👍#writers ALWAYS get the short end of the stick in fandom circles and this goes especially for x reader writers#bc it's a genre that constantly gets clowned on from all sides and it's tiring. so much.#so as a writer myself i want to create events where other writers feel seen and appreciated! where they connect and bond over sth they love#bring a little fun into a space that often feels like you're all by yourself you know#really all i want. it's not a matter of playing favorites or forgetting about other essential parts of fandom (readers)#i think i balanced these cards out really well and everyone got a fair chance in the raffle#plus no one is forced to participate to begin with so lmao.#sorry this turned into a bit of a rant but it's a touchy topic for me#-`♡´- ask
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can i requeeeessstt edgar rescuing scriabin from something |D
Day 6 - There are consequences out here
Bonus, of what he was doing to get stickers in his hair:
#My art#Requestober#Vargas#Scriabin#Edgar#I really wasn't sure what to do with this one at first! Or rather - I immediately had this and another idea but wasn't satisfied either way#I opted for this one because The Feelings and the bonus - additions oddly energizing!#I think it's that at first I was too strongly reminded of the one I made of Edgar cutting Scriabin's hair#Poses too similar! Feelings too similar! Not new or shiny or sparkly or anything!!!#But then the bonus came to mind and cute Scriabin is always nice <3#And then the pose expanded as well! Different! New challenges!#I've been trying to attempt more fullbodies this year :3 I don't make them that often! It's good practice all round!#Anatomy and consistency and more dynamic posing!!!! All good things :D#And also parts that I'm not as used to drawing - their feetsies turned out nice I think! Ah! Feels like a level up love when that happens#And then the Feelings of it all <3#I love Scriabin impulsively enjoying his body So Badly gah#Being extant in private and getting to fully revel in sensation with no filter no interruptions#Consequences now - new fallouts of his own actions - but the immediacy just Feels so much he can't help it#Edgar chides him of course - he's (had to) grown out of such childish impulses! Aren't you an adult!#Really he just worries neither of them would do well with either gone for long stickers least of all haha#And he likes being useful <3 They're so similar haha Scriabin loves to complain and Edgar loves to fret ♥#They balance each other well for what a handful they are#Scriabin especially of course hehe
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Hey, you're being lied to about what fitness constitutes. If you can't work in an hour-long crossfit slog, but you can work in a five-minute walk, then that is still fitness. If you can't use your legs but you can do arm circles every now and again, that is still fitness. If you're moving around at work, that's still fitness. It can be intentional or incidental, but here's the best part: your body doesn't care if you're dedicating specific work-out times. It doesn't care if the "only" fitness it gets is your nine to five on your feet. It doesn't care, fitness is fitness is fitness. Some of us do it differently, but the end result is more or less similar.
If you can do any type of fitness safely, your body isn't going to care if you're doing it like an Olympic athlete or if you're just a casual.
#fitness#gentle reminders#i hate hate hate the idea that fitness must be done Intentionally and in a Hegemonic Way#like... fitness is whatever you make of it and whatever you do#your body isn't going to be like 'well you walked for fove minutes but you didn't do shoulder presses at the gym so it doesn't count 😊'#if you want more specific forms of fitness then SURE you might want to do more specific exercises and activities#but if your goal is overall movement for however much if your body then... you don't Need to be THAT specific#and your goals may be specific for only parts of your body and that's GREAT!#a wheelchair user may for example do more arm exercises so they can use a manual chair for instance...#...and to many people i've noticed they don't think it 'counts' because the chair user isn't using 'all' of their body...#...but it's like... using your arms in non-powered chairs can be really important so like. it's still fitness.#you don't actually have to equally focus on everything if you don't want to or can't#all this to say that fitness is Not hegemonic and you don't need to feel shame about what you do or don't do#even a tiny tiny TINY amount is significant and matters <3#this is definitely something i've gotten more passionate about since becoming a ~gym bro~#because you see just how different people are and what they want out of fitness#and it's taught me a lot more about my own disabilities and how i work with (and even against) them to find balance#this is what i love about those fitness video games too! because they're often made to be engaging and fun!#i LOVED just dance as a kid and that was fitness merging with video games (and i loved video games (still do!))#and i HIGHLY recommend people get video games like just dance or that one nintendo ring game because of these elements!#it combines the comfort of home with movement with engaging music/story/video game elements#and things like that make me believe in peace and love and care on planet earth <<3
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I got hit by a huge wave of nostalgia and fell back into the Undertale rabbithole and I just couldn't resist the urge to make a Handplates skeleton lore accurate oc who I am pretty proud of ngl :] adawd
#funnily enough it all started with me finding a commentary of an undertale analog horror#and then i got the mood to play the game and sorta please my inner child by actually completing a true pacifist route#like I shit you not when I first played as a child i just got stuck on the final boss and that was it#i was seething#anyway after that i remembered that a good friend of mine really likes handplates and that I never finished it so I decided#to start watching it and now i'm obsessed X<X#and looking back it's kinda funny how from like my cringey sans fangirl era i grew so much that i can make a balanced and imo well designed#character. still when i was searching other stuff within the fandom it was still nostalgic and sort of heartwarming and interesting to see#how easy it was to impress me at such a young age. man T_T /pos#tbh Undertale holds such a special place in my heart#thinking back if i didn't have these sorta nerdy fixations and interests I would've probably just crumbled and i'm not joking. I'm glad#these things exist#anyway I should probably make an OC intro of this guy sometime#he's called Dr. T. N. Roman btw :] and they're aroace#also they're in a qpr with Gaster bc I love him and yippee#I kinda imagine these silly skeletons like the gems from steven universe (my friend brought this up originally)#like the idea that they have special customs and they probably copulate and multiply differently/asexually.#tbh this kinda skeleverse is steven universe for mlm people /j#auramoeba's art corner#thus spoke auramoeba#auramoeba's ocs#undertale#undertale oc#fan oc#skeleton oc#w d gaster#nostalgia#doomed yaoi
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Green uploaded this video on his channel!
youtube
And I'm really happy for 2 reasons:
He acknowledged his bad behavior towards his friends and how he let social media change him for the worse
Influencer Arc is coming to an end so we'll most likely get a third episode soon!
#god and the video itself!!#he took off the glasses that symbolized his online persona that he doesn't want to be anymore#“i don't expect them to forgive me but i want to apologize anyway” STOOP😭 he actually thinks they're not going to forgive him#every YouTuber should have an apology video is true now for Green as well lmao#also i think it's interesting how he says he wants to take a break not to abandone his channel#i hope he'll find the balance and bring his friends in it as well and it will become THEIR channel#avm#ava#animation vs minecraft#influencer arc#Youtube
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I think my favorite feeling about BG3, which your comics show, is how hilarious it can be, without demeaning or deterring the emotional attachment. The funny bits don't make the sad parts sting any less, or the catharsis any less gratifying. It makes it such a treasure to play and get immersed in, at least in my opinion.
Yes!! I agree wholeheartedly!
I think one of the most captivating things about this game is that, while the narrative it tells is so big and overwhelming and dark, there are so many charming and funny bits thrown into the game, both in the writing and in all the weird little antics that come with playing a massive video game that can't possibly have all the bugs worked out. But it never feels like it detracts from the experience!
I think it really embodies what playing d&d can be like, and it's wonderful.
#I recently saw a post that I THINK was T. Kingfisher talking about humor in writing#and how (particularly in horror) it's necessary to break the tension so that the most tense moments actually FEEL tense#something to that extent - I'm doing a bad job summarizing lol#but I think BG3 has an excellent balance - and I love that even my silliest comics don't feel entirely out of place with the story#Larian and everyone involved put so much work into this game and I'm glad they're getting recognition for their efforts - it's well-deserve#thank you for sending this - you put into words something I'd been mulling over for a long time!#asks
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some find beauty in sumeru's landscape — its sprawling rainforests, its unique fauna. others find beauty in its emerging art scene — performances put on at the zubayr theater. alhaitham finds beauty in one person alone, his gray.
for @dilucs ♡
#— graytham!#i heavily contemplated which of ur lovely ships i wanted to make a moodboard for and#the pink & green combo of graytham won me over :3#++ i just love ur dynamic!#i think u balance each other out very well!#to me. u are his whimsy! his reminder to finds joy in even the smallest things!#and i think he is ur rock to keep u grounded! a reminder to slow down and breathe#perfect match in my books!#okie! onto the pictures :3#the jellycats. . . they're pink and green so they were bound to make it here lol but bc u are graybun ofc i had to include it!#i wanted to include something with nails bc u always have pretty ones heh :3 and i have an inkling that alhaitham doesn't mind when u gentl#scratch his scalp for him#and the right center photo! i have no explanation for including that one beyond it feeling like graytham to me#the heart socks juxtaposed with his more formal earthy tones was just cute!#and ofc i had to include a bunch of flowers! pink and green specifically~#the more couple-y photos felt like little dates u too might take on ur breaks or over the weekend!#little private spots where the two of u can simply enjoy the presence of each other and nature#ahhh so lovely~ i really enjoyed putting this together!#i hope u enjoy and i am wishing graytham an amazing weekend!
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recent things and such~
#photo diary#image 1 - kind of interesting lacy looking clouds. Image 2 - pinky purple sunset stuff#image 3 - These REALLY cool flowers I saw in a field ? growing wild so like.. weeds I guess. but I like the color of them and how the#petals are small and layered. Image 4 & 5 - More recent hair growth progress. I still think it will never get much longer because#it's been basically the same lenght for multiple years now BUT I do feel like maybe it's getting like... just the tiniest bit longer?? Just#not as obvious of progress as the first few years. Like now if I take it out of the braids and actually hold it so it goes straight down th#very tips of the hair on one side goes down to the tip of my pointer finger. and on the other side goes a little past my thumb. and I#remember maybe last year or two years ago it was only to my knuckles or like midway down my thumb. so.. perhaps it's not reached a#maximum genetic possible length just YET as I'd thought it had maybe lol.. perhaps I could slowly gain a cenitmeter or two#here and there gjbjh.. Unfortunately incredibly doubtful it will ever be down to my knees though as I had wished. oh well.#image 6 - writing again... as always... Slowly chipping away... And looking for ways to make it go faster lol. The original premise was 8#main characters with 6 quests for each. Then it was 5 with 6 quests. Now it's 4 with 4 quests each. And even that I'm like hmm... what#about having only 3... so it could be done faster... lol.. I think mostly just because I have no gaurantee of investment. So it's like#I could spend years and years doing 500.000+ words of writing and then have about 3 people total actually play the game and nobody cares#and nothing ever comes of it. You know? So I have to balance that somehow. And rather that put out the 100% complete version#be putting out like 'here's ENOUGH of it for you to see what the concept is and what it's like. and IF theres any investment then I#can put in the effort to finish the few bits that I left in more of a preview form'' type of thing. And then it's like.. well if I'm#limiting the initial scope anyway - how much is enough to cut away? and how much would be TOO much? etc. etc. I'm pretty sure I#already have it down to a balanced minimum but some days when I'm very stressed over my ability to actually finish anything I'm like..#ehhhh..maybe I could make another main character into a side character.. as a treat lol..#image 7 - cabbage noodle beef stir fry sort of thing. As usual I kind of cook the beef too long because I'm afraid of getting sick if it's#underdone despite preferring medium rare steak lol.. Funnily because usually making something at home has the advantage of you#being able to do it Exactly The Way You Like It whereas me cooking meat is often like.. ah yes.. the worse way that I dont even like. love#to make a tough chewy anxiously overcooked protein puck for myself. :3 Images 8 - 10 -- various plants from the deck. though#some of these pictures are old and they're no longer alive lol.. Most of my plants actually do live through the winter because I#painstakingly move them inside and outside and inside and outside depending on the temperatures. But sometimes.. one cannot#help but be lost. Especially the temperature change sometimes can make them more prone to mold and stuff. and humidity is#hard to control indoors. There's always one or two that deteriorate despite my best efforts. But that's better than every single one of the#dying because they alll freeze when it gets to 20F one night and I left them outside or something lol#ANYWAY.. hrm.. still working on friend quiz thing... and sculptures.. and videos maybe?? costumes... rghhhghhrrr.. (< to do list angst)
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thinking about how if all my tv crushes teamed up they would be so powerful. these mfs would devise the most formidable insane scheme of all time
#like they're all insane alone but as a unit I think they would balance eachother out incredibly well#i wish i could consult them about things like an autistic high council#gerri kellman#severus snape#saul goodman#abe sapien#murray bauman#abed nadir#aziraphale#silvio dante#sandor clegane
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What are some things cable likes about peter?
nathan's type:
red mask ✅ tight suit ✅ kind of stupid ✅ filters sadness through the prism of humour ✅
bonuses peter parker has to offer
cute hair ✅ cute butt ✅ cute everything ✅
#sci speaks#i think cable likes how upstanding peter is. like peter's just a good guy. he's such a good guy.#and i think. being able to read people's thoughts. nate probably doesn't know a lot of people as Good as peter.#like peter's good because he's kind of just... simple. he has simple wants and desires and he's not ever angling for anything.#peter's just so good. and i think nathan is definitely fond on him because of that.#i know i complain about this mindset that peter is pure of heart yadda yadda#I HATE that. i hate the trope where peter's like an angel who is pure of heart. he's not. but.#he's not deceptive or hungry for power or morally righteous or anything. he's just a guy. and that makes him better than most heroes.#i think that's something to admire peter for - that he doesn't let power go to his head and he's flawed but not in a superhuman sort of way#he's flawed in a human sort of way.#he doesn't make cosmic mistakes that effect the balance of the earth (well. he didn't.)#he makes small mistakes that effect his personal life and his relationships but he's trying so hard.#he's so. so small potatoes. and i'm sure nathan just. loves him. peter small potatoes parker.#admires a guy who's living his life like that. without cosmic worries or massive ambition. just a guy who wants to be happy.#i think it's funny how wade equates nate and peter in his head as similar because they're both 'heroes' or whatever#but nathan and peter have such polar opposing philosophies to life. polar opposing that they'd still probably admire and envy eachother for#peter envying nate because he's ambitious and powerful and has a freaking floating ISLAND or whatever#and nathan envying peter for being able to grant himself happiness.
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I love the idea of Irwin "animatedly" doing anything. Somehow I never picture the abrasive, ascetic, brawler colonists as very "animated" characters, but maybe he's just trying to make the lesson engaging for the little guy. I bet Irwin is a great teacher.
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But, alas, while teaching the child about mathematics and biology and tree-felling, it appears Irwin's abrasive trait has also been noticed. Kids do learn from example, but I guess nobody told Irwin that.
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#rimworld#gracie plays#The Animist Alliance#art#my art#traditional art#rimworld art#unpolished art#I can't decide if Andy would consider everyone in the colony as an aunt/uncle or not#Maybe they're all just “Mr” or “Ms” to him#but I do like the idea of Honourary Uncle Irwin#insults from small children just hit harder#They're so brutally honest all the time#Oh handy-dandy tip: don't give axes to three-year-olds#I doubt it will ever end well#Even if said three-year-old is being raised in a colony with a pet dinosaur#I'd still avoid the axe thing#It's tricky to find the right balance between “big round childlike eyes” and “lizardlike slitted pupil eyes”#But I think Andy is a cutie pie either way#Have a good day everyone! Love you! <3
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*sees a long post from an American comparing Cardassia to the USSR/China* *rolls eyes and keeps scrolling*
#cipher talk#It's not that I think those are bad comparisons#It's that I don't trust white American liberals to make them and when yall do it tends to leave a bad taste in my mouth#Kinda veers into orientalism (and yes this is a factor in how Americans and Western Europe views Russia for shitty reasons)#As well as a weird fascination combined with loathing towards leftists that's just gross to be around#I don't even especially like the USSR or some of China's policies post revolution#Including the tendency some people have toward Han supremacy#But Cardassia is a Mish mash of whatever is scary to white progressive men in the 90s#And includes inspiration from the Ottoman British and Japanese empires as well as the Nazis who were Not Communists#So primarily analyzing Cardassia as a communist nation really is just. Foolish? Because they're also compared to fascists#Especially because we don't ACTUALLY know anything about Cardassian economics or much detail about politics#We know they venerate the family (which rings true for Chinese Japanese and Ottoman comparisons)#We know they have a military led ruling class that tries to balance with the Detapa council; military ruling class is not really like#A communist thing it's a dictatorship/authoritarian/fascist thing. A lot of African countries have or had those#Almost none of us are 'communist' in a meaningful way. At best Nasser was a socialist and that's not the same#And you can infer there's classism even from alpha Canon as well as food insecurity#If anything I think a pretty pressing comparison to Cardassia as a whole is they're Turks.#And even that is vague and stretches a bit because they weren't DESIGNED with that much intention#They were designed to be scary and not with a specific ideology and economic policy#If they were designed with such specifics by a politically informed person you would NOT have references to the Nazis alongside references#To communism because those two things are actually the opposite economic/political policy#And the ways they commit atrocities such as genocide or extend neocolonial influence aren't the same!#China for example has a VERY different stance to the US when it does that to the point where many Africans vastly prefer#To deal with Chinese companies because there's a material benefit from it even though Africans are often not getting a good deal#This doesn't make those dealings 'good' but it goes to show how just having a political history recently rooted in communism#Impacts how a government approaches things#Any government unfortunately is capable of genocide colonialism and imperialism. Resistance to those things is not simple.
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