#cost of learning

[ivygorgon]

Also, check your local library, and get a library card when you do! Even if you never use it ever again, engagement and foot traffic drive their funding! 🙏

Beware!

[gibbearish]

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

[astearisms]

catalysts, protectors

[scoriarose]

Baby that is not an enrichment activity

Baby... Baby no you... Child...

I know you like to play with crinkly things but...

Aaaand into the messenger bag she goes.

[greenlaut]

son of adam

[linkedin-offficial]

teetering on the edge of "is this even sky anymore",

a ghostly train conductor and a runaway coven witch

[yo-yo-yoshiko]

Icarus but not at all, you know what i'm saying? Does that make any sense? Do you see him? Take my hand, we're watching him fall.

Also a bonus little alternate that I drew first but wasn't satisfied with the emotional choices at ALL. and an alt color of that lol cause you know i'm gonna abuse the hell outta that green color as much as possible lol

[starcurtain]

I think the most amazing thing about Alhaitham's ironic question "How has realizing your ideals gone for you?" is that yes, on the surface, it pierced through the heart of Kaveh's feelings at the time and forced him to reflect on whether he still had enough belief to keep going, but--BUT--

This is also Alhaitham subtly asking: "Was your life better without me?"

Kaveh left their friendship because of his ideals.

Kaveh's attempts to realize his beliefs began in earnest during his argument with Alhaitham, who challenged him back then by suggesting that Kaveh didn't honestly believe in his ideals and was just pursuing them out of guilt and a desire to punish himself for his father's death.

Kaveh's attempt to "realize his ideals," therefore, spans the exact amount of time he and Alhaitham have been separated. When Alhaitham asks about Kaveh's attempts, he's asking very specifically about the course Kaveh's life took when he was no longer in it.

How did it go for you? Were you happier? Was it worth it?

I truly believe that Kaveh will be able resolve his conflict with Alhaitham--and come to understand Alhaitham's actual feelings--when he realizes that, in that exact moment, he should have turned the question around:

How did realizing your ideals go for you, Alhaitham?

Was your life better off without me?

No.

[batwynn]

Hey.

You’re going to get people telling you that you can’t enjoy anything because Bad Things are happening.

It’s always been a thing with people, but it’s especially bad right now as a certain chunk of white Americans are starting to experience certain Bad Things for the first time. They’re overwhelmed with it, unpracticed in being targeted and/or even affected by this kind of stuff. So they’ll pop up on your post about making pottery, or being happy with your partner, or a shout out to your nice parents, and they’ll be full of righteous anger at you. They’ll be convinced that you aren’t ‘doing your part’ of the suffering, that the world should stop turning because now it’s finally happening to them. How dare you be happy, they’ll say, when something Important and Urgent, and Bad is happening to me?! And, no, they won’t get the hypocrisy so don’t bother pointing at their selfies at the cafe, their brand new cars, the millions of kisses shared in public with their partners while Bad Things have been happening outside of their personal space. Because they won’t remember that version of themselves. They won’t remember that people can be multifaceted. They won’t remember that joy does not have to be the cost of having knowledge of suffering, and compassion for others. They are experiencing the Bad Things, and it’s all encompassing.

Instead, continue to be happy, continue to share it, and enjoy the things you do. Because most of us have already been in these trenches for a long while now, some even longer than others, and from my experience seeing that the world is still turning and joy is still possible is ten times more important than you ‘experiencing the suffering’ with us. I want to know that pottery is still being made. I want to see Thailand rejoice in queer marriages. I want to know that you are loved and supported by people around you. I want to remember that there’s still joy and laughter and care in the world, and that someone can still experience it when I can’t.

It’s important that the world continues on when and where it can. It’s really, really important.

[grenadine-blood]

post-quarrel 💔

[uselessimpulses]

this dog does in fact bite ((cropped the full sketch page bc i didnt like the other pieces on it oops))

[slaaneshisass]

Space marine engageding in nesting behavior ecstatic to learn partner can sew/knit /chrochet blankets

[uncanny-tranny]

Another bonus to learning a fiber art is being able to speak to others in a Lovecraftian language that nobody else understands...

...and also being able to read things like THIS:

[sexhaver]

every time someone in the notes of that post says "GIMP is fine actually" i kill another hostage. and an extra one if they use the words "skill issue" or imply it's just a learning curve thing

[kijeu]

CHK CHK BOOM .ᐟ mv transitions * ੈ✩

[kagooleo]

happy new years 2025! it's been nearly a whole year since I started posting about fluffyriceshipping here, and my art has changed a lot since then! what better way to start the new year than with some sweet potatoes with their partners 🍠🌅