#devil-may-care attitude

[dangerous-realms]

@viciousoverlord

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It was one of those days, a day where her sense told her that a planet nearby was slated to be erased. There was always some looming sadness over the former destroyer god, especially when the planet was so full of life and not a angle thing visible for it to warrant such. The people are a mix of good and bad like most races, but it seemed there was more bad then good. Either way, it was her job to erase this place, and that's what she was going to do.

Key word being was, because as she started to warm up while in space to poof the planet and its inhabitants out of existence, she would sense a certain someone currently on it as well. With a short sigh, the demonic dragoness would descend into the planets atmosphere in a skilled and controlled decent, the heat of which bothered her not as she was quite heat resistant. Once she was on the ground, the incarnation of Destruction would walk towards the saiyan while running one of her scaled hand through her crimson her red hair as her wings folded up behind her.

"Why, it's a fancy meeting you here Kefla. What brings you to this planet?"

A simple, straightforward question with a tone of intrest and curiosity in her voice. He was lucky she could sense his energy, otherwise he would have been turned to dust just because he was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

[yuuyami-the-wanderer]

Poor Dan Heng, the writers keep on pairing him with undead men with red motifs and crazy written all over them.

I really like Boothill tho, while Blade was a past flame with stalker and till-death-do-us-part energy Boothill Boothill is more of a pal? Idk, I can see him offering Dan Heng a drink and a non-judgmental ear.

[loving-jack-kelly]

spot and jack are brothers not in that they grew up together and not even in that they are closer to each other than most other people but in that as much as they fight and yell and call each other ugly things and act like they don't care, they look up to each other and understand each other in a way that even they can't fully understand or articulate

[daguerreotyping]

Carte de visite of actor Henry James Montague, c. 1870s

[archondorian]

just had the earth shattering realization that vesemir circa nightmare of the wolf is actually just what the witcher version of garrett hawke of dragon age fame would be like

[withheartsaligned]

my vices ain't my enemies, i'm not proud of them but i'm proud of me ♫

[dandelionsandderivatives]

Advice on finishing seams without a serger?

I don’t really want to own a serger and I feel like they’re fairly recent machines anyway. There must be a better way to finish seams?

For my skirt I just turned the fabric twice and hemmed so it would be a nice finished edge. The issue is that then when I attached two seams, the poor needles had to go through 6 layers of fabric and sometimes I was at a corner and they had to go through so much it didn’t fit under the foot. There must be something I’m missing because this wasn’t even a thick fabric.

HALP PLS!!! 😭😭

Hello! I'm so sorry for the late response; I've had a few disruptions to my regular schedule in the last few weeks, and I wanted to give this a good, long, thorough answer. You absolutely don't need a serger; I'm pretty sure my grandmother has never owned one, and she's still wearing things she made back in the early 90s. I'm not as good a needlewoman as she is, but most of my stuff has held up at least as well as its storebought equivalent.

(Probably) the easiest and simplest option is just to zigzag over the edges of your fabric with a sewing machine. A serger essentially rolls sewing the seam, trimming seam allowances, and zigzagging/overcasting into one step. Depending on what you're making, you might want to trim seam allowances after sewing the seam, and then zigzag over the raw edges, or, if you've got a lot of short seams that won't fit nicely under the machine after you've sewn them, you should be able to zigzag over the raw edge of the fabric before you sew the seam. (The issue with the second option is that you'll have the full seam allowance left in there, but if you're doing that sort of precision piecing I expect the seam allowance will be narrow enough that it doesn't matter.) This doesn't necessarily have to be a zigzag stitch proper; my mother's machine does a finishing stitch that looks a bit like a blanket stitch, and I've seen other variations. But practically every machine made after 1970 or so has a zigzag, so you'll probably have the equipment to do it. The key part is that you want to catch the edge of the fabric inside the stitch, so that the stitching thread is binding the last few threads of the fabric together.

The hand-sewing equivalent to this is whipping (whipstitching) the edge of your fabric with needle and thread. I generally don't put my handmade clothes through the dryer, but all of the ones I've finished with this method have been fine in the washing machine. Most of them have survived at least one trip through the dryer unscathed. I suppose you could also do a blanket stitch, but that seems like an unnecessary amount of work.

Other methods:

Seam binding: I haven't personally tried this one. It's usually used for heavier fabrics that won't be lined (a single-layer blazer or skirt, etc). I'm sure it has other applications, but I haven't seen it often.

Pinking: This is the old-school way to finish seams. I haven't really tried it myself.

French seams: These are annoying to do on a curve and can add a good amount of bulk, but they're a very clean finish. Usually used on lingerie and other lightweight fabrics (doing this in coating weight sounds like a nightmare but also a really good high fashion concept).

Flat-felled seams: This is the way the inside of your jeans is finished. Historically it was often used for shirts, shifts, and other high-wear areas where you wanted to avoid chafing. It's somewhat similar to the French seam.

All right, now for Sewing Confessions: I'm pretty lazy when it comes to finishing my seams. I started sewing with historical stuff that wouldn't get washed super often and vintage dresses, all in quilting calico. (This is generally a bad idea but for some very specific eras of fashion it can work.) My most-washed historical piece was probably my chemise, which was sewn from old sheets. I didn't bother to do much finishing on any of these, partly because I didn't know how, and partly because I didn't really want to flat-fell all the seams in my chemise if nobody was going to see it. (Now that I'm thinking about it, I may actually have flat-felled most of my first chemise. I made a second one fairly quickly.) The other fabric I worked in was cotton flannel for nightwear.

With all of these pieces, the fabric began to wear out/get shabby long before the seam allowances frayed enough to make anything structurally unsound. I have popped a few stitches here and there which could have been saved by a more robust seam, but in general I didn't have many problems. Once I was sewing in nicer fabrics (silk and rayon, especially), I started to have issues with seam finishing. So far, simple hand-overcasting has stood up well for most of these. My usual sewing machine is straight-stitch only, so zig-zagging hasn't been an option for most of these. They've held up fine so far.

Maybe if I got some really nice fabrics, it would be a different story; I'm not telling you not to finish your seams! But bargain-bin cotton flannel, in my experience, wears out too quickly to make conscientious finishing worth it. Don't stress too much about it! I'd advise, from what little I've seen of your sewing posts, to stick to a good zigzag, or whatever finishing stitch on your machine looks interesting. If you want to be strictly historical, try pinking or flat-felling, depending on era and context. When you make some really nice sheer blouses, then maybe pull out the French seams. When you're doing a pair of wool trousers, try seam-binding tape. Go forth and sew boldly!

[zincbot]

"meningitis is a human affliction. you're not human, dante"

[greaterstolenlandspolycule]

Ten songs, ten people

I was tagged by @thesolemnhour

Anyone who wants to do it can consider themself tagged by me!

Putting this under a cut, as it got a bit long

Helmi/Aino:

(1) Mirror of the World by Daisuke Ishiwatari and Naoki Hashimoto If that's what you call karma, I must be a demon God knows, that no voice can be heard by the damned [....] In the light, cut away (cut off all vexation) It's never over yesterday, I'm the time exile I'm the ghost, call my name (just call my name) (I'm the time exile) I'm the time exile Sever, tear, fear

(2) Glitter & Gold by Barns Courtney I am flesh and I am bone Rise up, ting ting, like glitter and gold I've got fire in my soul Rise up, ting ting, like glitter [...] Do you walk in the valley of kings? Do you walk in the shadow of men Who sold their lives to a dream? Do you ponder the manner of things In the dark? The dark, the dark, the dark

(3) Enemy by Imagine Dragons Oh, the misery Everybody wants to be my enemy Spare the sympathy Everybody wants to be my enemy-y-y-y-y (Look out for yourself) My enemy-y-y-y-y (Look out for yourself) But I'm ready [...] They say pray it away I swear, I'll never be a saint, no way

(4) Ghost Town by Trickle Is there a reason that I feel unalive When I look back on the home where I grew up and died? Is there a reason that I'm wanting to hide When I look into the mirror just to see empty eyes? [...] G-g-g-ghost that tried living a tired life I'm haunted by the memories I buried inside Upside down falling into the night Will you tell me when I wake up if I'm dead or alive?

(5) Omamori by Trickle Taken by surprise, I can't forget that day Shaken back to life, a second chance too late [...] Touch my heart and watch me fall apart I'm afraid of this place, I don't know where to start What am I? There's something starving inside Bitter cries spewing spite, screaming into the night

(6) Homunculus by Trickle Scared to death of what's within There's bleeding kind of beating, deep beneath the skin Feel the rattle, ravage, all my sin Hear it scream behind my chest again [...] I'm broken, torn, and tattered I'll never be full again I'll close my eyes and shatter My heart, rebuild from the start

(7) Extras by Daisuke Ishiwatrari and Molly Daisy I'm soaring higher The clouds took me away No one can find me I know who I am I was just a little lost I don't know where to go I don't know how to keep up I'm not sure what I want But don't get me wrong I know who I am [...] I'm soaring higher I made it on my own I'm the center of attention I know who I am I'm still lost, but I'm on this path I don't know where to go I don't know how to keep on But don't get me wrong I'm having a great time

(8) The Great Pretender by Freddie Mercury Oh yes, I'm the great pretender (Woo-woo) Pretending I'm doing well (Woo-woo) My need is such I pretend too much I'm lonely but no one can tell

(9) Pompeii by Bastille But if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes Does it almost feel like you've been here before? [...] Oh, where do we begin? The rubble or our sins? Oh, oh, where do we begin? The rubble or our sins?

(10) Battle Cry by Imagine Dragons Stars are only visible in darkness Fear is ever-changing and evolving And I, I've been poisoned inside But I, I feel so alive

[mitochondriaandbunnies]

who wants to start a Steely Dan cover band with me

[thr4ce]

sorry to be insufferable on main but i really do think there's a very clear and very interesting arc that presents itself if you make it laura kara sleeps with on colonial day and not baltar. bc like... you have the seeds of something there when they hug after the tylium mission, the whole sort of... navigating each other, seeing each other in a new light, laura seeing up close and personal the ingenuity and unparalleled feel for the thing that makes kara such a valuable asset as to be worth combing for for far longer than is traditionally wise (SHE MADE UP THE FUEL LOSS AND THEN SOME, TAKE THAT) and kara seeing that laura really does have the best interests of the people at heart, that she isn't this frigid caricature of a woman... and then colonial day, united by a shared hatred of zarek, kara doesn't care overmuch about politics in a vacuum but there are pieces of it, she finds, that she can connect with laura over, things that sit just outside the scope of the president's position... maybe adama's not there, maybe they're both getting drinks at the same time, one way or another they share a dance... and then laura's appeal to kara's spirituality comes on the heels of this existing intimacy between them which has perhaps caused some level of tension in acknowledging that it's not the greatest idea either of them have ever had. but they are familiar with each other in a relatively vulnerable way now even if they haven't bared their souls or anything and laura looking at kara and saying do this for me, and i will deliver you, and there's this idea of individualised devotion again, kara placing such a high value on the deep connections she forms, being willing to go to the ends of the earth for adama and devoting herself to the deities she has the closest ties to, all of that applying to roslin now so that she's still conflicted, her loyalties are still entangled with adama very deeply, but there's even more of a natural draw to this pilgrimage than there otherwise was

[obliqueletterkennyreference]

also idk everyones personality just felt so flat this season.

[woundedheartwithin]

[bonedshmarrow]

Unironically this would be a harem anime I’d watch. I just think it’d be funny for a group of women to decide that’s a project of a man and by god they’re forklift certified

[dangerous-realms]

Raikami Kukusai Deaevidra

Mother Father Daughter

Primordial Primordial Incarnation

Creation Destruction Of Destruction

[the-cryptographer]

i have no idea who chappell roan is but everytime i see art of her i think it's aeris ff7 rip