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titaniumions · 1 month ago

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everyone's favourite german siblings

#reverse 1999 #r1999 #reverse 1999 enigma #adler hofmann #greta hofmann #sketch #fanart #titaniumart #i really like how greta turned out #enigma ....... i'm unsure #like yeah i don't imagine him being like. conventionally attractive #but still this doesn't 100% fit the vision in my head yet #yes i was going for a more realistic look for them both #hope i managed to portray their ages well #it's hilarious how greta has her forehead mostly exposed whereas enigma's is completely covered by his stupid bangs #when i bully enigma it's because i like him btw.#we do a little tormenting here

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msue0027 · 5 months ago

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In bbc merlin you hear all the time about the Old Religion - which implies existence of the New Religion. Only recently i worked out what it's ought to be.

It's Christianity.

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coern-art-very-cool-and-nice · 6 months ago

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encore nnks

#you guys have no clue how many times I've drawn this stupid scene.#(<- enjoys it every time)#I think this is my first time actually Posting it though #usually I'm too nervous....lmao #and now I'm finally posting it :DDD good job me #my art #my aus #encore au #project sekai #nenekasa #nene kusanagi #tsukasa tenma #by the way. I spent like three or four hours on this. jesus.#I usually only spend ~1hr on like everything #but also this is Completely Painted #like. I didn't even do lineart. I made a very messy sketch and colored in messy then Did Shit #until it looked good #I kept having to redo nenes handssss #I don't really like her right hand still #but also there wasn't really a sketch I drew five lines as fingers and rendered them #so I think I did pretty good.#whenever I look at tsukasa your adventure plays in my mind cause I put it on loop and spent SO LONG struggling on his clothes #i had to do another sketch for his clothes. i literally pulled thed esign out of my ass becuase i didnt wanna pull out my old ref from like #a year ago #anywaanywayfnwaybywa. post

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born-to-lose · 17 days ago

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#THE SLEEVES!!!! my poses are so stupid but i wanted you to see those sleeves!!!!#i completely forgot i had this dress i actually think i'm wearing it for the first time #i was juat looking through my closet for red or green dresses but since i already wore the others the last couple of years i thought oho!!!#not wearing makeup because i don't do that at home generally and i was in a hurry to dress up after lunch for the presents #was going to wear dark green tights but i couldn't find them so i went 60s look with my bright blue compression stockings lol #i love that you can get them in fun colors wihout paying extra because no way i'm wearing granny beige all day every day #will probably take some pics in which you can see them but might not be today. just trust me that it looks so fun #my face

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listen-to-the-inner-walrus · 2 months ago

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If I could be arsed to learn how to edit videos and had some kind of mic, I would 110% make a two part video essay series on the politics of Jurassic World because MY GOD, there's so much to dissect.

The first part would be about how the park is the epitome of neoliberal futurism for techbros, including the way the park so easily falls apart though I doubt that aspect is purposeful. Everything is aesthetic first and function second, and we can't possibly use any of the reliable infrastructure we've already come up with because a train is not gonna get us to Mars, but a monorail might.

And the second would be about the buckwild terrible gender politics going on. The movie is deeply unsympathetic to Claire seemingly because she's a woman who prioritised her career as it's both centre to her character arc and also an inciting event of one of the plots. Not to mention the whole Zara thing or the Owen and Claire thing or the stupid "him, I meant him, line. The movie is rife with misogyny, but it feels like that specific misogyny was isekaied over from backlash to second wave feminism.

I could talk about it all for so long because in a way, it feels like a perfect time capsule for 2015. Back when people took Claire running in heels to be this feminist statement to be made fun of and not just a deeply misogynistic movie trying to sell you feminism. And back when Elon Musk managed to get away with his "I'm the real life Iron Man" shit, and people believed he was smart and all his plans would come to fruition. 2015 was a great time to be a tech bro in Silicon Valley with people just throwing money at all your fake promises.

Yeah. See. This is what I mean when I say I could talk about it forever.

#kai rambles #jurassic world #one of the reasons why this has ended up one of my favourite movies is because it kinda got rounded up and out as a big dumb action film #but like.#look at elon's robovan or libertarian sea pods or the hyperloop or the straddling bus or the vegas sphere #then look at jurassic world #and tell me all these stupid dumb ideas and constructions wouldnt fit in perfectly in jurassic world #and that the really dumb way of thinking that creates those concepts wouldnt be the kind that gives you ''lets make a new dinosaur''#tell me this movie doesnt perfectly encapsulate that way of thinking #including the lack of redundancies and procedures and the complete lack of guard rails and the way it just falls apart #i dont think it was on purpose #i don't think the movie is clever enough for it to be satirising tech bro led neoliberal futurism #because those are two long words that many people dont know the meaning of because they didnt take sociology at some point #but it is a decent satire of it #meanwhile its gender politics are in a dire situation #and i also dont think that's necessarily purposeful?#i think maybe the character of claire began as the hollywood cardboard cutout of a Feminist™#and then since they were copying the first film so much they decided they needed to have kid characters running around and a family plot #and then also they were like well obviously we need a romance arc because thats how these movies work #and so they gave claire the opposite traits of owen because opposites attract #and then oops this character is a deeply misogynistic caricature of a woman #and we really dont have many other women in this cast who do much so you know.#its just. theres so much #guys there's so much

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choiceofcrow · 2 years ago

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Charge

#fallen hero: rebirth #fallen hero rebirth #fh: r #ricardo ortega #julia ortega #charge #julia deserves a little grey in her hair as a treat #did this instead of schoolwork lmao help me #my art #EDIT: CHANGED IT TO JUST CHARGE im stupid and completely forgotten that ortega wasn't marshall at that point anymore djqhfe #don't aske me how the costumes look like from the back i have no idea #btw julia's hair IS short i just thought she'd be the type to grow it out a little bit #it used to be long enough for a long braid

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ferryfoam · 5 months ago

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Why did they give AOS Spock such a bad haircut ?? Where's the pointy fringe? Why is it round?

#before I got properly into Star Trek all I'd watched were the AOS movies #which at the time I thought were fine and good #and I still generally hold that opinion story wise #but now that I've actuall watched TOS and other treks #I am not massive on the casting and costume decisions #Benedict cumberbatch as Khan I do not like. why did they give him a turtleneck??? he looks so lame #and they didn't even do anything interesting with his hair or makeup or whatever #it's straight up just ol Benny in a black turtleneck and normal ass pants #Og Khan's costume was way cooler. but whatever #anyway I don't think AOS Spock looks like Spock. stupid fringe and no eyeshadow???#and Chris pine or whoever plays Kirk (I forget) is kind of completely incorrect and also not right personality wise #but that's being nitpicky I suppose #they aren't bad movies #they're fine to exist on their own #but I do think casting could have been a little better #Simon Pegg as Scotty was perfect though #I love you Simon Pegg #ferry yaps #star trek #Star trek AOS #Star Trek tos

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ieidolon · 2 months ago

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now that i'm playing dragon age: veilguard i understand hbomberguy so much better. think i could probably do a 3.5 hours long video called "dragon age: the veilguard is FINE and here's why"

#the writing in dragon age has Always been a bit clunky it's part of the charm #but yes there are sections in DAV that made me go “oh nooo”#but no it isn't as bad as people say #the mechanics are fun idc. it's bad that my new laptop can run all of BG3 fine but becomes laggy as hell in any city location in DAV tho #companions r generally charming and they're all professionals so it makes sense they're less prone to big fights than say DAO morrigan #but yes i do miss having a bit more tension in the party sometimes #the character creator is great for dudes but yea it would probably b cool if it were possible to have curvier bodies for those who want tha #but no it isn't literally impossible to make good-looking rooks. it's quite easy actually #and like yeah you can't have wildly out there body types but it's pretty cool that you can be a geralt type a twink or chubby as a dude #(i play male characters and have only done the female cc once for a custom f!inquisitor so i have more experience w that one)#the qunari also look. fine? the antaam don't look too soft or anything so far #the majority of complaints against this game were stupid and not rooted in anything real #BUT!!! i don't love it #solas continues to be a highlight #lucanis is great so far and i love neve #neve's voice acting is amazing #she manages to make some very disappointing lines sound good #but..... i can't pretend the writing *isn't* awkward in places #d'meta's crossing stands out to me as a pretty bad case of overly direct storytelling #(spoilers) talking to the mayor was deeply disappointing! he just TOLD rook what he did and why. it felt so anticlimactic #especially bc the imagery in the village was striking and grotesque #but there didn't feel like there was any payoff #other sections have been great #but DAV just feels like it completely lacks subtlety at times #the other DA games haven't always been masters of show dont tell but this section felt like a first draft #like someone was working out the story and didn't have time to polish the script at all before the voice actors were called in #idk it really stands out to me as bad #also yeah it's noticeable that you don't really get to do evil things. at least not yet

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wonder-worker · 10 months ago

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"[Elizabeth Woodville's] piety as queen seems to have been broadly conventional for a fifteenth-century royal, encompassing pilgrimages, membership of various fraternities, a particular devotion to her name saint, notable generosity to the Carthusians, and the foundation of a chantry at Westminster after her son was born there. ['On other occasions she supported planned religious foundations in London, […] made generous gifts to Eton College, and petitioned the pope to extend the circumstances in which indulgences could be acquired by observing the feast of the Visitation']. One possible indicator of a more personal, and more sophisticated, thread in her piety is a book of Hours of the Guardian Angel which Sutton and Visser-Fuchs have argued was commissioned for her, very possibly at her request."

-J.L. Laynesmith, "Elizabeth Woodville: The Knight's Widow", Later Plantagenet and Wars of the Roses Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty

#historicwomendaily #elizabeth woodville #my post #friendly reminder that there's nothing indicating that Elizabeth was exceptionally pious or that her piety was 'beyond purely conventional'#(something first claimed by Anne Crawford who simultaneously claimed that Elizabeth was 'grasping and totally lacking in scruple' so...)#EW's piety as queen may have stood out compared to former 15th century predecessors and definitely stood out compared to her husband #but her actions in themselves were not especially novel or 'beyond normal' and by themselves don't indicate unusual piety on her part #As Laynesmith's more recent research observes they seem to have been 'broadly conventional'#A conclusion arrived at Derek Neal as well who also points out that in general queens and elite noblewomen simply had wider means #of 'visible material expression of [their] personal devotion' - and also emphasizes how we should look at their wider circumstances #to understand their actions (eg: the death of Elizabeth's son George in 1479 as a motivating factor)#It's nice that we know a bit about Elizabeth's more personal piety - for eg she seems to have developed an attachment to Westminster Abbey #It's possible her (outward) piety increased across her queenship - she undertook most of her religious projects in later years #But again - none of them indicate the *level* of her piety (ie: they don't indicate that she was beyond conventionally pious)#By 1475 it seems that contemporaries identified Cecily Neville as the most personally devout from the Yorkist family #(though Elizabeth and even Cecily's sons were far greater patrons)#I think people also assume this because of her retirement to Westminster post 1485 #which doesn't work because 1) we don't actually know when she retired? as Laynesmith says there is no actual evidence for the traditional #date of 12 February 1487 #2) she had very secular reasons for retiring (grief over the death of her children? her lack of dower lands or estates which most other #widows had? her options were very limited; choosing to reside in the abbey is not particularly surprising. it's a massive and unneeded jump #to claim that it was motivated solely by piety (especially because it wasn't a complete 'retirement' in the way people assume it was)#I think historians have a habit of using her piety as a GOTCHA!' point against her vilification - which is a flawed and stupid argument #Elizabeth could be the most pious individual in the world and still be the pantomime villain Ricardians/Yorkists claim she was #They're not mutually exclusive; this line of thinking is useless #I think this also stems from the fact that we simply know very little about Elizabeth as an individual (ie: her hobbies/interests)#certainly far less than we do for other prominent women Margaret of Anjou; Elizabeth of York;; Cecily Neville or Margaret Beaufort #and I think rather than emphasizing that gap of knowledge her historians merely try to fill it up with 'she was pious!'#which is ... an incredibly lackluster take. I think it's better to just acknowledge that we don't know much about this historical figure #ie: I do wish that her piety and patronage was emphasized more yes. but it shouldn't flip too far to the other side either.

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trans-yllz · 4 months ago

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after drafting, sketching, inking, painting, scanning, touching up, digitally gilding, writing ids for, and writing explanations of my 22 cql major arcana tarot cards over the last four months, they are all finally utterly complete and scheduled to post, and as excited as I am to soon be able to share them at long last, I sort of never want to see any of them ever again

#you know when you get the end of a project #and youve been looking at the stupid thing for so many god forsaken hours #and you kind of hate it #thats how I feel about some of these fucking cards #I've looked at and agonized over them for too long #and now I can see everything thats wronh with them #like So excited to share tho #well. now that its all complete I sort of don't know what to do with my life #but luckily yall wont have to hear about this fuckin project again until I post them #ghost posts #text #cql tarot #I wonder if anyone has that tag blocked JSBNXJXMDB

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beaniebabs · 1 month ago

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fuckkkk my laptop keyboard is fucked up and idk how to fix it. do u think i can play project zomboid on my tablet i literallyjust got the game </3 and also the entire rest of my life is on my laptop or whatever

#i dont know if it's like. a shortcut issue like the wrong button combo got pressed and now it's fucky.#or if i ruined it completely by myself bc i was cleaning it with lysol on a paper towel GDSHSS. i'm . am i just really that dumb #is that what did it. bc also my lil nephew opened my laptop and messed with the keyboard when i wasn't looking.#and i genuinely don't know/remember if it was okay after i cleaned it or if i even used it until i Discovered my keyboard was fucky . </3 #i think it was probably me being really stupid and careless . urg . but i've been hemorrhaging money on stupid shit recently #so i really dont wanna accept that it's probably something i'm gonna have to get fixed and pay a shit ton of money for #i really dont know how much The Real World costs but i'm worried i'm not gonna have enough to move out and pay my own bills SDGSDGJ.#urg . pain and agony and misery on earth

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cephalofrog · 5 months ago

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noah caldwell-gervais is the only motherfucker to have ever been correct about dark souls and elden rings' difficulty. no one else understands

#oops. rant ->#they aren't about overcoming some incredible struggle in order to prove yourself as an insane upper echelon Gamer #they're about allowing the player to create a victory that feels satisfying to them #either by mastering the mechanics #using your brain and coming up with a strategy that works #or just getting some friends to help beat it into the ground #saying “sekiro is designed to teach you that mechanical mastery is sometimes required for victory” is just completely the wrong way around #sekiro exists for the people that preferred to use mechanical mastery to beat dark souls!!!#cause fromsoft went “that's pretty fun may as well make a game based around that”#it doesn't fucking exist so that people play it and go “ah yes this is the way fromsoft intends us to play their other games”#spirit summons in ER exist so that they can create more aggressive bosses without leaving a bunch of players unable to beat the game!!!#like you can like or dislike that game design decision #disliking it is a fair opinion to hold #I kinda dislike it. I don't like rellana as a boss cause she feels reliant on it #but saying that it's bad cause “it teaches you to play the game badly” is so stupid #like it lets you beat the game. what more do you want #the criticism you're looking for is “I dislike it cause I don't like playing the game that way and find it less fun”#which is totally valid and I kinda agree!#but as someone who prefers to fight bosses solo by mastering the mechanics:#stop acting like “fighting bosses solo by mastering the mechanics” is the objectively correct way to play #and deciding that because you play that way all of your critiques are the most valid #and accept you maybe just disagree with some of fromsoft's design choices for ER.#it's fine. you can still like the game. it's okay

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rubiatinctorum · 4 months ago

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when you see discourse about the true meaning of an element in a text and what that implies concretely for the morality or affect of the characters and work and discussions of such

#rubia speaks #there's this one take about dracula of all things that i see from time to time. that's what inspired this #i think there's a lot to be said for reading the certain scene it references in a certain way to understand the horror of it #without shutting down other conversation about count dracula as a character AND a symbol in other contexts #because there are so many.#i think if we look at dracula's transformation of mina SOLELY through the lens of assault that can very easily shut down the #themes of religious defilement that are also present there without going into a really bad place with transitive property #do i agree it could be symbolic of assault? absolutely. do i believe that's all there is to it? well wouldn't that be reductive #and it's kind of nonsense for people to shut down further discussion of the count bc 'He Is A Sex Pest don't talk about him otherwise'#first of all 1) he is not real and the harm he did to mina is not real 2) discussing him is pivotal to much of analysing the book Dracula #and 3) stop confusing the signified for the signifier #i'm not going to talk about a completely different scene and disclaim 'don't stan him tho he assaulted mina :/' don't be stupid

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irithnova · 1 year ago

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One of the funniest things I've seen someone say is "I hate when people try to FORCE POLITICS into HISTORICAL HETALIA" girl I have really bad news for you

#I'm sorry but history + politics aren't these 2 completely separate things #Just like how philosophy + politics aren't two completely separate things etc #And accusing people of “forcing” politics down historical hetalia's throat or something is just nonsensical #People who say this usually don't have an issue with politics being discussed in historical hetalia #They only have an issue with it when it makes their blorbo look bad lmao #Lol #Again I just wanted to highlight how stupid it is to say something like that #Like HISTORICAL hetalia specifically girl yeah maybe there will be talks of politics 💀💀💀#If it was like. General hetalia ok I'd maybe get it #BUT HISTORICAL HETALIA ?#Sorry I'm too humanities brained for this nonsense

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invinciblerodent · 5 months ago

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sleeping with haarlep to get access to raphael's safe ❌

sleeping with haarlep to get pics of your character's tits ✔️

#squirrel plays bg3 #and that sweet little concerned line your LI says when you're about to make a completely stupid decision #u worry for her safety; don't u astarion 👀#(i mean. i obviously reloaded after. but. iona did look very nice there)#every time i am confronted by the fact that she does indeed have a very sweet little pout; astarion was not lying

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dol--blathanna · 2 years ago

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And then she used the bad outfits to wipe out half the universe

#ok i will try to stop being mean about TWN i swear #it's just that i can't get these godawful costumes out of my head #like ok i don't get book accuracy i don't get yennefer treated fairly i don't get a good edge of the world i don't even get good aguaras #can i AT LEAST get good costumes????#then lucinda broke into my house spat in my face and said no #and i know i'm being mean but it just sucks that the direction of the costumes and the style of the designer is one that i ABSOLUTELY HATE #and to top it all off there's no real cohesion with the outfits and the world #or even the outfits and the characters themselves #lucinda's interpretations and justifications behind the costumes is just one that i don't particularly like #like if there was good reasoning behind them but they weren't executed well then i wouldn't be as disappointed #or if the reasoning was stupid but the costumes actually looked good (or good enough to not completely break my immersion)#that would be at least something #but I get NEITHER #also shout out to two outfits that didn't make the cut:#the stupid fucking bright purple cloak while yennefer is on the run (does not fit in with the practicality of the narrative or character)#and the leaf/constellation (?) dress in 203 that looks like it's five seconds away from slipping off and flashing us all #it's a nice dress in isolation but for me at least really doesn't work with what's happening in the scene narratively or for yen's characte #anti twn #twn critique #twn critical #twn negativity #anti witcher netflix

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