#edit: why is the quality so bad T_T

[icedgin]

alternative ayushiki design I made a few weeks ago and forgot to post

[stqrrynightss]

the new decemberists album is out. how are we feeling besties

my first listen thoughts under the cut :-)

* - released prior to the full album

Burial Ground* - really love this one. of course this was the first song ever released for the album, so its had a lot of time to marinate with me. curious why the mic quality is so different in this one compared to the others tho? assuming its a stylistic choice, but still

Oh No!* - this song goes so hard, oh man. i need a billion more decemberists pieces with sax and brass.

The Reapers - I really dig this one, even though I'm not quite sure what its about yet. feels very early decemberists to me. also how often do you hear flute in their music?? love love love

Long White Veil - DEF one of my top songs on the album. they played it at the concert I was at a few weeks ago and I have been WAITING for it to officially release. "I married her, I carried her, on the very same day I buried her" has been in my mind RENT FREE for WEEKS

William Fitzwilliam - I believe I first heard this on their 2022 tour, weirdly enough!! they played a piece at that concert that was "about henry the 8th" and I've pretty sure this was it. love how it reads like a lullaby or child's story ("and england's fair princes were snug in their beds"). the simple acoustics of this tho def make it overshadowed by just about every other song on the album T_T

Don't Go to the Woods - YESSSSS SO EERIE. they opened the milwaukee show with this and I was instantly obsessed.

The Black Maria - the pronunciation of "maria" merits jail for one thousand years. (EDIT: it’s reference to old slang for cop cars! still don’t like how they pronounce it but it IS correct) after two acoustic pieces I kinda stopped paying attention to this one, I'll be real. needs a relisten

All I Want is You* - i found this to be the least interesting of the 4 songs released before the full album, but I think All I Want holds up. very cute :-)

Born to the Morning - audibly went "oh what the fuck" when this one started. not in a bad way. def need to re-listen to it

America Made Me - this song played on a promo for the vinyl and its pretty damn good. i think im beginning to discover that I just love a good brass section.

Tell Me What's on Your Mind - very "ill be your girl". pretty neutral on this one at the moment.

Never Satisfied - I dig this one but parts of the melody sounded very similar to long white veil to me, which threw me off. a very sweet song tho!!

Joan in the Garden* - LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE. when it first came out I was a bit "eh" towards it, but working on my Joan piece with it on repeat has easily made it my favorite on the album and one of my favorites of all time. joan in the garden they could never make me hate you

The (musical) strength of the album certainly is in the first few songs and the closer. I'll def need to spend more time with this album but!!!! im so happy to see them release new music. MANIFESTING more story songs from them in the future, Colin PLEASE

[crystallinestars]

AAAAA! HELLO HELLO! I am glad to see your response T_T! Honestly, I am trying not to think too much about it, hence why I left X and just stayed here in Tumblr, as for tiktok, I made a new account and just actively not search for it other than solo edits (Jing Yuan edits are so 👌 I don't know how much more I can love that man.)

Also I was reading the other anons posts and your response and yeah! I just notice right now how there is no Kaveh in Alhaitham's banner. Like I don't remember him being in Haitham's since his first debut and since Haitham's rerun. OoO that's interesting. But yeah, I somehow just moved on from Alhaitham and just referred to him as my ex that can't move on (I dunno why, but whenever I simp for the other husbandos, I somehow get ads about him, pics, edits in my socmed 👀 it's sus lol) and I have fixations now which is Neuvillette and Capitano (I love men in power HAHAHA).

Also, do you mind if I rant about Jing Yuan and Argenti? I see that you love Argenti, so I'll start with him. So Argenti…ah…how do I describe this piece of magnificence and manifestation of beauty…HE IS SO AAAAAAA so so so gentlemanly! He's like really good with words, genuinely sweet, prolly his love language is acts of service and he's also so handsome. Like he's got some feminine aspects in him like silky long hair and pretty eyes, also I dunno but he seems like he smells so good and that is plus points to me HAHAHA!

Now onto the General. *sigh* how do I start with this man? Please marry me. HAHAHAHA like no joke. He's got the qualities of a man I am finding for in a husband. He's smart (I love smart men <3), handsome, good sense of humor, etc. Plus, he's got that aura. I dunno how to explain it, but he seems to be the type to make you feel protected and safe. Like it is disarming but in a good way. Here's more. What I really notice about him is he is gentle but also exudes a healthy amount of masculinity. Gentle and Firm that's the best description (sorry for bad english, I am running on coffee rn and my hands are shaking HAHA). He's like…hm…THE MAN kind of man. Like I first saw him and I snapped my fingers and just goes "Yup, that's irl husband material right there!" Haha!

Anyways, sorry for the long yapping about them, but I also just wanna share thar I just learned about the term Yumejoshi and wow oh wow! I am so happy to see more people who self-ships T_T I am so glad to finally see people who share the same interest after years of thinking that maybe I am just weird but now, I feel like I found my people hahaha!

Btw, thank you for the well wishes, I really hope to finally graduate and I am proud to have an architect representation in-game (I am envious of how he just have Lumion installed in his suitcase that is so conventient ;_;). As for the discord invite, I'll join once I get a new laptop, my old one is barely hanging on lol. Have a great day and love lots! <3

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Welcome back 🌊 anon!

Is Lumion some kind of software? I've never heard of it before.

You move on quick, haha. Alhaitham must be jealous that you moved on from him so fast XD Neuvillette is a really solid choice though, so I understand. It seems you like the noble and authoritative archetype.

I'm more than happy to talk about Jing Yuan and Argenti with you! I actually like Jing Yuan a lot too. Back when HSR first released, the only thing that piqued my interest about it was Jing Yuan. I resisted playing since he alone was not enough to get me into turn-based combat, but with the release of Argenti and Aventurine, I eventually caved. There aren't many characters in HSR that appeal to me, but Jing Yuan, Argenti, Aventurine, and Jiaoqiu keep my interest.

Argenti most certainly is a gentleman, and that's what's so appealing about him aside from his looks. The fact he's a noble knight that diligently serves Idrila is tragically romantic. What really gets me is that all his flowery praises and flamboyant gestures are genuine. He means what he says, and what he says is so, so beautiful. He could genuinely love any type of person because he is that kind and open-minded. His looks remind me of a character from a 70s or 80s shoujo manga haha. I will be pulling for him and his lightcone when his banner reruns, so wish me luck!

As for Jing Yuan, I feel you!!!! His intelligence is so attractive, my god. It's like he's always thinking several steps ahead of his opponents, and has the confidence to face anything head-on, no matter how dangerous. He never panics but rather handles everything in a smart and laidback way. There certainly is something very reassuring about him. He's the kind of man that will treat you well and that you can rely on, which makes him perfect husband material. I approve, you have good taste, anon.

Welcome to the world of self-shipping! Japanese yumejoshi make a lot of lovely art for us, and on tumblr you can find a lot of reader-insert fanfiction. A lot of people self-ship, even through MCs, so you are definitely not alone! I used to be a part of several websites that posted pretty much exclusive self-shipping content, but unfortunately they have all closed down a while ago ): Tumblr and AO3 still have a lot of awesome fics, and pixiv and twitter have a lot of good art. You need to know where and how to look for it, though.

I will most likely take down the discord invite link in a few days for the sake of safety. Once you get a new computer, feel free to send me a message with a request for the link, and I will give it to you again.

Hope you have a good night, anon!

[piracytheorist]

SxF Episode 16 German dub

I actually watched this some time ago and took my notes then, but I procrastinated posting it because I wanted to make a video edit again, so here lol

When Yor came back home, after Loid had noticed how she's been coming late, he told her "You came back late again." It was not in a berating manner, but still it was a change in how he actually pointed out that she was coming back late.

Then Loid turned on his amogus mode.

"You're behaving suspicious," he thought to himself. Yor sus.

Camilla called Yor's cooking "Fraß" which... fair enough. (Reminder that Fraß is used for animal food and derogatorily for human food of horrible quality)

However, when Yor said that getting married is probably what changed her from robotic to more reactive and Camilla acted up, Dominic said "You're a great woman too, Camilla. No reason to be jealous."

Camilla: Where did you two grow up? Yor: In a small town east of Nielsberg.

That's again, an addition from the dub, unless they know something anime-onlys don't. Was there any mention of Yor growing up in a small town in specific, up to now in the anime?

"At least it smells harmless."

Idk I feel so free to laugh at the jokes about Yor's bad cooking. I think it's because of how not sexist they are about it. She's just a human person with strengths and weaknesses, one of those weaknesses being that she can't cook to save her life. And it's funny without depending on gender stereotypes to be funny. Also I am a bad cook myself so I probably relate, lmao.

I think what she means here is something along the lines of "Seeing your faces lifted a weight off my heart/chest". Which is so sweet. Sweet Yor T_T

When Loid asked Franky why he called him, he also said "I'm busy." Damn right you are. Let him go get some sleep, Franky, pls.

In the dub Monica's favourite film was called "The Ground Under Berlint." I wonder if that's a reference to an actual existing film. I did find a film with a similar title, but idk enough about the culture to know how relevant it was.

When Franky said he'll get drunk on Loid's bill, he used the word "scheißen", which means "shit", and I think it was meant in a manner of something like "getting wasted af" or something. If anyone knows German you're free to correct me.

[atsumus]

“When I saw you, I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.”

[conteart]

HAPPY BDAY @auroblaze !!! Here’s a little gift i made for you! i hope you like it! (and i guess, sry if i took some of your drawings to do some background things...?)

WOW if i did not animate anything for a while... but hey, the birthday of my favorite purple cat on the internet sure brought me some inspiration! I started with doing something simple, but then i started experimenting a bit, and this came out!

EDIT: i’m having a lot of troubles with the video format for some reason... just with this animation... tried at lot of stuff but the video that is crystal clear on my pc get all blurry and low quality on tumblr or other sites... so for now i made a gif version for now (obviusly lower quality... but at least it works):

EDIT n°2: I can’t figure out why the video drop so much in quality when I upload it here... so here’s a version on youtube at least, even there i had the same problems... but at least it’s not that bad like here (at least at 1080p)

And here a gif version of just Auroblaze without all the rest of the animation:

and yes... i figured out that i draw the hand the wrong side T_T

[vishwaspur]

Dangal Tales: 7th September, 2017

I’ll forever lol at the fact that last month was all about Andas Fandom and FKFC Fandom speculating about them getting a hospital sequence..and end mein mila RiKara ko.

Mwahahaha.

Listen to Queenie Omkie.

Waise bhi Nazukkali ho…gaadi chalate behosh hojate toh?

This hospital looks…shaddy.

Oh hell it’s controlled by Baba Balram.

Queenie is so concerned :’)

GAADI KE DARWAZE SE KYA GEHRA GHAO?!

This does not bode well.

Who puts oxygen mask like this?

And Omkie bhi LAGA ke betha hai.

Baba Balram with his cronies :O

Omkie can you take off that oxygen mask.

And now its too late.

Yaar tub hi na..MaShaAllah banda hai world ka.

Yeah Baba Balram..I knew it was knew the moment you entered.

WE DON’T NEED FLASHBACKS DAMNIT! :@

Was that…a sinister..laugh? Or a budha person coughing?

Or a cartoon coughing?

Cartoon budha coughing?

The editing looks bad.

(MUAAH MIAAA!!! :*)

Chot hath pe lagi..toh langda kyun rahi hai?

She is entering every room calling for “Omkara ji” and coming out saying “Yahan toh koi bhi nahin hai”.

The sheer QUALITY of writing kills me.

Chalo short circuit bhi hogaya.

Yes Queenie…GADBAD hi hai.

I love this suit on her! Color compliments her and that fitting.

Balram please don’t laugh.

Balram please don’t TALK.

Is he talking on a walkie talkie?

WHEN WILL MY QUEEN’S TRIALS END!??!?!

“Hamare Omkara ji!!”

MERI OTP!! T_T

La haul villa quwat what the fuck is this laughter?!

Also..like..really? You’d challenge Gauri on her patnidharam?

Balram yaaar…I pity you.

Boy STFU! :@

Someone turn on the tubelights please.

Oh noo..Omkie is tied on the bed L

And he is being poisoned!??!

AGAIN?!

WHEN WILL HIS TRIALS END?!?!!

Ya Allah! Why is my OTP always in mortal peril?!

Also this poison as ticking time bomb is the same as Bareilly.

My QUEEEN!!! She doesn’t get paid enough for the things she has to do.

She’s crying.

HOLY DID YOU SEE THE WAY THOSE TEARS FELL?!

SHE’S SCARED.

She’s soooo scared and helpless.

Fuck these gundas are partying over Omkara.

TUCHE LAFANGO!!

My Queen is praying. Yes Shankarji! Help your Chiraiya!

BOTH Shankarjis!!

Okay okay..Omkie is doing something. He’s dropping the glass.

She heard the voice of it.

BABA BALRAM SOUNDS LIKE A TB KA MAREEZ!!

Beta tu bhi aise hi PHARPHARAYE ga.

Use your sleuthing skills Queenie. FOLLOW THE VOICE>

Jaldi karo taubaaa.

….

How did the glass roll out?

I’ll file it under as Shankarji’s Miracles.

SHE FOUND HIM!!

SHE SAW HIM.

HE SAW HER.

She’s silently telling him not to worry..cuz she’s there.

My Queen subverts typical tropes so brilliantly.

Oh she’s gonna make a plan. My Queen in her element bishes!!

Balram. Shut up.

LOOOOOOOOOOOL!! BEIZZATII!!!!

“Hum ek murti chorh ke nahin bhaage..apne pati ko chorh ke kaise bhaagte?”

YAAASSS QUEEEEEEN.

Fine use of fire extinguisher.

Oh they went out to search for them.

Amateur mistake.

OMO!! The way she’s holding his face.

Ya Allah phir se behosh.

The blue aesthetics of the scene though..

Fuck I’m dying.

These gentle caresses.

HE HELD HER HAND.

“Tumhari wajah se toh meri jaan bachi hai..thank you.”

BISH I’M DYING

LOOK AT THE WAY THEY ARE HOLDING EACH OTHER

OKAY NOW KISS.

KISS DAMNIT.

ITNA PYAAR SE DEKH RAHA THA.

EPI END?!

WTF?!

NOOO!!!

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

BISH I’M COMPROMISED!!!

[reuska]

I don’t want to be mean but whenever I imagine Cordelia being done in the same style like Caeda, I cry hard T_T. That would be beautiful and I would love her.

I don’t understand why so many most popular characters got a really weak artist pick among the others. And TWO of the most popular characters in Awakening got one of them?! Srsly?

I’m getting more and more bitter as I look at my beautiful Cordelia figure. Really no hard feelings towards the artist nor their skill. They just.. disappointed me terribly. And I hope that perhaps IS will eventually upgrade the artwork T_T (It's so bad that I believe I would be able to provide nicer art for both Robin and Cordelia and that hardly happens.)

EDIT: Looked into it a bit and the artist seem to be able to produce nice faces, colors and shading. What he delivered for Heroes is way bellow his normal quality... So why? T_T;

[jarchieriverdale]

I'm writing a Riverdale fanfic (Jarchie mainly, with Beronica on the side) which is one of my first proper fanfics ever. Any general tips or maybe even just tips for being brave enough to actually, you know, share it? I'm feeling so awkward about this entire thing!

Can I first start of with saying: so much kudos to you for wanting to put your fic up! Fandoms getting new fics and writers is always a huge YES because we always need more & definitely welcome it ^_^(This definitely ended up being really long, but I made a list further down if you don’t wanna read all my rambling. I’m not sure what specifically you’re feeling awkward about, but I covered a bunch of stuff :))

Reading this I was like, I’m probably not the best person to ask because I have really bad anxiety ?? but then I was like, actually, you know, that’s why I’m probably one of the best people to ask because HOW the HELL do I manage to do this despite that? And honestly it involves a lot of self-talk + bravery + a fuck-it-I’m-gonna-do-it-who-cares mood. And I have a feeling this post is going to be rather long, but I’ll just talk through my own experience and what I’ve told myself, and maybe it’ll help you (or someone else) as well. :D

(I decided to put this under cut IT’S SO LONG IM SORRY (& if you’re on mobile I’m even more sorry t_t) 

I’ve actually been writing stuff for YEARS. I started fanfics in middle school, before that I was writing my own little stories. Little me in primary school and early middle school, so badly wanting to be a writer (I RP’d a lot between 07-10 as well). But I never shared my writing. SOMETIMES with close friends, if I bought up an original story and they were interested I would send it to them. Otherwise, I wasn’t about to share it with anyone. ESPECIALLY not my fanfics when I started. A lot of my earliest have gone unseen by the world (and myself for years). I’m sure this may apply to a lot of people if you’ve written stuff for years, regardless what type of writing it is. I don’t know if you’ve written other stuff before anon, but if you haven’t that’s okay because we all gotta start somewhere & if you want to share it right away that’s one hell of an achievement and damned awesome. On the other hand, if it’s taken a while, that’s great too. Either way, sharing can be one hell of an anxiety inducing situation.

Okay, so when it came to finally posting stuff up, I’d definitely been writing a while, but at this point I knew I really wanted feedback on my writing, and to see if people enjoyed it, so that was a huge factor in me sharing it online. I’d never find out what people thought if I kept it to myself forever. Critique can sometimes be tough (just before my ImperialRemnant account on AO3 I wrote fanfic elsewhere and definitely had “this sucks” reviews - which isn’t so much a critique, but actually being a dick because they weren’t helpful - and definitely had fics that did rather terribly - still do - but it’s all a learning process & you eventually get used to it).

It’s also important where you post it, AO3 would be best of jarchie and beronica, as well as tumblr. Fanfic.net usually does better with gen fics. They’re the only ones I use, although I have accounts on some other sites I still gotta go on.

So I’ll go through things you should remember if you’re nervous about putting up fics (and things I have to remind/tell myself constantly):: 

1. I’ll start with the fact you’ll definitely get reviews/comments/critique like I said previously. But most people are REALLY REALLY nice, so don’t freak out (I tell myself, as I’m trying to rationalise), and I haven’t had anything terrible since making my ImperialRemnant account on AO3 or fanfic.net. And there are always times your fics won’t get any comments at all– and that’s fine too! I’ve had that happen to me, and in the long run, it doesn’t feel like a huge biggy??Also, sometimes people aren’t gonna like what you do and they’ll say that, but that takes me to a second point–

2. It’s not your problem if somebody doesn’t like something. This is really important to know. You wrote the fic because it’s a concept you wanted to write, and something you really wanted to share and that’s amazing. You put tags on everything in your fic, so the person will go in and know what to expect, so if somebody does say something, then it’s like… “it was in the tags/summary? Why did you read this then? Wtf?” then 0% your fault. (Tagging’s important guys! I do find it hard so if you do too then try! You’ll usually be fine). 

3. In regards to quality of fic, there’s definitely is a lot of amazing stuff out there, and that’s overwhelming. But you gotta know, there’s a lot of bad stuff too. I hate to say it, because it’s the nice thing to say all fic is good, but the reality is that’s not true. Your fic may not be the best (hey it may be damn amazing I haven’t seen it xD), but there’s a damn good chance it’s not going to be the worst either. Say to yourself this fic isn’t terrible, it’s fine. Your quality will improve over time anyway when you grow as a writer (Lord forbid there’s stuff from a year ago I published and I’m like… why did I do that…but that brings me to the next point).

4. SOMEBODY WILL LOVE YOUR FIC, I GUARANTEE THIS. I didn’t know this at first but learnt it quickly and have to remind myself EVERY TIME. Even if, later, you’re going “oh god that fic was a dumb idea”, there will be someone, at some point, who will have loved it and enjoyed it and wished there was more. It may just be one or two people but goddammit your audience is always gonna start small, and if it stays that way it will always be worth it for someone (that someone can be yourself too!). The best feeling is when somebody gets excited from your updates (HUGE reason why people should leave comments if they love a fic, because there’s a lot of people who are passive readers even when they love love LOVE a fic & just leave a kudos, definite issue. But I hope as a fandom we can not be like that?).

5. Your writing is not going to be perfect to you, it’ll never be perfect, you’ll be sure there’s a way something could be written better, but maybe you don’t know how to make it better (especially if you don’t have a beta!). I never expect fics, when I go in to read them, to be perfect. No writer is perfect, even properly published writers. You’re going to have to tell yourself it’s the best you can do RIGHT NOW for THIS fic. Put it through an editing program maybe if it’ll make you feel better (I use prowritingaid sometimes?) or leave the fic and go through it later. It’s gonna be fine.

6. Don’t expect much at first. Sometimes first fics can be very successful for people, but there’s a shit-ton of people where this doesn’t happen and it takes a while. When I first put fics up on AO3 they only got less than 10 kudos or something? You will eventually write something that a lot of people may love, but it can take a while. I think… well I’ll give you an example with the Star Wars fandom– I first wrote TFA & Kylux on AO3 before The Force Awakens had even come out, so obviously I didn’t get a lot of attention. When the movie came out, there was few fanfics but I was already there so a lot of people would read my fics (dunno if they liked them, but since they were some of the ONLY ones that existed they didn’t have much choice ;P). If you’re writing fics in a growing fandom you might be more likely get more attention later on your fics, if only because there’s few choices. Some of my fics still have barely any kudos, but I have nearly 60 fics and they’re gonna be a hit or a miss (& they eventually gather more kudos overtime, so even the worst fics have at least a few). With Jarchie, I was actually surprised I got as many as I did, but this fandom’s in the process of growing and I assume a lot of people are reading all the new fics?? It’s probably good for you actually, to right now put a fic when people are reading it and into it. 

6. It gets easier. Man, I ain’t even kidding, the first time I was putting up a fic I was freaking out like mad, going back and forth between the tag, mouse hovering over the publish button, re-reading a billion and ten times. It was ~kinda~ easier in a fandom where nobody was reading the fics because you definitely don’t expect much, but there were a couple of people who definitely enjoyed the series I was writing once I’d put some stuff up. And as time went on, it got much more easier. There’s a huge gap of time I didn’t put any fics up and it was hard to update again, but now that I did it, it’s once again easier to do it. I still have internal battles with myself over it, but it’s quicker to get over it and much easier to win. 

7. I forgot a note so I’m just gonna add it quickly. But if you’re really weird about it, you can first send it to a friend to look over, or a mutual or something. Or, since I myself never could do that, just tell someone about the idea– and I suggest telling someone you know won’t make a negative comment about it. Sometimes a “that sounds interesting” or “that sounds cool” can be even a little helpful. If you’re lucky, might even go a long way.

Honestly, my mind goes through a whole lot of panic, and sometimes it just takes a good mental day, and some excitement about the concept of my fic, to be able to be brave enough to finally put something up. I usually have low expectations when I share it (being a pessimistic person by nature, so as not to disappoint myself), but I’m like… somebody’s gonna like it at some point, it’s not the worst fic I’ve ever seen, it’ll be okay. And if a fic doesn’t do well, then you just need to put it behind and move on (repress memories haha). Leave it up, don’t take it down, somebody may eventually come across it and love it, but there’s no harm done having fics that don’t do well. It might just be that it’s not gonna appeal to most people, and that’s okay.

At the end of the day your fic’s gonna be okay. There’s a bunch of amazing, unique, horrendously weird, terrible, awful fics out there and the last thing you need to feel is awkward. I know this ended up being a monster of an essay but I hope it’s helped, even a little.

tl;dr? No need to feel awkward, sit yo ass down and just fuckin’ do it. Shit’s crazy.