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Needed a serotonin boost so I commissioned @heeeygracie for a bit of Red Daughter fun. As usual, Gracie knocked it out of the park ā look at her āŗļø
#supergirl#red daughter#gracieart#gracieās awesome chibis strike again#moodenhancer#Cookie Monster but in red ;)#excellent advice
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This was an offhand comment from your tags about having extensive knowledge of the wider DC universe, but I immediately had to be a nerd and give some tips for a useful tips section. Sorry in advance for how long this is.
Honestly for me it helps to just pick a character that sounds like the character has an interesting storyline, origin story, villain(s) and start reading/doing research. Currently for me that means reading Constantine comics (and Dead Boy Detectives), but itās just like reading a book and getting to know characters as they appear in the story. Sometimes (if not often) Iāll even get introduced to a different character from a crossover that is in the issue and I add the character to the list to do a deep dive into. For example, reading the Sandman and getting potentially meeting Constantine for the first time. Constantine is an extremely interesting character with a compelling backstory and while Iāve known about Constantine before reading Sandman comics, I didnāt ever really think about actually reading comics for Constantine until reading through The Sandman.
Another helpful thing if youāre just wanting nerdy rants is just listening to peopleās passionate video essays (such as Pandaredd) (also he does a comic book club on YouTube and itās interesting to hear his take on comics after he gives a synopsis) on a specific character and what a specific story means for that character. Always good to do your own additional research after listening to those, but theyāre still good fun in my opinion.
And lastly, book stores still sell comics and libraries hold them as well. If youāre wondering where to start, chances are thereās a real enthusiastic nerd who will just burst with excitement to help you out. Not to mention itād be supporting your local library and/or book stores.
TL;DR slow and steady wins the race. Itās definitely a huge pool to deep dive into, but I absolutely think itās worth it in the end.
Thank you! This is really helpful. I think if I was gonna get into any other comics now it probably would be the Hellblazer comics and Constantine so I'll take a look at what I can find.
Ive gone right off the superhero genre in recent years (I'm probably gonna blame Disney for that) but Constantine and the Hellblazer comics seem like the least superhero comics going next to Sandman.
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Q: What advice would you give to your younger self?
Video via: @/Jessysilverbla1 (Twitter)
Jamie Campbell Bower at GCC.
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āWhen youāre late in London donāt leave it to the last trainā, Bruce Angrave, 1943
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I love in āThe Godfatherā when Vito Corleone says to The Turk that āI have a sentimental weakness for my children, and I spoil them, as you can see They talk when they should listenā come on Vito with the *mic drops* quotes. Vito Corleone is my 2nd favorite character of all time after Michael Corleone.
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#truth#single#life#kinda personal#true love#be good to yourself#love yourself#life is too short#be happy now#found on pinterest#excellent advice
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Solving one problem at a time
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25 Life Lessons I've Learned In 25 Years
In honor of turning 25 this month, here are some lessons I wish someone could've baked into my brain by 18. Hope this helps xx
Putting yourself first is not selfish, it is an act of self-care. Actively discounting others is not the same as protecting your peace.
Pay attention to who gossips and keeps to themselves amidst an interpersonal conflict. Insecure people or those in the wrong will speak the loudest and go on the longest in a fight to prove their innocence. Individuals who are self-assured and comfortable with the truth know it's better to communicate their feelings appropriately and then move past it. Confidence is assertive, tactful, and relatively silent.
If you want to know who to believe in an argument, pay attention to how both sides speak about the conflict. The perpetrator will often speak about the individuals' character/morality while the victim will explain their personal experience in the context of the relevant situation.
Display empathy and consideration, but don't live to satisfy others' emotional needs and expectations. Say farewell to anyone who dismisses or guilts you for your own needs, emotions, priorities/life goals & aspirations.
Your needs matter. No one needs to approve or validate your desires. If someone feels they have control over you or tries to persuade you to change your mind to ensure you put their emotions and needs first, cut them out of your life. They do not care about you.
Almost no one deserves insider access into your life and mind. Upholding your right to privacy āĀ especially regarding your finances, dating life, health conditions/concerns, and long-term goals āĀ is the simplest way to protect your peace.
A friend to all is a friend to none. Be wary of those who will not stand up for you behind closed doors. These people do not care about you, they care about what your place in their life does for them and their ego.
Be radically honest and accepting of who you are. Don't apologize for your preferences, aspirations, and values. You deserve to live in a way that makes you happy, not to appease others in hopes of their approval or future favors due to your karmic good deeds.
You deserve happiness, love, and nice things, life experiences, relationships, and opportunities in your life regardless of what others may or may not possess/ be able to experience. Dispel this scarcity mindset ASAP. Jealousy and internalized shame are destructive to your self-esteem and all your relationships.
You are worthy and offer many incredible, unique gifts to the world. Don't allow naysayers, critics, or bullies (of any age) to dim your light or sacrifice pursuing your dreams. Decide you're the leader of your own life. Then act accordingly.
Direct communication is always the way. Remain tactful, but at least when dealing with non-manipulative people, always say what you mean and mean what you say. It will save a lot of trouble and petty disagreements that could've been avoided with clearer communication.
You don't owe anyone an explanation for your feelings, emotions, and actions that don't have a direct, inescapable impact on someone else. "No" is a complete sentence.
Approach conversations as a meeting of the minds. Healthy debate or conflict is about seeking to understand the other person, not prove yourself right. Leaving your ego at the door will allow you to expand your mind and avoid many unnecessary conflicts or arguments.
If it's not a hell yes, it's a no. For a job, date, sex, attendance at a time-sucking social event, family gatherings, an informal meeting not essential for you to keep your job, a wedding, birthday party, holiday invitation, etc. Outside of your contracted hours and time necessary to keep yourself/your home clean & well-maintained, you should spend your time exactly as you please. Doing things you don't want to do will only breed resentment down the line toward yourself and others.
Detangle yourself from any who refuses to self-reflect and take accountability. This person is selfish and will never see you as fully human with emotions, needs, and a complete life/internal world of your own. Cut them out (or at least fully emotionally detach and limit contact with them) immediately.
Speak your truth, but always say a little less than you feel necessary. Overexplaning and oversharing do you no favors. At a minimum, this approach allows you to protect your peace. In the worst circumstances, this tactic can also save you from a lot of trouble in your personal or professional life.
Learn to ask for a little more than you're comfortable with, but do so with grace, tact, and confidence. Whether it's a salary/rate negotiation, flight/hotel/restaurant accommodations, get in the habit of making that slightly higher/up-leveled request like you're expecting a "yes." You can't get something you don't ask for, so speak up and show you know your worth. This habit can bring a lot of great opportunity into your life and builds up your confidence.
Everyone is on their own timeline and path. Don't compare yourself to others' credentials, job titles, relationship status, net worths, or jean sizes. Comparison is truly the thief of joy. Remaining envious of others only takes up the energy that could otherwise be used to elevate or enrich your life.
Become clear on your priorities, and remain diligent with your habits & routines. Set SMART goals. Implement healthy habits and rituals into your daily lifestyle. Be consistent with goal-supporting and wellness rituals (generous sleep schedule, healthful eating habits, daily movement/regular exercise, reading, task time-blocking, cleaning, and life/work admin schedule), so they become second nature. Help yourself by creating these default habits to ensure your brain is wired for success whether you're in an easygoing era or a stressful life season.
Stop seeing other people (especially other women) as your competition in your profession/dating life and within your platonic relationships. Use your immediate criticisms as a tool for self-reflection. Actively deconstruct the patriarchy in every aspect of your life. Other women coworkers, dating prospects, and friends are not your rivals nor individuals who should be evaluated based on their assertiveness, sexual history/appeal, relationship status, or desire to perform traditional maternal/domestic roles.
Understanding how to interact with others in a cordial, tactful manner is significantly more important than having everyone like you. Learn how to positively influence people without seeking approval. What other people think of us is none of our business. All we can do is show up as the best version of ourselves, and remain optimistic about a potential connection.
Acceptance, accountability, and consistent discipline are the holy trinity to creating a sustainable change that you can maintain for the long haul. There's no shame in starting from the bottom, but you need to be honest about where you're at, so you can create a realistic game plan/small behavior-changing habits that stack up over time to help you implement the radical change you're craving.
Let go of any internalized shame. Being the "good girl" does you no favors in life. Set a standard and expectation to be respected, not to be perceived as "innocent" or submissive ā this is how you get taken advantage of in professional, platonic, and intimate relationships. Remain ravenous for respect. It's the only way to live life to the fullest.
24. Investing in your appearance is a form of self-respect. Wanting to look & feel your best and present yourself in the best light possible to others is not a superficial pursuit. Remain unwavering about your hygiene/beauty/grooming routines, deliberate styling choices, healthy eating & workout habits, and mindfulness of social graces. You're your #1 publicist, so act like it. Life is all about embracing satisfaction with a sprinkle of reputation management.
25. Be unapologetic about your financial ambitions, priorities, investments, savings goals, etc. Financial freedom IS freedom. The only way to change the system is to break it from the inside out. Leverage is everything. Allocate, and assert your (financial) power wisely.
#life lessons#life advice#girl advice#glow up era#quarter life crisis#femme fatale#dark feminine energy#dark femininity#it girl#healthy habits#self concept#career advice#friend advice#dating advice#fashion advice#beauty and wellness#high value woman#the feminine urge#female excellence#dream girl#queen energy#female power#feminine energy#women's rights#women's empowerment#feminism#intersectional feminism#womanhood#self love#femmefatalevibe
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how to build self worth: keep the promises you make to yourself. if you're not going to follow through, stop saying you'll do it. stop saying you're going to exercise daily if you aren't going to keep your word. either say, 'i'm going to do my best to exercise as much as i can, but i'm not at a place to be rigid about it yet' or hold yourself to it. if you do the latter but can't keep it up, there's no need to force it. just introduce compassion: 'i tried my best but it's not working for me right now and that's okay. moving forward i'll do what i can.'
you need to be able to trust yourself. when you constantly break promises to yourself you destroy your self worth. could you build a life with somebody you don't trust? somebody who never holds their word? who is full of big promises and nothing to show for it? ...yet this is what you do to yourself.
raise the standard, you deserve better. you need to keep your promises.
#this is the advice that changed my life like literally hauled me off one path and onto an entirely new and better one#personal excellence#it girl#it girl energy#that girl#becoming that girl#self improvement#self worth#self care#glow up#level up#self development#lucky girl syndrome#high value mindset#vanilla girl#glow up journey#girl diary#dream girl#soft life
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hunger is whatever shape the moonlight pulls your shadow into.
The cover and first two pages of a comic about Essek and touch, set just after episode 97 and the reveal of his treachery.
There are nine pages. I will post them in batches as I finish them, and each post will be updated with the links to the other pages. š
I've had this idea sketched out for several years (check out my user icon, which hasn't changed since I made this account š ), and I am excited to finally sit down and finish it! Here's a close-up of the Rosohna and Xhorhaus panel on page 2.
An absence is also a presence, no?
Poetry source is ONE SIDE OF AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GHOST OF MARVIN GAYE by Hanif Abdurraqib.
#my art#essek thelyss#shadowgast#critical role#lonely wizard with access to unimaginable reality-bending powers uses it to make even lonelier decisions: the comic#''keep pages simple! don't make panels into paintings'' is truly excellent advice for comics. however hubris is tasty and fun#see you in 4 years when i finish the next 3 pages#i tried a dozen times to post this but tumblr had an annoying issue where it only saved an incomplete draft and sent updates to the void#so yeet š¤ hope my text made it. we are skipping drafts entirely. live fast die hard
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MY STAND-IN (2024) | 1.01
#poom phuripan#up poompat#lotte chaiyut#my stand in the series#my stand in#userbunn#userrain#usersasa#userjamiec#tobelle#usertoptaps#tuseralexa#userjap#my stand-in#my stand-in the series#clairedgifs#msiedit#thaidrama#msiep1#i was having a hard time choosing what scenes to gif but thanks to sasa advice i went ahead and gif this bc this was soooooo funny#cinematic excellence when they cut to ming. I HAD TO GIF
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Wait wait wait BLIND ZUKO?!?!?! Why is this the first time hearing about it??????????? This obviously a major error on my partā¦but I am little confusedā¦what is a sensitivity reader? are they like a beta reader, but someone who belongs to the blind community(is even calling it a community OK I donāt know how else to refer to itš
ļæ¼)? ļæ¼someone to make sure that what your writing is accurate???ļæ¼ Please educate me!!!
Basically that, yep. Sensitivity readers are a reasonably common practice in Serious Face fiction (...among writers and publishers who care about getting things right), but definitely not common in fanfiction, so it's no surprise if you haven't heard the term before--they're people from whatever group who are good at helping writers spot and correct when they're using harmful tropes related to the group(s) they're a part of (and offering suggestions to make things read more authentically).
Since people tend to spin off AUs of my fics (which is awesome and continues up be encouraged), I am putting in an effort to not totally screw up the Blind Zuko rep. Of all fandoms, Avatar should absolutely be a place blind fans can find themselves represented in and welcomed by.
On a related note, insert PSA here encouraging all Avatar artists and rebloggers of Avatar art to write alt text/image IDs. They're quick to write and they mean the world to the people who need them. Do it for Toph.
#on an equally related note I only reblog art that has ids. so if you want to get reblogged you know what to do.#my sensitivity reader is on Tumblr and regularly posts excellent writing advice so I'm very excited to be working with them#but I haven't actually cleared with them whether they want their name publicly associated with this#So no name for now#Fingers crossed for nothing huge on the outline level#Though I'm fully expecting a million little issues on the chapter by chapter level#Blind Zuko#avatar the last airbender#atla
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Talent is THE RATE at which you learn things, not whether or not you can learn certain skills at all.
Something to think about for sure!!
So earlier in art class today, someone drew a characters hands in their pockets and mentioned that hands are really like the ultimate end boss of art, and most of us wholeheartedly agreed. So then, our teacher went ahead and free handed like a handful of hands on the board, earning a woah from a couple of students. So the one from earlier mentioned how it barely took the teacher ten seconds to do what I canāt do in three hours. And you know what he responded?
āIt didnāt take me ten seconds, it took me forty years.ā
And you know, that stuck with me somehow. Because yeah. Drawing a hand didnāt take him fourth years. But learning and practicing to draw a hand in ten seconds did. And I think thereās something to learn there but itās so warm and my brain is fried so I canāt formulate the actual morale of the lesson.
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