#follow your passions

[mckitterick]

Follow your enthusiasm. Find those parts of your life you enjoy the most. Do what you enjoy doing.

- Jim Henson

[a-few-of-my-favorite-mangas]

My Dress-Up Darling

Story by Shinichi Fukuda

Manga Volume 1

Shounen, Romance, High School Setting, Follow You Passions

Story   ★★★☆☆   ||   ★★★★☆   Art

Summary

A loner boy and a flashy girl find common ground via cosplay in this sweet and spicy romcom! Traumatized by a childhood incident with a friend who took exception to his love of traditional dolls, doll-artisan hopeful Wakana Gojou passes his days as a loner, finding solace in the home ec room at his high school. To Wakana, people like beautiful Marin Kitagawa, a trendy girl who's always surrounded by a throng of friends, is practically an alien from another world. But when cheerful Marin--never one to be shy--spots Wakana sewing away one day after school, she barges in with the aim of roping her quiet classmante into her secret hobby: cosplay!

Review

I watched the anime and was feeling the withdrawal, I needed more!! This volume pretty much is the same as it’s anime counterpart. I really like the art, just wish the backgrounds had more details, but it really is the character design and their personalities that really shine. Gojou is just best boi, I really like how even though he is a bit shy and insecure when it comes to personal relationships, he really is a guy in all other ways. I really like how he is always conscious of being respectful of Marin and her boundaries, even while she is being way too open with them. Their dynamic together is just so cute... I’m assuming volumes 1-5 or 6 is covered in the anime, so I’m going to rush thru them cause I really just want the new material!! 

[dibator]

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[cabinette]

AU martin i've been cooking on the tma rp twitter....

[posalis]

Daniel Molloy + first impressions

[a-path-by-the-moon]

[rosesradio]

You're the only person i follow who posts about thomas sanders

And i only watch him for sanders sides, i'm not really in the fsndom online, so i guess you are the best person to ask this

Why does thomas take so long to upload new sander sides?

ten questions scientists still can't answer, anon

[charrfie]

[hum-tittle]

Next time you're feeling unaccomplished for your age, just remember until you're over 36, you've spent most of your life as a child.

Until 50, you've spent less than half your life with a fully developed brain.

It's okay to take your time

It's okay to restart

It's okay to change

Life milestones don't have age limits

You're doing amazing going at your pace.

[elkkiel]

Regarding ST's merch, I think it's really obvious quality wise what merch the boys had a direct hand in and what merch is just RCA slapping ST's name and logo on something because they know it'll sell. The figurine and the constant HT/Spencer's drops scream RCA just trying to make a buck.

I think the big thing we can do as fans, or in this case consumers, is just be really picky about what merch we actually buy. Let sales numbers and the market talk for us ig (ew capitalism, but unfortunately that's how this works)

Things like the graphic novel? Hell yeah, support the shit out of that! We're out here Obtaining new, original stories made in collaboration with the band themselves, AND supporting art that aligns with the band's previously-curated brand image. Throw your money at that or hype it up online, since that's what we REALLY want to see from them. (even if it's too $$$ for many people. But, I get the sense that they wouldn't mind the pdf being shared with other fans lol. You can't tell me those nerds haven't read pirated manga/comics/books online before)

The low quality, soulless Licensed Products keep on coming because there's apparently a market for them. People will buy it just because it's ST, not because it's actually worth the money. As if it'll bring any value to their experience with the band. How many fans actually want a fuckin lava lamp, or any assortment of the hot topic merch that's just Vessel's face cheaply screenprinted on the front?

I think there's a lot of hype and market potential for their brand and likeness right now, and—for a corporate entity—it makes sense to flood the market like fucking Atlantic with whatever merch will sell. Voting with your wallet really does help. Not buying into the obvious cash-grab merch produces data that tells marketers that we're tired of it. It produces trend reports which indicate their current merch practices are becoming unprofitable to continue (oh, the horrors!)

Idk like I said last night, there seems to be a big disconnect between the band's history of being very selective with aesthetics/design, and whatever is going on right now. Personally, I'd much rather wallow in despair over sleeping through a relatively rare merch drop during European daylight hours. Because then at least the drop feels worth it, and fans who were able to buy merch will have a better, higher quality experience that actually aligns with their brand. Literally anything other than what we're seeing from them right now.

Sorry I just woke up not too long ago, so this might not read very clearly. I want to see my boys succeed and make a living off their art as much as anyone else, but surely there's a better way to support them.

[slaaverin]

Guys I had the biggest revelation today.

I never was interested in carreer choices. Not the usual ones. But I've always been creative. The thing is, I held back on many of my passions (editing, writing, painting, sharing spiritual insights) because I always thought it was useless because it didn't make any money. So I didn't do them as often as my heart wanted because "I needed to do more important things, like finding ways to make money". The thing is, no other ways to make money made me happy. I searched and searched and tried but it made me feel miserable.

I realized that so many people do things in life that they hate and don't want to do because we are all slaves to money, everyone was taught we need to make money in a certain way. And I now get that I also had those programs.

And that I was led by fear of lack instead of going after what makes me really happy. I understand that if myself can produce the feeling of absolute safety no matter the outside circumstances then money or no money I would be fine.

So I will to stop looking and trying things I despise and focus entirely on what makes me happy.

If the money comes eventually great but if it doesn't then I'd rather live with no money than be miserable.

So this is like a big fuck it moment.

I decided to follow my light and stop doing what other people or society tells me I should be doing. I want to stop putting monetary value on my happiness.

I was going in circles for nothing because the answer was there all along.

I decide to trust that the universe has my back and will guide me.

Now I can make jikook edits without feeling guilty whatsoever, I don't care anymore and it fills me with joy 😂 I feel truly liberated.

I hope you guys will also get to follow your passions 💜

I have a couple asks to answer I will do it later today ✨️

Take care everyone

[trailerparkdad]

welcome to the life of a quiet lab technician

[soulinkpoetry]

A passion without a soul is bland and unadventurous.

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[ninawolv3rina]

What if we had a tension-filled sword fight… and we were both boys with mustaches…?

Characters: Faedril “Fae” Silvarin (he/him), Seb (he/him). Seb belongs to Art_Works_42/Professor Buck on instagram

[ducktracy]

i've been in a very "nostalgic for SpongeBob" mood lately and that's warranted a lot of reflecting on Baby Me being a Sponge fanatic and thinking of what she'd think of now. and i have to say that one of my favorite parts of doing what i do--and also the most stupidly niche--is that one of my first online hyperfixations i recall having was SpongeBob production music. i remember animating magical girl transformations in Flipnote to SPONGEBOB MUSIC. i remember feeling so smart researching all the songs and getting to hear them without any dialogue on top. very gratifying to 11 year old me. i was and am still very fixated on production music, and so i always get very excited when seeing uploads of these songs and spotting a screenshot of a scene i worked on among them. one of my favorite aspects of watching episodes premiere is seeing what music they added on top of scenes i touched. it's just neat how many facets my thankfulness for Doing What I'm Doing gets to reach. i'm never not thinking of how grateful i am to be doing what i'm doing

[thepersonalwords]

Nurture your Dream everyday. A strong dream will empower you to take bold decisions and allow you to follow your heart.

Manoj Arora, Dream On