#hope it arrives lol

[shadedgarden]

I might have purchased something off of Ebay, to try to get in to a new hobby. I've been interested in photography as an art for at least 20 years but always hesitated to use anything other than a point and shoot camera or my cell phone.

This year, I don't want to hold back.

Just gotta wait for it to arrive. I'm...I'm kind of excited!

[booasaur]

Special Ops: Lioness - 1x07

[vuroro]

I haven't made new Pokemon merch in a while, so I designed some multidimensional pins using the gen 2 palette! These might look a lil strange rn, but think they'll look much better once they're printed on wood. :)

[aardvaark]

tara cole my beloved

[iwt-v]

"I'm Gentleman Death in silk and lace,

come to put out the candles.

The canker in the heart of the rose."

[duusheen]

Sterling finally met with Abby to arrange when he could spend time with Noah at home. Everything went smoothly, except for the small detail that Hope was also invited to join but chose not to go 🙃

[phoenixcatch7]

Cap should be allowed to teleport to the rock with his transformation lightning. I mean that's where it's coming from, after all.

He would use it to get out of so many situations XD.

Batman: captain, do you have a minute to stay after this meeting?

Billy, going to be late for school if he doesn't hup to: um haha sorry the wizard wants me back at the rock I'm already pushing it hahaSHAXAM

The wizard, looking up from his orb: *raises an eyebrow*

Cap, transforming back with more lightning and rushing for his bag: I'm sorry I'm sorry Mrs Ermine is going to KILL me if I'm late again this week!

The wizard, to his rapidly retreating back: this is the seventh time this month you've used me as an excuse.

Billy, halfway down the hall of sins, voice echoing: I said I'm sorrrryyyyyyy!!

Batman, left all the way on the watchtower: :|

[arcanegifs]

[dreamyyesenia]

When you go to the kids park with your family to meet fellow toddlers to become friends with your daughter- but just end up running into paparazzi everywhere… - The Joy of Life 🧚🏼‍♀️

Briar didn’t mind and played cards with Finn, Jasper tried to have some romantic moments with his wife and Peony went hiding in the tent. 🙈

In the end, Peony made some friends. But the watcher had to intervene heavily to make it happen. Anyways, everyone was happy because the sunset in Copperdale was stunning 🌅 Finn joined the football team and Briar the Performing Arts Team (because she loves singing) 🎶

[bilolli]

LOOK AT WHO'S BEING PRODUCED!!

I'M SO EXITED YA ALL, this is the only good thing that's happening right now. asbdhahcfiaqsejak

Anyway, they'll be soon be avaiable as clear stickers and keychains on my brand new ko-fi account!

be ready :DDDD

[mymlody]

better alternatives to purchasing from devilinspired

after seeing the 40,000th video of lolitas ordering from sites like devilinspired and my-lolita-dress and seething/coping/fuming/etc, i’ve decided to make a post giving resources for better alternatives if you want to purchase from brands on taobao and receive better pricing and customer service while doing so!

“but why are devilinspired/my-lolita-dress bad?”

they’re not necessarily evil sites that need to be boycotted per se, but they don’t exactly have a high standard for quality control (including selling design and print replicas), price gouge pretty badly, and have had less than stellar customer service, so i thought it would be better to give people resources for smarter purchasing!

here's a 2018 breakdown comparing the prices between the shopping service 42agent and buying through taobao directly

here's a tutorial on how to navigate and purchase from taobao directly without the use of a shopping service/agent

and here is a link to 42agent’s lolita vendor site, 42lolita, which has consistently better brand quality control, lower pricing, and better customer service than DI or MLD

i’ve also crossposted this info to twitter via a thread :)

[yujeong]

The blood was sipping through the cloth, bright red covering Vegas' fingers, his rings, his clothes. The wound was deep, but not fatal. Not if Pete got immediate medical attention. He would. He was a bodyguard of the main family. Tankhun's doll. Kinn's pet. They wouldn't let him die like that, Vegas was sure of it. In the meantime, he just had to do his best at keeping him alive long enough for that to happen. He was calm, as much as he could be. Every time panic threatened to emerge from the cracks of his calm expression, he gulped it down. Pete was beneath him. A nobody. Canon fodder. It was a miracle he even remembered his name. (It wasn't. Vegas remembered all of them.)

[...] "Are you going to shoot me?" "Khun Vegas... what..." He took a shallow breath. His eyes fluttered; it was evident he could barely stay awake. "The mission... did it-" "It's over."

[...] "Khun Vegas... why-" "Don't you want to live, Pete?" Vegas said. His voice came out louder than he intended. Thankfully, Pete was delirious from the blood loss and didn't notice. [...] "You're not useful to me." [...] "It hurts." "I'm sure." Vegas had never been shot before. He had bodyguards of his own for that. People beneath him. Nobodies. Canon fodder. It'd be a miracle if he remembered any of their names. (It wouldn't. Vegas knew none of them.)

[concord-and-cliches]

they're just two normal guys, probably

(you can find them over at my bigcartel [x] if you're interested!!)

[seaofreverie]

Sparkstember Day 6: Big Beat (Big Boy)

Wooohoooo, Big Beat! Our favourite little "questionable lyrics" album. Anyway, this one's lots of fun. Full of unrefutable bangers and hard rocking that's not like anything else that Sparks have done for the most part (and it's still very Sparks despite that). But yeah, this is a very strange era for them that I find pretty charming actually, and I think that for the full Big Beat experience one must watch the Capitol Theatre concert from this era (funnily, my favourite bit of it isn't even a song from this album... it's Equator, and, well, this is the exact type of theatricality that I'm a really big fan of, haha)

While I undoubtedly DO like this album, there must also be a reason I don't revisit it all that often. And I think, well, is it just just me or are lots of songs here just kind of... way too simple? Musically speaking (too), and while I'm pretty easy to please when it comes to this type of music that's much more on the rock than pop side of things, and my first impression here was very positive, well, afterwards... I either forgot about it altogether or often had a feeling of "can we move on now" when songs from this album came on shuffle and such. Even listening to this album today I had lots of those moments, like it's not that I don't like these songs... I guess they're just less engaging than I'm used to from Sparks (cause I don't want to call them boring, I think it's a bit of a different thing...).

Also interesting, because despite all this, the 21×21 Big Beat concert is actually a pretty big fav of mine. So I guess my thesis for today is that it's the type of album that works better live maybe!

Favourite songs (and other highlights):

Big Boy: just a good opener and fun song all around, and here's a fun fact about it: about a half of this song's length is just its title being said. Which means that the song Big Boy consists of 50% pure Big Boy

I Want To Be Like Everybody Else: sadly, a bit of a victim of Spotify Shuffle really wanting me to listen to it over and over and it getting a bit old fast

I Bought The Mississippi River: my fav here by far and also the most interesting and memorable, I really like the call & response part, and the guitar solos, the whole atmosphere is great, reminds me a little bit of High C even now that I think about it... Not sure though, I JUST thought about this

Confusion: one of the only songs here that I could see as part of some other album from around this time without it sticking out too much. Makes sense if we keep its origins in mind...

Screwed Up: it's fun to imagine sometimes that the 60s just happened

I Like Girls: COME ON, GIIIIIIRLS!!!

Tearing The Place Apart + Looks Aren't Everything: I love all the bonus tracks here but these two especially are a nice (and unexpected) return to the Indiscreet style which I really love

[roguemaki]

Another chunk of the Commemorative Book Scanlation finished… Pages 072-085 (the second half of the cast section) are done.

A little over halfway done with the book... all that remains is the last section: Staff

[lunasilvis]

2 months into 30.

Growing into somebody I can be genuinely, genuinely proud of. At night I rest well 🌛