#i am going to block this tag now lol

[autismgaysparklez]

my brain is all itchy and i am so stimmy from this (both in a bad way), would love if there is a scientific explanation... like i love "ugliness" and deformities in humans are great and weird nature hobknobbles but seeing those flowers fundamentally freaked me out to the core & apparently i'm not the only one;; why is this??? like it's the flowers specifically (also the pineapple a little), the strawberry and cacti and such are fine to me

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[rolandkaros]

i remember that mana shim said that part of the reason why she didnt want to speak out originally about her abuse was because there was so much concern about the nwsl folding like how the wusa and wps did. that there was this feeling like 'i dont want to be the one to ruin it' because so many of these women had fought so hard to get a professional women's league started in america. these players had a minimum salary of <$7,000 and were expected to try and play full time professional football on that salary. non-national team players had a salary maximum of $31,500. many of them worked multiple jobs to fund their careers.

i can never really take arguments about the quality of women's sports seriously.

women's football was banned completely for 50 years in england. 50 years, the men got to play and learn and improve and adapt. 50 years, the men's game evolved. and 50 years, the women were banned. are you don't think that might have an effect on the sport as a whole? many other women's sports had similar bans at one point or another.

the men can do virtually whatever they like and get paid hundreds of thousands – millions, even.

did you know the manchester united women's team got a brand new, team specific building last season? and in june it was announced that the men's indoor facility would be needing to go under construction so it could be "revamped"? and that the women's facility was handed over to the men for training? and that the women will now train in portable buildings?

but yes, of course. talk to me about the product. talk to me about quality. because we must be objective, we must look at the numbers. its so obvious, of course, the men are simply outperforming the women! the men must be better. there is no other explanation.

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

current editing moodboard, please send help

[carlos-tk]

sometimes i can’t believe i was posting wips every single wednesday and sunday for literal months like who even was that person

[milkweedman]

The colors of the copper on blackberry dye seem to have shifted from maroon to a very rich milk chocolate brown--which I will hardly complain about, since that's a hard brown to get. I do hope I get something more permanently reddish/purplish with alum--that's what I'll try next. I'm just waiting for the 9 pounds of raw fleece to arrive.

Last night I carded a lot of that blackberry dyed fleece and then put it on the blending board with about half of the white (which was the previous distaff dressing) as a little stripe to one side. Idk, just curious how it'll turn out and seemed more interesting to spin that way. Carding first definitely helps with consistency--both colors were willowed first and put on the blending board, but only the brown was carded as well, and it is much easier to keep smooth and least kind of even.

The one improvement of this phone camera over my old one is that it has a timer setting, so I can actually show where my hands normally are (sometimes anyway). Fairly comfortable although my distaff hand is starting to cramp. Might just be one of those days or might be too heavy for me, but the shape at least is good.

You can probably see that the white is still all over the place, but the brown is pretty even, just with lumps still on occasion. Also, the new height of this spindle means it's perfect for lap spinning rather than impossible to lap spin with, so I'm very happy about that.

[sherlock-is-ace]

anyways... I did half of 8 frames for my gomens animatic today... Crowley's done in those, I do gotta go back and add Azi tho but I have officially started with the proper sketches! Just a billion more to go now 🙃

[anonyanonymouse]

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[itslaneybop]

I’m sure someone has come to the conclusion that Barbatos was originally a feral demon upon creation, right? Diavolo very casually mentions that he lured Barbatos to the castle with tea leaves and Barbatos even notes in a different conversation that he was never a child. That one kid event aside, (which I could very easily find an explanation for if I took the time to do so) it seems too perfect that he would be a quadruped beast-like abomination, respectfully, and I’m going to run with that headcanon.

This is turning into a list I want to reference later 💀

• Barbatos has ALWAYS been articulate and insufferably formal. Maybe he’s made that way.

• Diavolo is the reason he takes a human-esque form, whether to match his own likeness or because he was influenced by some other factor prior to “The Fall”

• Barbatos’s current demon form only alludes to what he used to look like and is definitely the reason why it doesn’t seem to resemble a cohesive design

• He would have looked like a Frankenstein mix between a bat, salamander, owl, snake, and vulture

• ✨ Black sclera ✨ because yes absolutely he would *pants*

• Maybe he doesn’t revert to his previous form because Diavolo has never explicitly said that he was allowed to? (his abject servility lends me to believe he would never use his power without instruction or prompt so this might not be too big of a stretch)

• I already believe that most of the notable figures of native Devildom citizens are beasts or monsters and I think the older they are the less “human” they look. Barbatos is VERY old so that would fit in here nicely.

• Solomon nearly did himself in when summoning Barbatos, if I remember that right, and I desperately want to know what that was all about.

• Whether he started out as quadrupedal or bipedal I couldn’t say, but I think he was flexible enough to stride both ways. Don’t ask me for realism because this is clearly fiction lol but I will say that there is a distinction between his back haunches and the front “arms/hands”

• Someone once mentioned that Barbatos’s VA has a slight lisp (I’m unsure if this observation is true, but I can admit that I hear it and it’s undeniably cute to me) and for that reason alone, I’m envisioning either a snake tongue or sharp fangies to make an audible lisp—or he just has one; no reason at all ♥️

• As far as design goes, I kind of go back and forth between anthropomorphic (I’m using the term loosely and with neutral tone) and just full-on beast.

• For whatever scaly parts he has, I think they’re like a shift of green and blue, possibly yellow, like a June bug shell. Otherwise his body is a mixture of feathers and very fine fur, like a shitzu dog’s coat.

• Big ears! Huge ears that flex and move independently like digits on a hand. This would also explain the black claws on his head because I’m not buying that those are “horns.”

• I’m a big fan of Barbatos being able to speak every language imaginable and that definitely includes every variation of Devildom language. He’s old enough to have invented portions of some!

• Barbatos has said he doesn’t need to sleep (or I am at least fervidly trying to find evidence of it) so I want to believe he catnaps. Catnaps have been described as a light dozing while being alert to surroundings, either to escape danger or pursue prey.

• If he had fangs that worked to inject, he was a venomous monster. If not, I am adamant that he could secrete a toxin of some sort.

• Playing off that last idea, this would make a neat foundation as to why he’s so fascinated and keen on tea. I wonder what kinds of poisonous concoctions he’s made?

There’s a lot to add, but I need to reread the story to get some details right or to pick up anything I hadn’t had a mind to look for first time around. I know for a fact I skipped through most of the story involving the grimoire thing(?) and that’s pretty important regarding Barbatos lol so I’m coming back to this eventually!

[e77y]

Procrastinating so hard even though this is a fun topic about my embarrassing old interest... It's literally an excuse to infodump WHY am I procrastinating 😭

[fitzselfships]

Vent under the cut. I'm so sorry I am not normal at all </3

Dude having (suspected) bpd and self shipping with a character from a popular piece of media who is commonly shipped with another character sucks like what do you mean seeing canon x canon art of them now has me terrified of a fictional character abandoning me what the hell </3

[dove-skulls]

grrrrr cant create my new dev logs blog until lunch so I'm angry

[girlscience]

you know all the jokes about how the 'view post' button that pops up with the blacklisting function on tumblr is the most enticing button in the world?? the a/b/o tag on ao3 functions the exact same way for me

[six-demon-bag]

deeply amusing to me how fast my squick feelings rise if someone even passingly suggests i self insert into a fic or with a character considering all the grade A squick material (according to other people) I write

[martyrbat]

playing an ongoing game called ‘learn whats acceptable to say in someones tags or get blocked’. a lot of you are losing.

[mexashepot]

I think I have a new favourite musical.

It's been HOURS and my jaw and belly still hurt from laughing but god, was it worth it.

We were laughing for almost two hours STRAIGHT.

It's quite ironic, but I have felt the most alive I have felt in YEARS in a musical about DEATH.

Great humour, incredible 4th wall breaking, interesting plot, well-rounded characters, main het love story actually bearable and even nice at times (a woman being shown to be intellectually equal to her mad scientist male interest? Her being socialised by her mother to become a housewife and him constantly showing her how brilliant she is, encouraging her to follow her dreams to become a doctor? All while the narrative shows that not only does he think she is intellectually his equal, she actually IS proven to be at least as genius as he is shown to be? I cannot believe I am saying this but I finally approve of a het musical couple. Armageddon must be upon us) Death who is just SO FUCKING DONE WITH ALL OF THIS SHIT and he just wants to CHILL and his (gay? bi? unclear but either works) assistant* who's been pining after him FOR ETERNITY without him ever realising it till The End? An actual GAY happily ever after between Death and his assistant??? All set to fun pop-rock music??? Where 2 of the musicians are also the 4th wall-breaking Narrators???

Cynical humour about death and dying with touches of optimism? Jewish humour? A robot created by the mad scientist called RAMBAM???

GOD WHERE HAS THIS MUSICAL BEEN MY ENTIRE LIFE???

(In a cupboard, under some stairs)

@ Israeli followers - Seriously if you like humour & musicals, I HIGHLY recommend seeing הסוף at צוותא in Tel Aviv. (It's a smaller indie production so tickets are also cheap af)

*Fun fact: the gay/bi Death assistant is played by the same actor who plays Collins in the TLV Rent production (another production I highly recommend, although with some caveats but the fantastic acting & staging transcend the shitty translation and some stupid production choices) and he is as great in this comedic role as he is as Collins.

[precipitin]

think i am just going to start posting