#i cannot recall w this

[honeyvenommusic]

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[cent-scratchnsniff]

doodles and stuff. struggled with painting until i gave up

[perceive-the-eyefestation]

*a submarine that doesn’t seem to belong to Urbanshade rapidly approaches* “THREAT DETECTED. PREPARING TO NEUTRALIZE.”

((Shes... still not in the ocean, but. I digress??))

...You.

Tell me- What... what makes you think you have the right? The right to kiddnap, to whisk those who reside here from one place of captivity to the next? To tear them away from the friends- the FAMILY they've established? All for what, your incessant droning of the word "netrualize"? Even if what i've heard the others relay is true, that you've "taken down Urbanshade", what makes you think you’re doing any better than them? You are doing nothing but the same as the ones you claim to of destroyed; shreding families, and encapturing everyone within cages. Prey-tell, Is that what you consider justice? Or... is an attempt to reign supreme? To one over the company that commited horrendious acts? What has it so engrained within your being that you truly, TRULY believe your actions are justifiable? Tell me. I want to know. Because contrary what to you apparently think; We all here want to achieve true freedom together, not to rot alone in some secondary form of prison you're so ever persistent about.

Heed my words, you godforsaken group of falsities. Bring back Painters computer, and never,

NEVER

fucking return.

*Eyefest spews each word from her mouth as if it were hot iron, every inch of her being shaking with sheer rage. How DARE you. You come into this place, and have the AUDACITY to harm her family? To STEAL THEM??

*YOU. HAVE. NO. RIGHT.

*If not for the fact shes practically bound to her bed in the infirmary, not yet discovering the concept of walking, she would've decked you in the face by now. She may not have a full understanding of what is going on, but. She is beyond pissed- Beyond enraged. Words cannot physically describe her sheer and utter HATRED towards you.

[single-malt-scotch]

seeing ppl talk about moment where etho may have been drunk in clips is always amusing bc i always think of a super old mindcrack stream as a moment where i feel like he actually was, prior to any conversations where he said he doesnt really drink alcohol, bc he was so weird and awkward during it

[smiggles]

I’m curious if you’d be willing to say why it’s not for most people ?

The most prominent and easiest answer is that

Being an artist who makes their living off of commissions means that you must rely on your ability not to burn out

And with how low most artist need to charge you must produce a continuous amount of art without burning out (impossible challenge) or hurting yourself

You also must rely on never having an emergency that stops you from drawing for more than a few weeks (typically, depending on your prices)

There's a LOT more that effects why I don't recommend living off commissions but I'd go forever

[apotelesmaa]

The difference between the shinonomes and the tenmas is so funny… truly capturing both sides of the sibling experience. akito & ena are very “you are my sibling and I love you but you are such a huge pain in my ass” whereas tsukasa and saki are like “you are my favorite person in the whole wide world I love you so much :)”

[recallback-art]

Day 12: Future

Sometimes, when Nemo winds down into something like sleep, he finds himself thinking of a man who wears his name like it's his own. A man with a face unrecognizable. One who writes, sings, plays as well as any human despite his plastic joints. He smiles, and there's this genuineness to it, something real that can't be mimicked. But no matter how he tries... the man in his dreams always turns his back when he reaches out.

... Or, that is to say, the future is a far less happy place for Nemo than I let on.

[shoezuki]

ooo true would you want to talk about the games Utpoia and Sunday's reasoning?

ok disclaimer i havent finished penacony and also i am exceptionally inebriated. like to a phenomenal degree. so maybe this isnt coherent but also perhaps this is and i follow in the footsteps of thomas de quincey and micheal mcclure? idk.

anyways i have obviously been thinkin of the concept of utopia a lot in terms of penacony especially. because im currently taking my stupid utopia course rn. but penacony is very much a Modern idea/perspective of the concept of 'utopia'

in a lot of the older/foundational portrayals of utopia (at least that ive read so far) the concept is very much devoid of individuality, built on the idea of a utopic upper class being predominant, and that all the people 'that matter' being perfectly happy (i.e. thomas more literally coined the term 'utopia' and his concept of utopia was an island wherein slavery persisted when people acted outside of the utopic norms, and non-christians were tolerated; francis bacon's new atlantis was similar but moreso focused on the idea of technological advancements, but still very christian) OR were somewhat satirical and depicted the gluttonous nature of upper classes, depicting such in unsavoury ways (i.e. the myth of cockaigne, a legendary island of abundant food, and some the most notable depictions of it showed people being lazy and over indulgent such as pieter bruegel the elder's land of cockaigne painting. also technically jonathan swift's modest proposal is a satirical utopia)

honkai star rail's penacony is very much a modern idea of utopia. this wont ever be covered in my course because my prof's a coward but a lot of modern 'utopias' are very much satirical and/or commentary about the concept of utopia being built on suffering. older concepts of utopia are very collective, in that whats best for 'everyone' is decided by the higher peoples. but when looking at modern media the concept of utopia and dystopia is often synonymous.

the best example i can thing of rn is the hunger games. from the capital's perspective, it's a utopia. but anyone in the outer districts? fuck no its dystopian. in similar cases (divergent, basically any hunger games copy cat, some the stuff by ursula de le guin i.e. earthsea, etcetecetc) the concept of 'utopia' is largely whether it's truly utopia when it's formed on the suffering of others.

imo penacony questions this in a similar way, but moreso in whether a utopian society is Truly a utopia if it's built on ignorance (the matrix is a similar thing i just thought of). say, if reality continues to be shit and house suffering, whether our own suffering or that of others, but we could enter a false society that was free of such suffering, would it truly be utopia? is ignorance of suffering the same as a lack of suffering? Additionally i think penacony, specifically sunday's ideals, deal with the concept of collective vs. individual utopia. as before, an overall utopia where everyone ascribes to one ideology and belief is a utopia, but at an individual scale, is it still utopian? If someone has individual and contradictory beliefs, or doesn't Want to be within this utopia, is it still a utopia for them?

okay i need to stop writing. but yeah penacony is a very modern idea of utopia that i fuck with severely because it draws into question whether a utopia can be true when it is forced, when it is hegemonic, when it ignores the suffering within reality without actually solving such suffering. imo it's a coward's utopia, a faux-utopia, and hsr especially challenges a utopia that lacks any ability to choose

[cimicherrychanga]

in development oc haunting my thoughts....

[waterbearable]

@ prev reblog 100000% agree that it's ridiculous that so many tools for writers are expensive (the fact that the microsoft suite is a fucking subscription based model now still kills me)

but i do recommend obsidian if you're looking for a free notes space you can use for worldbuilding/writing (you'll be writing in markdown if you use it, though), and scrivener if you're willing to pay for one (it's like 60 upfront but it's a one-time purchase, i've found it worth the price and have transitioned most of my creative writing there)

[wonderxshows]

. am i insane is that whats going on

[autism-corner]

wait i might have actually lucid dreamed. wait.

so i was having this dream and it started at work. after a bit I began to notice something where the furniture wasnt right, like two coffee machines or my literal own personal wardrobe just. standing there. then, somehow they said it was friday evening, which isnt possible since i KNOW i have important irl stuff then. So i was trying to figure out if i was correct in the incorrectness. i started telling the supervisors that this wasnt correct and that the dates are wrong (not really the best decision in hindsight i think). they were looking at me like i was stupid and insane, so i just tried to wake up. which actually worked. wth.

[ranvwoop]

seeing the mcyt gem trend makes me wanna revisit mine

[fideidefenswhore]

[In 1534-35,] Cromwell took firm hold of politics, and Norfolk was relegated to subsidiary service. In July 1534 he served as Lord High Steward for the trial of William, Lord Dacre, son of the Thomas Dacre who had served with Norfolk in the North, a man whose honesty Norfolk had questioned in the 1520s. Dacre was charged with treason on the basis of vague but probably essentially true charges of disloyalty to Henry, opposition to the divorce, and plans to lead a rebellion in favour of Princess Mary. At the least, Dacre had used his position as Warden of the West Marches for private profit, making him vul-nerable to attack. To the astonishment of everyone and the deep chagrin of Norfolk, the hand-picked jury of peers acquitted Dacre. In general tenor the charges against Dacre were probably true, but they were brought forward by the Countess of Northumberland, an old family enemy, at the urging of Queen Anne, and the peers were unwilling to pursue a personal vendetta. Dacre's acquittal is also evidence for the strength of the Aragonese party at court, although hardly proof that Norfolk was a sympathizer. The Duke was left with no excuses to offer Henry for his failure to deliver the expected verdict; the fiasco only confirmed the King's suspicions about Howard's dispensability.

The Ebbs and Flows of Fortune: The Life of Thomas Howard, Third Duke of Norfolk, David M. Head

[celiaelise]

... when a movie or TV show seems too depressing/stressful/gory/intense for me to enjoy, but the story really interests me, but then LUCKILY it's based on a book or comic... only for me to learn that everyone who has read the source material universally agrees it sucks ass, and the adaptation definitely improved the story.

[astrxealis]

on a whim and in spite of my responsibilities i have started on making a whole 9 chapter self-indulgent fic for mr. grim reaper from the hit game 'a date with death'