#i sound like a broken record

[b1nkee]

Zana kiss redraw in 2024?!

*looks around the room, no one is shocked.*

anyway these guys are so special to me I love them so much im gonna hurl

kilig kilig kilig im kicking my feet and giggling uncontrollably thinking abt them

Closeups + the one I made when the episode first aired

the improvement is cray but one thing about me is that im never gonna get her damn swimsuit right 😭😭

coloring the bw version was so hard btw still figuring out color grading + hue and overlay layers

[sleeplesssmoll]

Do you remember when Vertin first saw a Manus follower turn into a monster beyond reason and she apologized for the ass whooping she was about to give him? She knew she was going to knock him out. Her arcanum isn't anything special (according to lore) but Vertin knows she's a menace when it comes to fighting.

[dragon-ashes1485]

Character Development 3

I'm back and overthinking so yay.

This bit is so key to the finality of Elrond's character development over the past two seasons. As I said in the last post, Elrond is the leader of the elven army, finally, regardless of his blood history.

But here, a moment, a tiny moment, he still looks to Gil-Galad for reassurance. Despite all the defiance and tension between these two in hierarchy, race and status, Elrond still remains kind and, importantly, loyal. He is still able to earn and give respect from/to Gil-Galad now that we see Elrond standing up for his status as an elf.

Such as here, Gil-Galad is plainly aware of Elrond's fear, and suddenly Elrond looks so young, still looking to his king. But there is also mutual respect. They are both at war. And Elrond continues to fight with his king.

And then there are moments where Elrond and Gil-Galad remain in respect of each other, but in which Gil-Galad is by far Elrond's elder.

Gil-Galad looks to Elrond here, sees him as a mutual in status, but not in experience, and that's ok. Elrond has lived wars but Gil-Galad has fought them, at least more than Elrond has. Gil-Galad continues to fight. But Elrond just stays rooted to the ground. They are equals. But Elrond can still learn from Gil-Galad, and their newfound respect in their relationship will aid that.

Elrond's character in future seasons still has a way to go to reach third age Elrond. And Elrond will fight more wars. He will become the warrior Gil-Galad is. And Gil-Galad (in TROP) is beginning to see him as an equal.

[blimbo-buddy]

good lord people just fucking forget what specific queer terms mean at this point dont they. its like theyre calling any feminine gay guy a twink atp. reminds me of when people see a character who's not *overtly* feminine and call them "butch"

Same people who think that "Bear" just means a muscular and hairy guy with a little bit of a gut. When I hear "Bear" I almost instantly think of someone who's fat and hairy like at this point it's become a problem of looking over fat queer people. Just say you don't give a fuck about fat people at this point

There's definitely a problem with people assigning body types to some labels in gay culture that otherwise doesn't even have an assigned body type, specifically with the terms of Butch and Femme

A lot of people think that Butch means that it refers to a fat lesbian that's masculine; Or in other cases, automatically tie "fat and hairy" with being Butch, completely disregarding fat and/or hairy Femmes

And with Femmes, people automatically gravitate towards a skinny lesbian, disregarding Femmes who aren't skinny

The problem of assigning body types to being masculine, androgynous, and feminine - where fatter and bigger body types are seen as masculine while other body types are seen as androgynous/feminine (which also leads into ANOTHER problem of people thinking that androgyny = feminine 2.0)- has always been a problem, which is why it's important to expand your horizon of understanding what the implications of these beliefs are in the long run.

Although this is something I typically see often with lesbian terms, as for terms for gay men they often specify the body type

Bear = fat and hairy (and maybe muscular)

Otter = slender and hairy

Twink = skinny and usually hairless (or at least very little body hair)

Twunk = skinny but also with a lean, well-toned build

Still, very odd that many people can't wrap their head around a bear not being masculine but also that itself goes into another discussion about how we often gender personality traits. Where some traits like kindness, nervousness, etc. = feminine traits

Anyways Smudge is a bear through and through. He's fat and hairy (fluffy) and loves to bake and is super fucking nervous all the time

[lagosbratzdoll]

It feels like I talk about this a lot and I do but the only reason I do is because this fandom keeps drawing inaccurate parallels between the Targaryen conquest of Westeros and colonialism.

It's got to the point where just seeing the word colonialism in asoiaf discourse gives me hives. Please for the love of all that is holy, words mean things.

[bloodstaineddeer]

i feel like im looking in through glass seeing everyone having close friends or a best friends and its really annoying because people say you have to like love yourself to be loved even platonically but if i do and still cant make/keep friends so its just confusing because i just want to know whats wrong with me to where i cant keep friends or talk to people

[vgilantee]

it does hurt to be blocked by someone I followed for over 6 years and for an entirely different fandom though. was a big fan. sucks that a miscommunication and me handling it poorly resulted in this

[disappointeddyke]

Bro if I don’t stop feeling so lonely, isolated, and doomed soon I might just have to radically change my entire life

[spaceumbredoggos]

My therapist has her work cut out for her tomorrow. Gonna try making a deal with Bill again. Hopefully the right candidate drops out of the race. I’m so scared and I’m so tired. I just played Pokemon go for three hours straight and that was a lot of walking. I have foot blisters. I had a full on panic attack with the shakes and everything when I heard Biden dropped out. My sleep schedule will be messed up.

[justabigassnerd]

me waking up to tumblr notifications - :D

they’re all likes - :(

y’all I’ve said it once I’ll say it a million times. I appreciate likes of course but they do nothing in terms of spreading my work or even letting me know what you thought. to me a like is ‘okay I’ve acknowledged this’ but reblogs, comments and messages are what keep writers writing. the reception on my Bob fic was so good that now I feel more inclined to write for him like y’all had so much stuff to say about it which made me so happy!

I went and compiled a bunch of screenshots from various Top Gun fics (including my fic with the most notes on this whole blog) to show y’all the massive difference in like to reblog ratio even comments. I specifically chose Top Gun bc it’s my most popular fandom I’ve written for and anything else would just be depressing to look at

^ this one here actually has the closest ratio of likes to reblogs

I know I sound like a bloody broken record but it is really so disheartening to spend a bunch of time creating a fic and people barely bat an eye like I really would love for people to scream their thoughts at me.

did a certain line or piece of dialogue make you feel all the emotions? I would love to know!

did a characters actions make you love them a lil more? feel free to tell me!

I know I’m not a popular/well known writer on this app by any means, but I figured if I was nice and welcoming that people wouldn’t feel afraid to talk to me about my works. anyways I’ll stop being such a downer and get back to writing since that’s all y’all want from me

much love <3

[the-tenth-doctors-left-shoe]

Does anyone ever just repeat themselves to quote themselves from what they just said? Like you said something in a weird tone and then you keep saying it and then it just feels weird to stop so you just keep going until you realise other people probably find it weird?* Or maybe you just say something and it doesn't have to be a weird tone but you keep repeating it anyway?* Or maybe you say something and then realise you make a joke with that sentence but end up saying the same sentence?

*both done semi unconsciously

[gracecarstairss]

Throughout the entire TLH trilogy, we got absolutely zero acknowledgment that Lucie and Grace basically have powers that are the antithesis of one another — Lucie commands ghosts, Grace commands (living) men. Now let’s talk about how everyone accepts Lucie’s abilities without a single thought, but Grace is continuously labeled as a monster? Didn’t Lucie command Jesse without his consent? He forgave her just fine, so why does he not forgive Grace, who experienced a horrible life like he did with extreme manipulation and suffering from Tatiana (while Lucie had a nice life with a loving family)? I just don’t understand the hypocrisy. I love Lucie, Grace, and Jesse, but their characters were totally muted and paid dust in ChoT because none of this shit ever got resolved, or was even mentioned. Where was the dynamic like there was in Chain of Iron? Where was the acknowledgment that Lucie and Grace both did terrible things and they must learn to live with the consequences? Instead they spoke two words to each other and their relationship is in limbo. I felt like Grace understood Lucie more than Cordelia ever did but that’s just me I guess. Maybe they were too chaotic of a duo that cc could not stand to have them around each other, who knows. I don’t know when I’m going to get over the slander that Grace and Jesse faced in this damn book, I’m just so salty!!!

[mashamorevna]

LAUREN YOU'RE BACK!!! (Kinda? Maybe? Haha!) I hope you're around for long enough to see this as I've been dying to ask you about what your all time, absolute fave, will forever be your ride or die, top 3 (or 5, if you really can't choose!) books are? ♡ PS What a gorgeous Deathless edit btw! Once a talented bean forever a talented bean I suppose hehe

I am.. kinda, maybe, probably! First of all, thank you for the excitement and the compliment- so sweet!! Second of all, I feel like you just asked me to tell you who my favorite child is.. so I'll give you my top 5 children in no particular order:

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

[struniolos]

sorry pookies for going mia was away for the weekend for a festival and was v drunk & high 🥴

also tysm for all the love and over 100 followers already?! i’ve only been here a week i love you guys

[inlovefor-a-night]

I 10000% need to get off of the internet, but I do want to be separated from my 1D community. Grief is so hard.

[merinate]

i hate that i feel so deeply, that i love her even if she causes me pain, that even if im mad at her i'd still run to her if only she wanted me to, im such a fucking coward, i wanna feel less, i wanna feel numb and not care so much because my feeling only cause me pain, they exhaust me to the point where i dont know how to function properly