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[opioidkara]

asscreed yaoi save me ..,.,,…..

save me asscreed yaoi..,.,,

[ahhrenata]

[feelingtheaster99]

I cannot BREATHE at the Wanda Childa’s fake death performance. Everything about it was so fucking funny and peak intrepid heroes of them

[painfully-unoriginal]

quick quick quick sketches for funsies

[wonder-worker]

Angelberga was a peculiarly prominent personality in manifold aspects of European politics [in the late 9th century. Born to the Supponid family of Italy, she married Emperor Louis II and had several opportunities to establish her position as an active and controversial player in the vicissitudes of her husband's reign]. She acted as Louis's regent, accompanied him on expansionary military campaigns in the south of the peninsula and represented him at [congresses, tribunals, and diplomatic negotiations]. Strikingly, she was also the beneficiary of a spectacular collection of charters. Almost one in seven of Louis II’s extant charters were issued in her favour. Angelberga’s conspicuous exploits in the field of charter acquisition did not diminish after the emperor’s death, and this helped her to maintain a position as a key power-broker in Italian politics, control of land [particularly monastic foundations] being a fundamental building-block of power in this period. In the interregnum following 875, during which Charles the Bald of West Francia and Karlmann of Bavaria fought to claim the succession to the heirless Louis, Angelberga herself conducted the negotiations and decided the loyalty of a major sector of the Lombard political community. She maintained this high profile until her death [having supported her son-in-law Boso's quest for power, endured a temporary exile, maintained the support of Pope John VIII, and founded the monastery of San Sisto in the city of Piacenza, where she probably ended her days sometime before 891].

— Simon MacLean, "Queenship, nunneries and royal widowhood in Carolingian Europe"

[mizzyislost]

ultrakill doodle dump because none of these were good enough to warrant their own post. and also some of them are like months old and im never finishing them so

[aesfocus]

I did it! Even got a Nomos design in the stained glass(most of which is behind her but whatever)

What I will be using as my in game portrait, of my Rogue Trader; Gema von Valancius.

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

The Loudest Silence

YA contemporary

a newly Deaf-Hard of hearing girl moves across the country and starts a new school, struggling with navigating her disability and love for singing and lost friendships - determined to not make any new friends for the year she’s in Florida

and a boy struggling with family expectations and anxiety, after being made the fútbal captain even though he secretly ways to be on broadway, who quickly befriends her

bi & aroace-coded MCs

[thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname]

if i finish writing my fic about chilchuck teaching marcille to knit it'll be over for you guys

[cosmics-beings]

also random but i wanna draw a pic of starscream teaching nightshade how to wear makeup and nightshade never knew they needed a kinda mentor like starscream when it came to gender and presentation but now they are soo happy.

starscream also helps thrash with makeup and stuff becuase thrash is actually very into it but didn't think that anyone would take him seriously or was just nervous. he is also coming into his own queer/gender identity but doesn't know where to begin so in come starscream.

anyway long story short, starscream is like a very nice queer uncle that the kids need.

[true-blue-sonic]

I think TSR played a big part in the "crybaby that wouldn't hurt a fly" perception of Silver. Silver in that game can't even comprehend other people's aggression. I think that combined with how meek and even fearful he's often drawn in IDW creates that impression of him(he cowers in fear at Blaze's flames and nervously holds her in Victory Garden and that isn't the only instance of him being frightened in that series)

About TSR, I definitely agree. Though, I looked into it more before to see if Silver would meekly let Lanolin scold him without talking back in IDW issue 63, and Silver actually does have good scenes in the English localisation! For example, he is shown at least twice to be right on Eggman's tail about what he is doing with Dodon Pa and the Ultimate Energy Engine, and even talks to Eggman once without immediately letting himself be shot down when Eggman insults him.

....But then the localisation put in that fucking Trash Talk Scene and UGH. I looked at the Japanese version, and especially Sonic is just so much more easier to bear there. The thing is, the essence of what the localisation seemed to want to convey in their conversation is absolutely there. Sonic is a bit teasing and competitive, Silver is somewhat awkward and cannot really convey what is bothering him. But Japanese!Sonic, you know, tells Silver multiple times to not worry. That they're friends who haven't seen each other in a while and that he thus would like to race with Silver because he enjoys it. He does joke a bit with Silver's worries, but when Silver expresses frustration he backtracks and goes right back to encouragement once more. None of that dumb "I'm gonna badly beat youuuuu" "I'm gonna make you look sillyyyyyy get your head in the gameeeee" "I'm gonna feed my car to youuuuu", and so on. That's not expressing happiness at being able to race with a friend who hasn't been around in a while, that's just being a smug jerk waving your self-confidence into someone's face who clearly is not interested. And then you continue ragging him on while he tries to talk about his worries, which you keep shooting down in favour of your bragging. Bah. One of English-TSR!Sonic's worst moments, imo. Not helped by Silver's altogether awful responses, like "I'm not hungry, but thanks", and not to mention the "I'm so gonna own you!" "Okay." from the racing start. Like Silv, bruh, you're constantly sneering at and mocking other racers on the track in multiple games, show some bite??? And, as seems to be happening with most of Silver's mischaracterisation by fandom, this one event gets cherrypicked to show that he's just Complete UwU Baby Who Cannot Trash Talk So Cute So Cinnamon Roll If You Look At Him Funny He'll Drown In His Own Tears.

....Yeah. Sigh. Even worse because he's got multiple good moments otherwise.

Anyway, onwards to my other current Silver-related dislike in the Sonic franchise, namely IDW! Because he can indeed be drawn strangely there, and definitely cowering like you said in your ask. Though, a Silver with huge starry eyes and shit when things go right for the heroes for a change is HELLA ooc as well. Give Tangle her stripes and tail back please :/

In my mind, Tangle was similarly starry-eyed in issue 9 as Silver in issue 26, but Silver is WORSE there. In what world is Silver more of a Manic Pixie Dream Genki Girl than Tangle???

And the annoying thing is that also in IDW he's got, in my opinion, great moments! The battle with Zomom in #28 is a no-nonsense, well-coordinated fight between Silver and Whisper wherein Silver can convey what he believes in when he gets jeered at, while showing off some slick psychic moves. In issue 30, Silver gets tons of moments to shine: he's a massive help in Sonic's attempt to reach the final Emerald with Metal Sonic on multiple fronts (carrying the Emeralds, using his powers to block the blows from that gigantic Zavok while not dropping them, getting to Sonic at the very last second so he can turn Super in time, etc.). And even if the Super battle against the gigantic Zavok goes by in mere seconds (which the comic lampshades itself), the scene wherein Sonic and Silver remove the Metal Virus from the world with Silver's PK is one I quite like as well. It shows further good coordination between Sonic and Silver, nobody is being a smug jerk, they know what they should do to save the world and do it smoothly. So also in IDW there are definitely moments to be found where Silver is just his IC self, where I would even go so far as to say that for a good 80% or so in issue 63 he is too.

...But, of course, people only look at the moments wherein he's Being Baby to support the fact that He Is Baby, so there's not a lot of people paying attention to those issues in favour of others that have him far more flanderised and dumb. For example, I quite like Victory Garden because I like the idea Silver would start a garden and seeing Blaze and Silver interact, but it doesn't give much respect for his powers (he can't even carry a bunch of equipment at once, or not slap himself right in the face with it?), throws in an obligatory It's No Use reference because Evan wrote this*, and adds some silly faces and poses here and there on him as well. And there you have it: uwu baby Silver! Not to mention the absolutely awful way Sonic treated him in issue 8, where I'd say the TSR conversation was actually bearable compared to that. Plus the fact Silver is just regularly drawn all throughout the comic as wide-eyed cute boyo in all sorts of goofy kid poses, to the point where Evan actually toned down some of her sketches for #8. (I believe there is a second example when he and Sonic first see Whisper, but Tumblr's search function is shit as always.) So yeah, both the art of IDW and the way Silver is written there tends to be on the meh side in my opinion and furthermore makes him a nice punching bag for everyone else, sigh, and those are the exact moments other fans seem to focus on for their idea of what Silver acts like in favour of actual more IC moments.

I do not know enough about what appears to be one of the root causes of this mischaracterisation of Silver: namely Archie, the stories of the various issues Silver was in, and the fandom's general mindset at the time. But I know enough to realise that Silver was just written plain awfully there, and it bothers me that Silver The Punching Bag (both by comic characters and writers alike, really) from that comic just seems to have gotten carried right over into IDW next. And now we indeed have fans see Silver as a massive cry-baby with half a braincell who won't be able to walk two steps without perishing from something, which is fine if that is how you want to portray him for your fanwork! But it is not what an IC Silver is like, yet especially the comics portray him like that too. I will readily say that Silver seems tough to get down because he's gotten a very 'dual' personality between rude determinist and friendly world-admirer, but the fandom, comic writers, and localisers alike focus far too heavily on that latter part and twist him into someone he simply is not. And since I like seeing both parts of that personality come into play and I do not like Silver being drawn like Tangle (wide-eyed, goofy, Silly Poses Of Enthusiasm) while displaying an altogether awfully unfitting personality (dumb, overly innocent with a complete lack of rudeness or smugness, constantly being set up to be mocked by other characters), I do not like how this characterisation is what has become so pervasive in the fandom's mindset, either.

[jakeperalta]

somehow someone else has my phone number on their nhs file which means I've been getting all their communications for TWO YEARS. apparently they have a therapy appointment on monday so I sure hope they've got that written down somewhere since I'm the one getting texts about it

[rookflower]

do you have any tips or tutorials for anatomy and poses? you always make it look natural and fluid!

hiya! I'm not really a professional so take this all with a wee grain of salt, but beyond the two common tips of "practice" and "use references" that I would second, I find it's always helpful to keep the skeletal structure of legs in mind when coming up with poses for cats! Simplified, a quadruped's legs look something like below- keeping these joints etc in mind, you can then push poses while keeping limbs (vaguely) on model!

I usually start a sketch by laying out a pose, planning where I want to put these Z-shaped legs, as well as aspects like a character's head, muzzle, ears, and tail. Think about expression here too- is your character feeling tense or relaxed? Shy or confident? Grumpy or cheerful? Try to accommodate for what you want to get across in posture, stance, and tail position.

Then, build over that guideline and add details!

[stellardeer]

Okay I'm about to be really honest and a little mean :/

I have always loved the aesthetics of like.. witchy/hippie/spiritual neopagan or whatever stuff, like fucking with crystals and candles and smoking a lot of weed and talking about the universe or whatever. But I have only ever been interested in these things purely for fun, I have never been very religious in general, but I just like wearing loose clothing and buying pretty rocks and pretending they do something because everything is meaningless so why not have a little fun with life, you know? Invent some meaning.

But I have hung around so many people in that subculture and I have just concluded.. that I am simply not stupid enough to be part of that lifestyle :/

I said it was mean, I know, I know, but like, I have had so many self proclaimed hippy/wook friends and I feel like every time the experience is just me repeatedly trying to convince them not to poison themselves or having to explain basic chemistry or basic physics or, fuck, basic fucking psychology to them so they don't hurt themselves or get scammed or make their life worse in some way while trying to ""manifest"" good things.

The last straw was my most recent roommate starting to get into that stuff and I was onboard and supportive at first, and even tried to join in, cause again, I just think it's harmless fun for the most part. And she seemed nervous about it at first like she had used to think it was dumb, and I was like "nah, even if it isnt real, whats the harm? It's nice to do little rituals sometimes even if you dont believe in them!" and the way we had talked about it, it seemed like she agreed. Until she started getting really into it and taking it way too seriously and she started buying a new candle like every week to try to do fucking spells to make her life better, which culminated in her leaving a fucking candle burning OVERNIGHT while we were both gone, in the MIDDLE OF OUR PLASTIC FUCKING BATHTUB and almost BURNT MY HOUSE DOWN (again!) And after that I had to sheepishly tell her that I was not comfortable having open flames in the house anymore because I had already had a housefire in 2020 and we lived in a trailer (a highly flammable box) and I didnt want to go through that again. (At which she huffily resented me, despite the fact the endangered our fucking pets and livelihood with her stupid ""spells"" that didnt even fucking work.)

So yeah, after that, I am just done, like I feel like I can't even entertain the people who believe in that shit anymore. I have known too many people who heavily judge people based on star signs, who can't make any decisions without a tarot reading, who get duped into buying snake oil shit that they think is the goddamn philosopher's stone??? Like sure, it's all "just harmless fun" until it isn't anymore, and you're doing tangible damage to your body or your relationships. Not to mention almost every person I've met who preaches about how loving and open and chill they are and how everybody needs to ride the wave or whatever always ends up being one of the most self-centered, manipulative human fucking dumpster fires I ever known.

Like I hate to call a whole.. genre of people or whatever stupid, but I have just not seen good things from this subculture. But also I feel like there is a certain type of person who gets really pulled into that kind of shit. In my experience they are usually formerly Christian, and spent much of their life Believing In Something really hard until suddenly they come to the realization that it was all a lie and lose their faith completely, but I feel like deep down they still have this desire to believe in a higher power, to believe in a universe in which you can ask for something and be granted it. They need an outlet for all that faith, so they turn to the witchy shit and the concept of "the universe" as a deity and I feel like 90% of the people I know who practice those sort of things are just essentially doing Christian rituals under a different name and format. Like the spell candles? Those are just prayer candles, they're literally sold as prayer candles, too, most of them have pictures of fucking Mary or Jesus on them. Or the idea that you can manifest anything by just.. thinking about it hard enough? That's just.. praying. The idea that we are all one consciousness and we can connect with the universe just sounds like the Christian concept that "god is in everything." Granted there is a lot of borrowing from other religions too and a common belief amongst this crowd is that all religions are secretly the same, just warped into different variations over time, but even that concept is very culturally Christian.

And I don't want to make the implication that I think all Christians are equally stupid, I'm not saying the reason they're dumb is because they are former Christians. Some of the most intelligent and well-rounded people I have known, who I immensely respect, were still Christians, and I don't think any less of them. Just wanted to nip that in the bud, so it doesn't seem like I'm conflating the two, I just find it interesting how that seems to be a pattern amongst the people I know who have been the most "devout" followers of the.. hippie/witchy/whatever lifestyle. Like you just traded your blind belief in what you were told as a child for your blind belief in what you think while you're high. 🤷‍♀️

[one-way-dream]

kick the bass ‼️

[lunapwrites]

Have just sat through a labor and delivery class, and friends: nothing made me realize that my high school's sex ed was sub par faster than my partner turning to me and going "ok so when do we get past stuff we covered in fifth grade."

Meanwhile, I'm over here taking notes like I'm cramming for finals. 😭