#idk how else to tag tbh

[mr-leach]

Hey so uh,

I don't have the energy right now to write up a big post explaining all the details of how I got where I am and why I need help but the long story short is that I have been too sick to work and the small amount of money I get from employment insurance is not gonna cover living expenses for this month. I don't have to pay rent until my next payment comes (probably Wednesday) but it's not going to be enough to cover my rent anyway. Not to mention groceries and bills after that.

I have been looking for work that is less strenuous than my usual job but there's not a lot out there that doesn't require being on your feet 4-8h or having experience that I don't have. I'm trying to strategize how I'm gonna get through September but I feel like I already haven't really made it through August. It's like looming over me still and I feel frozen unless I have a way to come up with hundreds of dollars by Wednesday. I'm feeling trapped and like nothing within the realm of what I can do will do any good.

Anyway that's why I'm here. If you're reading this and you can donate something I would really appreciate it. I don't necessarily have a goal in mind just that I have enough to pay my roommate when he comes knocking.

Thank you for reading. I know lots of people are also struggling so don't feel bad if all you can do is pass on the message. I just thought I would ask and see if anyone had anything to spare.

[way2gosuperrstarr]

im so normal about tjem (lying) some sun/moon/eclipse designs (subject to minor change) and a cloudy redesign so they didnt look super underdressed next to the boys new designs .

also au just dropped too for them this is a copy pasted discord ramble so srry . basically cloudy gets crushed like a pancake between the events pf ruin and sb, instead of just getting their legs crushed and obliterated, then some time after ruin the pizzaplex gets repaired and they instate a new cloudy animatronic after seeing how eclipse is struggling to run the daycare on thier own after so long of having cloudy there to help. so they use their backup cloudy ai program to make a new one but they arent rhe same and need to develop again into that true self they had discovered in their time with sun and moon . idk im so ill about these robots itd not even funny .

[me-beef]

@strangeravatar made a great point

i was gonna focus on the spike-hotboxing-celestia aspect but i got distracted somewhere along the way and i think i forgot what joke i was trying to make

but dont you think its interesting how many guards of the exact same color/body type she's managed to accrue?? i do

ooohh you want to go look at our stickers so bad

[ragingbullmode]

sorry im having a lot of fun with the symmetry tool + rewatching season 0 LOL

[daz4i]

having extreme soukoku brainrot recently so i decided to make it your problem as well ♥

[theangelcatalogue]

" No kids, i won't call any of you good boys or girls. You all just rode the cyclone rollercoaster. " - Karnak

[starboundsingularities]

faster turnaround than usual huh? or should i say faster turnabout than usual no i shouldn't say that delete delete post turn this thing off

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[koushuwu]

𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐍 - 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 [template] additional cards (links to be added): HYUNA | LUKA | MIZI | SUA | TILL

[viivie]

y'all,,, y'all i've been working on this for like the past two months its finally finished shaking crying spinning in a spinny chair exc exc

I don't normally add these but since I put a lot of detail and effort into this one there's some closeups + a ramble under the cut c:

This is actually a remake of the first drawing I ever posted to tumblr c: At the time I was really happy with it,, but I definitely feel like I've improved a lot and I'm actually really proud of how this piece came out :,D I just wanted to include a bunch of my favorite things in a drawing,, so,,, uh,,, egl-esque fashion + sanrio + pastels + three houses my beloveds,,,

originally I was gonna also include individual like transparent pngs for the lords but that would require a bit more rendering and I Am Very Tired(tm) so. Maybe some other day LMAO

[meowquill]

im ngl he kinda tucks hair behind ear

[unordinary-diary]

Seraphina and Arlo: The Brainwashing of High Tiers

Exposition:

— Remi, Episode 50.

There is a heavy implication that Seraphina and Arlo were raised in much the same way. The pressure on Seraphina comes from her parents, so I’ll extrapolate that the same goes for Arlo. This raises the question: how do the authorities create such a strong societal pressure on such a small percentage of the population? Most high tiers will probably not know any other high tiers besides their parents. Take Wellston Private High School for example: it’s the most prestigious private school around, and canonically has the “highest concentration of high tiers in the region”. There are six high tiers in Wellston. Apply this to god tiers specifically, and there are only three. Not to mention that this current group of students is uniquely strong, even for Wellston. In Rei’s senior year, he was the strongest at 5.8 max.

So much of this brainwashing relies on the parents to do all of the work, and it only takes one or two people to break the cycle. So how are the authorities creating this immense pressure? One tactic could be by isolating high tiers. There is a very widespread concept that one shouldn’t associate with those outside their level range. A caste system like this that affects everyone is much easier to create and maintain than an expectation for a small group, and it also means that high tiers are only being influenced by those who are also high level. This creates an echo chamber. I’ve researched cults and how they brainwash victims, and the first step in the process is isolating them in exactly this way.

But, if there are so few high tiers, how the hell are they supposed be isolated from other groups? The answer is that high tiers are just isolated in general. Take a look at Arlo: his only friend is Remi, and even her, he keeps at an arm’s length. Arlo is only close with Remi in the first place because he was close with Rei, who, at the time of meeting Arlo, was presumably close in level with him. [EDIT: I forgot about Holden, which I think says a lot about his relevance. He is kept at more than an arm’s length and doesn’t seem to have any actual influence on Arlo, let alone a deep relationship. He is also not presented as an equal.] Take a look at Seraphina: before meeting John, she didn’t seem to have any friends other than possibly Arlo. Seraphina and Arlo pre-John seemed to have had more of a professional relationship, and while they were not close in level, Arlo did fit the bill of being a fellow god tier, and strong enough to also be brainwashed.

Now let’s look at Remi. In episode 60, Cecile says to Remi: “And yet here you are... Always hanging around those two monkeys, Blyke and Isen. Letting them treat you as an equal even though you’re in a completely different league.” This struck me as odd because, aside from Cecile herself, the Wellston students closest in level to Remi were Arlo, Blyke, and Isen. And who is she friends with? She actually was doing a pretty good job at following that social convention, unless Cecile wanted to be friends with Remi, which she clearly didn’t. But... her friends were still not close enough to her level. Was she supposed to just not have friends at all? The answer seems to be a resounding yes. Can you think of any genuine friends that Cecile has either?

Friendship simply isn’t considered a necessity for high tiers.

But... why is it that Arlo and Seraphina were brainwashed differently? Creating a societal norm for an isolated group of people is one thing, because those people’s mindsets feed into each other. Putting pressure on individual families to keep them in line, but doing it all in different ways? That would be near impossible. My theory is that Seraphina recieved the typical high tier brainwashing, and that Arlo was raised differently because he was being groomed to work for the authorities. Seraphina didn’t have a set career path planned out for her, but if she’s trying to be “perfect” by the standards of those controlling her, she’s bound to end up going in a direction that pleases them. Arlo on the other hand was specifically planned to become an authority figure. That’s why his brainwashing is so centered on leadership. Also, growing up with direct contact to the authorities makes it more possible for them to customize his brainwashing in this way.

But does all of this apply to high tiers in general, or is it specific to god tiers? Let’s take a look at the high tiers in Wellston. We have Seraphina, John, Arlo, Terrence, Remi, Cecile, and Blyke. John is a unique circumstance because he wasn’t raised by high tiers, so we’ll cross him off the list. Terrence was also unique, so we can cross him off as well. Remi was different from the norm as well. Why is that? Well, Remi actually wasn’t raised by high tiers either. Rei said on screen that both of his parents were elites. We can cross Remi off. Blyke doesn’t fit the bill either, but that’s easy to explain. He was an elite for a large part of the story, and he shot up rather quickly. We don’t know much of his family, but he probably wasn’t expected to be a high tier at all, and was raised as an elite. (All of this also serves to emphasize how much of this brainwashing comes from a person’s parents.) That leaves only Seraphina, Arlo, and Cecile to look at.

Cecile does seem to have high tier brainwashing, but it’s not nearly as intense as with Seraphina and Arlo. She doesn’t seem “obsessive”, and she wasn’t one of the examples Remi mentioned in chapter 50. It’s clear that high tiers are brainwashed in general, but god tiers are kept on a much shorter leash. This makes sense, obviously, because keeping a population in control like that is less necessary the lower the level. However, it’s also a chicken an egg situation: god tiers are both more important to keep in control, and also easier to keep in control. It’s important to note just how many exceptions we had to cross off. People like Remi and Blyke aren’t actually that unusual— a lower leveled high tier is much more likely to have non-high tier parents, or to have not always been a high tier themselves, or just in general, to have way more day-to-day interaction with non-high tiers. The brainwashing gets more and more diffused the lower down the ladder you go.

[whiskeyswifty]

Getaway Car - Taylor Swift

Getaway Car as a Formula 1 merch concept design. The Getaway Car Racing Team champions poster for the 6th Grand Prix in Rome where in 2017, they clinched their victory in the Rep Racing World Championship. The poster features lyrical easter eggs as the team sponsors and nods to the track number and lore around the song's subjects. Additionally, racing team hoodies and stickers for fans to rep their team. print and sticker and t-shirt in my etsy shop

[prince-liest]

This one's for half moon anon, who inadvertently helped me figure out exactly how I wanted to write this scene.

[aggravatedartist]

A fox in the shroud...

Boy, been a while hasn't it! Here's the stages:

There was going to be an alternate shading/lighting attempt for a different time of day, but I'm just. Not feelin it, honestly. (I also accidentally smoothed what was meant to be my rough shading file, so I had to commit.)

[sainz100]

quick Carlos & Charles collage ❤️❤️

| 📸 pumamotorsport + Esquire via sabrinabearzotti

[hollowsart]

Miscellaneous reaction image redraws 💖