#idk who asked for this but here

[eclipsewxtch]

someone asked what languages i know/how i know them but i can’t find the ask for it? so.

Most of the languages i know i can understand/translate bc I either got bored or needed it for something or other like for pleasantries or dinner party starters. do not consider myself a polyglot at all. speaking/reading varies as i don’t speak/practice all of these every day. that being said i CAN speak AND read greek/gaelic but i learned that on my own and i actually practice those fairly often.

i learned mandarin in school n my dad speaks it fluently so i had to know at least a little… lots of trial and error there, he mostly yelled words at me and i had to translate and then yell the meaning back. i can read/speak simple sentences but i understand the meaning better when u do not expect me to reply.

i can understand arabic bc most of my immediate family is muslim n even tho i don’t practice i still made an effort to learn some for prayers—i speak very very little but i can read a bit. i don’t rlly count this as a language that i know as its basic n not even dinner party territory fr🫤

german is rlly similar to english so it was easy to learn and a good friend of mine online speaks it so i try to understand a little when we facetime—i can read it fairly well, but speaking is challenging😭 i didn’t have any books i had to learn by listening n deciphering meaning. lots of trial and error here.

i learned italian on my own, and this is one of the only languages ik where i can speak it (terrible accent tho) and CANT read it. like at all. i’m pretty sure if u handed me a menu i wouldn’t be able to point a single thing out.

my friend is trying to beat korean into my head but is failing miserably. spanish i can understand bits when spoken and i can speak back in broken sentences if i can catch the meaning(?) but i absolutely can not read it. i have several friends who have tried to teach me. no dice.

i do not, at all, speak or read russian/japanese/french or tamil. if u attempt to communicate to me in these languages i will start to cry.

i learned a little of all those languages in various ways mostly to communicate with PPL n the only exemption is greek bc i was just interested.

[daisywords]

One of my biggest nitpicks in fiction concerns the feeding of babies. Mothers dying during/shortly after childbirth or the baby being separated form the mother shortly after birth is pretty common in fiction. It is/was also common enough in real life, which is why I think a lot of writers/readers don't think too hard about this. however. Historically, the only reason the vast majority of babies survived being separated from their mother was because there was at least one other woman around to breastfeed them. Before modern formula, yes, people did use other substitutes, but they were rarely, if ever, nutritionally sufficient.

Newborns can't eat adult food. They can't really survive on animal milk. If your story takes place in a world before/without formula, a baby separated from its mother is going to either be nursed by someone else, or starve.

It doesn't have to be a huge plot point, but idk at least don't explicitly describe the situation as excluding the possibility of a wetnurse. "The father or the great grandmother or the neighbor man or the older sibling took and raised the baby completely alone in a cave for a year." Nope. That baby is dead I'm sorry. "The baby was kidnapped shortly after birth by a wizard and hidden away in a secret tower" um quick question was the wizard lactating? "The mother refused to see or touch her child after birth so the baby was left to the care of the ailing grandfather" the grandfather who made the necessary arrangements with women in the neighborhood, right? right? OR THAT GREAT OFFENDER "A newborn baby was left on the doorstep and they brought it in and took care of it no issues" What Are You Going to Feed That Baby. Hello?

Like. It's not impossible, but arrangements are going to have to be made. There are some logistics.

[foolsocracy]

Hi, I love your art! Would you ever consider drawing the Fab Five as adults?

hell yeah

[hinamie]

someone asked if i had ever drawn gojo with his scars, now i have :>

[corpsentry]

a glass sun 1/2

[the-kipsabian]

saw a take so fucking rancid on twitter i almost deleted the entire app from my phone jesus fucking christ

first of all ao3 is an archive site. this is like going to the library and saying "oh i dont like this" on every piece of media you find that you dislike and thinking they should be stamped with some sort of a marker just cause you didnt like it

you can always click back and leave. fic writers owe you nothing to explain themselves and their creations. if they have mistagged or miscategorized fics, then i understand, however there are report tools for that instead of yelling at the artist tbh

im not saying free works arent necessarily above criticism. but this is just. fucking wild. its common courtesy to just enjoy stuff (or fucking leave if you dont, the back button is free) and if the artist specifically asks for critiques, then give one - constructive that is, shitting all over someones work is not proper criticism, mind you

i just find it fucking wild people are treating art and archive sites as social media these days like this and everything needs to be policed and ~catered to the algorithm~ like. no. ao3 doesnt have an algorithm. you should be able to fucking tell what you like and what you dont like and steer away from that kind of content and let people fucking be with their art. they dont owe you anything (except trigger warnings i'd argue, but i know some people disagree with that as well for some reason), and imagine how much more energy you'd have if you only engaged with things you liked and spent time looking at instead of going to places where you dont enjoy yourself. let alone spending time telling other people you dont enjoy what they enjoy. what a fucking life

[hascious]

more sammy birthday art god forbid he have a good day at the studio

[itty-bitty-sunshine]

You're missing something. Surely it wasn't that important, was it?

Full pieces under cut

(Warning for blood and just overall nightmare horrorish. Slight gore?)

Surely not.

[adhdandcomics]

perhaps the most important question i’ve ever asked:

does anyone have tips for people trying to stop being chronically late to everything in the world that aren’t weirdly judgmental and aggressive or flat out lies

[inkskinned]

it is all chaos and entropy. the thing is that the chaos and entropy make it beautiful and lovely.

yes, it's true that nature and the universe are uncaring and unspecific, and that is terrifying. i have lived through some of the unfairness - i got born like this, with my body caving into itself, with this ironic love of dance when i sometimes can't stand up for longer than 15 minutes. i am a poet with hands that are slowly shutting down - i can't hold a pen some days. recently i found a dead bird on our front porch. she had no visible injuries. she had just died, the way things die sometimes.

it is also true that nature and the universe are uncaring and unspecific, and that is wonderful. the sheer happenstance that makes rain turn into a rainbow. the impossible coincidence of finding your best friend. i have made so many mistakes and i have let myself down and i have harmed other people by accident. nature moves anyway. on the worst day of my life she delivers me an orange juice sunset, as if she is saying try again tomorrow.

how vast and unknowing the universe! how small we are! isn't that lovely. the universe has given us flowers and harp strings and the shape of clouds. how massive our lives are in comparison to a grasshopper. the world so bright, still undiscovered. even after 30 years of being on this earth, i learned about a new type of animal today: the dhole.

chance echoing in my life like a harmony between two people talking. do you think you and i, living in different worlds but connected through the internet - do you think we've ever seen the same butterfly? they migrate thousands of miles. it's possible, right?

how beautiful the ways we fill the vastness of space. i love that when large amounts of people are applauding in a room, they all start clapping at the same time. i love that the ocean reminds us of our mother's heartbeat. i love that out of all the colors, chlorophyll chose green. i love the coincidences. i love the places where science says i don't know, but it just happens.

"the universe doesn't care about you!" oh, i know. that's okay. i care about the universe. i will put my big stupid heart out into it and watch the universe feast on it. it is not painful. it is strange - the more love you pour into the unfeeling world, the more it feels the world loves you in return. i know it's confirmation bias. i think i'm okay if my proof of kindness is just my own body and my own spirit.

i buried the bird from our porch deep in the woods. that same day, an old friend reaches out to me and says i miss you. wherever you go, no matter how bad it gets - you try to do good.

[faunandfloraas]

Thanks, Chris!

[dailyloopdeloop]

loop at the beach :]

DAY 90: summertime fun

[reegis]

heya dude, you doing okay? haven’t heard from you in a while

2024 is trying to kill me but im not dead yet!

let me say first of all i am SO incredibly sorry that iv been gone for so long with no notice and for making you all worry!!!!!!!!

My health has taken a fairly serious turn for the worst these last few months, both in terms of chronic issues I was already aware of and a New Fun never ending series of lung Problems™️ I’ve been dealing with.

not to drag on forever and Woe Is Me, but as of rn I am currently unable to draw and im in no financial state to try and do anything about it unfortunately.. ig iv been trying to reject reality & pretend id suddenly get better and back to posting regularly, but that doesnt mean it was right for me to just disappear with no warning or explanation (again very very sorry, 10000% my bad!)

im working on some stuff rn that hopefully(🤞🏻) will be a step in the right direction and mean i can start posting again.. but i really cant promise anything as much as it breaks my heart

you guys are the online family iv never had and i genuinely love you all sm, thank you for thinking of me and especially to all the ppl who have reached out asking if i was alright ilysm

[devastatinglygreen]

Why would Colin forgive Penelope though?

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[foolsocracy]

I can't help but notice you haven't posted any angst in a while and I'm suspicious

whipped this one up just for u anon

[o-sahiba]

Since the 'Gud (jaggery) vali chai' season is here, here's my grandma's recipe for [Milk Tea with Jaggery]

✨Gud vali Chai✨

In a pan, add some grated ginger and crushed cardamom to a cup of water and let it boil for a minute or so.

Crush some jaggery and add half of it to the boiling water along with half a spoon of chai patti (tea leaves). Save the other half of crushed jaggery for later.

Let it boil for 3-5 minutes or until the water is reduced to half.

After which you're gonna add a little above one cup of milk to it and let it boil for another 5 minutes, until you get the perfect brown colour of chai.

Add the remaining jaggery to it and give it a boil.

You can also cook it for another minute at low flame to get that rich taste.

Your gud vali chai is ready.

Serve it boiling hot!

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Notes:

Water to milk ratio is 1:2.5 (just andaaze se, tbh)

Amount of jaggery depends on the amount of suger you like in chai. Normally, one and a half spoon of crushed jaggery substitutes for one spoon of white sugar

You can add your usual chai masala as well

The amount of chai patti (tea leaves) depends upon how strong you want your chai to be. You can simply add the amount you usually use.

It tastes better when you use pure jaggery which is comparatively darker in colour and free from added sugar and other preservatives.