#igs digital center

[monkayy]

[heleizition]

this is my naruto oc age 12 and age like 15 lmao she goes through it

[karmaphone]

anyways I think we can tie the lack of new subcultures* to the fact that nobody has any free time anymore, and what free time they have is spent digitally instead of Creating

[dpurut]

you’ve gotta give for what you take / (It’s the one good thing that I’ve got!)

art ig- @acepostale :))

[Image I.D.: A digital painting of Franziska von Karma from Ace Attorney. She is in the center of the painting, facing the viewer and clutching her bloody right shoulder with her left hand. Half of her face is painted, and we can see she's looking up and just slightly off-center, a determined but calm expression on her face. Two silhouetted Franziska-like figures are painted behind Franziska, only half of both are visible as they are cut off by the edges of the painting. The figure on the left is blue, and the one on the right is red. /end I.D.] written by @poptartmochi , thank you!!!

[luciluck2046-md]

What IS the glowing futures au?

OOOHHHHH yeah it's an au that is mostly centering on the future events. And where Doll "lives" as a virus. Yeah I think you can guess who got infected with it

Also there's a whole redesign on the whole cast. Or not rl whole, just most of it. Also J gets to the good side. And both V and J have crushes on each other- (won't say more since that's spoilers for my fanfic)

Also there is a part where Uzi finds out (I mean she DOES become a researcher) how to make a drone's body accept another core + how to make a Worker Drone become a Ward Drone (I still haven't made the ref sheet for that, but it's basically a fusion between Worker Drones and Disassembly Drones)

Also a little further in the fanfic, the three Disassembly Drones want to get actual names.

Sooo

N becomes Neon, V chooses Veronica and J is now Jessica.

The name for the V and J ship in this au is Bubble Blades, but VerJes is also a good name.

Some ref sheets (I still have to make a bunch with the anatomy and one for the Ward Drones)

(there is info on the sheets)

Yes they have ears and noses. Noses are for decoration, ears are for emotion and ports.

There may appear changes, since this au is only at the beginning. But I do take ideas!

Oh yeah also. Nikolai Alexeyev is Yeva's husband (Alexeyev is the last name of their family-not canon anywhere else but in this au ig)

Uzi's hair is like this. She does wear her hat tho.

(YES MY DIGITAL ARTSTYLE IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM MY TRADITIONAL ARTSTYLE)

I also have a fic(I think you realized), but I wrote it on Tumblr too (but if you have Wattpad, I recommend going on there, it's easier for me and it suports my fic)

I also write silly short scripts and lore on Tumblr, it's on the masterpost too.

Thanks for your ask.

[crescrypt]

Some looks I’m experimenting with

New icon for the new year!- What do you mean it’s over a week into the new year and I’m late.

[foragerknits]

The Queer Politics of Craftivism: Crafting Trans Joy Through Quilting 

Right photo by @transjoyquilt, left by @poppythewitch (posted to @transjoyquilt) on IG

This essay was presented by me at a Queer conference at my University, and discusses queer craftivism in a historical context and contemporary one through the work of the Nortfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt. As a fiber artist, getting to talk with my professors and peers about craftivism was a big honor. It also couldn't be done without the publisher of The Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt Zine, Common Threads Press. Living in the US and on a time crunch they sent me a digital copy. All references are at the end of the essay, which I absolutely recommend reading, but I'd totally be willing to post other great resources that didn't make it into the final draft but are great works on queer craftivism.

The Queer Politics of Craftivism: Crafting Trans Joy Through Quilting 

“Craftivism,” a term popularized by activist and writer Betsy Greer, is the intersection of “crafting” and “activism.” Trans and queer activists have adopted the term to craft materials to express queer joy and resilient community in the face of abandonment and oppression by the state. Craftivism, while certainly involving anger, centers joy and love for the self and community. One of the most famous queer craftivist projects is the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt created in 1987 which memorialized thousands of people who died from AIDS and offered a way for the queer community to mourn. In this paper, I want to look at the Norfolk Trans Joy Community quilt to offer a more recent example of craftism that continues the political legacy of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The Norfolk Trans Joy Community quilt was created earlier this year by trans people and allies in Norwich, England to offer trans people community and to highlight trans joy in a society that is continually working to criminalize the trans body.  

Craftivism has existed long before Betsy Greer popularized the name, and its influence reaches outside of queer circles, however one of the most notable works of craftivism is the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. The government response to the AIDS crisis early in the epidemic was incredibly flawed and lacking with Ronald Reagan’s administration staying almost completely silent on AIDS until 1987 their only comments minimizing the scope of the epidemic on the queer community (Oritz 85). Reagan’s administration abandoned queer people to fend for themselves during the AIDS epidemic, needlessly allowing for thousands of people to die. The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, created in 1987, was crafted in protest to the government’s abandonment of queer people and to mourn as a community. The quilt initially consisted of 1,920 squares, each memorializing a person who died of AIDS, made by themselves or those who loved them (“The History of the Quilt”). Cleve Jones, the man who conceived the quilt, hoped that it would serve as a communal form of healing in dealing with the great loss the community was feeling, but also to publicly shame the government for their apathy and failure towards the queer community (“AIDS Memorial Quilt”). People combined their anger towards the governent and love and sadness towards losing someone close to them and channeled it into a quilt showcasing their emotions. Scholar Daniel Fountain writes in their essay “‘Queer Quilts’: A Patchworked History,” “Although the blocks can be exhibited independently of one another, the idea is that each panel – each life– would never be isolated or alone, even in death” (qtd in “The Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt Zine” 7).  The AIDS quilt simultaneously allowed queer people to come together as a community and mourn those they had lost, while also spotlighting the fact that the government did not acknowledge the scope of the epidemic.  

The conventional definition of “crafting” is gendered as one that is feminine and therefore “lower.” Art forms of knitting, embroidery, quilting, etc., come to mind over the more “masculine” and therefore more legitimate mediums of writing, painting, etc,. Associations with craft and queerness are tied, that they’re both too feminine and not as legitimate than their more recognized counterparts. Artist Ben Cuevas writes of their personal connection to the link of crafting and queerness stating, “by knitting with my male body, and referencing that in my work, I’m queering gendered constructs of craft,” (qtd in Chaich & Oldham 137). Queer people recognize the connection between the connotations of queerness and craft, and use it to materially render queer and trans experiences, including expressing joy and love for their community.  

Crafting, specifically quilting, is used to express queer joy due to the symbolic nature of quilts, and what the gift of a quilt means. The gift of a quilt tells someone that they love and care for them, that in a literal sense you never want them to be cold and alone. Quilting teacher and writer Thomas Knauer in his essay “The Gift of a Quilt is an Act of Love” writes of the symbolism present in giving quilts, “warmth — once a literal protection against the elements — is also a symbolic means of protection, and our desire to protect is a reflection of the love we feel for another.” People make quilts to express love. Furthermore, the gift of a quilt involves incredible amounts of patience and care. Quilts are not really practical as people in modern life have access to cheaper ready-made blankets, yet people spend weeks and months picking out fabric, and cutting and sewing them for another person to show their love. The Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt does this for an entire community of people. Individual squares are sewn together to become an entire quilt of trans people expressing their love for themselves and their community, that they do not want themselves or any trans person to be without joy or community. 

Queer craftivism subverts the idea of quilting as a symbol of cis-heteronormativity, instead making it a symbol of community. In their essay “‘Queer Quilts’: A Patchworked History,” Daniel Fountain writes of gendered associations of quilts, saying, “quilts are still largely associated with milestones in cis-heteronormative culture – birth, marriage, and death – and they are typically passed down through generations of biological family members, usually through matrilineality.” (Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt Zine 6). However in queer crafting, instead of marriage and family as the sole climactic moment in a person’s life worthy of a quilt, it is the moment in which a person expresses joy in being trans and queer that is worthy of a quilt. Community becomes family, which is important when many trans folks are shunned by their families and the matrilineal line is broken or strained.  

Trans joy is important now more than ever in a world that is increasingly criminalizing the trans body. The media has increasingly portrayed trans people as predators and dangerous, with CPAC speaker Michael Knowles stating earlier this year that “transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely,” (qtd in Wade & Reis). Despite the onslaught of cruelty thrown at trans people, craftivism is used a means to express joy and challenge the narratives against them. K, who created a square for the community quilt and was interviewed about it said, “As much as I want to express my anger, trans joy is defiant. It can’t be legislated out of existence, defanged or sold. It doesn’t have one look and it contradicts itself. Its complexity is powerful, trans joy is a protest in itself” (Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt Zine 21). Anger is not absent in craftivism, as it is a response to injustice and abandonment of marginalized groups which rightfully sparks outrage, yet joy is present in them as well, which is an important mode of protest against oppression. In other words, joy and anger are not mutually exclusive categories. 

Even when not being portrayed as dangerous, mainstream trans narratives are often filled with the trauma associated with being trans such as the violence inflicted on them, suicide, and survival sex work to name a few. While these are all real issues affecting the trans community, hyperfocusing on these issues in the media creates a false narrative that trans people are joyless, which the Trans Community Quilt hopes to reject. Alex, another person who contributed to the quilt and was interviewed said, “It helps to combat the tragedy of trans lives in lots of mainstream media, even in sympathetic cases.” (The Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt Zine 18). Instead of fetishizing trans folks through the lens of traumatic tragedy, the quilt highlights the joy in being transgender. K’s square features a pun which says “Orange you glad trans people exist?” Another square made by a person named Josh is an embroidered rendering of Josh’s chest nine months post top surgery. The quilt rejects the narrative that trans people are dangerous and tragic, but rather spotlighting the joy for self and community in being transgender. The focus on joy is not at the expense of histories of pain or struggle. 

The creation of the Trans Community quilt was largely community focused, with recurring workshops for queer community members to gather and create. Workshops included free materials and instruction for creating the squares in addition to providing a safe community space for community members. Therefore the quilt was truly made by the trans community of Norwich, and even after its creation the quilt will go on to be exhibited at various queer and trans events across England. The conceptors Beau Brannick and Alice Bigsby-Bye write, “The project aims to return ownership of queer collections to their communities and empower people to access, discover, and contribute to the objects that reflect their shared histories” (5). The quilt is also therefore owned by the queer and trans community in addition to being made by and for the community.  

 Craftivism has existed for a long time, with a notable queer example being the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, and these kinds of projects have gone onto inspire others such as the Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt. The Trans Joy Quilt centers trans joy and community rather than suffering. This research as well as the work being done by queer and trans craftivists is important because activism that centers joy and resilient community is needed more than ever in a society that is working to criminalize the trans body. 

Works Cited 

“AIDS Memorial Quilt,” Williams College Museum of Art, March 17, 2019, https://artmuseum.williams.edu/aids-memorial-quilt/

Chaich, John & Oldham, Todd, Queer Threads: Crafting Identity & Community, AMMO Books, 2017.  

Knauer, Thomas. “The Gift of a Quilt is an Act of Love,” Hachette Book Group, https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/storey/gift-quilt-act-love/#:~:text=the%20room%20symbolically.-,The%20gift%20of%20a%20quilt%20is%20an%20act%20of%20love,those%20they%20are%20given%20to  

“The History of the Quilt,” National AIDS Memorial, https://www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt-history  

The Norfolk Trans Joy Community Quilt Zine, Common Threads Press, 2023. 

Ortiz, Jacqueline A. (2023) "Silence From the Great Communicator: The Early Years of the AIDS Epidemic Under the Reagan Administration," Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal: 4 (2), 76-99. https://works.swarthmore.edu/suhj/vol4/iss2/6 

Wade, Peter & Reis, Patrick. “CPAC Speaker Calls for Eradication of ‘Transgenderism’ — and Somehow Claims He’s Not Calling for Elimination of Transgender People.” Rolling Stone, March 6, 2023, https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/cpac-speaker-transgender-people-eradicated-1234690924/  

[thelensofyashunews]

GRAMMY NOMINATED RAPPER LATTO AKA “BIG MAMA” RELEASES HER THIRD STUDIO ALBUM, SUGAR HONEY ICED TEA

Today, ATL-based Grammy nominated rapper Latto aka Big Mamareleases her highly anticipated third studio album Sugar Honey Iced Tea via RCA Records.

The album is centered around Latto’s Georgia Southern roots and displays her signature raw, witty lyricism over magnetic beats. The 21-track album features A-List Southern artists including Megan Thee Stallion, Ciara, Coco Jones, Young Nudy, Flo Milli, Teezo Touchdown and more.

This album release follows Latto’s major Billboard July cover print issueand the release of the singles “Big Mama,” “Sunday Service,” “Put It On Da Floor” and latter two track’s respective remixes.

The 2023 BET “Best Female Hip-Hip Artist” award winner has brought everyone to her ATL church this summer starting with the original version of the single “Sunday Service” which garnered viral buzz when Latto teased a snippet of the song on her IG a few months prior, giving fans her signature witty bars over a catchy beat. Directed by Hidji World and Latto herself, the video features Latto in various settings including the Bronx with “twenty black suburbans we pull up like Sunday Service” – click here to watch. 

In June, Latto released the remix to her single “Sunday Service” featuring Megan Thee Stallion & Flo Milli and her next single, “Big Mama.” The latter track was dropped right before her two performances at the 2024 BET Awards – one for a medley of “S/O To Me,” “Big Mama” & “Sunday Service” and the other for Usher’s tribute. She garnered two nominations at the award show this year, “Best Female Hip-Hop Artist” and “Best Collaboration.” Latto also headlined ATL’s Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash that same month and made history as the first-ever female headliner. Big Mama showed up and showed out giving a stellar performance to her fans and surprising them with major special guests including Usher, Flo Milli, Mariah The Scientist and more. Most recently, Latto has been nominated for two 2024 MTV VMA awards –  “Best Collaboration” and “Best K-Pop” for “Seven” with Jung Kook.

In addition to music, Latto wrapped up taping Season 2 of Netflix’s Rhythm & Flow as a judge alongside DJ Khaled and Ludacris, which is coming out this year.

With over 1 billion streams worldwide across all platforms and accolades continuing to rack up from her success, Latto has the stage to become a global superstar. Since the release of her hit RIAA-certified and Music Canada certified 3x Platinum single “Big Energy” in 2021 Latto has been inescapable.

She went on to make history with the single as the first female rapper to ever have a #1 record at Pop, Rhythm and Urban Radio with the same single. Overall, she’s also the first female artist in 12 years to accomplish this feat, joining the company of Rihanna (“Rude Boy”), Alicia Keys (“No One”), Beyonce (“Irreplaceable”),  Mary J. Blige (“Be Without You”) and Mariah Carey (“We Belong Together”), the last five to previously achieve this. Since then, she has won various awards including: “Best New Artist” at the 2022 BET Awards, “Best New Artist”at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards, Variety Hitmakers “Breakthrough Artist” Honoree, 2023 Billboard’s Women in Music “Powerhouse Award,”“Song of the Summer” for “Seven” with Jung Kook at the 2023 MTV VMA Awards, and “Best Female Hip-Hop Artist” at the 2023 BET Awards.

In addition to all the awards Latto has racked up over the past few years, she was also nominated at the 2023 Grammy Awards for “Best New Artist” and “Best Melodic Rap Performance” (for “Big Energy (Live)”) and has graced multiple print covers in 2023 alone such as Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone “Musicians on Musicians” Issue with Snoop Dogg, XXL Magazine – which included a video component for XXL’s first-ever all female cypher curated bby Latto (that trended on Youtube and went viral) – and a digital cover for Forbes ’30 Under 30’ as the call out for the Musicians section. 

In the summer of 2023 Latto had her firstinternational festival run in Europe that included Wireless Festival (London), Roskilde Festival (Denmark), Rolling Loud Germany, and more. She’s also attended various fashion weeks over the years in New York, Milan, and Paris where shewent shows for Robert Cavalli, Etro, Blumarine, Diesel, Tommy Hilfiger, Rabanne, GCDS and more. With the release of her third studio album, this next chapter of Latto’s career will spolight her new music, have creative vibrant visuals and give more big energy from The Biggest.

[mairitess]

addendum 07-pkr: illegal betting // to be known, ch. 3

summary: Nya wakes up in the custody of the Administration.

a/n: this is giving bts the more I write the more au this gets whoops it's kinda giving filler but hopefully not lmao ! the joys of writing is u can do what u want ig + also on ao3

words: 2.2k

tags: angst, jaya mentioned, nya pov, dr s2 spoilers

warnings: gun mentioned

preview: 

“Am I a high-risk security threat?” “INMATE: 0015827 is a high-risk security threat.” She wasn’t sure if she should be flattered or offended.

A wide pain in Nya’s back made it feel like her spine was being crushed to her chest. She’d been tased before, but whatever new and improved model they used to subdue her left a much worse embodied impression. They, she thought to herself bitterly. Not ‘they’. Jay.

Nya was sitting on a cot in a barren room, nothing to look at except one of two doors: One to an adjacent simple bathroom, and the other to… She didn’t know where to. But she’d bet some solid money that Jay was on the other side. The door to “outside” had a long, vertical stripe of black glass running down its center from ceiling to floor. There was a small hatch at the bottom, but it wouldn’t open at her direction. She’d punched it, kicked it, tapped it, flicked it when she first woke up in the room, to no avail. Nya tried using her powers, but they wouldn’t work in this room – it must have been lined with vengestone. The brief moments the hatch would open were sporadic, and just to push small amounts of food and water to her. A cylindrical robot would come in after to take her trash and leftovers. Nya would settle cross-legged in front of the glass, staring at it for a long time, trying to figure out if it was maybe mirrored or digital, but the harsh lights of the room didn’t help her deductive attempts.

After the Merge, Nya thought she’d gotten pretty good at estimating how much time had passed, but this was her first time truly trapped in a static room, and she didn’t know how long she’d been knocked out for. All she knew was that it was definitely less than two weeks, because her fingernails hadn’t grown to any noticeable length. Though, the estimate was largely unhelpful being so broad. She couldn’t go off the food delivery either; they gave her snacks frequently in irregular intervals, throwing off any three-meals-a-day assumptions, and they were always the same: Water, a bread roll, cheese, a bread roll, sausage, cheese, water, a bread roll, cheese, sausage, water, a bread roll.

One of the more frustrating things was that she couldn’t sleep well. Besides the general discomfort of the whole situation, she couldn’t lie on her back or either side without wincing the whole time, so she opted to sleep on her stomach. It may have made it easier to forget how bright the overhead lights were, but she wasn’t doing her spine any favors sleeping that way, either. No winning. Especially when no sleeping meant more thinking about him.

Nya maybe got one solid look at Jay when he’d apprehended her, but his features were instantly seared into the wrinkles of her brain, a frozen fleeting moment. Jay looked so stern as he pulled her away, and his face was leaner. His jaw was clenched, and his cheeks weren’t as full and rosy as she’d remembered them. The dark circles under Jay’s eyes looked heavy, but his eyes themselves were still bright and dare she say, curious, despite the frown settled across his countenance. Maybe Jay was scanning Nya’s face as much as she was his, but she would’ve expected a much softer reaction, and surely not the handcuffs around her wrists. But it had also been six years; they’d both grown up. Nya didn’t know how much she could really trust her readings of Jay anymore.

Six years. God.

In six years, Nya had been blown across the Merged Realms, by choice and by her own adventuring; met hundreds of people; saved countless lives; found her old brothers and rebuilt a new team to save the world. She’d tried new foods, learned new languages, had new favorite spots and places to hide. When Nya thought back to who she was when she was a teenager… There was a lot to be proud of, for sure, but at the same time, a lot to be embarrassed about. Nya was better than she was, naturally with age and growth. So what did Jay do in six years? What did he learn, who did he meet?

Nya didn’t want to settle on that last question for too long.

So maybe he was mad at her, which she couldn’t fault him for. She hadn’t found him over six years – none of them had found him. Nya swore to God she tried everything she could to find him, to find anyone, when she got her bearings. The one thing she’d been kicking herself about since getting thrown into this cell was becoming a glaring question with a painful counter: How did I not find you for six years? How did you find me? And why did you find me now?

A white dot started blinking in the center of the dark glass on the door, startling Nya out of her own roving thoughts. That’s new.

Nya stood up, reaching out to touch the dot when it multiplied rapidly across the screen, forming a bright square. A robotic voice echoed through her room, reading some automated script as the same text appeared in a dark scrolling font in front of her.

INMATE: 0015827

AGENDA: --- EXAMINATION, 1100 --- VISITOR, 1300

ACCEPT VISITOR? [ YES ] [ NO ]

At least she had timestamps now. Nya made a mental note of 1100 and 1300 as she tapped on the “Yes” on the screen.

“Your selection has been recorded as, ‘YES’. You will be required to submit Form I-V1A for a Visitor Request before 1230. The form will be distributed to you below,” the voice read. A slip of paper and a pen slid out from under the white square – Nya’s eyes widened as she leaned to get a closer look, but she couldn’t see any hole from where it came. She guessed there must be a slit so thin she just couldn’t make it out, an engineering feat she admittedly admired.

Nya wrote her name and signed the bottom of the form, pushing it back into the glass, watching it disappear in awe.

“Your paperwork has been accepted. Any further questions?”

Nya’s eyes skirted around the room before she hesitantly responded, “Uh… Do I get to know who the visitor is?” “VISITOR has elected to make their visit anonymously.” “People are allowed to do that?” Nya asked, incredulous. “THE ADMINISTRATION allows authorized superior visits to be effected anonymously in the case of high-risk security threats.” “Am I a high-risk security threat?” “INMATE: 0015827 is a high-risk security threat.”

She wasn’t sure if she should be flattered or offended.

“What is the examination?” “EXAMINATIONS are performed to re-assess INMATE threat level posed.” “No further questions, your honor,” Nya joked dryly, and the white box disappeared just as quickly as it came, unceremoniously. All there was left to do was wait.

The white dot appeared again a couple hours later, giving her a little beeping alert.

“Door opening at 1058. INMATE: 0015827 to be escorted to EXAMINATION ROOM 1.”

Promptly, the front door swung open, and in front of Nya stood a slightly older Merlopian, dressed in a black suit and tie – the same thing Jay had been wearing when he took Nya. “Turn around,” the Merlopian gruffed, holding up a pair of handcuffs. Nya cast a quick glance down the hallway, gauging her ability to run, but decided against it. She followed his instructions and walked with him. Left. Right. Left. Door on the left,she chanted in her head, repeating the directions in case they ever came to be of use. The agent shoved her through the doorway, and as he left, Nya surveyed the room. Standard interrogation room fare: A metal table. Two metal chairs, but only one modified with space to secure restraints to. A long window facing the restraint chair, likely a two-way mirror. A security camera in the ceiling corner diagonally right from the restraint chair. Nya sighed and sat down in her presumed seat, placing her hands in front of her on the desk.

The door creaked, but Nya didn’t bother looking up until the agent had sat down in front of her and cleared his throat.

“Nya,” he said firmly. “We will begin your examination now.”

------

“Benthomaar,” Nya exhaled, relaxing. “It’s you! You – I – I have so many questions. I-”

“This examination is being conducted by Agent Benthomaar with the Department of Transactions,” he said, placing a stack of papers on the table and shuffling through them, a pen tucked behind his ear. “Inmate 0015827 will be under examination for the next 30 minutes. Inmate 0015827 has been in holding for four days. Inmate 0015827’s release will be predicated upon the progress of this examination.”

“Benthomaar?” Nya asked, fear seeping into her tone. “Benthomaar, it’s me, Nya –"

“The Administration is concerned with your involvement with and proximity to Lloyd Garmadon, under Addendum 47-A,” he said, interrupting her. “The Administration is asking for your cooperation in peacefully disclosing Lloyd Garmadon’s whereabouts upon your release.”

“Huh? What ‘addendum’? Benthomaar, it’s me, Nya,” she pleaded. “Don’t you… We’re friends. What is this place? What – What are you doing?”

“The Administration is concerned with your involvement with and proximity to Lloyd—” “I heard you the first time,” Nya snapped. “What are you doing?”

Benthomaar glared at her, and kept repeating his same statement, slower. “The administration is asking for your cooperation in peacefully disclosing Lloyd Garmadon’s whereabouts upon your release.”

Nya’s heart pounded in her chest, and she pushed against her handcuffs as she felt her blood pressure rise. “I don’t know what’s happening, Benthomaar, but whatever this is – I’m not helping. I don’t even know where Lloyd is. I don’t – I don’t understand! Let me leave,” she pleaded, her voice not yet a yell, but close to it.

“If you are rejecting to cooperate with the Administration’s efforts, your release will not be open to negotiation until next week,” Benthomaar said, calm. “What is the Administration?” Nya shouted, her closed fists banging down on the table.

Benthomaar suddenly straightened from his slouch, as if his spine had been clicked into place. “The Administration is the bureaucratic keeper of the Merged Realms. The Administration serves as peacekeepers and order-bringers for the good of the Merged Realms. The Administration seeks to return form and function to the Merged Realms,” he recited. The blankness of his eyes startled Nya. He was entirely not the Benthomaar she remembered, even if accounting for so many years passing by. The markings on his face were faded, as if he were paler in body and spirit.

“You don’t remember me, do you?” Nya asked, her voice barely above a whisper.

“Inmate 0015827 is a high-risk security threat.” “My name is Nya,” she gritted through her teeth.

“Inmate 0015827 will be addressed as such to maintain discreetness in the Administration logs.”

“My name is Nya!”

Nya didn’t mean to, but she stood up from the table with such force that she pushed it against Benthomaar, and the table slid against his stomach, knocking him backwards off his chair. Benthomaar gasped, his voice squeaking as it caught in his throat, and Nya stepped backwards, frantically looking around her. She reached for the door, trying to twist the handle, but it wouldn’t open.

But in the corner of her eye, she caught a flicker of light, right where the security camera was. Someone was watching, she bet. And she didn’t have much to lose right now.

Nya stared dead into the camera as she heard Benthomaar coughed, but she heard his breathing start to labor. “Cut the feed,” she demanded. “Cut the feed.”

She held her own breath as Benthomaar tried to speak, though he was lying powerless on the floor. “Inmate 0015827,” he wheezed, “please return to your chair.”

“What,” Nya retorted, “Agents of the Department of Transactions aren’t fighters?” Seeing Benthomaar struggle so much to recover only further doubled down on him not being the same Benthomaar she knew once. Something was wrong.

Then the security camera’s red light flickered off, and Nya jumped away from the door as it opened. “No, DoT agents aren’t. But I am.”

Jay Walker, full suit and tie, freckles and all, with a gun pointed right at her chest. Nya’s heart sunk. If Benthomaar didn’t remember her, then Jay…

“You have two minutes before the camera comes back up. What do you want?” he growled.

------

Across the last six years alone, Nya had so many versions of her to compare herself against. Across the rest of her life, nearly five times that. If Jay didn’t remember her, what did he remember? She couldn’t imagine what it would be like, not knowing where you came from, and how far you’ve come since.

“I want you to come with me,” she breathed, staring Jay down. “Why should I?” he asked, the gun not wavering from its aim.

“Because I’m betting I’m the only one here who knew you could cut the security cameras from behind the window.”

He was quiet at that, though she could see the rise and fall of his chest by the soft movements of his arms.

“How did you know I was behind the window?” Jay’s voice was dry, like he hadn’t drank water in days. His fingers started to tap and move away from the trigger slowly. Nya could hear it in him – she was starting to get to him.

“Lucky guess.”

[tippenfunkaport]

Official Dreamworks Digital SPOP Releases

I put a bunch of these in other posts I've posted before or things I queued up to post later when i was archiving everything form the Twitter account but since we were talking about this I might as well collect them all in one post...

The She-Ra Page on the Dreamworks activity center links to many (some of the links are broken) of the official digital merch they made.

There are Zoom backgrounds, watch along bingo cards, recipies, and some printable paper craft things like the mini-figs from Roll With It, the She-Ra Sword, and the valentines (which also include a papercraft model of Bow's arrow).

The She-Ra virtual reality room which is kinda boring but props to them for trying, I guess.

For use with VR set ups, obvs, but you can view it in a browser as well.

Want something really random? Scholastic had a math handout they did as part of their newsletter for schools featuring Marcus Scribner as Bow. Brand synergy is a mysterious thing.

The text version is here if you prefer to read

Lastly, there was a handout on how to read First Ones language also done by Scholastic to cross promote the books...

There was also a paper hand out they had at the Scholastic booth at cons and I actually own that but I don't have time to find / scan it at the moment.

There was an official She-Ra Instagram filter (beloved of my children) which is alas no more but you can see their IG story about it here (assuming that link works?)

And, of course, there is the sticker app which is still available in an app store near you and I uploaded most of the stickers from it to Tumblr a while ago as well.

Lastly, a lot more of the printable crafts they did can be found on @dreamworksshera which is the official tumblr of the show. There's a pattern to make Bow's shirt, Spinnerella themed pinwheels, a Sea Hawk flag, Netossa net and Mermista smoothie that I remember off the top of my head. Unfortunately, whoever ran that account did not understand tagging at all so they are very hard to find but such is life!

cc-ing @n7punk and @clarenecessities just since this conversation is all over the place and confusing as hell

[igsdc]

How can you access AEPS service through IGS Digital Center Limited?

What is AEPS?

aepsis a unique identification number based payment platform that enables customers to conveniently send, receive, withdraw cash, deposit cash and check balance using Aadhaar-verification.

The objective of AEPS system is to enable all sections of the society by providing basic banking services in remote areas. The National Payments Corporation of India (National Payments Corporation Limited) started the AEPS service to promote digital payments in India. AEPS makes payments fast, easy and secure, along with facilitating online services like cash withdrawal and deposits. 

The biggest advantage of AEPS transaction is that it does not require any file or signature to complete the transaction. Through AEPS all customers can use their Aadhaar number to do financial transactions at Point of Sale (PoS) or Micro ATM through Aadhaar authentication.

While using AEPS, customers first need to provide the bank representative with the Aadhaar number linked to the bank account and have the thumb or finger impression scanned on a biometric machine. Any kind of transaction can be completed only after this process is completed.��So AEPS is more secure and better online system than normal transaction system.

All payments through AEPS can be completed through a Business Correspondent (Bank BC) or a Bank Correspondent using a Micro ATM. But the most important condition for using AEPS service is that for this your bank account should be linked with Aadhaar.

What are the benefits of using AEPS?

Below are some of the benefits of using the AEPS system that you will get when you use this transaction system:

The system is very simple and user friendly and it takes only a few minutes to do any type of transaction or avail banking service using Aadhaar authentication.

AEPS is a very secure mode of payment which works on the basis of Aadhaar authentication only, thus protecting the customers from fraud and risky transactions.

This system helps the underprivileged section of India to ensure financial inclusion.

The AEPS system is used to provide benefits of various government schemes to remote areas and villages.

What are the documents required to use AEPS service?

Normally no specific documents are required to use the AEPS service. You must have a valid bank account number, Aadhaar number and bank name to use the AEPS service.

How can you complete AEPS transaction through IGS Digital Center Limited?

By becoming an authorized member of IGS Digital Center Limited center you can provide facility of Cash Withdrawal, Cash Deposit, Balance Check and Money Transfer etc. to your customers through AEPS. 

To do AEPS through IGS Digital Center Limited follow the following steps-

Visit your nearest authorized IGS Digital Center Limited member.

After that the IGS representative will enter your 12 digit Aadhaar card number in a point on sale machine.

Next, you need to choose the type of transaction you want, such as deposit cash, withdraw cash, transfer funds within or outside the bank, balance enquiry, or get mini balance statement, etc.

Select the bank where you have your account and fill the complete details of the transaction amount.

Confirm the transaction details by placing your thumb impression on the biometric scanner.

Your transaction will be completed.

When the transaction is complete, obtain a receipt from the IGS representative.

IGS Digital Center Limited is India's best online service provider company, by becoming a member of which you can earn handsomely by providing more than 300 government and non-government services to your customers. Services provided by IGS Digital Center Limited include AEPS service,dmr service, Bill Payment Service(BBPS), Recharge Service,travel booking services, CA Services, Legal Services and IT Services etc. are the major ones.

[ithel-lovik]

lazy writeblr intro

about myself

ithel (pseudonym)

they/them, neutral terms only

mid-20s

autistic, ADHD, cPTSD

somewhat crippled/ill

fantasy/horror writer

artist (@sardonicdoll)

white, TME, gentile

not new to tumblr or writing whatsoever, just new to writeblr. i'm a BFA student studying digital arts, but having writing as a career would be amazing because most forms of employment are pretty inaccessible to me as a disabled trauma survivor. that's why i have a patreon. unfortunately, my disability situation also causes me to struggle with being committed and consistent, but there's only so much i can do about that.

other than writing i also like photography and video-games.

about my work

what i like to write: fantasy and horror, dysfunctional romance subplots, death and resurrection/transformation of the self, monsters, themes about trauma and recovery, usually long-form stories but i have some short story ideas as well, dunno if my stuff counts as YA or NA

goals: to actually finish/publish something, whether it's one of my book/short story ideas or my webfiction project

current project

title: Red Sodom

genre: webfiction, post-apocalyptic horror w/ cosmic and biological horror elements, zombie-adjacent (but not really)

warnings: gore, body horror, violence, themes of trauma and its effects, centers around disease/a world-ending pandemic (i feel like i should say this story is not at all inspired by or connected to COVID-19)

stuff people might like: they/them nb+disabled+anti-hero lead, other queer characters, goes against typical post-apocalyptic tropes (e.g. everyone being selfish and trying to stab each other in the back instead of humanity coming together), "came back wrong," trauma is a central theme to the story (particularly childhood/developmental), also heavy themes involving redemption

summary:

Sira wakes up to the ruins of civilization with no memory or knowledge of what happened, other than the name they’re called by a disembodied voice just before they regain consciousness. A red mist blankets much of the earth, carrying with it an unstoppable pathogen that transforms those that inhale it into grotesque, reality-defying monstrosities dubbed “phantoms.” Strangely, Sira demonstrates a never-before-seen immunity to this pathogen, and they are taken in by the CPC – one of the paramilitary organizations working to combat the mist and its monsters – for protection and for the purposes of researching a vaccine or cure. Haunted by nightmares of a crimson-colored world, it becomes clear that Sira’s immunity to the disease is no mere coincidence, and their awakening sets in motion a downward spiral of events that proves the apocalypse is far from over.

where to find it:

currently what i had done previously is being re-written and i'm going to finish drafting the 1st arc in its entirety before posting publicly again, but you can still read the old writing at these places+it's where the new writing will be uploaded eventually

redsodom.wordpress.com

RoyalRoad: IthelLovik

Wattpad: IthelLovik

other projects

Exalted - fantasy/adventure with original worldbuilding about a mage who is driven from his homeland, discovers he has the same capacity for power as a god does, and gets pulled into a plot by a member of the nobility to destroy the planet

Safe Harbor - short supernatural romance story about a nineteen year-old who wants to escape the world and a thing that comes from the sea

all of my ideas other than Red Sodom have been put on hold to try and get it off the ground, but i'm hoping to continue work on them eventually

what i'll post

updates to my work, writing references, and any stuff that i make pertaining to it that i share with the public (like what i share to IG)

other places to find me

patreon.com/ithellovik

IG - ithel.lovik

twt: ithel_lovik

[bearotonin-international]

I’m new here but I’m a big fan, thought I’d share my favorite source for ethical bearotonin: Orphaned Wildlife Center in NY! They’re @orphanedwildlife on IG ❤️

Here at Bearotonin International, we always do our best to provide only the most ethically-sourced bearotonin

Orphaned Wildlife Center resident, Sonja induces much bearotonin

The team wasn't super familiar with Orphaned Wildlife Center but we're eager to check them out!

While, Orphaned Wildlife Center does not provide any in-person bearotonin, but their instagram is a fantastic source of digital bearotonin

At the Orphaned Wildlife Center our goal is to provide safety and nurturing to animals that are truly orphaned and prepare them to be returned to a life in the wild. Through our efforts, we hope to encourage people to respect and enjoy our native wildlife. Our PRIMARY goal is to rehabilitate and release. We want as limited human contact as we can for most of these animals. The animals here need to retain a fear of humans in order to be safely integrated back into the wild. x

[autisticbokutoenthusiast]

ep 7 stray thoughts:

- thing i’ve noticed is that the opening sequences always give me chills

- ok so zoueyteena was mutualism, nuthphop was protocooperation, captainkeen is commensalism, first/porsche/soong/jump with parasitism, aob and puen with competition, nant and prom? for predation… i’ll keep this in mind

- now why captain looking down the camera lens do NOT perceive me sir… “it’s like im sleeping in the mushroom breeding center” damn …. also first having no courtesy for other ppls space my baby boy

- nont lowkey wishing his brother chose literally any other roommates in the world lmao- oh there he goes setting things on fire again

- once again the 5 baddie bunch are all in the same area but porsche is specifically cut out of each frame… why is he always on the outside????

- hold on how old are they supposed to be??

- i’m excited to get into porsches story, all of his scenes have a sense of like danger to them…

- are there any meta posts floating around out there about the use of older tech, like the boxy tvs and the older video recorder??

- nuthphop continues to have the most breathtaking shots for me idk what it is about their moments but they make so much sense visually and audioly(?? is this the word??) idk what im saying at this point

- gonna try to pay closer attention to the music for zoueyteena scenes, they stick in my memory as bright/les complex not/barely digital instrumentations but that could just be my memory playing with me

- not captain selling out keen…also soemthing i noticed is that while captain and keen were talking earlier the music was bright and jumpy and when their teammate walks in it turns to like *ominous bass* and then eventually sad piano and the scene with keen walking in on captain and the others mirrors that (though the piano the first time is scared and sad and the second time more idk deep and thoughtful [this is how i’ve always had pieces described to me by instructors idk if the emotions match perfectly] so it can lead into zouey and teena’s scene)

- worlds collide…. also phop and nuth and their gender shirts good for them good for them. i know nuth looks like the most likely suspect but they really are so sweet

- i think the reason i like nuth and phop scenes the most is that they are easiest for me to understand, like the whole scene is sending me a clear message and no element is wasted kind of thing (not that the other scenes have unnecessary elements my brain is just better at understanding certain cues over others. just a preference thing)

- yasss dramatic cinematography moment (also i feel like it fits into the vintage tech category) keen blowing the whistle you will always be famous to me

- thinking about captain and keen and the “one person benefits the other gets nothing” bit from the beginning…

- nont: i don’t just want him arrested i want him dead

prom: girl ok…. sorry i asked...

- ok so there’s a boxy tv behind nont that’s just static and this isn’t the first i’ve seen one, what do they mean????

-A GUN?!?!?!

- “i will leave quietly like how i arrived” nont be fr…

- is it just me or does nont always leave his bangs down when he’s alone with prom

- ooo the parallel between soong and porsches lines (i’m assuming i was distracted by the dubbing of first and soongs convo)

- oh… puen and aob… oh… also aob kinda looking a bit wet and pathetic now…

- keen better than me if captain showed his face again it’d be on sight

- wait wasn’t captain not interested in playing whatever sport they’re playing before now… ya know what whatever makes him happy ig if his dream is to be an athlete than good for him

- they’re reprising the captain keen song from earlier- i assume this means that they’ve overcome this issue/ have gone back to like it was before [actually they were included in the revenge sequence but i will interpret this as keen already got his revenge now things can be sweet]

- first throwing the money at soong, ooo he really hurt that boy

- CAPTAIN I KNOW THAT IS NOT A VIDEO RECORDER CAPTAIN PUT DOWN THE CAMERA CAPTAAAAAIIIIN

- ok i caught: nant? holding a sign with his name is neon green lighting, nuth holding a camera in that same lighting, nuth recording nant standing over him in red lighting, swinging feet and a kicked over chair (im assuming it’s someone being hung) in orangey red lighting

- to be perfectly honest the only lighting that i remember that resembles this is in the playboy lounge and proms room (re lighting that is)

- hold on are they framing nuth in a cage?!?

- “ the picture of you i see and remember is better than who you are”… “you’re not perfect like a dream. and i like you anyway” i need a minute

- i think the thought that you will exist in someone’s eyes as better than you are is comforting actually…

- zoueyteena scenes continue to have top tier music let’s gooo

- nuths smiling face when he answers the door for phop im gonna go eat cement what the fuck why would they do that to me i’m genuinely gonna lose my mind oh my good?????

- NOOOOOOOOOO NOOOOOO NOOOO

- ok nonts hair is down again- does he let his hair down when he’s not performing as nant, like hear me out in all the nant flashbacks his hair is parted and when nont is with nants friends he adopts the same hairstyle so are the scenes where his hair is down he isn’t keeping up a performance or he can have his own preference ???

- WHATTTTTTTTT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT DID HE KUST WHAT DID HE SHOOT MY BOY PHOP WHAT BITHC WHAT WHAT WHAT I- how could they do this to me?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?,!,!,

[nights-flying-fox]

✨️ Hi hi hello, welcome!! I'm Nighty, and I reblog a lot of stuff*, sometimes draw and write too. Both fanart & oc art!! 💖

*if you don't want to see most of my reblogs block my queue tag: #a pie for you & a queue for me

💫 For more art: @nightsfoxart ♡ For more writing: @nightyslibrary 🐢 tmnt side account (still a wip): @eughboi

⚠️ pr*sh*p / neutral etc. DNI ‼️

🪐 My ko-fi page!!

🦊 Art Tag: nighty arty ▪︎ Writing Tag: nighty write -y ▪︎ random posts: nighty talky ▪︎ lists and such: nighty archive

|☆ | ◇ | ♡ |

Linktree for more social media ig

🌠 Portal Fam Server!! Click here to join!!

💜 AU Tags:

🐀 Animaniacs: Toons (Storks AU) • There's a Beast in There • Pirates AU

🐢 ROTTMNT: Dimension Hopper Leo AU MASTERPOST • Where You Belong (Separated AU) • Let's Grab a Slice Together • Hopelessly Surviving AU (Resurrected Leo AU) • A Turtle Like Me, A Turtle Like You Masterpost • GENERAL AU MASTERPOST

🌟 Fandom Tags / Masterlist ⬇️

🪶 Some of the stuff that I find myself thinking about them 7/24: tmnt/rottmnt (rise leo is the blorbo), hazbin hotel (alastor & rosie friendship aaa), warrior cats (longtail, hollyleaf, hawkfrost my beloveds), kingdom hearts (khux & days), the legend of zelda (miphvali & botw zelink), linked universe (legend is fav), animaniacs, pokemon (unova ftw)...

tLoZ - Breath of the Wild

Art - Fics:

-Warmth (Zelink / One-shot) AO3

-Christmas Together (Multichapter Modern AU Xmas Fic / Ongoing / Includes Zelink and Miphvali) AO3 [currently on hiatus]

-Following the Silent Princess (Modern AU / includes Zelink and Miphvali / multichaptered ongoing) AO3 [currently on hiatus]

Zines: By Your Side Zelink Zine

tLoZ - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

Art | Fics:

-Mountain Walk (Miphvali / One-shot) AO3 | Chinease Translation (AO3)

-For You (Zelink / written for Fated: Through Time digital zine / one-shot) AO3

Animaniacs

Art | Fics:

-Welcome Back, Doc (Space Jam: New Legacy crossover fic / multichaptered ongoing / Dad Bugs) AO3 [on hiatus but might finish it before the end of may <3 ]

-Years Ago, A Winter Night (Wakko's Wish fic / a lot of angst & hurt/comfort / multichapter & completed / XMas fic) AO3 | Playlist

-Happy Allergies Dot!! (one-shot / Dot centered) AO3

-Guilt Is Eating Him Up (one-shot / lots of angst & hurt/comfort / Wakko centered) AO3

-Toons (Storks AU / multichaptered ongoing / kinda on hiatus??) AO3

-There's a Beast in There (Beauty and the Beast AU but without any romance / multichaptered ongoing / *holds it gently* this one is my fav) AO3

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Art | Fics:

-A Friend Against Dark (Raph centered / fluff / pre-series / one-shot) AO3

-Finish the Tale, Ven, Please? (Where You Belong AU / fluff / one-shot) AO3 * tumblr

-finding your stellar association (for @/ashwii's Celestial AU / one-shot / fluff) AO3 * tumblr

-so I dive straight back in the ocean (hurt/comfort / post-movie / Leo centric / one-shot) AO3 * tumblr | playlist

-Little Talks with a Big Robot Turtle (for @/somerandomdudelmao's Cass Apocalyptic Series / Raph centric / fluff / one-shot) AO3 * tumblr

-Deep (Purple) Thoughts (and Realizations) (Donnie centered / post-movie / angst & hurt/comfort / multichaptered ongoing) AO3

-Last Resort (Mikey centric / bad future timeline / Let's Grab a Slice Together AU but you don't have to know about it to read it / angst (with a bit of comfort??) / one-shot ) AO3

Warrior Cats

Fics:

-One Last Night (Leafpool x Hawkfrost / one-shot) AO3 | Turkish Translation

[plethoraworldatlas]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party suffered its worst-ever defeat Sunday when the country's main opposition party scored major wins in municipal elections, including in all five of the nation's largest cities.

With nearly all ballots counted, candidates for the center-left Republican People's Party (CHP) emerged victorious in Istanbul, the capital Ankara, İzmir, Bursa, Adana, and other cities and towns. Turkish media reported CHP victories in 36 of the country's 81 provinces. The right-wing Justice and Development Party (AKP) performed best in the largely rural Anatolian interior.

It was the first time in Erdoğan's 21 years as Turkey's increasingly autocratic president that the AKP suffered such a nationwide electoral defeat.

"My dear Istanbulites, you opened the door to a new future today," incumbent CHP Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu told jubilant supporters during his victory speech following what's likely to be a double-digit win over AKP challenger Murat Kurum. "Starting from tomorrow, Turkey will be a different Turkey. You opened the door to the rise of democracy, equality, and freedom... You ignited hope at the ballot box."

...

Analysts said skyrocketing inflation, the collapsing value of the lira, disaffected Islamist voters, and Imamoğlu's popularity—which transcends the CHP's traditionally secular base—were major factors in Sunday's results.

So was the Gaza genocide. While Turkey is supporting the South Africa-led genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, Erdoğan and the AKP have been accused—especially by Islamists—of paying little more than lip service to the cause of Palestinian liberation, while Imamoğlu has said that Turkey should immediately sever trade relations with Israel.

Experts said Imamoğlu's victory puts him, and the CHP, at the center of Turkish politics.

"Imamoglu demonstrated he could reach across the deep socio-political divisions that define Turkey's opposition electorate even without their institutional support," Mert Arslanalp, assistant professor of political science at Istanbul's Boğaziçi University, toldReuters. "This makes him the most politically competitive rival to Erdogan's regime."

In the predominantly Kurdish southeast, the progressive People's Equality and Democratic Party (DEM) won 10 provinces. Election-related violence erupted in parts of the region, including in the village of Ağaçlıdere in the Sur district of Diyarbakır, where DEM polling officer Emin Çelik was killed and around a dozen others were wounded. There were multiple reports of Turkish police violently dispersing Kurds celebrating election wins.

International leftists hailed the big wins by CHP and DEM candidates, with Party of European Socialists president Stefan Löfven cheering what he called "a great victory for democracy and a giant step towards a better future of the Turkish people."