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I recently tried knitting a small doily from a chart that I don't know where it came from. I have several folders full of stuff like this, that I downloaded years ago, back when Google search still worked. It appears to be a scan from an old magazine.
I'd pulled this one out because it didn't have very many rounds, and I wanted something small and quick. Ha ha. It's turned into a much more extensive project, during which I've changed the bind-off, redesigned some of the chart, and knit three different versions of the thing, with at least one more planned.
I've been doing four chart repeats, instead of the three that are indicated by the photo, but even with that I've been able to knit each of them in less than a day, in between doing a bunch of other things. Which has me thinking about time and money.
If I assume four hours at $7.25 per hour, that's $29. At $15 an hour, I'm up to $60. The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics optimistically tells me a Craft Artist might make as much as $20 an hour. Wow, my small doily might be worth eighty bucks!
Except, obviously, no one is going to pay $80 for a small knitted doily. Probably no one is even going to go for the modest $29. The only likely way to make a couple of bucks on this thing is if I can manage to write, publish, and promote a pattern, and sell it to people who want to knit their own. If I can sell sixteen copies of a pattern at five bucks apiece, I'm back up to $80 again.
But writing the pattern with enough information that someone can knit from it confidently, which means including a lot more information than that bare chart and murky finished photograph, means many more hours and days of work.
And I'm not especially wanting to make money from this. Mainly, I wanted a mat to go under my teapot, now that I've knitted a tea cozy for it, and I figured I might as well knit one. But it sure has given me a lot of not-very-useful thoughts about capitalism and mass production and the perceived value of objects.
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Have you heard of the "Crowley is Malleus' dad" theory going around? Where Prince Levan (or whatever his name is) didn't actually die and just went out to get some milk and is now known as Dire Crowley, the silly man? The implications of that theory is absolutely hilarious when you think about it
hold on, we can figure this out, we just need LISTS
PROS THAT CROWLEY IS SECRETLY REVAAN/LEVAN/LAVERNE/WHATEVER:
unspecified fae of some kind, with similar coloring to Mal
the animal masks are apparently a Briar Valley thing
has some kind of big blackmailable secret that was alluded to in episode 4, and then as far as I know never brought up again
(unless this was just Azul bullshitting, which is extremely possible)
based on Diablo, which...maybe means something?
has canonically worn Dad Shorts
CONS:
(gestures to Crowley's entire personality)
NO LISTEN Revaan was the guy they sent off on diplomatic missions and to take care of delicate political situations, and...look, I love this dweeb, but would you trust Crowley to be in charge of negotiating your war treaties
despite my brain insisting on reading his name as "Raven", Revaan's title does imply that he was also a dragon (or super into longan berries, I'm not ruling that out)
currently unclear why Lilia "my closest friend Revaan...he is no longer with us...I used to make fun of him for being kind of a priss about eating jerky..." Vanrouge has somehow not noticed or said anything
Malleus' Aloof Anime ~Aristocrat~ vibe had to come from somewhere, and by all accounts it was NOT his mom's side of the family
???:
turns into a bird in the opening, I don't know if that means anything but it's kinda cool, I guess
all that aside, if Malleus and Yuu are any indication, then the Draconias have...questionable taste in their social choices. so anything is possible!
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers#disclaimer that this is half joke and half speculation so like. please take it in good spirits and don't yell at me#right now i'm leaning away from crowley being revaan because i think the evidence is currently circumstantial at best#but who knows what the future will bring!#man. whenever i consciously remember that crowley is diablo it also reminds me#that his name is supposed to be pronounced like dear and not like the word dire#which always fucks me up a little bit. this is the worst thing about him bar none.#damnit crowley#anyway every time a new part comes out i rewatch the opening just in case there turns out to be any more foreshadowing#(there never is)#(but that ONE really quick bit where you can see overblot azul means i always have to look)#which is to say i have been carefully reanalyzing all the crowley bits and i have reached the conclusion#that i still have no idea what is going on with him#he may be the world's biggest mastermind or the world's biggest idiot and these are not mutually exclusive#(this is a strictly pro-crowley post btw)#(i'm allowed to make fun of him because i love him dire-ly)
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bedside bouquet.
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a sapphic comic about a village girl and the fae she fell in love with.
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#i didnt really have to struggle that much with my sexuality since once i realised it was an option i jumped the comphet ship immediately#but i wouldnt have reached this conclusion without the help of the queer women in my life#so. shoutout to them. i adore you#and i know the queer community is rife with infighting a lot of the time#but we shouldn't forget the simple joys of being known and acknowledged and empowered by people like you#those are just my thoughts#also#this comic has girls kissing in it#shock!! horror!! etc!!#im returning to my brand which is queer comics about relationships that are dubiously healthy#a romance has to be the slightest bit obsessive for me to really get into it unfortunately <3#fae#sapphic#lgbt#lesbian#comics#stillindigo art#stillindigo comics#hearteaters
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honestly one of my fav things that isn’t ever talked about with Kusuo is that he is honestly when you actually examine him, a pretty normal teenager. He’s insecure, he cares a lot about his mom and is scared of making her mad, he gets invested in other peoples drama, he dislikes PE, he hates being spoiled for things, he has an embarrassing crush that his friends judge him for, he has an awkward relationship with his dad and fights with his brother, he wants to be protected.
Like underneath all the unfamiliar stuff, he is honestly Just Some Guy.
#saiki k#this is the conclusion I have reached#This is also what’s sad about him#Personality wise stripped down to his barest components he’s nothing special#Just a normal teenager. Somewhat introverted maybe but…like that’s normal too#But he’s been born into this awful position of like. basically godhood. Something he never wanted.#Which affects literally everything he does#but like he was always under all that a normal kid#His powers didn’t make him magically more anything#Most of the weirder things about him are just the way any normal person would react to being born with those powers#He reacts normally to everything that gets thrown upon him#Idk I really love the way he was written I’d like to shake Shuuichi Asous hand one day
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Next chapter of the rock star au is up! Li Lianhua and Di Feisheng enjoy some quality time with the motorcycle, followed by noncon birding. I hope you enjoy!
#mysterious lotus casebook#li lianhua#di feisheng#fang duobing is once again sir-not-appearing-in-this chapter#but he's back in the next#my fic#writing is a bullshit hobby#these two are still enjoying their date#which reaches its inevitable conclusion#which is morning...#birdwatching#obviously
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I'm halfway through the show, Queen of Tears, and something that I've seen floating across is the anti Hyun Woo sentiment regarding how he treated Hae In initially and was just trying to do it all for the will.
Something to understand here is that in situations such as his, where he was emotionally empty and just a shell of himself who was just functioning, he didn't have the bandwidth to understand the gravity of situation that was Hae In's terminal illness.
In Hyun Woo's mind, he didn't have Hae In's support anywhere, be it against his in-Laws or in the company. She is silent against her family and hostile and argumentative in the company. He doesn't know what all she does for him on the sly or in backstage. He is not aware and Hae In never made the effort to change that situation.
All that pressure, anxiety, gear and emotional drain took its toll on Hyun Woo's emotional capacity. Stuck in a state of constant negativity, his initial reaction to Hae In's illness might be a form of self-preservation. He shuts down completely, unable to process the additional emotional burden of her mortality.
Something to remember is also the fact, that although he was thinking of it, the one thing that pushed him to draft the divorce papers were the talk of their child, whose entire identity and life was being decided by Hae In's family while she had no opinion on that and couldn't care less. This entire situation fueled the fire of resentment burning within Hyun Woo. Here was Hae In, seemingly indifferent to the future of their potential child, the very thing that initially distanced them. It felt like a repeat of their early struggles, where her family held all the cards and Hae In remained silent, leaving him to battle alone.
This perception, however flawed it might be, explains his impulsive decision to draft the divorce papers. Exhausted and emotionally hollowed out, he saw the child issue as the final straw, a symbol of their inability to stand together. He might have been grasping at a desperate solution, a way to force a change in their dynamic, a cry for her to finally fight for him and their future.
Of course, this doesn't paint Hyun Woo as a hero. His actions were undeniably hurtful, a clumsy and emotionally charged attempt to solve a complex situation. But by understanding the immense pressure he was under, the constant negativity seeping into his core, we can see a flicker of vulnerability beneath his anger. He craved Hae In's support, her voice alongside his in the face of adversity. Perhaps, the divorce papers were a twisted plea for her to finally break her silence, to acknowledge his pain and fight for their future together.
Here's where empathy becomes crucial. While his actions are undeniably hurtful, it's important to consider if they stem from malice or a desperate attempt to cope.
Think about it this way: Imagine a cup overflowing with negativity. Hyun Woo's daily struggles with his in-laws, the lack of support at work, and the constant emotional strain have already filled his cup to the brim. When Hae In's illness is revealed, it's simply too much for him to handle at that moment. He doesn't have the emotional space to understand the gravity of her situation, let alone offer support. in fact, it's easy for him to consider her death as an easy escape since his capacity for empathy or his love for her was essentially buried under all that negativity.
#It was not that he didn't love her#its just the fact that he is tired and had easily given up on their relationship#there is also the fact that for all his calm he does have passive aggressive tendencies#He tends to avoid conflict so it all results in him reaching for the worst conclusion without arguing or hearing another person talk#as evident in the show the more hae in talked and was vulnerable the more he was reminded that he indeed love her#he was also easily jealous of eun seong inspite of not caring much of her#according to him#which just proves that he did love her but in all their struggle that love was lost#honestly#for all his smarts he is a disaster#how did he even graduate from SNU#baek hyun woo#hong hae in#baekhong#queen of tears#kdrama
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Collection of the backdrops I did for the Bug Fables NPC Collab
I wanted to put them all in one post, since I'm quite proud of what I did. :)
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#also wow it looks like a lot more lined up like this than it does in my folder haha#bug fables#bug fables spoilers#flameshadowart#bug fables npc collab#backgrounds#scenery#digital painting#there are definitely some which i like less or think could be improved more than others but that's alright#i tried things i learned things i'll keep working on things and get better#also! the NPC collab in its entirety is almost complete! we're very excited to reach the conclusion
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every day i'm tapping the sign
the sign: we didn't have a satisfying definition of Real Art before the advent of "ai" and trying to define it now only distracts from the actual problems
#which is that we live under late stage capitalism#every day i hear the siren call of discussions about whether this or that counts as art#and it's like.... we've never reached a conclusion. i don't think we ever will. i took classes in this#definition of art is fully contextual#congratulations if you have a solid definition! good luck trying to get everyone else to agree on it
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I had this question pop into my head the other night, and you were the first person I thought of to answer it.
I've read numerous times about how Scully continually respected Mulder's wishes to not be addressed as "Fox" and how Diana just completely ignored his preference.
What I'm curious about, though, is what you think about Margaret Scully always addressing him as "Fox". It doesn't seem to bother him, unlike when his own mother calls him "Fox".
Anyways, these are the thoughts that keep me up at night 😜
I think he takes it in stride that his parents or Scully's parents (or the older generation in general) are going to call him "Fox" by default. The world is run on social default; and he's clever enough to realize and expect it.
Further, I don't think he minds when his mother calls him Mulder: I think he uses 'Mulder' as a distancing tactic-- something he insisted on, perhaps, during his Star Trek days or his post-divorce mild rebellions or anything that would set him 'apart' from his parents; then carried it into his professional circles. He tenderly smiles when Tena Mulder calls him 'Fox', he doesn't flinch when Bill Mulder calls him 'Fox', he anticipates and smiles over Diana's 'Fox', etc.
Personally, I think he popped that excuse off to Scully because he was feeling uncomfortable... but 'Mulder' changed between them-- became special to them-- because she took his discomfort in stride and respected his wish.
And, actually, it's Scully who reinforces the 'Mulder' moniker to everyone: "Not Fox-- Mulder" is what she keeps repeating to Melissa, and is how she refers to him when talking to Ellen and Maggie and Bill. I think she reinforced it because that was a rule that was set, and she is zealously guarding it: an extension of her territory, if you will. (Hence, her raging jealousy at Dr. Berenbaum or Diana Fowley or etc. etc.) "You may know my partner, but you must call him by the name I call him by."
#asks#teenie-xf#that's what I believe anyway!#took me a bit to reach that conclusion#but Mulder really isn't bothered by others calling him Mulder#SCULLY is bothered if they don't#she fiercely guards that link between them#and only breaks that resolution in moments of extreme intimacy (and even then....)#which I think is fascinating
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TEST DRIVE TEST DRIVE TEST DRI-
I have so many thoughts about this entire sequence, from the way Hiccup and Toothless get along to the MUSIC- (the music analysis is going to my tags)
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But im gonna talk about Toothless pov again
I always think of this is like, the forbidden friendship scene for Toothless the way the actual forbidden friendship was for Hiccup
If Hiccup's scene was Toothless connecting to Hiccup through human things (sharing food, smiling, art and all that)
Then this scene is Toothless' because Hiccup connects with Toothless through flying, something I've always headcanoned to be what dragons (the ones that fly anyway) need not just to survive, but to live and bond with others.
if Hiccup's FF is the beginning of the potential then Toothless' FF is the "end", the moment where the potential is found and fulfilled, the thing that really solidifies their friendship because both has now experienced and accepted the other's unique sides
Just, yeah Toothless sees Hiccup just getting it, understanding why flying is so wonderful, hearing him cheer and whoop in joy like a fledgling's first time in the air, and seeing him at the end instinctively understand what to do-
Like that sudden spin near the end of the sea pillars- and both of them looked surprised they even managed to do that together instinctively- when just a few minutes ago Hiccup couldnt even dodge the two very obvious sea pillars in the beginning
He looks up at this human, this strange clever, brilliant little human who has somehow made this even possible, who has broken every preconception he has, who is now flying with him with a dragon's instinct but baring his teeth in that human way of expressing joy, screaming something he could not parse perfectly in his dragon tongue but understood the meaning all the same.
"We did it."
#they did it. they achieved what they thought was impossible but together they reached it#the line can apply to a lot of things so ill let you think about it#i totally didnt get that 'we' thing from a fanfic COUGH#httyd#httyd movies#junie art post#can u tell ive gone insane#this was supposed to be a short caption but ive gotten carried away#toothless the dragon#toothless#hiccup horrendous haddock lll#hiccup#NOW. FOR THE MUSIC.#most of the analysis is already talked well by sideways and phoebe-kate so ill talk about my headcanons and interpretations#toothless' theme always repeats over and over. not ever really having a satisfying conclusion which ive always thought of as a silent show#that toothless was never really happy or content with his life before since he lived a dangerous and monotonous life of serving the queen#sure in exchange for his servitude he was given shelter to a place no viking can reach but he would never call it home.#he most likely wanted out of that sitaution. wanted something new and he got that rather violently through hiccup#now lets talk about hiccups theme. his theme is beautiful and sounds complete. but in the beginning you barely if ever notice his theme#unless youre really looking for it. his theme plays quite subtly and softly. showing how hiccup wants to be seen but he never is#at the start his theme plays after berk's which makes it sound as if hes following them. he isnt the same as berk but he tries to be#FF comes and hiccup and toothless connect both on screen and music. see you tomorrow has hiccups theme play clearly & confidently for once#test drive comes and toothless takes the lead- hiccup following right after him. it sounds amazing but theyre still not quite there yet#then the sea pillars moment and toothless theme plays twice waiting for hiccup's theme to jump in- to let go#and when hiccup does let go his theme jumps right after toothless' fitting perfectly and toothless' lets hiccup theme take center stage#its loud & beautiful and you get to hear it so clearly it takes your breath away and it ends with toothless theme finally reaching an end#they completed each other both musically and in character#they broke the rules of the world and are neither berk's theme or the dragon's they are two parts creating something new and beautiful#they completed their theme bros thats their theme its not berks or the dragons its their very own#okay im done i dont know if i got this across right i hope yall at least get the gist of my insane rambling
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thinking about shuichi ryoma parallels ...
#rewatching chapter 2 and it just got me thinking#shuichi who previously struggled with wanting to stay alive after kaedes death#having a version of himself revealed to him in a flashback light saying that they are willing to throw away their life#and finding the strength via the support of others to reject that mindset#coming to the conclusion that he will live for himself and for others#ryoma having virtually nobody to turn to while being in a headspace that prevents#you from wanting to live even in an environment encouraging survivalist behavior#only to find out that there would nobody waiting for him anyway#and just becoming completely resigned to the idea that him dying was the best option for him#not exactly helped by the fact that nobody reached out to him during the kg despitd Very Explicitly displaying signs of suicidal ideation#in which were preyed upon by kirumi to ensure her survival#effectively becoming a sacrifice#like man ... imagine if someone had just listened and extended that olive branch to him. imagine if it was Shuichi#drv3#seren speaks
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I've just come across a tiktok of a person (who has 90k+ followers and is pretty well-known in lefttok for having well-articulated, intelligent takes, by the way) copying almost word for word that post by weaver-z (with an addition by roach-works) explaining how Divergent destroyed YA dystopian literature, and claiming those to be their own thoughts.
An honestly hysterical thing to happen just two days after HBomberguy dropped his video on plagiarism — in which he theorises that those who steal somebody else's work do it because, aside from their lack of creativity clashing with their desire for money and clout, they think the author so below them that they don't deserve the dignity of being credited and nobody would even catch the plagiarism.
We know this is common but fucking Christ. Finding such a blatant example in the wild during this time is such an experience.
#should I ask them in a comment if they have a tumblr? lmao#the post came across my dash again not too long ago so it was fresh in my mind#at first I thought they were only using similar points#(which is fair. several people can reach the same conclusion or they might have read the post and forgot where they got those ideas)#but then they described the love interest as 'he is handsome. he is brooding. he doesn't need to be anything else'#and I was like oh COME ON that wording is way too familiar#so I went to find the post to check and the ENTIRE vid is just copying weaver-z and roach-works#my original post#hbomberguy
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#putting this in the tags because my notifications are already nonsense enough#and I'm not interested in directing harassment anyone's way#and so#my good dudes#please learn how to read#I've been accused of 'piss poor reading comprehension' multiple times because I quoted the article saying 'outage'#and then described the attitude of the article toward the library closures as 'outrage'#and apparently the only reason I could come to this conclusion is by misreading 'outage' as 'outrage'#which.#just.#please learn how to read more than the literal meaning of words#reading the literal words is good 101 reading comprehension#please strive to reach 102#and some 'oh i did a a pd clinic in law school and then was advised not to pursue it b/c i'm just *so virtuous* and *so moral* asshole'#who is responding to my post about the IA's justification post insisting that I'm apparently insisting that law = morality#and#which#just#please#dear god#learn to read#but also#it's kind of fascinating#how the criticism of the IA's actions that people are responding to#(aside from saying I'm misreading their outrage toward library closures)#is primarily the idea that their 'emergency library' stole from authors & that such stealing was wrong#and in particular#nothing at all about how IA recklessly completely destroyed themselves by so obviously violating the law#(literally - it's all just been 'but the law was bad')#(and I guess if they see someone saying 'this is a stupid way to challenge the law' they can only read that as meaning 'this law is good'??
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ALL OTHER idiotsmart characters cancelled. Bill Potts only. she is one of the quickest and most insightful when figuring out the tardis. she knows it can't have been moved into the office whole and she notices when it's moved slightly over the rug. she points out it's silly the chairs aren't closer to the controls and that he named the acronym in english AND that a camoflauge that instructs you to open it is stupid. and then she uses all of that information to conclude the tardis is a knock through that's also a lift. and looks like a kitchen. tell me that isn't the smartest idiot conclusion.
#i love her so much#she is so intelligent#she reaches the most logical intelligent conclusions#which unfortunately in the doctors world actually makes her slower#like figuring out the tardis is a knock through lift is the most reasonable conclusion#but it makes her seem slow for not realising its bigger on the inside#which is entirely the doctord ridiculous fault#bill potts#twelfth doctor#doctor who#dr who#squids bullshit#🌌#1️⃣2️⃣
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i should really sleep.... but i'm pretty close to the next "something better" chapter being done... i dont wanna Promise its coming out tomorrow, but we can hope??
#something better#we're also marching full steam ahead to the act 2 finale!!#which is basically the climax of the whole fic!! no big deal!!!!#and act 3 is shorter. so the end is in sight. KIND OF.#(we're not at the act 2 climax yet. it'll still be a few chapters!)#but yes. hopefully this fic will actually reach a real conclusion within our lifetimes.#steven universe#jasper#steven universe fic
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headcanon that as sophie ages, she gets more and more off-put by how she still looks twenty at some age past 40. the only wrinkles she has are smile lines and a barely-there crease between her eyebrows that never leaves. no gray hairs. it doesn’t feel like there’s any physical evidence of how much stress aged her too fast.
(maybe she dyes more grays into her hair to feel better about her reflection, the more time passes by. maybe, on bad days, she contours wrinkles into her skin with makeup. maybe the bad days get more frequent as she ages outside the human lifespan. maybe.)
#i feel like fitz and dex are the only friends of hers that really get it#since fitz understands more surrounding human cultures than most elves thanks to his firsthand experience in the search#and dex grew up with his mom’s romcoms#which would probably show some human perspectives on aging#and his mom explaining some things that didn’t quite make sense to Smol Dex#but i’ve always imagined sophie turning up on fitz’s doorstep in the middle of the night#with tears running down her face and saying she didn’t know who else to talk to about almost-immortality feeling so so so wrong as she#gets older. not necessarily just because he knows more about humanity than most of her group#but also because like. there’s some part of her that says ‘if he can help you through learning to be an elf at 12 maybe he can help you at#42 too’. and they’re cognates. and they’ve gotten old enough to set aside teenage grievances with one another#and i like the idea of them sitting on a couch together by lamplight and trying to navigate the cultural and personal differences#in how the two of them and humanity and the lost cities view mortality#and not really reaching a concrete conclusion. but rather. a conclusion that keeps the two of them sane until they reach triple digits.#and then they have the conversation again. and come up with a plan to stay sane in their triple digits. and the same thing pops up in their#thousands. idk man the whole thing screams trust down to the bone and that’s what they should have when the war is over#is there anything more Cognate than talking through wildly different fears surrounding the same thing that make both parties#super vulnerable??? down to how your minds work in the face - or lack of - death?#maybe so but i can’t think of them off top of my head#kotlc#sophie foster#kotlc headcanons#keeper of the lost cities
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