#it was a lot of work

[iminye]

In that time were made those things that afterwards were most renowned of all the works of the Elves. For FËANOR, being come to his full might, was filled with a new thought, or it may be that some shadow of foreknowledge came to him of the doom that drew near; and he pondered how the LIGHT OF THE TREES, the glory of the Blessesd Realm, might be preserved imperishable. Then he began a long and secret labour and he summoned all his lore, and his power, and his subtle skill; and at the end of all he made the SILMARILS.

- quenta silmarillion, chapter vii: 'of the silmarils and the unrest of the noldor'

[artemistorm]

Master Sword Pt 5: What Does the Shadow think of the Master Sword?

Ehehehe I bet you didn't see that one coming, did you? Perhaps you should have because if you remember, the story of Linked Universe is about two forces: the nine Links and the Shadow. So this is perhaps the most interesting question in this whole series of analysis posts: what does the Shadow think of the Master Sword?

Short answer: he/it hates it. You can tell, because in Shifting Shadows pt 2, Sky and the Shadow are fighting an it shoves back Sky and runs away!

In many places throughout the LU comics, the Shadow has fled from battle proving itself cowardly time and time again... or is it strategic for now? Is it testing the Links? Seeing who is weak and who is strong? Will it take on a stronger form in the future in which it would feel comfortable facing the Links head on without needing to retreat? But I digress.

In Sunset Pt 4, Sky tells Time that the Master Sword and the Shadow's cursed blade did not like each other either and they fought in their own way.

We know that the Master Sword is at full power because it is the Master Sword that Sky forged. We know it is strong enough to change one from a dark world form back to Hylian and prevent corruption by Twilight's shadow crystal. It's the sword that defeated Demise and has defeated or sealed Ganon/Ganondorf time and time again.

So what kind of cursed blade can stand up to the Master Sword? And what kind of wielder is the Shadow? Only time will tell.

[sesshy380]

Guess who wasn't working on their docs again because they wanted to draw? (I am loving being able to create art again)

After many tutorials, several sessions across a few days (because I need to take a lot of breaks), and a base just for the pose, I have a better reference image of Kat! Next thing I need to improve on is drawing mouths lol

[genzento]

You know, I could think of a few good ideas for that pony tail you got~

No pulling my precious hair~

[batri-jopa]

I finally finished this pyrographic picture and I'd like to share it with joy and pride:

Note: the design itself is not mine (learn more under cut) but please consider that this circle is 80 cm in diameter and turning it into pyrographic picture required almost hundred hours of work (imagine that just the central part with the cradle, mother, baby and toddler took me 3 hours, the whole picture took about 2 years) so I guess I do deserve to be proud of myself for doing a good job!😁

First - have some more details of my work:

And the picture I spotted when visiting Germany in May 2017, exactly at Jugendburg Ludwigstein castle (which BTW is very beautiful on its own - check the link).

Me and my family liked it a lot (funny part is I only noticed this picture after returning home with my photos). But unfortunately I have no idea who the author of this artpiece is so I can't credit them😒 We call it "Circle of Life"

[straight-as-my-spine]

so i made a uquiz to tell you what book series you should read next and i have excellent taste in books (i hope) so you should 100% trust me

[arvandus]

Sooooo I have barb fanart as my phone background, so I felt the strong need to make barbatos-themed icons for it...

picture of my phone background below the cut (big thank you to @ohnoohnohere-she-comes for sharing her beautiful art, I hope it's okay for personal use! I just want to stare at him every day 💕💕)

I still plan to make custom icons for the bottom ones but that’ll be for another day.

Also, I couldn’t figure out how to get the transparency to work with the Shortcuts app, so I actually had to customize the icons to have the background of the icon match the background of the phone… that was fun….

[markwateneymemorialcrater]

Please note. The orange one is not included because A. He isn’t a billionaire. And B. Calling him obnoxious is too kind for him.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

License to Kitty.

[ionomycin]

Grief

ref photo by @jawsstone

[keymintt]

more public art! these fellas were printed on vinyl for the sides of a traffic cabinet

[inkskinned]

i got rickrolled today but it didn't work because i have adblocker installed, so youtube just told me i violated the terms of service. yesterday i was trying to edit a picture as a joke for my girlfriend, and google made me check a box to prove i'm human because i wasn't "searching normally".

it isn't just that capitalism is killing fun and whimsy, it is that any element of entertainment or joy is being fed upon by this mosquito body, one that will suck you dry at any vulnerability.

do you want to meet new friends in your city? download this app, visit our website, sign up for our email list. pay for this class on making a terrarium, on candlemaking, on cooking. it will be 90 dollars a session. you can go to group fitness, but only under our specific gym membership. solve the puzzle, sign up for our puzzle-of-the-month-club. what is a club if not just a paid opportunity - you are all paying for the same thing, which makes you a community.

but you're like me, i know it - you're careful, you try the library meetings and the stuff at the local school and all of that. the problem is that you kind of want really specific opportunities that used to exist. you are so grateful for libraries and the publicly-funded things: they are, however, an exception - and everything they have, they've fought tooth-and-nail to protect. you read a headline about how in many other states, libraries have virtually nothing left.

do you want to meet up with your friends afterwards? gift your friends the discord app. you can choose to go to a cafe (buy a coffee, at least), a bar (money, alcohol) or you can all stay in and catch a movie (streaming) or you can all stay in bed (rent. don't get me started) and scream (noise complaint. ticket at least).

you want to read a new book, but the book has to have 124 buzzwords from tiktok readers that are, like, weirdly horny. you can purchase this audiobook on audible! your podcast isn't on spotify, it's on its own server, pay for a different site. fuck, at least you're supporting artists you like. the art museum just raised their ticket price. once, they had a temporary exhibit that acknowledged that ~85% of their permanent art galleries were from cis white men, and that they had thousands of works by women (even famous women, like frida! georgia o'keefe!) just rotting in their basement. that exhibit lasted for 3 months and then they put everything away again.

walmart proudly supports this strip of land by the street! here are some flowers with wilting leaves. its employees have to pay out-of-pocket for their uniforms. my friend once got fined by the city because she organized a community pick-up of the riverfront, which was technically private property.

no, you cannot afford to take that dance class, neither can i. by the way - i'm a teacher. i'm absolutely not saying "educators shouldn't be paid fairly." i'm saying that when i taught classes, renting a studio went from 20 bucks an hour to 180 in the span of 6 months. no significant changes to the studio were made, except they now list the place as updated and friendly. the heat still doesn't work in the building. i have literally never seen the landlord who ignores my emails. recently they've been renting it out at night as an "unusual nightclub; a once-in-a-lifetime close-knit party." they spent some of those 180 dollars on LEDs and called it renovating. the high heels they invite in have been ruining the marley.

do you want to experience the old internet? do you want to play flash games or get back the temporary joy of club penguin? you can, you just need to pay for it. i have a weird, neurodivergent obsession with occasionally checking in to watch the downfall and NFT-ification of neopets. if i'm honest with you all - i never got into webkins, my family didn't have the money to buy me a pointless elephant. people forget that "being poor" can mean literally "if i buy you that toy, i can't afford rent."

you and i don't have time to make good food, and we don't have the budget for it. we are not gonna be able to host dinner parties, we're not made of money, kid. do you want some kind of 3rd space? a space that isn't home or work or school? you could try being online, but - what places actually exist for you? tiktok counts as social media because you see other people on it, not because they actually talk to you.

there was a local winter tradition of sledding down the hill at my school. kids would use pizza boxes and jackets and whatever worked, howling and laughing. back in september, they made a big announcement that this time, rules were changing, and everyone must pay 10 dollars to participate. when im not scared shitless, i kind of appreciate the environmental irony - it hasn't gone below 40. so much for snow & joyriding.

i saw a bulletin for a local dogwalking group and, nervous about making a good first impression, showed up early. the first guy there grimaced at me. "sorry," he said. "there's a 30-dollar buy-in fee." i thought he was joking. wait. for what? the group doesn't offer anything except friendship and people with whom to walk around the city.

he didn't know the answer. just shrugged at me. "you know," he said. "these days, everything costs money."

[bellwethers]

Tough.

[buzzrds]

here's my wonderful isopod child, handcrafted in leather

[illusioncanthurtme--art]

Physically? I am sitting in my bedroom. Mentally? Spiritually? I AM DEAD ON THE FLOOR!!!!! THESE TWO HAVE KILLED ME!!!!

(Another drawing! This was originally attempt #1 at drawing stan, and then fiddleford just showed up. Kinda feels like them five minutes after the above acting like nothing happened though, so it works sdjkgkjfshj)

[hinamie]

10 years later