#just thought that was worth sharing

[apavlovs]

Desk Engie doesn’t get enough appreciation and I’m gonna fix that

Also obligatory Medimedes doodle because he slays

[crazy-ache]

I’ve been interacting with new fanfic writers and also been seeing some folks share the fact that they care about hits, bookmarks, and comments on their work as if they’re embarrassed by that fact.

I’m just here to say you shouldn’t ever ever ever feel that way.

Writing, in this case fanfiction writing, can be a very lonely journey at times. If you’re brave enough to post online, there’s nothing wrong with wanting to receive validation. Because when you don’t, I think that’s the equivalent of playing or singing a song and nobody claps once you’re done. Imagine the Olympics or local sports arena or little league game with empty stands. Not a single soul cheering at the end of a concert. Nobody shows up to the art gallery. Nobody eats the baked goods you made with love at the party. All of those scenarios undoubtedly hurt.

Yes, you did it for yourself. Because you love this passion of yours. Because you’re working on your skills. Because you’re proving something to yourself.

But there’s a reason so many of humanity’s passions happen in front of a crowd.

Art is meant to be seen, music is meant to be heard, and yes, fanfiction is meant to be read.

We all want to know our art made an echo.

And yes, we all want to know somebody clapped for us. It validates us, it encourages us, it motivates us to keep going when we’re burnt out. It’s also just plain fun. All of these apply to world class musicians or athletes. For fan fiction writers, the audience cheering is as simple as a hit or a comment. It’s someone engaging with our work in a positive manner. So if you’re feeling that way and you feel bad about it—remember you’re human. And your passion and hobby is just as worthy of receiving audience reception as anybody else.

Fanfiction is a communal space, not just a solitary act. Give love back. Engage wherever and whenever you can. Open yourself to viewing this as a two way dialogue with other writers and readers. Give yourself grace and compassion when you’re disappointed. And when it’s your turn—don’t forget to clap.

[slutforpringles]

via: Daniel Ricciardo: Late braker | The Australian Weekend Magazine Nov 12-13 2016 | Trent Dalton

[phoenixwithapencil]

Just realized how many of the landmarks of ffxv are tombs, in one way or another. The meteor and the disc, Ravatogh, Shiva’s corpse, insomnia and Altissia, Tenebrae and Gralea, Angelguard and Taeplar Crag.

Half the hexatheon had places where their body lay in slumber and/or effective death (much as a god can die). Every capital is all but razed. Noctis and Ardyn both served a tenure of quasi-death on an island prison where they were the sole life form.

Eos itself is consumed by death for ten arduous years, a coffin for the people under its miasma choked sky.

The world itself is changed by death and its memory, just as much as the characters who inhabit it.

[thatneoncrisis]

re whitewashing in tlt spaces. i feel like id be way more chill with seeing lighter toned harrow, bc at the end of the day she IS lightskinned you can just look at the cover of nona and that whole "skin the color egg carton" this is like. fanciful and kind of strange if your mind goes to the white or grey ones but like

absolutely within the range of human skin tones. its tan but its not like a dark chocolate brown. gives you enough to work with. but on top of just making harrow incredibly pale a lot of the time she is just. drawn like a white girl. just zero indication that she isnt entirely pakeha let alone maori if you didnt already have that info in your back pocket.

and so much shit contributes to this its tazs descriptions in the book just focusing on how pointy and scrawny she is, its fanartists not really getting the nuances of how to draw poc outside of "white person" and "black person", its the fact that irl maori obviously have a vast array of different ways they can look and some of them can be white passing and that doesnt make them less maori, its that fact coming into conflict where in a book if you have a main character you say is maori but is lightskinned, white passing and has zero connection to maori culture, language, and wasnt even born on earth and its been 10000 years since that particular ethnic group has even existed. what does that mean. how would the text change if she was just pakeha

[glitterghost]

I hope every single one of you feels you've carved out your own space here. ✨️

I hope you know how much you're loved and appreciated. How much your posts, comments, and messages mean to others. 🌸

It's so easy to feel like you're lost in a turbulent sea, or that what you offer isn't enough or that you should be giving more.

Whatever you offer is more than enough. Appreciated by others to a degree you might not ever realize. Someone is always waiting for your new post, a new comment from you, a message from you. Anything. Because it's you. 💜

Thank you for being here and sharing any and all bits of yourselves with all of us that you do. You are cherished by so many. 💫

[disposal-blueeee]

( stereotypical mexican music starts playing

[evilestresident]

so. based on what I'm hearing about veilguard here's my take: da2 was written from the perspective of varric telling his book to cassandra. we find out later in inquisition that she is a fan of his work, and ultimately goes on to try writing herself. veilguard is cassandra's first draft

[deoidesign]

Happy EDS awareness month!

I'm a webcomic artist with EDS. be aware.

EDS affects many parts of my life. I have chronic fatigue, chronic pain, and I need to use a cane! I often find myself ruminating on themes of chronic illness in my work, whether or not I am intending to include them.

I already can't paint anymore, it hurts my hands too much... Anything that requires small details or precise motions will hurt me for days. I have a lot of grief around it. But working digitally allows me to still create!

I animate, I illustrate, I get to tell my stories. I have to go slow, take huge breaks (often against my will) and recover slowly. But, working in this space allows me the grace to do this.

So, I just wanted to share a bit of my experience with my audience, and say thank you for reading my work and supporting me! It means the world to me, and I hope maybe someone in my audience feels a little more seen through me sharing this. It causes me pain, but I love myself; and that includes my disability.

[revvethasmythh]

ngl, "I'm the only one who understands [x] character" or "only ten people actually get [x] character" is like the #1 biggest red flag to me that a person probably will have an inaccurate interpretation of a character. because if you've decided that you understand that character in a uniquely objective way over others, you inherently wall yourself off from alternate opinions by deciding they're wrong on the basis of simply not being the exact same as yours. if you can't incorporate or even just ponder other people's perspectives, people who have lived different lives and are approaching the content through different but potentially very useful lenses, you might miss out on some extremely enlightening and fascinating interpretations. building yourself an insulated echo chamber is probably the worst thing you could do when assessing a character like that

[thereallycoolmonsterithoughtup]

gossiping with the advisors

[ashtcnirwin]

what comes after me?

[crazy-ache]

I’m never going to buy the “Elain is a spoiled rotten child” interpretation that I see floating around fandom. To me, Elain is a chronic people pleaser.

She desires to please everyone around her at the expense of herself. It is why she so desperately wants to be seen. She is deeply unhappy. Symbolically, Elain is described as a trembling fawn because she is frozen like a deer in headlights in the face of what she wants vs performing what other’s expect of her.

She does this because she is suffering from self worth issues and does not believe her needs or wants are important—and that she doesn’t possess value beyond her complacency and her superficial beauty.

In fact, I believe her book is going to be about becoming selfish. I HOPE it’s about finally becoming MORE SELFISH, which she has never afforded herself to be. I hope she’s selfish and leaves the cage of limitations that has been created for her in the Night Court. I hope she’s selfish and chooses love and a mating bond because she wants it. I hope she’s selfish enough to finally put herself first in order to become the strong and brave female character she was always destined to be.

[autistic-evil-xisuma]

i headcanon xisuma as pansexual but he only identifies as it in the sense that he heard it once and went yep that sounds about right. if you asked him his sexuality he. well actually he might misinterpret and think you're asking something more personal and get uncomfortable and confused. but if he does understand the question then he'd be like oh gosh wait wait no i know this one. it's like... all.. um. uhh wait wait no I've heard it before just hold on uhhhm

[blortch]

So as I've maybe mentioned before I have a backlog of comics/drawings/animatics/fic I've done over the years that I haven't published bc my experience for posting art has always sucked ngl but like I wondered if anybody would be interested in one of those 'send me a confirmation of a donation to a vetted Palestinian fundraiser'-things to then get back a randomized item of those mentioned - upon consideration of requests like, whether you'd like to see something about Mike's or Jay's characters (unforch I don't have much abt Rich but there's some stray Plinketts).

[gunpowder-gemini]

Eyo finally settled on a design I like for my Rito OC Cirra! I have gotten so much practice drawing braids now lmao. She's got a dad, 4 little sisters and a dead mom I'll draw (eventually)

I got the sheikah brush pattern for the background from @/ezlo-x here