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magpie-trove · 1 month ago

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Slowly been trying to learn that what makes a thing important and meaningful is not that it was successful or did something and so it meant something and was worth it; but that love makes it mean something

#i know this! but it’s an sneakier way this time #I’d been struggling because a lot of the work I’ve been doing and struggling at and paying high prices for #seemed to be doing nothing even though I knew I couldn’t not do it #and people kept telling me it meant nothing to the people I was doing it for and it was stupid and naive and etc #but I’ve been slowly piecing together this problem where #I’m like I want to know that it meant something! (<-accomplished results)#but! listen! results don’t mean anything either! Ozymandias! even the longest lasting changes eventually change back or change different!#the only thing that’s going to be permanent that’s going to mean something forever #is if it’s something done out of love. not to accomplish a goal!#not to achieve results! just because I love someone. just because I love God! i do it for him! and that love lasts soooo long #forever even #long past the work #the value of the work isn’t in whether it accomplishes what I want (that changes and the goals even if accomplished change)#the value in the work is the love it gives to someone

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egophiliac · 1 month ago

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still ruminating over Lost In the Book With Spooky Skeletons Part 1, so here's a selection of some of my favorite little bits! (...some more loosely paraphrased than others) (I just feel like Idia has no room to criticize in general, okay)

anyway, I'm sure we're just going to have a fun time celebrating Halloween and nothing bad is going to happen whatsoever! :)

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #lost in the book with nightmare before christmas #hajimari no halloween #calling dibs on skeleton kisses as the name of my band #man scully is just a delightful little weirdo and i'm enjoying him immensely #(i'm going with scully until we get something official just because it makes me think of x-files)#(スカリー is also how the agent's name is transliterated and i don't know if it was intentional but i love it as a bonus reference)#(i want to believe™)#gosh though #'no one at school likes me because i won't shut up about halloween and jack skellington' i'm feeling VERY attacked right now twst #look scully your people are out there #just get on the forums and -- oh wait you're probably from like the 1800s or something #(my theory is that he's from the past and there's just some Book Magic going on to bring us together)#(LOOK they made a point of saying that the book fair has been held annually for a super long time)#a hot topic goth born before hot topic was invented...so sad 😔#i dunno i could be wrong but that feels like a good working theory for now #if it wasn't for mal sensing twsty ~magic~ on him i would think he's like. a christmas elf who's going to kidnap jack in a reverse-nmbc #(not ruling that out though because it would be amazing)#god all the sprites in this event look AMAZING. loving the desaturated colors and the extra drawn-on lines 😍#i'm genuinely kinda sad that we aren't gonna get to see every character like this #who knows...maybe halloweentown will be imperiled again next year...#come back and destroy my keys again please #(that said i'm doing weirdly well so far?)#(i promised i'd save for sebek and just do cursory pulls to get the SRs and not hope for the SSRs)#(...but then leona jumpscared me four coffins in anyway. halloween magic is REAL)

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hinamie · 3 months ago

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I'll give them shelter like you've done for me

#my art #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #jjk fanart #jujutsu kaisen fanart #megumi fushiguro #yuji itadori #itafushi #jjk spoilers #jjk manga spoilers #jjk leaks #jjk art #fushiguro tsumiki #took all afternoon but we wrangled the colours in2 submission #it was looking very green and kind of muddy #so i toned down the saturation in a bunch of places pulled in a lot more grey #kept a lot of the shadows Hard #i think it works #not sure it's the absolute best it cld be but i am Satisfied with it #overall i ws just kind of worried that it was looking rly similar to past pieces colour-wise #i think it kind of still Is but not as much as it would have been had i not made those edits #anyway. emo hours #ive been listening to jubyphonic's piano arr of shelter and thinking abt megumi #thinking abt him growing up n looking back on himself n seeing himself in tht lonely little boy #'it's a long way forward so trust in me' smth smth finding the strength to guide that kid forward even though both of u are scared #bc at the end of the day u Are still that kid #inner child stuff usually doesnt resonate much with me bc i don't like who i was/am/whatever this aint abt me #but in regards to megumi????? OW #in lighter news i remembered at the absolute last minute to lob off the top of yuuji's ear #bc that injury at least i think he keeps ghfssdfhfgsj

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watcher0033 · 1 year ago

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Y’all, the Archive admins are made up of VOLUNTEERS. And they have been working for 12-13 HOURS STRAIGHT.

I better not hear any complaints when donation period comes around. OR ELSE.

cosplay by @woahchriswoah on Twitter

EDIT: How do we show appreciation to the volunteers? For me reading these deep dives on OTW issues u guys apparently it's been said multiple times that one of their objective statements is to have paid staff for ao3 and there's a surplus of donations they haven't used up or the other community solutions that needs to address. For those more financially literate feel free to analyze, snipe me or add to the discussion etc. linked here by deepa. They’re cool and these yearly analysis they did aint no joke.

But Seriously what can we do for these volunteers? The probable burn out from this entire fiasco would be no joke. @ao3org

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bixels · 1 month ago

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In the past, people in the Animal Crossing community would make fun of Tom Nook as a sleazy landlord. Since then, he's really rehabilitated his image as this 'heart of gold' businessman (he's the one who puts bells and furniture in trees for you to find! he adopted orphans! he donates to charity!), but New Horizons genuinely paints the most devious version of him.

He's successfully privatized settler colonialism: you pay HIM to move to a "deserted island" (which apparently the oceans in the AC world are just full of) and start a colony that he is directly invested in. At best he's running a weird vacation package scam (you arrive on the island with no money and in debt for "using his services"). At worst, he's using you to set up company towns. For god's sake, he literally has his own fake currency that he forces you to use to pay off your debt. But don't worry, he's repackaged it in a way that definitely doesn't sound like an MLM scam: the Nook Mileage Program!

You're no longer just his tenant or his temporary part-timer, you're his business lackey. The entire tutorial section of the game has you spending actual weeks running around completing tasks and doing hard labor to set up his colony. You're even tasked with preparing his properties and finding buyers for them. No, you aren't a tenant anymore. You work for the landlord. You are directly responsible for finding tenants for him. And he doesn't even fucking pay you. Not for setting up town hall and museum, or his nephew's shop –– which is the ONLY store on the entire island that sells necessities –– or bringing KK Slider to town, or helping populate his town. Not a single cent. No, actually, you have to pay HIM to BUY infrastructure like bridges and stairs and park benches. And all the while, he's telling you're the "resident representative"; you get to call the shots! That the reward is the community's progress. That what you're doing is in everyone's best interest (but most importantly, his).

Since NH's release, people have done a lot of legwork to say that Tom Nook isn't a capitalist while the game shows him at his very worst. He owns the only general store in town. You're forced to use a phone that he modified and branded as his own. Buy Nook-branded furniture and merchandise at the self-serve kiosk in the town hall, a governmental building! There's no conflict of interest here!

But hey, if you're tired of being the landlord/business mogul's goon, you can also find work as a deluxe resort home designer for a company that also pays you in their special company currency that can only be used to buy their products instead of a real salary! Because that's what the Animal Crossing franchise needs! More vacation homes!!!

#this is a really long winded way to say i really really really really hate new horizon's storyline and player role #i really hate that not only your house but the entire TOWN. the whole COMMUNITY you're a part of is owed to tom nook's business #i really hate the “vacation getaway package” angle because it shows just how commercialized the entire premise of nh is #and how lost the game is in its original core concept #animal crossing is about the experience of moving to a new town and becoming a part of that community #just to compare: all past ac games have a similar opening #you're on a bus or train or taxi to someplace new. a stranger strikes up a conversation and you get to know them before arriving #new horizons opens with you at customer service desk filling out an client application before a flight.#in prev games working for nook in the tutorial is meant to be demeaning. you want it to be over with so you can actually start living life #but in new horizons working for tom nook IS your life. and it's so rewarding! don't you feel rewarded?#you aren't a person. you aren't a new neighbor. you're tom nook's client. and then his unpaid employee. and the game insists it's fun to be #that's how void the game is #because it's bad enough that a rpg life sim got turned into a sandbox game where you have to build the town yourself #but the only reason why you're building it is because the landlord who you're in debt to TOLD you to build it.#everything is a rewards program! everything is a tour service! be sure to do your daily tasks to earn nook bucks to spend on nook merch!#that really sucks imo.#i mean. the entire game is based around the vacationing industry. of course it all feels fake and temporary. it's only a vacation.#long post #rant #not art #god the fact that your starter villagers can't even decide where to live you have to decide for them #i've never played a game that does the opposite of handholding #where instead it's the PLAYER who has to handhold the npcs through everything. and newsflash!! it's really exhausting and boring

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tothechaos · 2 years ago

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white knuckle gripping it through a silly little oil painting of kermit the frog because i feel disconnected from my body and am desperately trying to not go get another tattoo to solve it

#even though thats worked in the past. it is not a good long term solution.#so anyways. if anyone has any suggestions for things to do to help itd be much appreciated #1k #5k #10k

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madamemiz · 1 year ago

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sad: falling out of a hyperfixation

tragic: watching your beloved friends and mutuals fall out of the hyperfixation while you're still in it

#oughhhhhhh #this is about the dca fandom but also about every other strong fixation ive had over the years lol #i know it's normal and inevitable esp for less popular works or minor characters with little canon content #and there's nothing wrong with smaller communities of course those rock #but there’s just something special about getting into something at the same time as a lot of other people all at once #and existing in this chaotic fandom space that's just bursting with creativity and passion #i've been in fandom spaces for as long as some of you have been alive and i've only come across that sort of unbridled joy like #a handful of times at best #it's just a heartbreaking feeling to see real lightning in a jar fandoms like that wither away as people drift away #(understandably so!)#anyway don't mind me i'm just having thoughts #musing about fandoms past as well #that i too eventually moved on from but remember fondly even if im not active in anymore #also my music just aint hitting right so im just sitting in silence which makes me more Contemplative(tm)

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ew-selfish-art · 1 year ago

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Dp x Dc AU: Jason and Jazz have been dating for a while and... Danny presumes that because he knows about Jason being Red Hood that Jason knows about Phantom.

Danny got a text randomly in the afternoon from Jazz’s boyfriend. Which was inherently a strange experience considering Jason was typically dead asleep in the afternoon from all his ‘evening shifts’ and Jazz was in class. Stranger, the message just asked if Danny would be free to meet up today for a short chat. Jason doesn’t reply to Danny’s response of “Anything for my sister’s BOO <3.”

Normally, Jason would start launching into a rant about Danny’s coffee choice being too like his little brother’s when they met at cafes- right now Jason looks deadly serious.

“Look. I’ll cut to the chase of it all. I want to ask Jazz to marry me and well, your folks are shitty but it feels weird to not ask for permission.”

“...Okay?”

“So do I have permission?” Jason asks, a bit of a glare and Danny can see the RedHood’s famous attitude peeking out with the abundance of anxiety Jason must be feeling.

“I mean, Yeah! She loves you and I know she’s been subliminally messaging you to find your balls and ask her already.” Danny rolls his eyes and laughs. His brother-in-law to be sure was a strange guy, but he liked him all the more because of it.

Jason sighs in relief and his normal literature nerd, easy going and plucky ‘cool guy’ attitude comes back. They start chatting about the ring he bought for her, how they’re probably going to have to do a small wedding with his family members to appease his grandpa figure. Its all very cute and optimistic.

“Love it! She mentioned your grandpa’s rose garden before and that’ll be perfect for human family events before the big ceremony.”

“Big Ceremony?” Jason sounds unsure of where the conversation is going.

“Yeah, you know. Plus now that I’m thinking about it, it’s probably for the best that you asked me, the observants would totally turn this into like, an interdimensional faux pa or something if I don’t give them a heads up.” Danny laughs at the idea of it causing an incident, but he can see Jason straighten his shoulders and his eyes attempt to pierce through him.

“Danny. What the fuck are you talking about?” Jason looks more pissed than he looks concerned, and Danny is just confused.

“Cause... You Know.”

“If you don’t give me a real answer I’m going to-” At least Jason was taking deep breaths.

“Hey man, chill out! I guess Jazz keeps it on the DL but my night shift has-”

“Night shift? You’re an engineer.” Jason cuts him off and the fact sounds accusatory.

“And I’m the Ghost King? You knew this?” Danny relents, he hated saying it out loud cause it sounded lame, but he’s not sure why Jason is so up in arms all of a sudden. Jason looked like he might have an aneurysm and Danny knows his expression is declaring Jason is the biggest Dumbass in the world.

“Danny ...what the fuck are you trying to say to me right now?”

“That you and Jazz have to have a royal wedding in the Infinite Realms or my counsel and advisors will throw an absolute fit.”

Jason doesn’t reply so Danny decides to add “You know, ‘cause my title translates to the Family’s royal lineage and if you marry Jazz you’ll become a Prince. I guess you don’t technically have to have a big wedding but if you don’t it’ll just mean shit loads of paperwork and a huge fucking headache on my end. Which I can survive but... I’m sensing that you’re frustrated. Let’s call Jazz.”

“Let’s do that.” Jason sounds like he’s being strangled. Danny thinks it’s a bit dramatic but is excited to help Jazz wedding plan.

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funsizedcrow · 4 months ago

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Link is Hylia's specialist little boy (this is not a good thing for him)

(stills under the cut)

#screw you tumblr gif size limit btw. i had to compress it to get it to work but its fine. luckily its not super detailed.#next time i do something like this im doing pixel art. tiny canvas. this was a lot of fun though :)#my art #the legend of zelda #loz #link loz #artists on tumblr #gif warning #legend of zelda #tloz #tloz fanart #wind waker #loz fanart #twilight princess #a link to the past #botw #breath of the wild #ocarina of time #skyward sword #had a lot of fun designing hylia btw <3 took ideas from skyward sword game + manga and also the goddess statues from both botw and ss #need to make designs of the golden goddesses next....#color picked a lot of the colors and then adjusted them but. all of the games are so saturated except for twilight princess it is so funny.#it literally looked like he was in black and white compared to them.#sorry to the links that i did not draw. i was not drawing any more than i had to. 8 was already a lot this took me forever #(two weeks. not that long actually but long enough)

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wanderer-clarisse · 8 days ago

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... and he was eager moreover to discover all that he could concerning Mankind. He it was that first met Men in Beleriand and befriended them; and for this reason he was often called by the Eldar Edennil, 'the Friend of Men'. (Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth)

(partially inspired by this)

#small disclaimer: i still haven't completed my annual silm reread #so this mayyyy be a little bit inaccurate #i was having so many thoughts about finrod and the edain again so i couldn't stop myself :)#but!#clarisse! you may ask. whats up with the hands being so realistic but they still have cartoon faces #i don't know. i respond. im at that stage of drawing #you know how sometimes you draw something and stare it for too long and you start having a crisis of whether it was even a good idea #like i've been working on this for the past week! and have no idea if it's even comprehensible #however. i am done with it and methinks is time to release it to the wild #clarisse doodles #tolkien #the silmarillion #finrod felagund #beor the old #house of beor #baran #andreth #beren

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benevolenterrancy · 25 days ago

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("Always. Continuously. With increasing apprehension, and decreasing hope. I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. I will love you as a corpse loves the beak of the vulture. I will love you no matter what happens to you, and no matter how I discover what happens to you, and no matter what happens to me as I discover this." -- paraphrased from The Beatrice Letters, Lemony Snicket)