#old lady learnings

[thirtyknives]

Back Up Often, Back Up Local.

Hey kids, it's your local elder millenial coming at you live to remind you that anything on a cloud server or a social media network (including this one) is not to be considered secure. If you have artwork or writing you value, back up often, and back up local. Storage space is cheap, get yourself some USB sticks or an external drive and store that shit, or god forbid, if you're lucky enough to have access to an optical drive every so often burn a disc of archived works. There is no promise that an online server you post to will be there tomorrow. I've just learned that ello shuttered overnight and took down all the artwork stored there. It's no big one to me because I store local, but there's a lot of people who are hurting due to the loss, and I've been there kids. I did heaps of really interesting writing and artwork that I published on servers that don't even exist anymore. Even well maintained, well loved servers reach the end of their lifespan and are switched off, decommissioned, and or compromised. Power outages, natural disaster, the works - keep it in your own hands, and you know exactly where it is and what state it's in.

If you have questionable living arrangements or dangerous people around you that make your art or writing insecure at home, the next best thing is to email to a trusted friend and get them to download and store local.

Storing across multiple platforms is better than nothing, I guess, if you don't have that option - so Google Drive and Protondrive, multiple different email addresses (mail them back and forth) and private posts on networks on which you don't usually publish (Dreamwidth is still going strong and is actively involved in fighting restrictive social media laws - they deserve your attention).

If you write in Google docs, for the love of pterry back it up or post it privately somewhere else once it's done.

No one tells the young people, so I am going to - back up often, and back up local. If you live through your art, keep it in your own hands. Do not trust corporations to keep your shit safe for you, and remember - you can never have too many backups.

[cozylittleartblog]

me speeding to count stock as fast as possible to avoid taking radiation damage from my parents god-awful taste in television

are these Really the ugliest homes in america or is your personality just equivalent to a cheap, wet paper towel. are these Really the ugliest homes in america or do you take your home decor inspiration from psychiatric hospitals and white women on pinterest named Meykaighlahe

just say you hate art and go build your dream unseasoned microwave mashed potato of a house in fucking utah or something oh my gOD

[blamedorange]

Lady in red

Her dress was her armor

As she passes by they wonder

How did she get such a vibrant color ?

A color, so crimson, that spreads from the core . . .

[mothscotch]

i had ideas yesterday

[ganondoodle]

so with echoes of wisdom .. i havent watched any of the trailers beyond the very first one and the thumbnails/screenshots and what others have said about it-

but with the world inside the rift being called "Welt des Nichts" aka "world of nothing/void" in german ('still' in english, for some reason) and demises title in french being "avatar of nothing" ... yeah my anxiety is shooting through the roof again

(hopefully you can be a little more forgiving for me being anxious/weird about it bc demise is my blorbo)

i had similar worries with totk, that werent proven true thankfully, but the darn book is making it all worse again with all those weird lore things the game doesnt even so much as hint at AND potential retcons- im in for a really rough time huh, not just stress in real life (more in tags.. its alot) but now about my specific hyperfixation from two things even (AND artblock still..)

weird as it may sound, i dont want demise to get more lore, partly bc i dont believe theyd do anything with him that i would like (given their track record) but much more importantly- the fact that he has this little lore about him is precisely one of the reasons why i fell in love with him, i tend to like characters that are neglected by the narrative, and his story being both so flat and already done meant i can be very creative with what i come up with for him without necessarily contradicting anything in canon (which is ... or was a big point of how i wrote destiny's story and lore, working with canon in a way that reframes it all without straight up ignoring it ... but i suppose i urgently need to let go of that and accept i spend alot of time working things that will go to waste :( ) AND not having to worry that there will be more stuff with him that would massively change not only what im writing but also potentially how i feel about him since the game he was briefly in was the oldest chronologically and ended with his death- i didnt expect them to mess with anything that far back and thought theyd just go forward and leave the timeline behind and wouldnt mess with it again, given how botw seemed to be a sort of 'fresh start' that seemingly regarded the past as the past that needs to rest and that the timeline was finally no longer a discussion if everythings unified through botw and one thing going forward

but i suppose i was very wrong with that .__.

right now the only thing that motivates me still is the left over determination and spite to work on my zelda comic, since i have never gotten this far and really want to get something done for once, but i cant lie that im feeling like i should pause all work on it too to wait and see waht the book and the new game will do .. either to determine if i still have the will to keep working on it after those things are out (my love for tloz has been taking alot of hits lately ..) or if i have to change stuff (mostly bc of my lore problem trying to not ignore it ..)

[hanzajesthanza]

it is absolutely so weird to me to try to imagine a version of geralt that is like, my age. like, no. get back to being an old man

[eshithepetty]

'Where are the he/him lesbians in media' does greg universe mean nothing to you

[tikara]

Sometimes I miss actively participating in fandoms, but sometimes I see things that remind me how these days I find myself having a better time just keeping to myself and the small handful of people/groups I trust while still tossing some art out there publicly every so often.

[queen0fm0nsterz]

(WIP) I love when I accidentally draw a good composition.... needs fixing but... I slayed I fear

[cryingoverfictionalcharacterss]

One thing Feyre does a lot trough the series, after she leaves Tamlin, is that she constantly compares Tamlin to Rhysand. One of the things that made a big impression on her is how Tamlin said to her how there wasn’t a HL but then Rhysand made her one(undeserved). 

But the funny thing is that in the 4-5 months she spend in the SC (after UTM) as Tamlin’s consort she was WAY more loved and respected than she is as the HL of the NC for 3 years now.

[thepalerimitation]

My Headcanons for the Bear:

Mikey drank orange juice out of the carton and had a precious Nintendo that Carmy was NOT allowed to touch on pain of death.

Marcus watches the Great British Baking Show and Baking With Julia. Not while cooking or as background noise. Just sits down and marathons it.

Tina is meticulously careful about her clothes. She irons her Sunday dress, she keeps her heels on the top shelf in their shoeboxes. Her beloved string of pearls remains in its velvet case on her dresser.

Richie used to sneak into movie theaters with Mikey when they were kids. He goes by himself now.

Uncle Cicero once attempted to take custody of Carmy, Mikey, and Natalie when Donna was getting worse, but Natalie lied to CPS.

Ebra plays chess with Sweeps in the park on their day off. He makes bold, heroic moves and favors his rook.

Natalie picks at her nails when she’s stressed, so Pete lied and said he likes how she looks with acrylic nails. It helps, and even though they both know it’s a bit of lie.

Claire went to the French Laundry when Carmy was there.

Sydney bakes a cake every year for her mother’s birthday. This year, she shared it with Natalie.

Carmy has a deep seated fear of heights from Mikey forcing him to jump off the roof on a dare. He shattered his ankle, and even though he really should be taking painkillers for the bad days when it still hurts, he doesn’t.

[asmidge]

considering Tokis parents had a vow of silence I feel like Toki had delayed speech/didn’t learn to speak until he was a littler older. like his only exposure to people talking was hearing church sermons. he wasn’t hearing people talk consistently since his parents didn’t talk to him so it took him longer to learn it

[peony-pearl]

June was the only woman older than Katara and Suki to show up and help the Gaang in the finale and I think that’s ridiculous. We could have seen Yagoda and the Herbalist in the White Lotus (and Miyuki!! She has a cute miniature lotus collar). Perhaps even Haru’s mom showing up somewhere??  IDK the lack of older ladies as respected guides and teachers is irksome and until further notice I’m headcanoning out of spite that they were there we just didn’t see their scenes but they were there dammit

[applesauce42069]

it took a long time for my gf's grandmother to warm up to the gay thing. we were also worried about her warming up to the jewish thing. she's very christian. but i forgot, she's evangelical. my gf told her we're planning on having a very religious jewish wedding. and vó got SUPER excited.

[autumnslance]

OK but why the heck is someone who "hates" Thancred reblogging a gif from me and making that comment on the OP's post?

Like one, rude as heck to do that to me and OP; standard etiquette is if you don't like the character featured in someone's art/screenshot edits/gifs/creative works in general, keep your thoughts to your own posts. OP doesn't want them and neither do I, and it will show up in both of our notifications.

Also uh. This FF blog has a lot of other stuff on it but my WoL is shipped with Thancred. There's a lot of Thancred content here. If you hate the character, go somewhere else cuz my blog is not for you.

Or at least keep your hands away from the keyboard when scrolling past those posts. Maybe learn how to use Filter and Blacklist.

I'd say "come back if you ever change your mind about him" but frankly, I'm just gonna block.

[bigmammallama5]

Got a good grade at our annual checkup this morning. (Don’t let her sweet face fool you, she would have bolted outta there if allowed.)