#or rather i dont have the patience;;;;;

[scootatwoni]

I've heard of sticker clubs but I was watching tama-kid's newest video and heard about trinket clubs for the first time!

Same idea as sticker clubs (pay an artist a small monthly fee and get a big sticker or sticker sheet made specially for each month) but with 3D printed little dudes!

I don't know any artists other than the one tama showed in their video that has a trinket club.......I hope there are more out there.....ovo

[rogdona]

[liquidstar]

a friend who'd wait :)

[lumiilys]

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[martyrbat]

true strength — batman secret files (2018) #1

(ID below cut!)

[ID: A short story with a guiding narration:

His knuckles ache with each blow, bone grinding into bone. The criminals shout what they always shout. And Superman comes from above. — We're shown Batman fighting against several men that are trying to overpower him. He blocks an attack as he strikes another man. Above him, in the far distance, Superman is soaring through the air to get to him and help.

Superman gives a speech. They've been friends for so long. Colleagues. Soldiers in the fight. Superman knows his soul, he says. He knows he's a good man, he says. — Now, in the safety of the Batcave, Batman sits in front of his computer desk. He's facing Superman, who's standing in front of him with his hand outstretched. He opens his fist to reveal what he's brought.

Inside the Phantom Zone there is an impossible universe. Inside the impossible universe is an impossible planet. On the impossible planet is a small, impossible rock. Platinum Kryptonite. — Bruce pushes his cowl off as Superman presents the radiant silver rock to him.

It gives you powers. Powers like Superman's. Superman tells him to touch it. “Just touch it, Bruce, just once, and it lasts a lifetime. Then you can fight as I fight, as you should fight. With true strength.” A smile. A whoosh. Superman leaves. — Superman leaves the Kryptonite on the desk before he departs. Bruce doesn't move any closer. He stares at it somberly, deep in thought.

He looks at the gift. His mind wanders. — A red-tinted multipanel sequence shows Bruce imagining a scenario if he did gain Superman's powers. A woman is being held hostage by the Joker. She has a gun pressed to her temple as she stares at Batman with fear. Silently begging him to help and to save her like how he's saved countless others. The Joker pulls the trigger. But before she can be another person he couldn't possibly save, Batman's eyes glow with red electricity. He vaporizes the bullet with heat vision before it can even finish leaving the barrel.

He keeps his hands at his side. His knuckles ache. At least two of them are broken. Footsteps echoing down the stairs. The smell of stirred milk and white sugar. A polite clearing of the throat. Alfred says nothing. Their routines are well established, words are unnecessary. — Bruce continues to stare intensely at the well-intended present as Alfred approaches him with a tray. Bruce finally tears his gaze away from the Kryptonite to look at his lifelong friend before looking down at the steaming teacup that Alfred hands him.

His hand shakes. His loose knuckles stab into his skin. He can’t hold on. He always has before. But now he can’t. — His hand continues to tremble and before he can take a single sip of the hot drink, the cup is shattering against the ground.

The pain is not great. Not as great as it has been. Not as great as a bullet burrowing, or a back breaking, or a knife sinking into his throat. This is nothing. But still. His knuckles ache. — Bruce grabs his own gloved hand, cradling the back of his broken knuckles. He looks up and quietly asks, “Alfred. Am I enough?”

END ID]

[vilelittlecritter]

You ever sit in a fandom space for so long that now looking at it kind of makes you want to rip your nails off.

Yeah.

[devoursbears]

So I go to a gay church in my area because I like the community and it is honestly incredible to see old queers every week. But I've been thinking recently about this particular dynamic in the bible study group.

in the group there is this gay catholic and and a nonbinary communist who are both retirement age and butt heads on every topic, with the Catholic very adamant in his positions and being sure of his being right about How To Christianity. Then the Communist who has studied other religions and is much more concerned with the Divinity found in humanity than some invisible Patriarch making all the rules. and it as me thinking about the Uber Right Wing politics of a buncha christians, and how 'traditional christianity' really does make sense with their political views (and lets be honest, it was designed that way)

because like, the Catholic. He means well, but basically always falls back to "Yeah God is easy. He is perfect and mysterious and we can't understand him but we have to follow his rules and those rules are the Bible and the Catholic Doctrine." Which. Every time I hear him talk I cant help but hear right wing rhetoric about not questioning established authority and how those in power got there in the first place.

For example, there was a discussion about Sin. and the Catholic goes on the expected spiel of "Sin is these actions as defined by bible and to be rid of sin you have to do the 3 step plan that the church made up which goes like admit guilt, apologize, then repent by not doing the thing again and also pray about it. Bam Done. Easy Peasy."

He kept repeating this line of reasoning even when this other guy, a New guy who specifically doesn't like Christianity because of people who prescribe how to think and act, as it is a trigger for New guy. But the Catholic couldn't tell that. His Catholic Programming wasn't able to compute any other way of a Correct Relationship with Religion. It felt incredibly reminiscent of something along the lines of "oh its easy to not get arrested, just don't to a crime sweaty :))))" type rhetoric.

and I don't have the writing skills to make extensive conclusions and tie all the strings together but I just wanted to share this pattern I see. where right wing Evangelical Christians have their view on life baked in in every aspect of their beliefs. and its frustrating!!! because religion even including Christianity can be a helpful tool for spirituality/hope in the world/ community for people but just like any system of power, it is important to question the structure, and who is in power and why. And like most power structures that want to maintain that structure, Christianity and Right Wing rhetoric often go hand in hand in their ability to drive any questioning out.

Anyhow, shoutout to Alien the 70ish year old nonbinary racing champ with an intersex cat they are my hero and I love them for having the energy to push back against the Catholic and his rigid power structures.

[britneyshakespeare]

i finished the merry wives of windsor today btw. 4 shakespeare plays left to go

[hesfromsomewhere]

tag ramble pt.1

[kraviolis]

im literally gonna draw all day today. give owl house drawing prompts (literally No Promises i'll even do them ok

[saederkrupps]

if you even slightly research art assets, esp for comics, you will find out that every webtoon just buys assets from the same store. and im not even talking about just background assets, everything down to just using a stamp for eyes/expressions or predrawn dresses and hair strands.

[shigussy]

GOD DAMNNN im so bored im about to start rereading downloaded fics 😐

[cloudsoffire]

pilot sonic is extremely underutilized in canon

[polyglottishthings]

what so many people don't understand about cats is that sometimes you have to slightly break their comfort zone for their own well-being. Yes they value their autonomy and like doing things their own way but like. Sometimes you DO have to restrain your cat and trim his claws. Sometimes you DO have to pick him up and put him in the carrier. Sometimes you DO have to feed him medicine that he really doesn't like. Sometimes you DO have to give him a bath. And yes kitty will be upset about it because there's no way to explain to him that it's for his own health but it's not the end of the world if he's mad at you for 15 minutes especially if you know how to comfort him properly & use the least upsetting approach of doing those things.

[storiesfromafan]

Don't Do It - Mattheo Riddle x Reader

A/N: Just a under 1000 word one-shot 😊 And trying to break writers block, haha.

Prompt/s: Write a scene in a library where the characters must whisper or stay silent.

And,

“Dont do it” “But...”

Late afternoon, an hour since classes ended for the day. The library was reasonably busy, due to various groups of students at the tables studying for the next days tests in different classes. It was mostly silent, minus the soft whispers of the students to each other.

Sitting at one of those tables, your boyfriend at your side, you were the only two to have their own table. Which irked a fair amount of students, so every so often you would get dirty looks. Yet neither you or Mattheo cared. Not now, not ever.

You were currently reading over a book for potions. Your boyfriend at your side, chair close to yours. His arm was slung over the back of your chair, his hand playing with the ends of your hair which cascaded down your back. Every now and then Mattheo would lean in, whispering sweet nothings in your ear. Making you smile or giggle. That also got some unkind looks from the other females in the room. As your dear boyfriend was one of the few sort after boys of Slytherin and Hogwarts.

While you weren’t really high up on the list of girls the boys wanted to snog. Though that never bothered you. You weren’t ugly or anything, you were quiet pretty. It’s just boys tended to go for the prettier, and sometimes easier girls. And you might ask why Mattheo chose you. You didn't fuss over him, or make goo-goo eyes at him. Sure, you thought he was cute, even had a small crush on him. But you kept a level head. And Mattheo liked that, as well as the challenge of getting you.

After he got you it just got better and better. Mattheo never got tired of you. If anything, he just liked you more, even loved you. And after getting to know the real Mattheo, you began to love him back. Separate, you were smart while he was a troublemaker. Together, you were yin and yang. You managed Mattheo's wild side, while he brought out the fire in you.

This looked to be one of those moments. For your boyfriend's attention wasn't on you so much any more, rather he was shooting daggers at the Golden Trio. To be fair they had been looking at you both, sour looks upon their faces. Not to mention whispering to themselves while looking to you both.

It was starting to get to you too, but you had more patience then Mattheo. You just knew he was itching to say something, or hex them. The way his hand on your back twitched told you his restraint was wavering. When he drew his hand from you, and hands hid under the table before you both, he had made his decision.

“Don't do it" you whispered, eyes still on the book before you.

“But...” he whispered back.

“I said, don't do it" you repeated, turning the page casually.

“It's just one small hex, love" Mattheo tried to reason.

You sighed, “one small hex will lead to detention, love" you mocked. “You can’t afford another detention. Or else no Quidditch for you".

Mattheo sat there silently. No doubt weighing up his options, hex and detention or play Quidditch. With a soft groan Mattheo pouted, slouching down in his chair. You looked at him from the corner of your eye. You found his childishness amusing. He wanted to hex those three so badly. But Quidditch was his escape.

Closing the book, you leant back in your chair with a small stretch. Shooting a dark look to the Golden Trio, you turned to face your boyfriend. Who had gone back to glaring at the three. You leant into him and placed a kiss to his cheek, before moving your lips to his ear.

“It's alright, love. You can get your payback on the Quidditch field" you whispered sweetly in his ear. “Wouldn't it be just dreadful if Potter was knocked out by a bludger, or hit with a Quaffle".

You moved back just enough to watch the dark smirk cross Mattheo's sinful lips. “Yes, love, just dreadful”. He then turned to place a linger kiss to your own cheek, making you laugh a little too loudly.

[la-voce-to-me]

Problem solving when stuck: here are steps.

1. Identify the problem

It's hard to solve anything if you're not sure what you're trying to fix. If you're feeling like shit and everything is overwhelming, it can seem impossible to identify an issue. Sit down and walk yourself through the next 5, 10 minutes. What will make you feel better in that time frame? What will make you feel better tomorrow? Three days from now? Take it slow, remind yourself that urgency and shame might be the loudest voices, but they are unhelpful in this situation. You don't have to listen to them. There might be a bigger issue that is affecting a larger time line, but starting with what is happening right now can help you feel better prepared to face the larger problem.

2. Do you know enough about this problem?

I personally find this to be where most people stall out. They come up to a realization that they don't know a piece of information that will help them, so they just stop. That's a freeze response a lot of the time, and if you can catch yourself doing it you have a better chance of powering through it. Google your questions. Ask your friends. Say "I'm stuck because I need to know more about ______" to your local librarian, you will make their day. Resources are out there if you can make yourself power through the wall of "I don't know"

3. What is the end goal, and what is the first step?

These two often go together, and I've found focusing only on one of the other is a good way to get stuck. If the problem is your apartment flooded, there's an obvious end goal, but perhaps too many places to start. If you're looking for health insurance there's a place to start but many possible ends. Remember two things: starting anywhere is better than nowhere, and plans are allowed to change. Pick something and try, it will help you gather more information to keep going.

4. Identify barriers to action

If you have a plan but feel like you cant act on it, ask yourself a series of questions: am I overwhelmed, anxious about the outcome, uncertain that this is correct, intimidated by the amount of energy it will take, etc. Sometimes, just identifying it is enough to overcome the barrier. Other times it's about outsourcing or grouping tasks so they're not as difficult. Is there a structural or phyical problem preventing the step? Is there a workaround, or re-ordering of steps that would let you move forward? Remember that imperfect progress is significantly better than no progress. There is no exception to that. You are not beholden to some secret standard that applies only to you.

5. Be accountable to yourself

This applies for multi-step and long term problems, primarily. It's great to take advantage of the one day you feel up for calling all the doctors, but in all likelihood you'll have to do it again. This doesn't have to be a source of despair though; build in accommodations for yourself so that these continuing tasks can be completed. Yes, including things that seem "childish" or "insignificant" to ask for. No one is judging you as harshly as you are judging yourself, and if the accommodation is what is between you and a completed task, then it is worth it! You are worth it. If you need a script for every phone call, do it. If you need a friend to go with you to the DMV, do it. If you need someone to be doing their work near you while you budget, do it. Give yourself the treat after emailing a therapist. Get ice cream after you applied to jobs. Give yourself permission to binge watch a season of a show after that tough conversation with your family. Whatever grace, scaffolding, and accountability measures that will keep you from convincing yourself that you're not worth the effort.