#phone related ramblings

[dizzyditzyboy]

I remember a while ago I was at a flea market and one of the stores there had a bunch of beautiful vintage technology in there, and some of them were old rotary phones, one of them even dated back to the 1920's

My favorite one was this one fancy princess style type rotary phone, y'know the ones with the long neck and smaller round base and it was the pretty light green color! I haven't seen a rotary phone in person in probably a very long time, if i've ever seen one in person at all. Being able to feel one and turn the dial of one myself was waaayyyy better than just listening to videos of people doing it! I felt like I met the love of my life <3

But sadly I couldn't afford it and had to go home phoneless but I haven't stopped thinking about it since

Maybe one day if I'm lucky I'll be able to go back and buy it and that phone won't just be a nice memory anymore

[theragamuffininitiative]

I don't need a vacation, I need a sabbatical, where I go live in an abbey in switzerland for six months where I read and garden and study and stare at the sky and learn about birds and make some art and write a lot and help feed the nearby village with the garden crops and there are no ads or algorithms or tv shows or fastfood restaurants and I walk into town once a week for phone and internet to check on friends and family and then I go away again and preferably there are cats and goats and those soft brown cows and one shaggy dog and I learn I have a new favorite constellation and type of flower and shade of green.

[justsomerandomplanet]

Every other month I reread this and feel more insane. Sukuna wondering if it was Kenjaku or Tengen that mummified him, Kenjaku's philosophy and beratement of Tengen, and the implications of Tengen's character not being so good (contrary to their role within jujutsu society).

I think the thing that gets to me the most is Kenjaku saying that Tengen does not have drive or willingness to change. Everything about Tengen feels stagnant; she's the roots of the jujutsu society, she upholds the current system by detaching herself from the world, and her very existence—bound by destiny with the six eyes & star plasma vessel—is a constant due to her immortality.

It's just so good.

Heian Era Arc please i am begging you so bad I would do anything to get a sliver of what Tengen, Kenjaku, and Sukuna were up to

[disposal-blueeee]

another super self-indulgent chapter 20 / 21 drawing

edgar belongs to jhonen vasquez

scriabin belongs to @zarla-s

[wasabikitcat]

I had this realization a few days ago when reviewing what we know about Gaster while theorizing about the mysterious Valentine from the newsletter and idk if other people have pointed this out yet, but I haven't seen anyone else talk about it:

I don't think Gaster's disappearance has anything to do with Core.

The Core is only mentioned in relation to Gaster once, in this dialogue from one of the Gaster followers:

This dialogue is why most theories and fanon built around the idea that Gaster fell into the Core, which for reasons unknown to us erased him from existence. But I'm now pretty convinced that this is a red herring, because it doesn't actually say Gaster fell into the Core. It says he made the Core, and that he fell into his creation.

It does not say that this creation is the Core.

The dialogue is written in a way that leads you to assume the creation he fell into was the Core, but that doesn't really make much sense considering the rest of the dialogue.

The dialogue says "they say he created the Core," which implies this is second hand knowledge, but then says with certainty "One day, he fell into his creation." Why do they know for sure he fell into "his creation," but only knows he created the core from what others say?

If you talk to the follower again, they say "Will Alphys end up the same way?" Why would Alphys also fall into the Core? As far as we know, Alphys doesn't maintain the Core; if I remember correctly, a few monsters at Mettaton's hotel are stated to work in the Core, so wouldn't this follower be more concerned that those monsters will end up like Gaster and not Alphys?

And another question that I think fanon has just ignored due to the assumption it was something we don't yet know about, but I am now wondering about: Why would falling into the Core erase Gaster from time? When traveling through Hotland and viewing the Core in the distance, Alphys says this:

And while this dialogue may at first seem indicative that the Core is more mysterious than a normal geothermal power generator (and it is in some ways), remember: Alphys didn't build the Core. Alphys doesn't understand how the Core works, not because it has some unnatural property that could erase people from space time, but because she didn't build it. Not only does this mean that the Core is likely just a power generator that utilizes the lava in Hotland to produce geothermal energy and convert it to electricity, it also means that Alphys doesn't work on the Core, because she doesn't know how it works. So why would the Gaster follower worry about Alphys ending up like Gaster if she doesn't have any involvement with the Core?

Additionally, that Gaster follower is the only one to mention the Core in relation to Gaster. In fact, one of the other followers says something that could be interpreted as actively contradicting his erasure being caused by the Core:

This follower says "his experiments went wrong," and doesn't mention the Core. Why would Gaster be experimenting with the Core? And if he was, we don't know anything about it.

But you know what experiments we do know Gaster was working on, because it's literally one of the only pieces of dialogue we have from him?

And do you know what other creation was presumably made by Gaster, as Alphys is unfamiliar with it's operation? That is also a creation that was actively being used in experiments, which Alphys is continuing to perform herself? Experiments that are directly involved with something we already know can alter time and space? A creation that is located in one of the most mysterious areas in the game with several oddities in it that are straight up never explained, multiple fourth wall breaking moments, and a couple explicit references to things we believe are associated with Gaster? A creation that suspiciously resembles in appearance the form of a character who canonically can alter time and space, not to mention resembling the thing that's literally called a GASTER BLASTER???

[starrynightsxo]

me in a dark room: :)

in my head: why's my screen so flipping bright?

*checks brightness*

*brightness on lowest setting*

me: :(

[outsideyourhousewithaknife]

You HAVE to love the moment after your phone dies and you are left hunched over the screen, your eyes deprived of the blue light to which they have grown accustomed, your mind deprived of the distraction from the horrors of your reality, to behold your own image (reverse Narcissus) in all its double-chinned, acne-scarred, chocolate-stained and cheeto-dusted glory, and horrified by who you have become, and you are full of guilt and (remorse) exhaustion, and you are (entirely, devastatingly) alone, and you blink, and you get up, and you (cry) (look in the mirror?) go plug in your phone and get some more cheetos

No, really, you have to love it. It's the law.

[tangerisms]

was driving home and got jumpscared by a giant matthew tkachuk on a billboard. the horrors of living in south florida

[veshialles]

do you ever see a post that's like. "wow you both make very good points actually, however one of you worded it in a way that came across very clumsy and insensitive, and this other person took your clumsy phrasing and ran with it and dove off a cliff into the wrong conclusions. So now, because both of you are so steeped in the polar opposite sides of the most brain-rottingly stupid chronically-online discourse imagineable, you are both doomed to misunderstandings, and there is no force on this mortal plane that will ever be able to make either of you understand or appreciate each other person's point of view. I will not be reblogging this, and both of you need to touch grass, or perhaps some kind of soil even, that's an order. Especially you, beloved mutual who reblogged this onto my dash" or is that just a me thing? haha :)

[labyrinthzone-enjoyer]

Hey wait. Do the phones/instructors/human side characters have a discord? Asking for a friend.

[hakusins]

We were able to talk to him during one of the past events 🥹🥹🥹 he's so CUTE!!

Also I had to use the opportunity wisely-

My wives finally meeting 🫶

[bora-in-tamriel]

Have you ever wanted to draw something but you fought due to your skill level at the time you decide not to do it

Oh 100% and still do!

A lot of my fighting comes from me skipping many fundamentals when i started doing "better" art (went from doodling dogs to trying to do nice muscle anatomy), like shapes/color theory/base structuring and going straight into trying to get good at anatomy/colors/painting/etc, so I definitely get frustration and "art block" from it. Sometimes I've had to simply sit on an idea for years before I actually got to it and did it and and I personally think "that's fine, i just needed to grow some more skill and confidence to do it" is fine and works for me to get out of those art lows.

It is such a repeated advice, but even i am finally starting to try and follow it, to relearn some basics; but practice shapes/forms/your fundamentals and the workflow to create what you envision in your head will come easier. It may not be perfect for a good while, but that's what practice and growth is, a process that takes time depending on the person. <:)

It's a-okay to set a piece/idea aside for a little while or a long while, don't try and force it if it isn't working. Try new angles, new colors, make loose doodles of the idea and build from there. Many times the first idea might be too rigid, the angle isn't working, so playing around with it early on will help you tremendously in the later parts of making it.

[necrogfie]

nooo why are the subliminal actually working for once... i remade my subs playlist and added a few to be sick (they won't be permanently in it, i plan to take them out tomorrow lol) bcuz ... reasons, and im already not feeling good rn.

i don't fully believe in subliminal because i am still a skeptical at heart but like ?? magic ??

(also kinda hoping the others subs work too then :3)

[albino-parakeet]

Thinking about all the pictures and videos saved on my old phone, that is stuck in a boot up loop because of an error message. Maybe if I take it to a shop they could at least retrieve them.

Like there’s this one video back when Telltale Games was shutting down, in the middle of TWDG Final Season. So a bunch of the devs and such who were laid off or used to work on the series were like uploading funny animations they made and etc.

Anytime I think I find a reupload of this specific video, I see it’s been deleted or forced to be taken down.

Maybe because it had Seven Deadly Sins - MAN WITH A MISSION playing and it was copyright striked, or it was the dev who uploaded it that took it down.

All I know is that I have it on that phone, and I can’t look at it and it makes me sad.

[daz4i]

it's been awhile since i was in any production i forgor how much of it - esp when you're close to the end - is just. doing the same things over and over again. maybe changing outfits sometimes. Man

[betterhomesandhozie]

SENT A STRESSFUL MESSAGE TWO MINUTES AGO AND JUST SAW THAT SHES TYPING IM GOING TO PASS OUT