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[spectrecowboy]

everybody's soldier

[lowrezbonuslevel]

you're embarrassing me in front of our incomprehensible managers!

completely mystified by this ancient forum troll and his favorite kid emotional support sycophant

[safyresky]

IT HAPPENED AGAIN! FOUR WHOLE REVIEWS ON THE LATEST CHAPTER OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS (No. 29: Mind Goop; ao3 | ff dot net) IN ONE NIGHT!!

I HOPE Y'ALL ARE LIKE A READING GROUP OR SMTH!! The fact they all came in at the same time has me like HELLO?? Who linked CS. Ty for doing it. Uh. Anyway. Replies (and the reviews) below the cut!

Guest 1: THANK YOU I often think I am making Jack TOO SWEET, so this is very reassuring to see! And that everyone else is pretty bang on too--OCs are fine bc. Y'know. They are my own blorbos lol, but the canon characters?? IT'S STRESSY TBH. SCOTT ESPECIALLY. Catch me having a TIME trying to keep the series Scott-neas AWAY from CS 😅

KenaiandKodaFrie (and Gothic girl and Guest 2 tbh): thank you!! I love it too! I'll get the final chapter out when I can! I'm on the last scene and it's gonna need some srs read-throughs lol, it's very disjointed 😅😅

But rest assured!! It will get done! Unfortunately I caught up and had minimal to none writing time in December, and January flew by but also dragged on and I have been v distracted by Frostmas and scrimbly doodles and life in general (some personal shit has seemingly?? Been resolved?? And now I think I am letting myself be goop about it all) but it will get there before Spring! I HOPE!! 🥰

[afoxysunny]

Since @thehoneybunny1 pointed it out

i wanna reply in depth imma just reblog and talk about how i make these animal collections

I just google the animal, in this case 'Stoat', and uaually i have to add 'animal' or even 'animal poses' to actually get some different angles on the animal and ofc no brands that may be named after the animal or even just logos or cartoon versions (that was a problem with fox and owl and other more "mainstream" animals)

Then i first scroll through the pics for a bit to get a feel for what kind of movements and poses this animal does. Then finally i pic a few that aren't too similar but still all show off the parts of the animal that i think are most interesting/recognizable/fun to draw

In the case of the salami stoat, i thought a more curled up pose would fit well on the page and was still missing from the line up of poses so i used this ref

Despite this pose lacking good visibility of the very recognizable white belly patch i just couldn't say no to this cute lil guy.

And in my scrolling i found some pics of stoats changing from their brown summar coat to their white winter coat, which can sometimes look like the white fur is growing up into the brown.

It's a fun visual imo and it solved my issue with wanting more of the fun, red, inside texture of the salami being visible on the curled up little Meat Lands stoat so tada!

That's how we got to Salami looking a little out of whack.

Sorry if my first explanation in the og post wasn't clear enough but now i at least had an excuse to talk a bit about my process for choosing references which i highly enjoyed and rambled waaaaay too much about.

[I kept the titles the pics have on google so you can easily find them for yourself if you wanna]

To celebrate Burrow's End starting "today" (not in my timezone it doesn't) i Had to draw Stoats from all over Calorum

I tried to pick looong foods for each of them, but the Toast Stoat was too funny of a pun to me to not pick it

The colourations for all of them were also chosen specifically to adhere to the stoat fur pattern: brown fur, white belly, black tail tip. Dairy Islands and Meatlands are the only exceptions to that rule.

String Cheese just doesn't have a darker version, so I had to fluff up the tail to make it stand out; and it's permanently in its winter coat (all white irl).

Salami just is lighter on the outside than the inside, so while the rest followed the lighter belly - darker back scheme the Meat Lands stoat is the inverse. To still show off the fun red colouration it has on its belly all year round, the one I drew is shedding into its winter coat.

All of them have funky claws which are based on the knifes used to cut their specific food group with, so they can hunt more expertly

Want more calorum fauna? I recommend this post of mine or just looking at that tag

[stradithebird]

This song made me think of Jean immediately. Here are some doodles from work heehe, I've added the words to the alt text in case you can't read my writing

Ps; this is not ship art.

[duckcritter]

Hello, i'm Ducky! ~★

Welcome to my art blog!

I'm a 22-year-old artist that mainly specializes in drawing funny anthro animals! In particular, i'm fond of sparkle-animals, less common furry species/hybrids, general weirdness, and toony art styles ^^

Info ...

★ I follow / interact from @funnyanimalguy ★ My icon art and banner were made by @rad-opossum and @xxacidnekoxx respectively <3 ★ I try my best to include alt text on all images, but they may be pretty lacking in detail. Critiques or improvements upon them are totally welcome, and i will edit the post ★ This blog is rated WEB-14 - I do mostly make SFW artwork, but i don't feel comfortable committing myself to being "family friendly" all of the time. I draw what i want! ★ If you want to only see my art posts in order, simply go to the tag #art

Links ...

Deviantart ★ Furaffinity ★ Mastodon ★ Instagram ★ Cohost ★ ToyHouse ★ Bluesky || Ko-fi ★ Inprnt ★ Redbubble

Inspiration / others' art: @beautiful-art-world || @furweird

Here is my fursona's ref sheet

and some of my art that's available as prints on my Inprnt :3

PS) My ask box is open for any questions!

I hope whoever is reading this has a nice day 🧡

[horatiocomehome]

Hello I have some accessibility and/or quality of life tips for people making isat dialogue gifs with that one maker!

the default text speed is “very slow.” please. please turn up the text speed a little. Maybe this one's just for me but my adhd will kill me if I have to wait too long to read / wait for the gif to reset

I like to put a 1s pause [PS=1000] at the end of each dialogue box to give people time to read as a good compromise.

If you’re doing a really long exchange in a single gif, you can use an online converter to make it a video and that way people can pause or rewind to the start instead of having to rewatch the full gif!

Also, consider including a transcript of the dialogue in either alt text or the body of the post for people using screen-readers!

If anyone else has accessibility / other tips feel free to add on!

[triplesnet]

a gifmaking tutorial would actually be super appreciated :)

Okay, this is gonna get long and it might not be great but I will do my best to make it understandable.

Put under a read more cause we're not forcing anyone to look at all this.

We're gonna make this gif:

First of all you'll need 3 software programs downloaded.

4k downloader (to download videos)

Gomplayer (to get the frames from the videos)

Photoshop (I pay for it but there are other ways)

Some things to keep in mind

better quality video = better quality gifs

if you want videos in 4k you have to download them in MKV format as MP4s can't be 4k.

gifs can only contain 256 colours so gifs with a lot of different colours might get grainy.

if you use low quality videos or upscaled videos they sometimes have duplicate frames which will make the animations look weird, but you can easily remove those extra frames.

tumblr only accepts gifs under 10mb in size so all gifs have to be less than that (photos less than 20mb)

you can put up to 30 gifs/images in one post

ok here we go

Step 1: Download video

Step 2: Get the frames from the video

You will play the video using Gomplayer

Find the part you want to GIF

Press CTRL + G to bring up this menu

I haven't experimented much with these settings but you'll want to choose the place you want your frames to end up so you can find them later

4. Have the Capture all frames box checked (unless it's 60fps then do 0.03). You can capture up to 999 frames in one go.

5. Press "burst capture" and it will start getting the frames (video has to be playing) it will look like this.

6. Great you have your frames.

Step 3. Making a GIF

Open Photoshop

Load Files Into Stack

This will open the folders on your computer so navigate to where you put your frames and select the frames you want by clicking on the first and holding shift while clicking on the last.

3. Wait for PS to load the frames

4. Once it's all loaded the first thing you'll do is crop it. Press 'C' on your keyboard. There are a couple presets you can use or you can 'clear' that and crop however you wish.

I always crop out at least a little of the top and bottom cause there can be dark lines there.

5. Resize: for optimal quality on tumblr there are three sizes to keep in mind.

For sets like this with 3 gifs next to each other the width should be 177p, height does not matter.

For sets like this with 2 gifs next to each other the width should be 268p

And for a set like we're doing today with just 1 gif it's 540p

You'll want to memorise these numbers for future use.

177p, 268p or 540p will be the width of your gifs.

To open the resize menu you press CTRL + ALT + i

Change the width to in this case 540p (p as in pixels)

It will auto match the height to keep the same proportions.

Click OK and wait until it's done.

6. Make sure you have the 'timeline' window up at the bottom of your photoshop

7. Click 'create frame animation' (button might say video timeline but change that by pressing that little arrow next to it)

8. Press the button with three lines in the top right of the 'timeline' window and press 'make frames from layers'

9. The frames will have loaded in in reverse order so open the same menu and click 'reverse frames'

Step 4. Blurring the logo/text (optional)

Since we have a logo in there I will want to blur it but you might not have one or you don't care if there's a logo or text in your gifs.

First we have to make the gif into a smart object.

Select all layers by pressing CTRL + ALT + A

Convert into a 'video timeline' by pressing the button in the bottom left of the timeline window

3. Right click on your layers and click on 'convert to smart object'

4. Press Z to switch to the zoom and zoom in on your logo/text.

5. Press L to switch to the lasso tool and select your logo/text

there should now be a line where you selected.

6. Open 'Gaussian Blur'

7. Click OK

Now we have to get our GIF back to the frame timeline.

8. Click 'flatten frame into clips' using the timeline menu

9. Press 'delete' once to remove the smart object

10. Convert back to frame animation

11. Make frames from layers

No need to reverse this time. But now your logo/text is blurred, as long as it doesn't move but that's a topic for another day.

Step 5: Sharpening

If you didn't have something to blur let's go over smart objects again.

Select all layers by pressing CTRL + ALT + A

Convert into a 'video timeline' by pressing the button in the bottom left of the timeline window

3. Right click on your layers and click on 'convert to smart object'

5. Camera Raw Filter (Optional)

I use this for base editing of colours and the overall clearness of GIFs, it's not made for that tho it sometimes gets buggy. Works best on photos.

Press CTRL + SHIFT + A to open this.

It's best to do as little as possible in here as it can bug out.

I mostly mess with the effects, light and detail settings in here, don't touch the sharpening though cause we will use smart sharpen for that.

6. Smart Shapening

Most people have a sharpening action they use, including me. But you can also do it manually. You can find my actions in here.

To do it manually and make your own settings. This is how you open smart sharpen.

If you use my sharpening action remember it can be a bit much sometimes, in that case hide the second layer

Use an action or mess around to find a sharpening setting that looks good on your gif, usually don't need much.

Now we have to get our GIF back to the frame timeline.

7. Click 'flatten frame into clips' using the timeline menu (I'm low on images to use check the blur section for images)

It might take a minute since it has to process the new settings.

8. Press 'delete' once to remove the smart object

9. Convert back to frame animation

10. Make frames from layers

11. Select all your frames to set the framerate

You can click on any frame for this. Click 'other' and set it to 0,06.

12. Press CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + S to open 'Save for Web'

these are my save settings.

Click save and name and place it wherever you want it saved.

Congrats you've made a gif.

Step 6: Colouring

Now we have a problem cause there's already 30 images in this post.

For colouring I have a psd I use and adjust to the individual set. It's in my google drive you can find it here along with my actions.

If you're making several gifs from one video you'll want to adjust to the first and then copy that over to keep things matching.

We can go more in depth on this but that would have to be a different post since I can't put more images in this one.

Step 7: Watermark (optional)

A lot of GIF makers have watermarks these days as there's a lot of people who repost GIFs without credit. Make your own so people know the GIFs are yours even when posted elsewhere.

Step 8: Post

Post your hard work on your tumblr, use a bunch of tags so people have a higher chance of seeing it.

I hope this post was understandable and clear, let me know if you have any questions and if you want a proper colouring post.

[rallamajoop]

Ethan Winters: A Celebration in RE8 Achievement Art

So, it turns out there's this whole gallery of official RE8 art I hadn't seen before, created to illustrate XBOX achievements.*

And a lot of it makes Ethan look seriously badass.

Achievement names and descriptions included in the alt text. Oh, and I may have just retroactively populated a Rare Resi Renders tag, because I seem to keep finding this stuff.

Like, check out that top image ‒ that is Ethan knocking a flaming arrow out of the air with a knife. And he even looks like he meant to do it, which may be the craziest thing.**

Or, check out this one, for pushing away an enemy:

He doesn't look like he's pushed that lycan away to me, he looks like he's just pistol-whipped the thing across the face. Ballsy! (Though man, that would've been a nice move to have available when you've emptied your clip and don't have space to reload for the umpteenth time.)

But maybe this one's my fave, which you get for finishing the whole game with 3-or-less healing items:

This one's so very worth viewing at full res, because there's Ethan, limping towards Rose in the final minutes of he game as writhing tentacles of mould half-block the sunrise behind him, and... hang on, why are there four bottles of healing juice in this picture? Did someone not read the whole brief? XDXD

Don't care. Still love it. A+ composition and storytelling (just maybe a B- on the details).

* Those of us on PS and PC have to make to with icons, which really aren't the same.

** Look, I've got that achievement. I could not tell you how I got it. However I did it, I did not mean to, and I'd like to think Ethan was just as surprised as I was when it happened.

[hawkmothmoon]

You may have needed me, but I have NEVER needed you.

Yessssss Alina! You don’t need either of those dudes.

Painting from sometime in 2021. I went with a kefta inspired by some Paolo Sebastien and Alexander McQueen designs. No disrespect to the costumers of S&B, the designs they have are gorgeous! Just wanted to try something a bit different.

Unrelated but the alt text function for tumblr on iOS SUCKS. Can’t copy paste and it only allows like a sentence at a time! Really hard to use.

PS only seen the show, haven’t read the books, not sure what tags you kids are using these days

[hswriting]

The Moment I Knew- Part 3

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Masterlist Series Part 2 Part 4

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Harry released a new song on his YouTube channel and it has Millie in tears

He starts playing on his keyboard a soft like song.

You’ve never known, how would you? I’ve never told you how I felt. You’re with him now I see you. Come over to your house and he’s there. No matter how hard I try to forget that you exist, the world shows me you again. Here we go again.

It’s always been you somehow. Even when you’re with him. It’s always been you somehow. Somehow.

Now I’m knocking on your door, hoping you remember me. Feel like I’m on a merry go round.

The song continues on and I feel myself crying. It’s so raw. So emotional. He likes somebody so much but he can’t be with them. And while it doesn’t sound like our situation is the same, it hurts a lot to listen to.

I miss Kellen so much. We had so many good times. It felt like magic between us. Somewhere along the line he wanted someone else, but I was stopping him. I hated to let him go but I deserve more than that. Kellen was supposed to be the one. And I can’t even stand to think of dating anyone else but him, but I want to. I want someone to love me for me, not only love me when I’m wanting to have sex. I want someone who will talk to me instead of push me away like Kellen did. I want someone who loves me the way that I love. So wholeheartedly and honest. So fearless and brave. Someone who isn’t ashamed to have me.

I may not be ready now, but I will be. Eventually.

I finish up my journal log and shut the book. I take it to my room and tuck it in my sock drawer even though no one would touch it. I don’t want to risk any wandering eyes. I grab my laptop and open it at the table to start my transcribing job for this week when I hear a knock at the door. I assume it’s Harry because who else would it be? Maybe he forgot something or needs to tell me something he doesn’t want to talk about on the phone. I pause my music and go answer the door.

Kellen is standing there on the steps in a black sweatshirt and grey sweat pants. I feel anxiety creep through my body from my stomach to my fingers and toes.

“Millie.”

“What are you doing at my house?”

“I wanted to talk to you. You won’t answer my calls and texts.”

“I wonder why Kellen.”

“Please let me in? Let’s talk.” He says. I know how stubborn he is. He won’t leave until I talk to him. So I let him in. He kicks off his boots and walks to the couch. He sits down. He doesn’t seem anxious or nervous. I sit down in the chair across the room.

“Millie I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have done what I did to you. I want to explain.” He begins.

“Go ahead.” I tell him flatly.

“She trapped me at her house. She made me say those things to you.”

“Who. Sam?”

“Yes. She said she has liked me forever. She made me sleep with her. Millie you have to believe me.” He pleaded. “I love you. I fucking miss you.”

“Why should I believe you? You called me crazy. You said I wasn’t ’putting out’. You didn’t sound forced. You meant every word you said.” I scolded. “You cheated on me, and are here lying to me. You want me back so you don’t have to be alone. I won’t be manipulated like this.”

“Baby I promise you I’m not. I miss you.”

“I missed you at my birthday party. I missed you when you weren’t there to celebrate with me. Fuck Kellen, I missed you when you stopped wanting to come over any more than one day a week. I missed you when I was down and needed someone and you ignored me to do who knows what.”

“Mil-“

“I’m not done. I’m not taking you back. I hate you for what you did. I’m so angry and upset. You made me feel worthless! You wouldn’t have bragged to your friends what you did had you been forced Kellen. I’m not stupid.”

“You’re going to regret letting me go. You’re gonna regret every minute I’m not beside you. You’re pathetic without me. I feel bad for the next asshole who likes you.”

“Get. The. Fuck. Out.” I say with gritted teeth trying not to cry again. He slides his boots back on and slams the door. It’s quite for a beat, but then there is yelling outside. I can’t quite make out what they are saying. I hurry as fast as I can to put a coat and boots on and run outside to see Kellen in front of Harry’s car. Harry is stepping out of it.

“Perfect fucking timing. Of course you would try and scoop her up like this after she breaks up with me. What a hero!” Kellen says.

“That’s not what’s happening Kellen and you know it.”

“I know that you like her. You always have. Did you think I didn’t notice how you looked at her when we would all hang out?”

“Kellen. Stop.”

“No. If I’m gonna be thrown away like trash you guys are gonna know what I have to say before I go.”

“You better leave her alone. She doesn’t want anything to do with you.” He says. Before I can even blink Kellen punches Harry across the face. I try to run to him but I slip on the ice and land on my back, hitting my head on the ground. My vision gets blurry and I soon black out.

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When I come back from blacking out, I am in an ambulance. I look around but I can’t move my head. I try to look around but all I see is paramedics.

“What happened?” I ask.

“You slipped and hit your head. You lost consciousness you also cut the back of your head on a rock or ice. You need to try and be still. We have you in a brace and are bandaging up your head.” The one woman said.

“Where is he?”

“Where is who honey?

“I can’t remember. Why can’t I remember?”

“You’ll remember soon. Post concussion amnesia doesn’t typically last long.” She says as she applies more bandages.

We finally reach the hospital and they take me in and carefully take me out of the brace. I guess it’s just a precaution since I fell. They remove bloody bandages and stitch up my head where it was cut. They said I will have to have the stitches removed in a few weeks. They gave me some papers on post concussion procedures. They said they would have my discharge papers as soon as they could.

A man I recognize walks in and I suddenly can remember his name. Harry.

“How are you feeling Millie?”

“My head really hurts. Both the headache and the stitches.”

“I was really worried. I didn’t know you were standing outside. You fell and I saw blood and panicked.”

“I don’t really remember what happened.” I told him. “Lady said I should remember stuff again soon.”

“You don’t remember?”

“No. What happened to your face?” I say looking closer to see a light bruise appearing.

“It’s not important.” He says. “I just wanted to make sure you were okay since it was my fault.” He said, letting the last part slip.

“Your fault? Harry tell me what happened.” I demand.

“I don’t know what happened before I got there, but I pulled into your house to give you the earmuffs you left in my car. When I got there Kellen had just slammed your front door. He saw me and started arguing and fighting.” As he recounts the events, I slowly begin to remember.

“You’re going to regret letting me go. You’re gonna regret every minute I’m not beside you. You’re pathetic without me. I feel bad for the next asshole who likes you.”

“I know that you like her. You always have. Did you think I didn’t notice how you looked at her when we would all hang out?” Kellen came over and tried to get me back.

“It’s always been you somehow. Even when you’re with him.” Harry’s song.

“He said some really mean things. I’d regret this. He said you liked me.” I said, telling him that I remember. “Why would he say those things?”

“Millie I-“ he starts but the doctor comes in with discharge papers. Tells Harry to make sure I don’t do anything too strenuous and to relax for the next 24 hours. Harry walks me out to his car in silence. He opens the door for me and helps me in. He walks around to the other side and hops in.

“Can I go home?”

“You can go wherever you want to. The doctor did say you really need someone to keep an eye on you for the next 24 hours to make sure you’re okay. If you want me to be that person I can, or I can call Rachel-”

“Rachel isn’t going to come over. If you don’t mind you can be my person. Does that mean we have to go to your house?”

“It’s up to you. Where do you want to be? If you want to stay at my house you can, but if you want me to stay at your house I can.” He says and I take a moment to think. My house is messy, but I don’t want to force my way into his house and eat all of his food and take up that kind of space. I’m lucky he even still wants to be around me after he got punched in the face in my behalf. I can’t ignore what Kellen said about Harry liking me. Harry told me he wasn’t trying to be like that and take advantage, but what if Kellen was right? Harry seems too sweet to ever want to try anything like that. But the chorus of his song rings in my head. This much thought makes my head hurt even worse.

“You can stay at mine. You’ll probably need clothes though if you want to change.”

“Right. I’ll stop at my place and grab my things and then we can go to yours. Sound like a plan?” He says and I nod. He makes a few more turns and we are at his place again. “Do you want to come in?”

“I think I’m gonna sit here and close my eyes for a second. My head is pounding.”

“Okay. I won’t be long.” He says. He quickly jumps out and goes inside. I want to text Rachel to see what she knows about Harry and these accusations into liking me, but I know I’m not supposed to be on my phone. I close my eyes and lay my head against the cold window. I drift off.

I am startled when I hear the drivers door open and Harry is climbing back in. He throws his bag into the back seat and buckles his seat belt. “Didn’t mean to scare you, love. I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. I just dozed off I guess.” I tell him sleepily. He drives the short distance to my house and parks. I let him open my door again and we walk to the front of the house. I grab my keys from my purse and begin to pick out the one to the door, but my fingers don’t want to work. They are slow to grab the key. I try to put it in the lock but can’t seem to get it where it needs to be.

“Would you like help?” He asks gently. I nod and hand him the key. He swiftly puts it in and opens the door. We kick off our boots and I find my way to the couch. Harry turns on my small heater and covers me with a blanket. “It’s about dinner time. Did you want me to fix something for you? Or do you want me to order out?”

“I can cook, it’s okay Har.” I tell him and he seems a bit surprised by the nickname.

“You need to rest. Let me help you out. You’re recovering.”

“I just remembered, weren’t you supposed to go to work?”

“I called out. I wanted to make sure you were okay.” He says and my heart melts a little from it. He didn’t have to stay, but he did.

“That was sweet. I appreciate it.” I say. “Where do you want to get food from?” I ask him. “I’ll let you cook another day if you really want to.” I said and he chucked. We bounced ideas back and forth before we decided on burgers. He had them door dashed to us. While we are waiting, he sits in the chair where Kellen sat this morning. He grabs his bag and pulls out his journal.

“Do you mind?” He asks. I shake my head. He opens a pen and begins to write. He hums on and off as his pen dances across the page. He is so focused on what he is doing, that he begins to chew on the pen. He brings his knees up into the chair and writes with the journal in his lap.

“Are you working on a new song?” I ask. His eyes shoot up at me and he gives me a smile.

“How did you know?” He questions.

“You hum and then stop to write. Him again and stop. It was just a guess.”

“Yeah. Just trying to figure out how some of the words should go.”

“I’m sure you’ll figure it out. Your songs on YouTube are wonderful.” I tell him and heat rises to his face.

“You listened to them?” He asks sheepishly. He places the ribbon in his journal and closes it.

“Yeah. You mentioned it earlier so I came home and listened to it while I wrote in my journal. You have a really beautiful voice Har.”

“Which songs did you listen to?”

“All of them. ‘Falling’ is my favorite.” I tell him. I don’t think he could blush any more than he is now.

“Well, if you like it so much, you should come and see me perform this weekend. If you’re feeling better.”

“I will be there.” I tell him and he smiles from ear to ear. “Your music is just so raw. So emotional. It made me cry.”

“I’m sorry I made you cry, but I do write about things in my life that are very personal.”

“I can tell. I wanted to ask who your song was about that you released this morning? That’s if you want to share, I don’t want to make you.”

“Just about someone in my life. I don’t really feel comfortable sharing that yet. Sorry.”

“Don’t be sorry. It’s okay to not want to talk about it. As long as you’re happy having it out there is what’s important.”

“I am. I really like the way it turned out.”

“Me too.” I tell him. “Can you play it for me? I’m not supposed to be on my phone or I would.”

“How about I do you one better.” He says softly and pulls out his phone. He comes closer to me and sits in the floor. He presses play and an instrumental starts. His wonderful voice fills my ears. I study his features as he performs.he does it loud enough so I can hear, but he is careful not to have it too loud and worsen my pain. His eyes are shut to start, really focusing on the words. His face is so peaceful. Beautiful even. His eyes open to reveal a sparkling green looking at me as he sings the chorus. Before I know it, the song is over, and he sits and stares at me for a moment before getting up and going back to his chair.

“Any comments?” He asks. I shake my head.

“No. It was perfect. Even better in person.” I tell him. He picks his journal up and sets it in his lap again, but doesn’t open it. He takes a long hard look at it, curls hanging over his eyes.

A knock is rapped on the door. Harry answers it and collects our food and drinks. I sit up slowly and uncover myself. He sits the food on the coffee table and starts taking things out of the bags. He passes me my bottle of water and encourages me to drink that before I drink my soda that I got. I don’t feel like putting up much of a fight so I drink it all and place the bottle back on the table. We eat while talking to each other more about things we didn’t know about each other.

He broke his arm when he was 11 in a trampoline wrestling match with his friends. He once played a drinking game with Jason and the crew. He doesn’t remember much but he woke up with a full face of makeup (luckily no pictures were sharpied onto his skin that night). He likes to listen to old records that remind him of his dad. He also has a baby niece that he babysits from time to time named Layla.

“So do you have any family? You don’t really talk about them, and I don’t see any pictures.”

“Um, no I don’t. My parents died when I was really young. I don’t remember them. I don’t know if I have any aunts and uncles. I was in a group home until I was 18.”

“Oh. I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. I’m not hurt about it. I just wish I had been adopted so I could have had some sort of family.” I tell him. He looks sad. “Really, don’t be upset for me. I’m okay”

“I know you are. I just don’t know what I would have done without my family. I can’t even imagine.” He says.

“One of the plus sides of growing up in the group home was that I learned I could choose my own family. Not blood, not being adopted, but I can choose who I keep in my life. It’s a work in progress. I haven’t found anyone worthy of the title yet, but I know they are out there somewhere.”

“I hope you find them soon.” He says, putting no pressure on me to label him or anyone else in my life. I give him a smile. We finish our dinner quickly. I grab a book from my bedroom and read for a few minutes before drifting off.

- - -

“Hey. Millie. I know you’re tired but you have to wake up for a few minutes.” I hear a voice say. I grunt. “I know, love, but it’s just for a minute and then you can go back to sleep.” He says. I open my eyes to see Harry.

“I’m alive. I’m not brain dead. May I go to bed?” I ask him. He nods.

“Of course love. Just needed to check in on you. Come here.” He says. I close my eyes again and he scoops me up. I bring my arms to my chest and he gently carries me to my bed. I didn’t realize how strong he was. I know I’m not exactly light to carry. His cologne smells amazing. I’ve never noticed it before. He tucks me in and brushes the hair off of my face before turning off my light and closing the door. I fall back asleep only to be awoken again a few times through the night to make sure I’m okay.

- - -

In the morning I allow him to make breakfast. It’s adorable how he tied up his hair and put in my apron. He did not go light on breakfast either. Pancakes, eggs, bacon, and orange juice.

He does the dishes when we are finished. He journals while I read some more of my book, and before we are aware, the 24 hour watch period is over. Harry doesn’t say anything when his timer goes off. He just shuts it off and keeps writing.

“You really are allowed to go home Har, you don’t have to stay if you don’t want to.”

“It’s up to you. I know it’s been 24 hours but if you want me to go I can. If you want me to stay I will.”

“I’ve got a pretty busy day of work since I missed yesterday. If you want to stay you’re more than welcome to I just need to shower and hop on my laptop.”

“If you’re going to work, I think I’ll go home, but you can message me, okay? I work tonight until 7, but I’m allowed to have my phone.”

“Okay. Thanks again Harry. It really means a lot.”

“It’s no problem, love. You have a good day, okay? Don’t stress yourself out today. You’re still recovering.” He says as he slides his boots and coat on. “If you need anything please call me.” He says. I nod and he walks out the door.

I begin my work and the day passes by quickly.

- - -

Masterlist Series Part 2 Part 4

[casualfruit]

Thanks to @doctordragon for inspiring me to draw this. I don’t go here but I love messy bitches regardless of fandom. I have no idea why Anduin’s generic white man face is so hard for me to draw consistently lmaooo

(PS the text is in the alt captions if you can’t read my handwriting)

[bsd-confessions]

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Greetings! :D

This is um a.. BSD Confessions account that I created so you can obviously send me your confessions, thoughts and so we can have some fun discussions (don't know how to write lol)

Allow me to set some ground RULES first, please (⁠ﾉ⁠◕⁠ヮ⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧:

1. I won't allow any form of discrimination on here

2. Nothing personal here, don't mention ppl on here by name, duh!

3. Other than the above 2 rules, you're free to say whatever you'd like, actually please don't hold back:>

- anon asks available ;)

- I write my personal opinion undercut ;)

- ALT text is the original ask incase you think my editing is 🗑️😭 or can't read

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PS: If you'd like to address me, you can call me Mist :)

[jesse-pinko]

Hi! I love your BrBa analysis and thoughts about the characters, especially since I'm rewatching the show rn. I'd love to read your opinion on this comment I found on YouTube.

Ps. Sorry for my bad english.

My personal opinion is that anyone saying a victim of domestic violence set the stage for their own abuse is an incel in spirit even if they have somehow managed to maintain a long term relationship with a woman. Also, “this one member of a group I’m being shamelessly vocally prejudiced against thinks I’m not being prejudiced at all so there” is a favored logical fallacy among the alt-right, terfs and the superficially liberal (ex: “I have Black/trans/immigrant/etc friends” or in our case “my gay/woman/disabled/etc friend so-and-so says it’s fine when I do/say something shitty to deliberately test their boundaries). “If the situation is untenable (if??) then she needs to tell her son and get Walt out of the picture” is just “why didn’t she just leave” rephrased into something less conspicuously reprehensible. One thing that always manages to send me into full Mr. Hyde mode is the sheer audacity of the double standards by which people judge female and male characters. Like, holding Skyler up to the very conventional moral standard of “cheating bad” even to the point of refusing to make allowances for the very unconventional position she was put in, while simultaneously making allowances for a man who is shown in text to be literally aroused by committing violent crime unprovoked. Or classifying her Type A-ness as abusive while ignoring Walt’s literal rape of her and his successful attempts to alienate her from the rest of the family by calling her sanity into question. He literally threatened to have her institutionalized and in that same conversation she heavily implied that he was raping her semi-regularly but sure, Skyler is the abusive one. And she didn’t even really cheat on him! They were separated!! “Oh but Walt didn’t agree to that” how do these men supposedly believe themselves to be feminists when the entire foundation of their argument hints at their belief that a woman doesn’t have the right to leave her abuser unless the decision is mutual?

[i-still-mask-because]

Are cloth/fabric masks effective? Or are disposable masks the best choice? I get mixed answers when I look it up; some sources say fabric masks are fine and some say n95 masks and the like are best (even moreso than classic disposable surgical masks).

(ps. Sorry to treat you like google but I figure you may have more info than I do)

Hello! Thank you for reaching out to ask this, and thank you for your patience! I really don't mind helping others learn about this, so no need to apologize! I'll try to answer these chronologically & thoroughly:

Are cloth/fabric masks effective?

No, cloth/fabric masks are not effective protection against covid-19 and its variants, especially if you're wearing just that alone. If a cloth mask is the only option you have right now, I think it's better than nothing; I would just suggest perhaps, if possible, layering the cloth mask on top of a surgical mask (Heads-up: there's a chance this may feel uncomfortable because it may feel like your breathing is being restricted). It would be best to just upgrade to something that's made with enough layers to filter out covid-19, if you're able to.

If affording quality masks is difficult for you or anyone else that reads this, I suggest:

Asking around in any libraries, youth centers, or health centers near you if they have any available to give away for free.

Checking out this link, which is supposed to be a directory of locations that offer free N95 masks (this page hasn't been updated since January, so I'm not sure how accurate it is anymore but it's still worth a shot).

Look out for folks online that are giving away masks in bulk for free; definitely measure out how comfortable you feel with sharing your address to them of course. If it helps, I can guarantee there's people out there that genuinely want to help share masks with other folks that need them, so for sure use your intuition and know that more often than not people are a lot more genuine than you think with mask distribution projects like that (I'm speaking from personal experience. I've been able to get a lot of masks for free because of the help of a couple distribution projects on Twitter; as I'm writing this, I'm currently waiting for masks to be delivered from this distribution project!)

Are disposable masks the best choice?

It depends on what disposable mask you're referring to. As you mentioned, there's a big, big difference between the quality of a blue surgical mask and a N95. This is not only because of the difference in the amount of layers they have, but also a difference in the way they can fit over your face (surgical masks are designed to be a lot looser on one's face, which allows for leaks of air wherever the gaps are; this is risky). I highly recommend an N95 or KN95. NIOSH Approved 3m Aura N95 masks are an example of quality ones you can get! (Heads-up: In general you may notice masks like N95 and KN95 are called "respirators" as opposed to "masks", and that's because they're built for the purpose of preventing aerosol inhalation & are designed to closely fit your face to block out any air leaks. This article explains the difference. I personally use the word "mask" anyways for colloquial reasons)

I recommend reading this page on the People's CDC's website about masking (I recommend looking at their content in general for updates & statistics about covid as well as recommendations & guidance). This is a mask quality chart from that previous link (image description is in the alt text):

I hope this helped!

[plural-affirmations]

Hi again,

Didn't know about that with "core", sorry. Was just looking through pluralpedia and felt that it probably described my/our experiences.

Stressgenic is definitely interesting, and absolutely worth considering. I'm currently hypothesising that stress was more of a final push than a source outright, particularly considering the lengthy duration of that feeling I still can't describe, but am not ready to put any label on any of this just yet. (Also not sure if those are actually distinct things, still not entirely certain on all the words lol)

Have spent the day reading pluralpedia (and also the daemon page, thanks @coyotepawsteps), and it's all been very interesting and just a bit much, lol. Definitely need to follow my headmates' advice to take it a bit slower. Found a couple interesting things regardless (Emotion sharing in particular stands out, since it's something we've definitely experienced and in fact had our own word for).

Speaking of taking things slower, have been trying to pay equal attention to all three of them and it's just too much, so we've agreed that I'll just focus on one of them (at a time) for the most part. The others are still there, just more in the background. I feel a bit like a jerk for it, despite them insisting that it's fine.

Also just generally wishing I could hug my headmates, or just generally do more things with them. Do you have any recommendations for things to do with headmates? Have tried doing some puzzles together but I ended up being way too dominant, so need more practice I guess lol.

Sorry if this one's a bit of a mess, thanks for reading either way. Hope y'all are doing well :)

-⚪🐉

(ps. the previous post wasn't tagged with "#⚪🐉 anon" unlike the one before that - not an important detail, but just smth that stood out to me and I felt the need to mention)

Agh, I wasn't trying to say it's inherently a bad term, my apologies >_< Plenty of systems use the term "core", we just personally don't think it's applicable to the traditional CDD system framework... but if you didn't develop a CDD in childhood, then I think it's totally fine to use! And anyways, like I said, that's just my personal opinion, you're free to form your own! /gen

I do actually have a list of bonding activities, not sure if you've seen it yet...? I'll post it just in case!

[ID in alt text]

I hope this helps some! If not these activities specifically, then they might spark some ideas for something else!

I wish you luck!

(P.S.: I fixed the tag lol)

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