#same technique as insta

[harvesterhexenon]

mean girls - robin edition

this doodle is based on a funny image I saw on pinterest and I just couldn't resist drawing it

don't know if I will ever finish this drawing though

but let's just imagine that either Dick or Steph made them all do this

[slayingfiction]

How I push through writing when I don't feel like writing.

Here are some of the techniques that I use to help me write more often or more consistantly when my laziness/depression/anxiety starts to take over.

I watch TV. I don't do it with the purpose of zoning out though. I watch something popular and well-liked such as the LOR or Harry Potter to get new ideas on how I can develop my story and apply their in-depth world-building ideas to help develop mine. Without plagarizing of course!!!!

Zoning out and daydreaming. As I have mentionned before, daydreaming is a huge part of my story outlining and world-building process. I'll stand in the shower, or take a walk and think about how my charcaters would act/react/behave in situations, mundane or not. Doing this gives me a better sense of my characters, and sometimes gives me ideas for scenes I use later on.

Work on writing related projects. These work well at keeping me distracted while still being productive on my writing goals. Example, I have one story I am working now, I made a new language (alphabet and numbers included) to include as a cool and fun component for the book. So, at times when I don't wan't to write, I continue creating the dictionary (very fun, 8/10 would recommend). Also, for the same book, my characters don't work off the Georigian calendar and 24 hour clock, so I've been working at creating a new calendar (harder than it seems, 2.5/10 dont recommend). These are side projects that help my story, without having to write.

Reading. You saw this one coming, I know. Reading is great, especially when you're editing, your writing style will unconsciously change to be more similar the author you were just reading. Also, most importantly, I'll be reading and think, "this story is really good, but you know what story I like even better? Mine." then change to writing.

This one is my biggest life saver!! I learnt about a year ago that sometimes I'll get bored of writing a story, and have difficulty keeping on track. That's why I finished my first book in 2016 and just started editing the first draft last week. The solution for me was to work on multiple projects at once, because it was much harder to be bored of multiple stories. I stick to 2, but will sometimes add a third. This is easy for me, because I have a list of over a dozen series I want to write. Don't abandon one project for another, use them as a distraction/ motivation for each other, so you're always furthering at least one project. I've never heard someone say, "oh no, i accidentally worked on this other writing project for three months instead of the other writing project I was doing. Dammit." No, we're just happy we have written something. Be sure to have well outlined story lines before starting, don't just start writing randomly or you'll reach a point where you don't know where to go from there.

Author/ writer projects. Maybe this is building a following, or community to share your projects and engage with. Tumblr, Insta, Reddit, whatever it is. My hope this year is to start up my website to offer publishing services (editing, graphic design, short writing courses) and build a following as a writer. (See what I did there? Never a bad time to self-promote ;) ) Having your own projects like this will help you in the future when you're going to try to publish and sell your books!

Talk with friends and a writing community. Never underestimate the passion that will burn inside you when talking about your story, or when others are talking about theirs. Surrounding yourself with a positive writing community can be the best thing for you as a writer.

Write or read (your story) every day. I'm not going to be one of those people that say you need to write 1000 words a day, that's a lot. But maybe try for 100? That could maybe only take 5 minutes, and at the end of the year that's still over 36 thousand words of a novel. Or just read your story, and I've always found it helped me get in the creative mood.

Make a playlist of songs that remind you of your characters, your story, or just puts you in the mood to write. Then play it ONLY when you're having trouble writing. Playing it while writing will not help, you'll get annoyed with the songs.

Just really can't do it today? That's okay, take a break. You deserve it. There's always tomorrow.

Does anyone else have ways they push themselves to keep writing? Let us know in the comments!

Happy Writing!

[sainzinnorris]

okay now that i have the information, this is a CarLando recap of Singapore gp 2023:

1. lando slapping carlos's ass and carlos's response was “ that was hard” , followed by a blush and momentarily losing track of whatever he was saying.

2. p1 and p3 in quali and cue to lando pinching carlos's boobie to lando brushing his hips against carlos's and cue to carlos following him like he's mezmerized.

3. lando replying “ vamos" under carlos's twitter post and “ CARLOOOOOOOS” under his instagram post. (we all think he's whining for carlos but alright-)

4. the carlando hug. it's beautiful. it's mezmerizing. I've seen it too many times. it's poetic.

5. the podium interviews before the celebrations with carlos and lando mentioning each other more often than they're breathing, the cooldown room where they're just “ ai , ai , ai " and “ oh- oh- oh" (sounded like their foreplay without context). lewis just walks in at the last moment without any background context and the sky commentators went like “ alright, if this is how the reporting for the race happens, we'd want this informative reporting every race weekend ;)) ” [ also cue to them recreating the “ ai ” and “ oh ” ]

6. the carlando podium. that spraying technique from lando onto carlos's mouth and carlos sticking his tongue out like that. and the way carlos's practically chugs champagne onto lando's mouth (for second one reference: check the video where fred is drowning carlos in champagne, it's for a very split moment , but you can see it )

7. the post race press conference with carlando in their married domestic bubble + third wheel lewis. also cue to CarLando sitting together far away from lewis and carlos showing lando something which causes them to smile and get giddy over idk, and carlos following lando quickly in the most babygirl way ever. 🏃🏾‍♀️

8. carlos's instagram selfie post dedicated to CarLando solely + an insta story of the same post, an insta story solely dedicated to an hd aesthetic picture of their hug, cue to lando resharing the selfie post on his own story with “ #CALANDO” as well as resharing the hug™ on his story, and posting the CarLando selfie on his p2 celebration post. a joint instagram post. 😏

9. to mclaren and ferrari admin celebrating carlos and lando. [ mclaren commenting “ vamos” and scuderia ferrari commenting “ good job lando :) ” ]

10. carlos and lando being congratulated by the mclaren and ferrari mechanics.

11. the post race interview again where carlos suggested lando and him should go out for drinks tonight and smiles whenever he mentions CarLando and tone implications of suggesting he knows CarLando works exist.

12. carlos's radio message of “ gap to lando every lap" and carlos intentionally slowing down just enough to keep lando within drs range , lando understanding the signal. when told by his race engineer about the gap (0.8) carlos goes like “ it's on purpose ”. the amount of precision, trust, teamwork and respect. freaking insane.

[justenjoythegossip]

THE ONE WHERE HE SAID HER NAME

For people who aren’t aware, Chris was just interviewed on Access Hollywood where he is promoting his dog food brand and talking about his wife’s connection and relationship with “their” beloved dog. Go Portugal! 

First remark, she will no longer be known as Voldemort as it’s the first time since the start of this shitshow that he has ever said her name. Good for her and shame on him. 

Second remark, his background has been blurred for more… privacy (sarcastic coughs).

Apart from those 2 new elements, it’s pretty much the same old stuff. Let’s dig. 

THE TIMING OF THE INTERVIEW

This interview takes place at a time where Chris is gaining a lot of momentum. He just made a very talked about cameo in a huge Marvel hit. As a positive sign, he is gaining followers again, which at least looks organic whether they are real or bots or a combination of both. He is working hard, doing stunts with ASP, in order to look deserving of the Spirit of Service award he is going to receive on September 11th which, by the way, coincides with the one-year anniversary of his wedding. 

This interview is about promoting his dog food brand and their partnership with a giant retail store. Because obviously why not ride this wave of publicity, make more bucks and get more attention? Especially after that planned story on his Insta about his Deadpool cameo and the variety article that suspiciously followed so quickly after it. 

Not coincidentally, this date was supposed to be the one when a BUA was to be announced, as Team PR blogs were insisting. (By the way, that fact alone should enrage Chris’ fans as his team clearly looks in cahoots with them, as many suspected.) 

TEAM PR AND THEIR LASTEST DECEPTION

Team PR blogs have been claiming the contract expired on July 26th, that the BUA was imminent and was to happen before the end of July.

They were clearly lying like they have been lying since the start of this shitshow. Particularly about the ending which was supposed to happen after the Ghosted premiere, after the Peter Holmes interview, after he came back to Insta, after theForbes article, after the papwalk in December… …during the shooting of the Materialists… 

The fact people actually gave credence to their most recent claims is not a testament to their “cunning” manipulation techniques or people’s gullibility but to how much this fandom wants this shitshow to be over. 

As you noticed, one key and vicious member of Team PR was explaining yesterday that Chris’ wearing the ring meant nothing and “was insignificant”. How hypocritical, isn’t it?  When Team PR, Team Real & Team Middle have all been talking & trolling about the precious for months. 

Notice how those Team PR blogs are now deflecting once more with silly diversions such as dog behavior or how allegedly his family will suffer for it (oh please), or play the victim card as they are allegedly receiving threats and hate messages. All of this is meant to distract from the fact that they lied once more. And they did it for several reasons, the most important being... 

ANOTHER CLASSIC BAIT & SWITCH FOR ADDED SHOCK VALUE

We have seen this movie before and repeatedly, haven’t we? The pattern is so similar to what we have witnessed in February with the ski trip. 

And even recently, with all the time she was seen spending in her home country without him (the concert, the birthday), her furnishing an apartment in Portugal, his wearing and hiding the ring every chance he got, and more importantly the stunt at the walk of fame of Kevin Feige where she was seen to be a no show so ostentatiously… Look at how staged that was, and you will realize what the purpose for it was. 

So, what they did was to try to breadcrumb a separation once again, to build up the fans’ anticipation before pulling the rug out from under them in order to add shock value. 

Well done! But FYI the aftereffect might prove very counterproductive for Chris, as his complicity looks more and more obvious and his playing the victim card looks more and more infuriating. 

CHRIS’ COMPLICITY

Chris claimed in his SMA interview how much he hates any forms of manipulation. He should have added that he was fine with it as long as he was the one doing the manipulating.  Indeed, his complicity is absolutely undeniable. 

I have written a post about this topic, if you want to check it out. 

Let’s add to this his recent shenanigans and more precisely what he did with the precious ring. I won’t go too far back and will just use 2 recent examples. 

Do people remember the Jinx commercial where he uses his pinkie to “hide” the ring as he gives food to Dodger? What he is actually doing here is to draw more attention to the ring and promote his relationship with Alba, he also looks ashamed to gain sympathy from his fans and manages to feed the discourse (real or not?) in the process. 

Isn’t it exactly what he did again for that walk of fame ceremony where he allegedly arrived without the ring (like he would forget to wear it) and then get photographed with it from every angle while his wife was a no-show?

Now let’s move on to the most interesting aspects of it all: the brand deal.

THE BRAND DEALS CONNECTED TO THIS SHITWHOW

First observation. You can see the similarity to the interview he did on The View sponsored by Jinx when he came back to Insta just in time for the Black Friday. 

I am not privy to any private information and haven’t seen the contracts but it’s safe to assume that certain businesses of his are directly connected to this shitshow for the simple reason that they have been getting an incommensurable amount of “free” publicity from many prestigious publications & media outlets. 

And by the way, it started before Alba even entered the scene. We can safely deduce Chris had already cashed in on those checks (“free” publicity) and this shitshow was also used as a payment for it. 

Because clearly, dog food and a civil engagement platform are not the “sexiest” businesses. And, the amount of media coverage those companies have been getting seems totally disproportionate compared to Chris’ status and the marketability of those businesses.

Compare this to the media coverage his fellow Avengers have been getting, like Jeremy Renner’s cigar and alcohol businesses, or Scarlett’s The Outset. 

Obviously, Chris gets to promote his businesses Jinx or ASP when he talks or breadcrumbs his relationship to Alba because this is far more selling and salacious for the media and the public. 

Sidenote, now observe the media coverage his commercial for a much “sexier” brand like Audi got, a commercial where he did not have to wear the ring by the way. 

So if you guys are enraged by this shitshow and how it is conducted, not looking at this train wreck won’t change a thing or the timeline but what might have an impact is to boycott the protagonists and the brands that are playing and manipulating you. 

THE ENDING OF THE SHITSHOW

Clearly this shitshow is long-term and won’t be ending anytime soon. And the reason for that is simple. The optics of this relationship aren’t great as he looks like her old uncle and the power imbalance is all over the place. He HAS to stay married to her for a while to give value to this relationship. 

Because clearly, he looks like another Hollywood cliché going through a midlife crisis. The only thing that could salvage a part of his public persona is to make this marriage last so that he doesn’t look like a “one-dollar Leo but without the talent”. 

In fact, it will likely last for much longer and might even escalate (DM is breadcrumbing baby rumors) because one thing appears crystal clear at this point: this marriage seems to be much more than a rebrand and a publicity stunt.

WHAT MIGHT BE COMING NEXT?

There is a rumor that Chris might be selling his LA home after he just sold his Concord house. Not so long ago it was the one in Vermont.

Like some Team PR blogs rightfully said, it was purposefully leaked to the fandom after the house had already been sold. It was a great and very smart PR move. Suddenly, Chris seemed like he was at a crossroads, like it was a new start where anything is possible. 

But as you guys noticed, the background was purposefully blurry for this interview, which gives the illusion he is private when he is really not, also puts emphasis on the crazy fan narrative (Chris has to hide to protect his family from his crazy fans) and more importantly helps to present any fabricated life he wants to the general public. It is a white canvas so to speak. 

[dreamfell-madsanses-askblog]

Tell us a little about Dust!Fell?

Calm, collected (masking), doesn't talk much.

Probably the most well behaved out of the group. I tried to make sense of Dusttale's lore so it's not as flawed in my take, although that's going to be difficult.

Let's say he "remembers" the resets, so I say he doesn't remember them vividly and therefore thinks they're nightmares. He gets more desperate to stop having these "nightmares". So in his last "nightmare" he starts fighting everyone in the underground to train, not just insta-kill them, he trains until he kills them all with the mentality that if he trains enough, gets better at his techniques and stops the human in his "dream", it will stop. That's when he understands none of what he's done is a nightmare and goes mad.

He levels up, but his HP will stay the same.

[syaolaurant]

Hello hello, I love your work and was wondering if you'd be open to making a little breakdown of your art style?

It's really interesting to me and I love taking bits of different artists art style elements and incorporating them into my doodles to get better

Totally okay if you don't want to! 💜💜💜

Take care and have an amazing life 🤗💜☺️

Hello!! Thanks for asking 🤗 I'm not making a little breakdown of my art style I already WROTE A WHOLE ESSAY ABOUT IT!!

Sorry I exaggerated it a bit🥲🥲...

I was very happy to receive this ask, but at the same time I felt worried. Honestly, I didn’t know how to give you a relevant answer because  I don’t even think I have a consistent art style 🥲. Except for my usual chibi style which I feel most comfortable with, I feel my style constantly changes. So after going back to review my old paintings, I think my style is a combination of children's book illustrations and Japanese anime style. Many times I have received comments about my paintings looking like they are from children's books, and I agree haha, maybe because I mostly draw small characters in big settings and I usually use bright colors. 

My favorite artists:

My drawing style is mostly influenced by my all time favorite artists Heikala and Koyamori, I stumbled across their Insta accounts during my 1st year in college (that was 10 years ago) and from then my drawing style gradually took shape. I also admire Paulina Cassidy, mostly because I like her whimsical nature sprites theme. Recently I’ve been investing in Stephanie Law’s artwork, her coloring technique is so god-like that I hope one day I can reach that level…

Ideas and Inspirations:

Japanese anime/manga culture has had a great impact on my childhood. It was a dream come true for me to be able to pursue my college study in Japan. I think this journey greatly affected my current style. I draw lots of things from small doodles to funny comics. I'd describe my drawings as “silly and cute” since I love to make people laugh and I also live for the fluffs (Sometimes I drew angst too but it still turned out cute haha..). Aside from that,  I prefer making “storytelling” illustrations with colorful backgrounds. My favorite things to draw are tiny characters in big scenery, I like to create peaceful static moments that when looking at them help warm my heart and calm my mind. 

When making game fanarts, I usually take screenshots as references for background and imagine how the character will act in that setting. I just do what I feel comfortable and use my own judgment for composition … which… sometimes results in weird perspectives (and you know what I’ve just discovered the rule of third recently 😅…). 

Characters:

When it comes to drawing characters, I honestly don't know how to explain my style. I think chibi is my most recognizable style, apart from that I usually draw characters in semi-chibi (is it the right way to call it??) or simple anime style. I don’t usually draw characters with dynamic poses or movements ( that’s why I still suck at anatomy and expression 😩😩). I think I’m shifting from anime to a more cartoon style since I kinda have same face problem and  I’m trying to practice face shapes.

I think my character drawing style is most influenced by Akihiko Yoshida (who is behind many FF/Nier/ bravely default concepts), as I always draw my characters with chubby round faces and dreamy eyes. I made an example of how I usually draw my characters below.

Technique: 

Watercolor technique is quite complex so I’ll explain how I always do my paintings in another sharing post. I’ve posted part 1 of my sharing here. Generally, I love using bright, saturated tones and black ink brush pen or color brush to paint line work. 

. I hope I could answer your question. I’m definitely no expert, all the things about art I've learn was self-taught but I'm happy to help anyway I can. 💕💕

And you 🫵🫵 yes you dear sweet anon! I wish you a happy life too!!!! 💕💕

[craftingcreature]

Insta-thought heel! (Also known as “plain heel”)

I leaned this technique from this video by Roxanne Richardson, and it seemed like the best option to not interrupt the red/orange gradient of this yarn.

Essentially the same as an afterthought heel, but worked immediately as you go. When you get to where the heel should start, put half the stitches on a stitch-holder or waste yarn, and provisionally cast on that many stitches and re-join in the round. Then work the heel as normal for an afterthought heel. Next step is to pick out the the provisional cast-on and then resume working in the round to do the foot.

Just like an afterthought heel, works just as well for toe-up or cuff-down.

[genericpuff]

hey! I’m not sure if you’ve seen this yet, but in regards to RS’s awful layer management, I bring you this from the waybacksmythe insta account!

I’m 99% sure that she’s taught herself to work in this manner for a VERY long time. I mean, there’s barely anything in the main layers that have even MORE layers clipped to them

insanity

yooo thank you for this!

Honestly, I don't think it's that bad when it comes to illustration work, it comes down to just being "use whatever amount of layers you need", and it's clear it worked for her older art. It would be fine for comics as well, but most people naturally opt to reduce the layers they use because it just makes things, well, faster, and less complicated. Not to mention if her layer management is part of the reason her file sizes are ending up absurdly huge, then ??? It seems like a no brainer to reduce them. Esp considering so many of the layers in LO from what I've seen in screenshots just seem so pointless, like hyper-micromanaging levels of pointless.

That said, I think there are a lot of things she's taught herself to do that she just hasn't bothered to unlearn, like she thinks she works "better" doing things this way. Her "time management techniques" that result in her and her team always crunching through the weight of the next deadline, her layering structure, how she manages her assistants, the list goes on. It's like when you're so used to doing something one way, you're convinced it has to be working because otherwise, why would you be doing it that way? It's always "worked" for you up until now, so why change? It's why it's hounded into art students especially to step outside of their comfort zone and try new things because it's only through trying new things that you may learn you've been making things way harder for yourself than you need to.

This might be a bit too psychoanalytical, but we were talking about this very subject in the Discord the other day, and it came up that it's like when someone who's struggling with untreated depression or ADHD says, "I don't want to be medicated, it'll take away my spark!" but their spark is literally not showering for a week and eating nothing but toast and mold growing on the dishes in the sink.

In this case, it feels like Rachel's going "I don't want to change, it'll ruin my work!" but her work is literally already falling apart because she's been sticking to these same work methods that are clearly not working for her.

It makes me think of that one old reel where she talks about how she tried something new that didn't work out and became frustrated over the "lost time".

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And I do agree with the advice that she's giving in this video, artists should give themselves the space and time to figure things out, to make mistakes, because it's not lost time, it's time you're spending to try. That time will pass anyways, so use it how you like.

But unfortunately I don't think Rachel is actually good at applying this advice because she hasn't set herself up for success. She's always constantly on an immediate deadline because she never sets herself up with proper buffers. She never made herself a plan in the narrative to get this far so she's constantly jumping between plot points to give herself time to figure out how to resolve them. She can't give herself that free time to figure her shit out because she's constantly wringing out the time she has available to her. Look no further than how much time she traditionally spends on social media, AFAIK it's just her running it meaning she's spending all this time browsing and retweeting that she could be spending getting her ducks in a row.

None of this is to say she isn't allowed to have free time, I think it would be great if she could be an Originals creator who could also manage having a healthy work life balance, god knows so many creators don't get to do that. But it's not free time if you're spending it under the weight of deadlines that are literally a week away. It's just distracting yourself.

Of course, that's all speculative, so I'm not gonna continue on much longer with this train of thought, it's just the impression I get because it's clear she values her time but doesn't know how to manage it properly. I feel that all too well as someone who also struggles with ADHD.

[ssspringroll]

you can use the same technique i used for those insta-braids to approximate chain pretty okayish. obviously i slapped this mesh together in several seconds and also its warped unrealistically in some spots but if you squint. it could be worse lol

[justsomeoneunordinary]

this is a dumb idea i had, i had tos hare with someone.

as far as i can understand, the reaper death seal is a unilateral summoning contract with the shinigame, where the user summons the god of death and in exchange for the user's soul they can seal the soul of anything iside the shinigami's belly.

of course there's the whole chakra tug of war thing where you wrestle with what you want to seal and the ammount of chakra you have defines how much of the thing you want to seal gets sealed, like when Hiruzen only had enough chakra left to seal Orochimaru's arms.

then your soul and the soul of whtever you were trying to seal get trapped forever inside the belly of the shinigami to fight for eternity or until somene uses a shinigami mask to sacrifice himself or somene else to cut open the shinigami's stomach and free yours and whoever elses soul from the shinigami's belly.

but what if the jutsu is incomplete?

my proposition is, when somene wants to be able to use the reaper death seal, they have to go trough a ritual where they summon the shinigami for the first time and the shinigame tests them to see if the person who summoned him is a worthy summoner.

if you prove to be worthy, you enter a contract with the shiningami where you can summon him to perform the reaper death seal witouth having to die and maybe a few extra super awsome necromancy things.

if you fail to prove your worth you'll still be able to summon the shinigame to perform the reaper death seal, but you die when you do it.

the thing is, nobody ever was able to become a full shinigami summoner becasue nobody was able to pass the test the god of death set to put the wanna be summoner matle to the test and even if they managed to become a proper shinigami summoner, there's also the fact that they have to feed souls to the shinigame on a regular basis.

and that's the beuaty of the thing, how perfection is unreachable because not only is passing the shinigami's test an impossible task, the test also changes from person to person, making it so no one can ever prepare for it.

and you only have one chane because you can only go trough the test once.

it's the eternal promise of an infinite insta-kill jutsu so close you can taste it, but at the same time so far away, a gamble that could change the esclaes of power forever, but the game is rigged from the beggining.

so, what do you think about my dumb idea

The Reaper Death Seal and Edo Tensei both drive me up a wall sometimes because they leave so many questions open that Kishimoto never answered bc all he thought about was "hehe cool forbidden jutsus go brrr". Like, what do you mean the souls get sealed into the Shinigami's belly forever??? What happens there???!!!??? What do you mean Hashirama and Tobirama were pulled out from the afterlife and then sealed into the Shinigami's belly and once they were freed again they had nothing to mention about that?????? What do you mean Minato sealed his and Kushina's souls inside as well instead of both joining the Pure Lands together???!!!!

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE! Kushina's soul was dragged alongside Minato's, right??? But Minato was freed! And Kushina??? Just stays there in the Shinigami's belly for eternity bc Kishimoto can't be arsed to give a fuck about his female characters???!!!

...

Yeah okay, anyways, personally I do prefer the canon version that you can summon the Shinigami only once and it results in your own death bc forbidden techniques like this need to have a throwback. Otherwise, anyone would use it willy-nilly. Especially if there was the belief of a chance to make an actual deal with the Shinigami.

But! On the other hand, it would be kind of funny too. Mostly because I imagine everyone wondering why Tobirama wouldn't've tried it already to make a contract with the Shinigami, considering he's a summoning master - but Tobirama is perfectly aware that bc of the Edo Tensei the Shinigami would have a grudge against him and whatever test there might be, he wouldn't let Tobirama pass.

(Meanwhile, the Shinigami is just waiting for Tobirama to fucking finally use the Reaper Death Seal, so he can fuck him over. And it never happens, argh!!! (He still wins thanks to Hiruzen lol))

[cantsaythetword]

For the tickle spot ask;

- Feet

- Knees

- back of ribs

-Bicep

(from "send me a spot and I'll rate how tklish it is")

SKDFJHAKSFDJH THE GAME IS ONE SPOT THIS IS CHEATING

feet: 9/10. Used to think it was my worst spot, and it is still real bad lol. But I've found out if someone is tkling another spot at the same time my feet get less sensitive? which I don't think is the norm lmao

knees: 7.5/10. Pretty bad, very weak to spidery tkls (on both sides too which is rude) and squeezing just above the knee.

back of ribs: WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT?? AND WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP MENTIONING MY RIBSSSS 😭😭 ... 53/10 ridiculously bad... insta-kill...

biceps: 8/10 (whotoldyouaboutthisone??). Surprisingly bad spot - especially with the right technique/area, feels like little electric shocks going up my arms it's wild. Probably my most unusual spot?

sjdfkhlasfjhfs thanks for calling me out anon aaaaaa 😭 (/pos, but you didn't hear that from me)

[headcanonpalace]

A probably incomplete list of actions MCU heroes would do on social media:

(Part 1)

-Pre no way home Peter Parker has an Avengers YouTube Account, but no citizen knows who runs it. He posts videos with the Avengers like cooking videos or them reacting to Tweets.Maybe he has a Tiktok Account as Spider-Man, where he explains science to his followers in his costume.

-Wanda and Vision have a couple Instagram Account. It has a beautiful and simple aesthetic with perfect pictures of them. You can see them going on a hike or laughing together. There are also pictures with their kids. Strangely, they haven’t posted anything in a few months.

-MJ has Tumblr without a doubt. She posts her sick drawings there. She also uses Pinterest for inspiration. She has Instagram and Tiktok but isn’t active.

-Tony Stark has Twitter. He makes sarcastic and controversial Tweets. Either you love him or you hate him. He says what he thinks and that doesn’t always have to be right. He receives a lot of hate. He also has fanart as his profile picture and changes it regularly.

-Natasha Romanoff surprisingly uses social media a lot when there are no missions and she doesn’t have to hide from the government. She shows how she trains and explains a few simple self-defense techniques. She’s obviously a feminist. She fights against the bad guys and against everyday sexism. She also has fanart as her profile picture and her community is amazing for the most part.

-Bruce Banner helped Peter with a few of his Spider-Man science videos. His videos are very popular. He also did a few YouTube Videos, where he explains simple science and everyone thinks he is good at explaining. His account is called “Bruce science corner”. He also posts science facts on Twitter and reposts fanarts. On Instagram he sometimes posts weird Selfies with really bad lighting.

-Shuri is a Meme Lord. She had Vine and has Reddit and Discord. She makes the best science memes. No one knows her true identity there. On Instagram, however, she shows her more official and royal side. Sometimes her nerd side shows itself and she posts videos from the laboratory in her story.

She knows Peter Parker from a Discord server and they are internet friends. She’s also becoming friends with MJ. Somehow they have the same sense of humor.

-Shang-Chi has an Insta fanaccount along with Katy for some of the avengers. They made it while they were drunk. Somehow they managed to get a few thousand followers through a few posts and it would be a shame to delete the account. On his private account he posts pictures with Katy and Wong at the karaoke. He loves Memes and always sends them to Katy.

-Wong is a swiftie and he was so proud, when she followed him back on his insta. He doesn’t post often, but when he does, its either videos of him partying or videos about topics that are close to his heart.

-Steve Rogers tries at least.

Thank you @chocolate-moonshine (an amazing beta reader)

[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball GT 57

✨GT Stands For Gross Touching✨

✨"Good" "Ideas", Poorly Executed✨

Last time, Goku claimed he could defeat Eis Shenron in five seconds, but he failed to consider Eis’ willingness to use Pan as a shield. 

He freezes Goku again, but this time Goku breaks loose, which he explains by saying that he memorizes every technique that he encounters, so because Eis got him with it in Episode 56, he’s prepared for it this time.  That’s really stupid, because Eis zapped him with the freeze ray several times in Episode 56, and Goku just stood there like a goof and got zapped.  Yet he has the gall to say he won’t fall for the same trick twice. 

So then Eis starts pleading for mercy, which leads to this shot, which is kind of interesting.  Not because of this episode or its story, though.  This is just another example of Goku falling for the same trick twice, because Mercenary Tao and Frieza begged for mercy years ago, and Goku still hasn’t figured out that bad guys will feign surrender to catch him off guard.

No, it’s interesting because there was a semi-famous image going around in 2014, with Goku in some sort of Golden Super Saiyan 4 form, and Beerus was the one pleading for mercy.  This looked authentic enough to seem official, and while I’m not sure how many people believed it was real, it sort of represents this last gasp of the “Dragon Ball AF Culture” in the fandom.  Nowadays, it’s a lot easier to find out what’s really going on in Japan, but back in the early 2000′s there were all sorts of rumors flying around, and it was hard to know what was real and what wasn’t.  So if a fan artist was talented enough to redraw an obscure scene from GT, they could conceivably convince other fans that their Goku redesign was going to appear in an upcoming work. 

But back to Eis, he offers to surrender his Dragon Ball, and begs Nuova to speak on his behalf, and Nuova actually does.  The thing is, I’m pretty sure Eis can’t exist without his Dragon Ball, so this offer is kind of pointless.  But just as Goku agrees to let him go...

Eis slashes at Goku’s face with some sort of icicle claw attack?  The effects are pretty clear.  Goku is blinded for the next couple of episodes, and also that building in the background gets cut in half.

What’s less clear is what exactly Eis did to Goku’s eyes.  Considering how that building turned out, you’d think Eis cut Goku up really bad, kind of like what Zorin Blitz did to Seras Victoria in Hellsing, but that’s a bit too gruesome for GT.  Or maybe the ice claws just froze Goku’s corneas or something?  That’s more consistent with the ice gimmick. 

It doesn’t really matter, because when Eis tries to finish Goku off, Goku just punches a hole in his chest and insta-wins.  I mean, duh. This episode is Goku’s 501st appearance on television.  One thing we’ve learned about the guy over and over again is how sharp his senses are.  He can track scents like a bloodhound, and detect objects and people by sound and the feel of subtle movements in the air.  And his ki senses let him detect just about any powerful warrior in the area.  Blinding Goku is practically useless, and it seems like the Shadow Dragons are the only ones who don’t understand this.  The audience sure as hell knew, so I don’t know why this was presented like some suspenseful moment.

So Goku follows up with a Super Dragon Fist which killerizes Eis and removes all the ice on the city they’re in.  Convenient.

Goku tries washing his eyes to clear his vision, but it doesn’t work.  So did Eis like... throw dust in his eyes or something like that?  Then a bottle drops into his hand, and it turns out Nuova is the one who’s giving it to him.  He says it’s “medicine” that will heal Goku’s eyes.  Wait, why the fuck would Nuova Shenron just have that with him? Was he expecting something like this to happen?

I think the writers just wanted to make it clear what a sporting guy Nuova was, but it’s kind of weird that he would have eye medicine handy.  Also, there’s no obvious trauma to Goku’s eyes, so I really have no idea what the medicine is supposed to do.  This feels more like some sort of Solar Flare deal, where Goku just saw a really bright light and he needs time to recover.  And maybe that’s what Eis did to him, except why did it cut a building in half?

The bigger problem here is that this blindness angle carries on for a while longer, except it doesn’t really slow Goku down that much, and then it clears up on its own a short time later.  So this whole bit just seems like a total mess.  They wanted to do something to raise the stakes, but they failed to think it through or make it mean anything. 

Anyway, Nuova offers to withdraw until Goku has recovered, and they can fight again later, but before he leaves, another Shadow Dragon shows up and attacks.  He destroys the medicine and takes down Nuova.  Then he shoots again, and Nuova knocks Goku out of the way and sacrifices himself to save him.

So this is Syn Shenron, the One-Star Dragon, and now the last one of the set.  He’s also the strongest one, and apparently he had enough of Nuova’s half-assed babyface routine, and of Eis’ half-assed Memphis heel shtick.  He reminds Goku that he was the one who made the Shadow Dragons possible, and this is all his fault, but that’s dumb.  Most of the wishes Goku and his friends made on the Dragon Balls were for the sake of restoring the Earth from great cataclysms.  I’ve never understood the Shadow Dragons’ sanctimony.  They berate Goku for overusing the Dragon Balls, then threaten to destroy the world.  Instead of complaining to him, they should be thanking him for giving them life and purpose.   Or if they actually care about the world, they could just stay their hand and give Goku a pass.  But pick one and go with it. 

✨Positivity Page✨

So they fight for a bit, but Syn turns out to be in a whole other class of power.  Goku suddenly finds himself running for cover, and struggling to keep up, a lot like he was doing against Oceanus and Nuova, except this time he’s doing it as a Super Saiyan 4, which makes his desperation much easier to believe. 

Goku manages to lie low and ambush Syn with a 10x Kamehameha, and it doesn’t do anything.  Worse, Syn replies with his own 10x Kamehameha, and completely wrecks Goku’s shit.

Pan sort of wanders around in a stupor, and when she sees Goku hanging upside down like this, she screams in abject terror.  See, this is how they should have been doing it all along.  They blew through six other Shadow Dragons and finally figured it out on the seventh.

See, the way these Dragon Ball arcs work, you’d have a group like the Shadow Dragons, and Goku might take on the first one, and everyone assumes he’ll be okay, but then he barely survives the fight, and it turns out that it took everything he had to beat the weakest one.  That’s how it went with the Saiyans Saga, the Androids Saga, and so on.  Haze should have beaten Super Saiyan 4 Goku to a pulp, and only a last-ditch maneuver would have won the day.  Then Goku would return to the others and tell them how bad things really are.  Yeah, he’s a a Super Saiyan 4, but just one SSJ4 isn’t enough. 

And that would lead to a hurried effort to get some reinforcements onto the field.  Not just SSJ4 Vegeta, but Gohan as well.  Suddenly SSJ3 Gotenks sounds pretty handy, huh?

But no, GT refuses to take the focus off of Goku, so they did this stupid arc where most of the Shadow Dragons were pathetic twerps and Goku takes them all on by himself.  Everyone else just sits at home and hopes he’s doing okay.  But it ends up turning out the same way as what I just proposed.

Because now Pan is pleading for the rest of Dragon Team to show up and save Goku.  Hey, that’s fine, but we should have skipped straight to that on the FIRST Shadow Dragon, not the LAST one.  Then we could have had seven OP bad guys taking on seven good guys: Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, Gohan, Goten, Uub and Pan.  And all seven of them would have to push themselves beyond their limits just to stand a chance.  It’d be awesome.  And we could have been doing that for the past nine episodes instead of watching Rage Shenron defeat himself, or Pan getting possessed by a giant mole.

Wait, I forgot about Bulla.  Oh man, can you imagine if the good guys were getting clobbered and then Bulla just shows up and blindsides a Shadow Dragon in the head?  I don’t think Bulla and Pan would dominate a conflict like this, but the point is that you could still have them jump ahead a few levels and actually put up a fight.  Nuova knocked Pan in Episode 54 just to keep her out of his way.  I’d much rather see him knock Pan out because he’s got SSJ4 Gohan to worry about, and he’s afraid of SSJ3 Pan shooting a ki blast at him while he’s not looking.

Well, no point crying for what should have been...

✨Is This Episode Worse than "The Roaming Lake"?✨

I give this one a lot of credit for actually having plenty of things happen.  Unlike the last several episodes, this one has a lot on its to-do list.  We have no fewer than three Shadow Dragons in this one, so we need to kill off two of them and introduce the third.  And, mercifully, Syn Shenron is aggressive enough to just attack instead of making long-winded speeches.  It fits, because he came here to find Goku, so this isn’t like when Goku finds one of the others and asks them what they’re up to.

So this is a lot like Episode 19, where it still kind of blah, but at least it’s not slow and dull.  So it approaches “Roaming Lake” levels of quality, but I still think it falls short.  Here’s why.

First, the Eis Shenron fight was disappointing.  I get that he’s a dirty cheater, but he’s also supposed to be at least as powerful as Nuova Shenron, who’s presented as a match for SSJ4 Goku. So you would think that Eis would put up more of a fight than he did.  Instead, Goku powers through Eis like he’s no big deal, and Eis really has nothing left to do but cheat.  He does the fake surrender thing just like Rage and Naturon, and he uses Pan and Nuova as shields, just like Naturon.  We already saw Goku defeat Rage and Naturon, and those fights sucked.  Why are we doing this crap again?

Second, the death of Nuova is pretty hollow to me.  We’ve only had the guy around for four episodes, and one of them was the Vegeta clip show, so he was barely in it.  We’re supposed to miss this guy, but why, exactly?  Because he was halfway decent towards Pan?  Because he freed Goku from the ice, then gave him the medicine for his eyes? 

Look, if Nuova were truly a good dude, then he could have stepped in and rescued Pan from Eis’s various efforts to use her as a hostage.  He could have also stepped in and attacked Eis rather than just standing around and waiting for Goku to overcome his dirty tricks.  Nuova tried to dance on either side of the battle line, and that doesn’t make him a hero or some kind of tragic figure.  It just makes him a shitty villain.  Goku might miss his ass, but I sure don’t.

Third, Syn’s appearance does raise the stakes, but it does it in a very formulaic way.  We see him stalking Goku through this amusement park, but it’s very similar to the way the other Shadow Dragons would push Goku around in past episodes.  The only difference is that in those earlier episodes, Goku was in base mode, so you knew he could always turn SSJ4 if he was really in a pinch.  This time he’s already in Super Saiyan 4, and he’s still on the backfoot. 

On paper, that’s fine, but in practice, it just makes this whole fight look very, very familiar.  They just took the same tactics from the other episodes and translated it to a higher power level.  There’s nothing new about Syn’s tactics or attitude here.  Things will improve a little in the episodes to come, but for this episode, Syn vs. Goku doesn’t feel very special. 

And that’s a big problem for the Shadow Dragons Saga as a whole.  These episodes all tend to run together, because it’s a lot of the same visuals and character motivations, and a hero who keeps screwing around instead of tackling the villain.  So even when the hero is finally forced to try harder, it still falls flat because it looks exactly like it did when he was screwing around. 

Also, the music and aesthetics of these episodes is just the pits.  I hate the GT score, and I hate this hazy sky always being in the background of every shot, and Syn isn’t exactly winning me over with his design.

So the Roaming Lake wins again, 58-0.  This episode put up a decent fight, but it’s not ending the streak.  At this point, I’m beginning to think nothing can.

✨The Blade Braxton Memorial Haiku*✨

Syn Shenron.  Ready

For six more episodes of

This jerk? ‘Cause I’m not.

[halt-kun]

Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 236 - Go South

I got spoiled on Insta, I saw one panel of this chapter

This is very annoying but it's life

I already know I'm going to cry

Is Kenjaku coming ? It was one possibility in my mind

So it's not a flashback but life flashing before Gojo's six eyes ?

I'm already tearing up

NOOO

and WHAT ? Sukuna not giving it his all ? You just mean he didn't use his whole technique ? Because in term of curse energy and skills he used a lot of them and even learned some stuff while fighting you

Okay, yeah so it's about his techniques, but why would he take Megumi's body then ?

We know Gojo...

Can someone hug him ?

Good for you

not good for your loved ones

do you plan on rejoining Geto in jjk's after life ?

Tears

babyyyyy, you miss Geto

Oh noooooo, more babies

I'm glad Gojo isn't dying alone if he is dying

GOJOOOOOOO

you're the best

you did good

everyone loves you

Wait what's that about

Oh okay it was a title drop

I love these guys

Nanamin didn't regret anything, same for Haibara (weridly enough) and Gojo either

Geto, well, he probably does

they're just a bit salty about dying but overall they're fine

I can't be sad

TEARS are coming tho

It is one probably

but a damn good one

CUT ????

by what ?

(that's the panel I saw)

Ohhhh so he learned how to tear through infinity which he couldn't have without Mahoraga

so you needed Megumi after all

but what kind of model allows you to do that ?

Ooooooh

well Mahoraga did good

It did

YEP HE WAS STRONK

(trying to not cry)

Another Strongest arrives

he is a piece of work and his techniques might be terrifying

Well

roses are red

violets are blue

Gojo's dead

Sukuna, soon, too

[yuesya]

I feel like, unexpectedly, Shiki and Mahito’s interactions are something you genuinely look forward to because of how much he has been mentioned in your replies.

And i’m curious, do you love how fucked up Mahito is? Do you just look forward to writing him just to have Shiki crush him with her insta-kill curse (knock knock motherfucked lmao)? He can’t really fuck around with his soul-altering (for himself) technique of Shiki “kills” that appendage right?

Or because in the original JJK timeline Nanami was killed by Mahito so you kinda wanna write out the irony of Mahito being curbstomped by Nanami’s niece? A bit of everything? Hate and love?

Hmm, I feel like I've certainly gotten a lot of asks about Shiki and Mahito as well haha.

And it's interesting! Mahito definitely leans on the more 'deranged' side of characters, and I get the sense that he fully embraces his own nature as a curse. Out of the four Special Grade Curses (Jogo, Hanami, Dagon, and Mahito), the nature-curses are mainly motivated by their "greater goal" of having curses supplant humans in the new world order. The same might technically be true for Mahito as well, but he's also the only one portrayed to actively take glee in torturing and suffering, in a manner far surpassing his compatriots.

Switch the goals, and I feel like Mahito would still be here, gleefully slaughtering humans. Because Mahito is born of humanity -of the fear and hatred of other humans. It's probably the root cause of what makes him so different from the other Special Grade Curses.

Jogo might enjoy killing people because he hates humans and wants curses to stand at the top of the world. Mahito? Mahito simply enjoys the killing for what it is, and delights in the slaughter.

On the other hand, Shiki's technique is, like. The essence of killing. Her ability is literally seeing lines of death. The only thing she can do is kill, and kill, and kill -but. But, there must be meaning to it.

Opposing techniques! Clashing worldviews! Their very natures are different to the core, but there are parallels even so. (Rubs hands)

Also, Nanami. Considering how canon Nanami was killed by Mahito, I think Shiki deserves to have a go at him in this 'verse haha.

[obbiwonk]

i was tagged by @npdclaraoswald !

rules: tag 9 people you wanna know better

(i hope i have 9 mutuals lol)

last song: i cut off "kitchen light" by xana bc i finished my shower and didn't want to make too much noise; last full listen was "lavender bones" by stand atlantic !

currently watching: it's probably been weeks since i last watched tv actively, i cannot binge watch to save my life i keep leaving the room with the tv but my bf has been rewatching Malcolm in the Middle and i've been in the room a lot for that. we also started Bones a while back and i really like that show. i swear the title character her assistant are some dort of autistic and it makes me happy

currently reading: "Ask The Dust" by JRS, a friend from my dad's writer's grouo, this book isn't publicly available yet im beta-reading it for him. but i did just get the libby app so im also working on The Left Hand of Justice by Ursula K. Le Guin. My first big sci fi book, im more of a fantasy guy but i should be smart enough to get it !

current obsession: i've been working on a portal 2 mass choir project with a new mutual who started it needing a composer: im working on a trans rights piece which is voice and string quartet and im trying some experimental composition techniques and improv. i swear this is draft 3 of it bc i never feel like i can change the world with my music but i have to try, even if it just changes my personal world or one mind; it's summer so i have a women and sexuality class and im reading some pdfs in that one but i enjoy learning the names of all the feminist concepts; i also have time to write my book again, it started off as immortal people misbehaving but then i decided an entity was making them all immortal (copying the idea of The Hand from Marvel Defenders i think was the series?) and the lady in charge of that entity wants to use her immortalizing tech and mind control to make an unstoppable army so now the protags are misbehaving to save the world lol. (i'll let mutuals read it if you can take notes on each chapter and not expect immediate edits, i write down the critiques from writer's group and keep writing without editing bc this is the baby first draft and if i stop to edit i'll never finish it); excited to start calc 3 in june too! I have my whiteboard all clean; music and Scene Queen's work in general are also obsessions and im going to try to learn to scream like her, although from her insta stories, she's not screaming healthily so if i figure out a healthy scream im tempted to send her to those tips bc i want her to keep her voice!

tagging: @savetheearthbros @bitegore @toothsheeran @lovingtogetic @orikeepitasecret (idk if we're mutuals but you pop up a lot in my notifs) @oleandy (same hat here idk if we're mutuals but you reblog a lot of my posts so you're cool) @h8woti8 and anyone that wants to join in bc i can't think of 9 mutuals