#so i figured I'd share

[yunyin]

Art tip of the day: When you get angry, frustrated, or can't stand looking at your work anymore, take a break!!

[queenlucythevaliant]

I've listened to TTPD three times now, twice alone and once at a listening breakfast with friends! Thoughts:

I liked quite a lot of it, but I'm not immediately blown away.

Current favorite is "The Bolter," followed by "But Daddy I Love Him," "The Prophecy," and "Florida!!!" in no particular order.

I loved the breadth of feelings that the album addresses. You really get a sense of a whole emotional landscape.

It's in strong and compelling conversation with Taylor's whole body of work without being too excessively self-referential. "thanK you aIMee" is the notable exception.

A lot of the songs are overwritten: she uses $20 words in place of $2 words, repeats herself, and dulls the power of what works by surrounding it with a lot that doesn't. If we go by Coleridge's definition that poetry is the best words in their best order, then yeah. She definitely needs an editor.

However, none of the lyrics that people seem to be highlighting as "cringey" bother me at all. I've always loved Taylor's proclivity for small details, even strange or out-of-place ones.

I would really love to gently help Taylor out with her literary allusions. They're a long-standing struggle for her, and even going in I was a little worried for that aspect of the album based on the marketing. Could've been worse, but most of them could still stand to be a whole lot sharper.

The songs tend towards very consistent production and tempo. Whether you want to call that cohesiveness or homogeneity is a matter of opinion.

My great, secret wish for this album was that it would feature a bunch of orchestra/strings, which would've meshed great with the dark academia vibe. Clearly, I didn't get it. Oh well

[underwhelmingalchemist]

Off the back of my post about my mom's lack of seasonings in Thanksgiving sides, I figured I'd show I'm breaking the cycle by sharing my pumpkin pie recipe. If you make this, I'd love to hear about it!! Feel free to reblog as well

Alchem's Pumpkin Pie:

15 oz (1 can) pumpkin puree

14 oz (1 can) sweetened condensed milk

2 eggs

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp ginger

1/8 tsp allspice

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 1/2 tbsp maple syrup

1/4 tsp cloves

1/2 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 425°F

Whisk everything together in bowl, adjust spices to taste

Pour into chilled pie crust in a greased pan (pre-baking crust advised, but optional)

Bake pie at 425°F for 15 minutes

Reduce oven temp to 350°F and continue to bake for 35-40 mins. When you can stick in a knife and it comes out clean, it's done

Cool completely before eating, and enjoy!

Additional notes:

-Spice blend by me, but bake times are from this recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/23439/perfect-pumpkin-pie/

-My favorite crust recipe here (I recommend making it by hand rather than with a food processor, and be sure to keep everything as cold as possible at all times): https://www.inspiredtaste.net/22662/flaky-pie-crust-recipe/

-If you want homemade whipped cream, you can use and electric mixer to whisk a pint of heavy cream with ten tablespoons of sugar and a teaspoon or two of vanilla until peaks form

-If you're making this with fresh pumpkin, you should only need one pie pumpkin. Be sure to get one intended for baking

-Baking can be tricky. Take deep breaths, and enjoy the ride of building a new skill. It might not be perfect the first time, or the second, but there's no rush. You've got this

Happy baking!

[kemendin]

I’ve finally organised my two main SWTOR ships into series on AO3, hopefully for folks’ convenience. Really glad there’s a feature to re-order them, so I’ve put them in chronological story order as opposed to when I actually wrote them, which bounces all over the place in the timeline.

We Choose Our Own Fates - Caspian/Scourge

Servants of the Empire - Khel/Quinn

[panstarry]

heads up: this games charity bundle was finally approved on itch.io! it opens this friday, april 12th, and will run for a week. all proceeds will go to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund.

you can check out the bundle on itch.io and follow @vgforpalestine on twitter for more updates!

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EDIT: as of april 20th, 2024 this bundle is now live!!

[echo-of-the-eye]

so since it's ace week i wanna talk about my very specific jon's ace ring headcanon. (btw the beginning of this is very inspired by a fic i read once, but i can't remember the name)

so jon has an ace ring. he got it from georgie in uni after she helped him figure out he was ace, and he wears it everyday.

but then, after jude perry burns his hand, he can't wear it for a while (i know if he wore it when shaking her hand it would have probably melted, so let's say he wasn't wearing it for some reason). he keeps the ring in his pocket and after he comes back to the archives martin notices he keeps fidgeting with it. (now this is the part that i read in a fic) martin asks about it and jon admits how upset he is that he can't wear it (this also ends up functioning as a coming out so martin can hear it from jon instead of office gossip!) and martin gives him a chain so he can wear it around his neck while his hand heals.

now this is the part that's all mine. i imagine right before they leave for the unknowing, jon and martin say goodbye (and they kiss cause it makes s4 hurt more and it's basically canon im my mind). jon takes of the ring necklace and gives it to martin, asking him to look after it until he comes back.

then the coma.

at first i imagined jon waking up with the ring next to him but no martin. but then i came up with something sadder (but also maybe sweeter?). martin keeps the ring. he knows he should give it back after jon wakes up and that he could probably find a way to do it without talking to him, but he just can't get himself to do it. jon notices but kinda forgets about it (he's got bigger things to worry about and assumes martin forgot).

then they go to the safehouse. and martin gives back the ring. he apologizes for not doing it before but jon is just touched that he still has it. it's all very emotional and then martin puts the ring on jon's finger and they are both VERY aware of how much it looks like a proposal

[sotc]

Lucanis Dellamorte - [concept art]

[splatoonusna]

An update on the 2024 Splatoon 3 World Championship:

[maybirdie]

Some best girl portraits to spice up your phone screen ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[rad-roche]

doodle of corvo, who is the most tired any man has ever been

[revenantghost]

For those curious, yes, Nightow's gotten his amazing Tristamp Vash figure, and, predictably, he's in love and gushing about it the same as he used to in the Trimax bonus author comics [x]

Bonus [x]:

[royalarchivist]

Sneeg: ...Fit? What is that? WHAT IS THAT?

Phil: Fit came prepared, dude. It's a legit Minecraft nuke!

Techno: Wait– what the heck is that?

Phil: An End Crystal, he was about to use that to yeet someone.

Grunks (?): Techno is not aware of the 2B2T culture, I see...

Techno: Uh, I am not.

Technoblade learns about End Crystal PvP from Philza and our favorite 2B2T veteran, FitMC! ⚔️💥

[Full Subtitle Transcript ↓ ]

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Sneeg: ...Fit? What is that? WHAT IS THAT?

Phil: Fit- Fit came prepared, dude.

Fit: That's right!

Techno: OH– Fit has the nukes!

Phil: It's a legit Minecraft nuke!

Fit: I didn't get to use any of my weapons!

Techno: Wait– what the heck is that?

Phil: An End Crystal, he was about to use that to yeet someone.

Techno: [Laughs]

Grunks (?): Techno is not aware of the 2B2T culture, I see...

Fit: Ohhh.

Techno: Uh, I am not.

Phil: You see the obsidian he placed down over there next to that plane?

Techno: Yeah?

Phil: That was gonna be a blast radius of like, a huge Creeper– charged Creeper explosion.

Techno: Oh snap.

Phil: You know when you fight the Dragon and those towers have the explosive bits on the top?

Techno: Yeah?

Phil: Yeah, he's holding- he's holding one of those explosive bits.

Techno: I'm just gonna get launched.

[A black transition screen with text that reads: "1 year 7 months later..."]

Ranboo: There he is, there he is!

Techno: [Spots an End Crystal on the ground and picks it up]

Phil: I can't see him.

Ranboo: I can't- I can't–

Squidkid: HE'S HOLDING NETHER CRYSTALS!

Ranboo: Oh god– OH NO!

Phil: OHHH!!!

Squidkid: He's holding Nether crystals!

Ranboo: Wait, is he trying to Nether Crys– Or wait�� is he trying to End Crystal us?

Techno: [Lying] I don't know how to do that!

Squidkid: If he tries, half of his dogs are gonna disappear!

Ranboo: [Overlapping with Squidkid] You're right, he wouldn't know how to do THAT.

Techno: More dogs, Chat! More dogs! It's the only way!

Clip sources:

SMP Earth: Battle of the Pit - Timestamp: 11m 30s

Minecraft But Viewers Control The Game (the charity event Techno did for the Sarcoma Foundation) - Timestamp: 2h 8m

[sad-leon]

TW Suicide Attempt

we all talk about him portal chopping an arm off but,,, it would be so easy. so quick

KoFi || Patreon

[theocannibalistic]

mistress of mushrooms, doula of death

ID: a digital drawing of Moonshine Cybin from Not Another D&D Podcast on a pink background. Moonshine is a fat crick elf woman with freckled olive green skin, gap teeth, brown eyes and dark red hair in braids, depicted from the waist up in green overalls. She has coral earrings, a necklace of teeth and a crown of gears. Different types of mushrooms sprout from her hair, skin and clothes. Pawpaw, a small possum, sits on her left shoulder while she scratches his ear.

[welcometogrouchland]

(ID in alt) hi sorry for back to back marvel fanart I swear I still have dc stuff lmao. However I did recently read X-Men: first class and got a bit carried away doodling this after Lmao

[agencyboys]

found this little snippet i wrote like a month ago, just a silly little idea, so it's not fleshed out lol

Charles confesses, and Edwin goes in for a kiss, but Charles stops him. Edwin is so confused, but Charles just goes, "Don't feel like you have to kiss me. We can be in love and not kiss. Just knowing that you know I love you is enough for me."

And Edwin is like ??? "I- That is absolutely lovely Charles, but why on earth do you think I was going to kiss you out of obligation and not simply because I wanted to?"

"Well, it was that first night, wasn't it? Asked if you missed kissing, and you said no. Figured it just wasn't something you were into. But- wait. You wanna kiss me?"

Edwin rolls his eyes, but it's pure affection. "With each passing second, it's becoming more of a need than a want Charles Rowland."