#so i hope a reblog is alright!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

MDZS Height Poll: Who is (technically) the tallest character. Please remember that these polls are for fun!

[hollowknighthelp]

Elder Hu?

I take it you're still fairly early on in the game, right?

Later in the game, you'll eventually get an item that completely trivializes his fight, to the point where he isn't even a challenge; just an annoyance that keeps trying to delay his inevitable defeat hdgdgsf. That's why you've seen people talking about how easy his fight is!

So, one option for you is to simply wait, if you'd like, and go back to him later, when you're guaranteed to have an easier time.

But, if you're desperate for his essence (or you just refuse to give up until you win), then:

Elder Hu is just. Very timing-based. I'll admit, I haven't bothered fighting him without the Trivializing Item since my very first Hollow Knight playthrough dgshshf.

I guess just take it slow, and don't get too greedy with the amount of hits you get on him in one go? It might also be best to stick closer to the middle of the arena, rather than the edges, so that you have two possible directions to dash in when he uses his main attack (the row of hammers with the gaps in between).

The only safe time you have to heal is during that attack with the pairs of hammers that start on each end of the battle area and move to the middle. And even then, that's only if you dodge past the hammers early on while they're still decently far from the middle. I wouldn't bother healing during his other attack; I don't think you have time.

One thing to note, though, is that unlike a lot of other Warrior Dreams, Elder Hu doesn't have any additional phases when he gets to a certain health. So if you only think you've made zero progress because you've never seen him change up his attacks, then you might actually be closer to beating him than you think!

Also, depending on how much you've upgraded your nail, Elder Hu will take somewhere between 50 and 31 nail hits to kill (which can be sped up by using spells)

As for Charms... Mark of Pride might make it so that you don't have to jump to hit him? But I'm not sure. If that is the case, though, then I could see that being helpful! Soul Catcher will help you get more SOUL to heal and cast spells, which could be helpful since you might not be able to get frequent hits on him. Shaman Stone is basically always good, and will mean that Vengeful Spirit will do more damage than your nail does (though it might already, depending on your nail). Though I forget if Elder Hu is susceptible enough to knockback for double Vengeful Spirit hits to be possible with him (a lot of Warrior Dreams are, though!). Similarly, Fragile Strength is always useful, but I totally understand if you don't want to risk breaking it. And I've never actually used Dashmaster before personally, but the faster dash cooldown might help you if you get into a bad situation? I'm not certain.

I know you won't have the Charm Notches for all of those, but you can pick a couple of em! Or if you'd like, you can tell me what specific Charms you have, and I can try to figure out a good set for you? I know this can't be your first visit to Fungal Wastes, since you have the Dream Nail, but I'm not sure what the rest of your equipment looks like.

I am STRUGGLING to beat this one dream warrior in hollow knight ok.

So I look up on yt, google how to beat this dream warrior. So I get pretty much zero results for this particular one, it's the one In the fungal wastes. The only results are: this one yt video of someone fighting it, a reddit post containing spoilers, and several people talking about how easy these guys are.

Like, BITCH! you call this EASY????? I've been at this one guy for HOURS and I e mae ZERO progress, and you call it EASY!

The mantis Lords were easier then this guy!

Anyway, if you have ANY tips at all for this guy, please let me know 😭😭😭

[njamil21]

"There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief." - Aeschylus

It's been so long since I touched watercolors and I've had this new paint set for a while now, so it felt like the perfect time to use it. This was another request for submitted through @twst-charity for Palestine and I was so happy to complete this! They requested creepy and cute Shroud brothers and I thought I would lean into the Greek underworld route since Idia is specifically based off of Disney's Hades. Designing his and Ortho's outfits were very fun, especially when I was able to incorporate some gold embellishments to their look to stand out and give a bit of an antique-like feel to the illustration. I liked it so much, I had to add gold to the flowers, skull, a tiny part of the pomegranate slices, and on the chalices.

Here is a better image of the glitter actually glittering but I had to tilt the image at angle for it to be seen so it's a bit cropped.

Thank you so much for donating, I adored working on this and I'm so glad that so many people are donating for the cause! If you would like to request an illustration for donation or just want to donate to other charity organizations, you can head over to @twst-charity and get started there!

Please do not edit or repost without information.

[professionalchaoticdumbass]

in the past week or so ive seen a lot of people posting about how there's this oversexualization of trans girls on the site, and I gotta agree, there are way too many people (including other trans women!) who act like we're all dtf 24/7 or always super kinky and horny. I've been tired of that stereotype for ages and i am saying this as a rather sexual trans girl myself...

...but I think people are overcorrecting a bit now, and are starting to veer into "trans women shouldnt be talked about sexually / need to be shielded from it" territory. and, to me, that's really dangerous, because outside of some queer spaces - and even within them- the sexuality of trans girls is heavily scrutinized, as is attraction to us. as much as I dislike certain aspects of the memes and jokes that kickstarted the stereotypes, I'm kinda grateful for them as well. girldick jokes helped with my bottom dysphoria, voice kink shit helped me like my voice, and the whole "tgirl tummy tuesday" thing gave me a lot of confidence in my body where I hated it before. I think this open appreciation of trans sexiness has done a lot for both me and others on tumblr.

again, obviously its got its problems - people end up assuming every trans girl is horny, or only spread positivity if its related to sex with us, and of course the people who do have dysphoria from the things that are being sexualized are left out (like those the "girls without dicks are like angels without wings" memes, ugh, feels icky every time). and on the note of comparing tgirls to angels, we also started getting treated like we're ethereal fertility goddesses and that t4t sex was some inherently sacred ritual. spoiler alert, trans girls are normal-ass people and t4t sex can be holy for the participants but its generally a pretty normal thing to do as well

coming back to the "don't sexualize trans girls" posts now, I think they were initially going in the right direction, but at this point I'm starting to raise an eyebrow at more than a few of them. I'm not gonna whip out the "youre a sex hating puritan if you post about it" accusation because that is obviously wrong but again, I think people are definitely overcorrecting and starting to turn this into a (false) dichotomy when it's not. its a complex topic and each individual trans woman will feel differently about it.

(I feel like the internet just erases any nuance in favor of a two-sided, highly polarized flamewar with unrealistic views on both sides. actually i wouldn't even say this is a super-nuanced discussion because its really not that hard to say "fetishization is bad, but so is suppression of sexuality". will this post just end up being a void scream and people will continue drawing lines between one side and the other? probably. but I am a stubborn bitch and I have hope that we can be reasonable.)

anyways I'll close this off by saying that I wrote this between around 1:30 and 2 AM on terrible sleep the night before, that I hope what I said is coherent enough, and that I will keep being a trans girl who is openly sexual, gets horny over other trans women, and is proud to be transsexy as fuck. I will keep being critical of jokes and trends and memes that stereotype us, even from our own community. I will keep being angry at how poorly us trans folks are treated with regards to our sex lives, bodies, and relationships between the two. I will keep loving and lusting over trans women without fetishizing them. And I will keep doing all of these til the day I die.

[httpiastri]

dear everyone,

a while ago, i hit 1.5k followers on this blog.... i didn't want to get too sappy but i really wanted to write something, so:

the fact that over one and a half thousand individuals follow me is truly insane and too much for my little brain to grasp. i want you to know that i'm so extremely thankful for each and every single one of you and this makes me so so so happy. this is way more than i ever had expected when creating this blog.

i made this account back in june purely for my own enjoyment; i created it mainly because i was disappointed in myself for having stopped writing, since writing has been such a big part of my life since forever. ever since i stopped writing about kpop, i had barely written anything at all... i made this account just for fun with no pressure and no expectations, and before i knew it, this blog turned into something so special for me. the blog, all of the people i've met through it and all of the moments we've shared, all mean the world to me.

honestly, i'm not sure what i would do right now if i didn't have this blog and this community. these last few months have been pretty rough for me, but i've always been able to come back on here and gain a smile or some laughter. you've all helped me so much, even if unintentionally – every single interaction helps me push forward. i'm eternally grateful for every single like, comment, reblog and ask i've received on here, and your kind words really do mean the world to me. i don't know where i would be without you.

i hit 1k a while ago but didn't celebrate it properly, so i decided to make an 1k/1.5k-celly that i will be releasing soon (when i have more time to actually write)(hopefully at the start of december). please stay tuned!

and once again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you all so so so much. you truly are the best. 🧡🧡

[plushri]

250,000 people turned up in London for Palestine yesterday! Make the next demonstration on Saturday 9th March even bigger, please show up if you can.

If you're in the UK, email your MPs and urge them to support the potential motion for ceasefire in Gaza tabled for 21st February.

All you have to do is enter your postcode at the site will generate an email to your MP for you! Then autofill your information and it will send the email. It takes a few seconds. No ceasefire, no vote!

From the river to the sea 🇵🇸❤️

[lost-in-fandoms]

hello don't come in my inbox telling me how i should feel and what i should and should not do thanks

[tiny-cloud-of-flowers]

"Well, well.. So it was you of all things that I sensed. Somehow, I had doubted your ability to exist here.. but it seems that you've been able to keep going, hm?"

My first proper MMD render for.. several months, ahaha, but also the first one of this year! It's of my Kingdom Hearts self-insert, Aria, being very comfortable yet ominous in the Realm of Darkness; specifically, the caption is her talking to Litas (@neuvilline's self-insert), upon meeting them again for the second time! I had a lot of fun trying to get the right vibes for this, even if actually deciding what Aria would look like at this point in time was.. somewhat of an ordeal, haha

Tag list: @starlit-selfships | @edencantstopfallininlove | @yoomtahsgf | @sunlight-ships | @dragonsmooch | @thatslikesometaldude | @kuroiikamen | @artificervaldi | @keyblade-ships | @seahydra | @dmclr | @neuvilline (to be tagged in future works of mine, please see this form!)

(Anyone is welcome to comment on and/or reblog my work, as long as my DNI is respected!)

[fledglingartisan]

@hxuse-of-muses​ continued from X

Bravad would follow closely behind Cosmos as he guided him along. Taking a second to look around the passageway that led through the mountain as he did so. It reminded him of the path leading to the balloon landing of the artisan lands, though this path was much more open then that one it looked like.

“I have to admit, the idea of magic sounded really interesting to me. The thought of being able to cast some sounds like it would be really fun to try and learn it.” Bravad would respond with a smile. “Really, I wouldn’t mind learning from all the realms, provided I get the opportunity to learn from them. I’m just very curious right now to see what the magic crafters are like in person. I’ve only read and heard about you all in the books we keep.”

It really didn’t surprise the young dragon the idea of Spyro himself showing interest in the magic crafters. Magic usually was something that would pique interest, especially from those who didn’t usually make use of it.

[dykeogenes]

i don't hate anyone as a matter of principle but if you're coughing on public transit without a mask on you are testing that principle in the strongest possible sense.

[flyingspicerack]

I felt compelled to draw a scene from the most recent chapter of my ichimatsu/oc fic…

So, hes practicing reading a note to a cat about how he wants Mao to call him ‘Ichimatsu-san’ instead of ‘Matsuno-san’

[roseytoesy]

couldn’t reblog this good take by @sixfromerie for some reason but I really liked it and wanted to share it. And add a little bit of my own words cause it inspired me!

don’t forget the prey! Maybe a bunch of borrowers getting onto phones left around. Maybe some regular humans or maybe other smaller beings or size shifters too! Lots of variety for those being eaten too!

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: August 23

“Mamushi” by Megan Thee Stallion (music video here) (and you know what while I'm at it music video for her song BOA also)

[the-hilda-librarians-wife]

Girls when the end of Sketchbook Week fills them with a melancholic yet unimaginable gratefulness and a contradictory nostalgia for the present moment. Girls when the feeling of community that was already there was enhanced by an event and they're emotional over people on their phone

[anthonysbabygirl]

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[rosicheeks]

You could post cute pics and get validation from strangers on the internet while you wait.

Fr tho I hope you're doing okay ❤️

What do you think I’ve been doing 😂😘