#sorry i can't explain myself

[andsewingishalfthebattle]

Novice sewing pattern: Cut out shapes. Line up the little triangles on the edges. Stitch edges together. We've also included step-by-step assembly instructions with illustrations.

Novice knitting pattern: yOU MUSt uNDerstANd thE SECret cOdE CO67 (73, 87, 93) BO44 (63, 76, 90) 28 (32, 34) slip first pw repeat 7x K to end *kl (pl) 42 * until 13" (13, 13, 15) join new at 30 pl for 17 rows ssk 27 k2tog mattress lengthwise BO and sacrifice a goat to the knitting gods. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT "INSTRUCTIONS," I JUST GAVE THEM TO YOU

[qiu-yan]

Serious Bitch Opinion: lan wangji...would be a terrible chief cultivator. yes, he is righteous and honorable and has a stalwart moral backbone. however, when you are given the responsibility of leading others, the impeccability of your own moral character must come second to what tangible results you can actually achieve for your people. and if you want to actually achieve any tangible results, instead of getting deadlocked forever or getting done in by your political enemies, you have to learn to compromise on some of your ideals. instead of freezing out the people you find morally despicable, you must learn to cooperate with them; otherwise, you will not achieve anything. and in order to achieve your goals, you must learn that not all of your goals are achievable--that, in order to get the more important of your desired measures passed, you must give up on some others.

now, this is almost the polar opposite of what MDZS as a text champions. arguably one of the central thematic thrusts of MDZS is the importance of not compromising on your ideals, even when it would be far more pragmatic to do so. thus, if lan wangji wanted to become a leader who could actually achieve things, he would have to directly contradict one of the most important messages of the very text that valorizes him.

the moral framework employed by MDZS to evaluate its characters and convey its themes is much more focused on ideals than on results. what matters to MDZS as a narrative is ultimately not the results of one's actions, whether one's righteousness led to joy or to ruin, but rather that one attempted to be righteous even in the face of almost inevitable failure. attempt the impossible, after all. the text of MDZS does not follow utilitarian ideas; it does not condemn wei wuxian for ultimately failing to save almost anyone. rather, wei wuxian's stalwart moral character is celebrated in spite of his failures because he, unlike everyone else, tried.

unfortunately--while someone who is only responsible for their own life can attempt the impossible, someone who is responsible for the lives of millions must instead achieve the achievable.

[rawliverandgoronspice]

I've been very slowly replaying the start of botw recently (as in: I'm still not out of Great Plateau) because I wanted a chill game on the Switch for when I'm deceased, which is a state of being I often find myself stuck in lately, and I have to say that... even if it's not revolutionary, the care and caftsmanship in setting up the stakes that is built up in the Great Plateau makes for a rough comparaison to TotK's Great Sky Islands. Dialogue feels like it's not a first draft. There is subtext. There is actual environmental storytelling with a well-trodded pacing in its revelations. There are questions the player will ask themselves organically, and then there are answers being provided. I don't feel like looking at wordcount right now, but I'm fairly certain, from gut feeling, that the wordcount for BotW's tutorial is way way low compared to TotK's, and yet we learn soooo much more.

Ok one could argue the end of the Great Plateau is where the story ends, and honestly, it's a fair critique --but that pretty elegant introduction to the world we get in the beginning is, in my opinion, was taught players to look for meaning in the environment, build up connections, unravel the past, and it might be a big factor in creating this very theory-heavy era of the Zelda fandom. It was interesting to revisit for this reason alone!

[owl-bones]

I mean, in defense of people who are hesitant about trusting fae dream... he did turn someone into an exotic pet before.

that didn't actually happen, that was just a drabble i developed and people asked for elaboration on sldfjlsfjs. it's technically a non-canon event, it's just on the blog and tagged and all that because it's still a (hypothetical) part of the story and there's some characterisation stuff in there. but the MC wasn't his pet, they were just a bird for the deal to work. he still treated them like a member of his court.

and i get where people are coming from, but if you're hesitant about trusting Dream you should extend that hesitancy to all the fae. especially Nightmare. between the two of them Nightmare is far more likely to trick you into a deal that you don't like, or that causes you to lose something of importance. it's just that nobody's asked about anything like that, so all they've seen is Dream being the poster-child for fae shenanigans lskdfjlsdsljfkd

like. Blue is the 'nicest' fae out of all of them when it comes to avoiding deals and giving humans leeway and helping them out, but that doesn't make Dream the worst (that'd be Killer)

tricks and wordplay are a major part of fae stories, and to ignore them completely to sanitise the characters and make them more approachable is disingenuous. Dream's a nice, friendly guy, yes, but he's still a fae and will trick you. Nightmare is cold and aloof but fair, and he will also trick you. Dream's not the bad guy, there is no bad guy, that is just their nature ദ്ദി ꒦ິ꒳꒦ິ )✧

[dafpork]

my master plan is i'm going to draw so much Dafpork that it makes everyone sick and then i'm going to post it on all accounts on all social media platforms and reblog it constantly and spam tags, and i'm going to keep doing this so much that any time you try to look up Daffy, anything at all, maybe even anything Looney Tunes related, it's all going to be Dafpork. google search will just be flooded with Dafpork. it's all going to be Dafpork. and then humanity will be saved.

[good--merits-accumulated]

going through some old left-for-dead projects and just found this one where I was like. INTENT on dissecting jeff's brain on the operating table (i.e. google docs) but only from todd's weird skewed pov

[professor voice] it's about brothers as eternal combatants and it's about being so convinced of your own goodness you excuse your shitty actions. it's also about comparing yourself to a dog because you feel less fully formed than your brother. lol.

[quaranmine]

On Wednesday before I gave my presentation I confessed to a new employee that I was worried it would be too long and she brightly told me her life hack was to just let AI rewrite things for her. She said I should put in all my talking points and ask ChatGPT to give me a five minute exactly presentation. I was like....how is the most polite possible way (since this is a new colleague I shouldn't get off on the wrong foot with) that I can express that I will Not be taking this advice. Ever. I told her that I didn't think we were allowed to use ChatGPT at this job (we most certainly are not, it is a nightmare for any type of protected information) and also that I prefer to write all of my own work. Despite my best efforts the last part of that was still passive aggressive, lol.

Something about being a writer makes it so that it's almost offensive to me for someone to suggest I use AI to do my work instead? Like, the day I reach the point where I let AI write something for me is the day y'all need to be checking me for brain damage because clearly I'm losing it

[sonicblueartist]

In here before he turned to Rayman ->

He was sulking, in deep thoughts.

Just look at him. I know we can't see his face but he is, of course, not all happy; bittersweet might be a better word to use then happy. He said so himself. He has regrets, he failed to save his friends. He is upset and mad at himself.

Why am I even saying this here? You guys already now this.

Yes, It's not a secret or anything. I just wanna point out how it effects him deeply.

While sipping his juice he is scolding himself maybe until he notice Rayman and turned to him a bit like; Oh, isn't this one and only Eden's favorite boy?

I thought maybe sipping his juice might be how he cops too lmao. To help him relax maybe and ease him down? He also offers one to Rayman too. To help him ease down? Or maybe he is just being friendly (which I don't believe that much)

He did show understanding and sympathy after he saw that Rayman learned he was being used. (He was calling him 'sir' he was clearly keeping his distance and making it clear that he didn't like him or what he had been doing with Eden. Though it quickly change and he called him 'mon ami' after he saw Rayman understand have been manipulated.)

[cconfusedkat]

Ok so um. Eventful first day. I have a blended schedule so i have short school days

Everyone is chill in algebra 1 nd academic literature ,,

History and english arw gonna be a bit of a problem cuz the 16-18 yr old boys are. Yknow. Probably gonna annoy me to death

And uhh homeroom is just homeroom

I masked really hard though nd came home sobbing just cuz im not gonna be used to masking again in a school setting,,

[dailyrosho]

[whosname]

[Id. A series of Gintama x Taskmaster pencil sketches 1-2 Kagura, Gintoki and Utsuro holding hands, expecting Shinpachi's (holding Hijikatas's hand) whistle. 3. Kagura holds a donut lifesaver with her mouth while Gintoki is screaming to someone on the audience and Utsuro stands there with a half amused half scared expression. 4. Utsuro is being dragged by the contestants. He looks surprised. 5. Hijikata has his donut lifesaver around his neck waiting for the task to end. 6. Gintoki is pointing at someone on the audience with a celebratory pose. End Id.]

Series 7, episode 6 final task. Starts at 38:26.

[suprababka]

NO!! It wasn’t asked because you haven’t written a lot— you have!!! I’m just super looking forward to a lot of the prompts (I’m a sucker for the hurt comfort that specifically comes from safeword use so I’m v excited for that)

Haha, I'm happy to hear it, thank you!😁💓 I was just half-joking (or was I?)😉 (sorry, I couldn't not have reference to this meme) I feel you though. I'm SO EXCITED to do and write many things, but alas, my university and work consume too much time and strength :((((( (I'm sucker for hurt/comfort as well😚) So yeah, I guess we all have to be patient😊

*this is me being sad because I really want to complete requests and start publishing headcanons, but unfortunately, not everything goes like we want to:

[lleechaeyoung]

I JUST REWATCHED PIWON MOVIE AND I HAVE THINGS TO SAY

[ihatedean]

watching people realize im on the spectrum by how hardly they try to make me look them in the eye is sad to witness

[cyberangelsoftware]

im like a gay man who's also a girl

[seven-oh-four]

my mom has joked that i'm probably the only food insecure kid* in this rich white neighborhood. i'm sure that's really funny for you!

*this was before i was an adult