#the build up is necessary

[obi-wann-cannoli]

On one hand I understand the complaints of how long Les Miserables is, and how the digressions can be frustrating.

On the other you these words hit much stronger after the 14 chapters describing the man who lives behind that door.

The Evening Of A Day Of Walking, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

[hesitationss]

anyone can make a zine, regardless of skill level or access to materials or design programs. all you need is paper, scissors and drawing utensils (although many people enjoy collaging!) web search "8 page 1 sheet zine how to".

everyone SHOULD make a zine too, you will feel so good about it ♡ it's about putting the power of production into the hands of the people! also you don't have to sell it or anything, you can just make one for yourself or trade/give some to friends!

i really love julia grofrer's guide to analogue self publishing aka making zines on 8.5x11 paper

and jaydragon/jdragsky's thread on staple's self serve print centres (if you're area does not have a local print shop, they probably have a staples or fedex print centre)

if you can't draw, here is twitter thread for public domain art and also a mini summary of when thing enter creative commons (generally 70 years after artist death in the US and CAD)

i also have a DIY zine page on my art blog that i am dedicated to updating as i find more resources! (not accessible through tumblr mobile app, mobile friendly, just open the link in a browser)

go make some zines!!!

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

"contentment in singleness" doesn't require you to stop desiring marriage & family. it doesn't require you to stop pursuing marriage & family.

Christians are called to be content in any situation--that doesn't mean we abandon all our good desires and concrete goals.

contentment is to trust/rest in God's promises to love you, provide for you, and make you holy.

you can do all of those things, and earnestly want and seek a husband.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord. Proverbs 18:22

"Favor from the Lord" meaning, of course, blessing as the result of a life molded by wisdom.

Now, how can one find a good wife without seeking? Seek without wanting? And how can wisdom and contentment be mutually exclusive?

[lizzybeanbutt]

now that you mention it, yeah kabru is kind of an ibex

trying to pin it down but I don't feel confident on my grasp of kabru's characterization (depsite him being my favourite guy. you know how it is) but like. Kabru is a nicer ibex. Ibex is kabru but he's no longer asking. Ibex is a kabru but he's not afraid to let outright enemies stay on the board if he knows he'll win the overall battle. I think Kabru would make a better candidate of rightousness. I need a two way au and we're gonna send the dunmeshi cast to divine cycle space and we're throwing the kingdom crew in a last ditch dungeon crawl

@arcnoise tagging just in case

[quirkle2]

first amv be nicies to me about it or else

[kkildeer]

what do you mean. mom what do you mean

[intotheelliwoods]

I have one more thing I want to work on before I get back into updating 2AL regularly, but until then......

[azems-familiar]

you know what? like, no, actually, i don't want to see endless reblogs of gifs of people punching nazis with trite comments underneath like "likes charge reblogs cast" or "here's some positive cleansing energy for your blog". actually i want to know what concrete steps you're going to take to support the vulnerable people in your life, because personally, just a hot take here, but i actually believe that it's more important to care for people and act out of love and compassion than it is to act out of hatred and idolize violence. not that anyone would care about this. i swear it's all just some fantasy where people are so excited they finally get to be violent because they actually only care about getting to be the oppressors and have their turn as the boot on someone's neck.

they've been doing this to jews for over a year now, after all.

[m4gp13]

You ever think Ethan was an Ace Attorney kid?

[taz-writes]

here's a hot take for today

the narrative function of sex is the same as the narrative function of fight scenes is the same as the narrative function of songs in a musical

no i will not explain

[bookshelf-in-progress]

There's always a danger of caring too much about a story, and then getting paralyzed by the need to do it justice, so it never gets written.

I've solved this problem in the past by writing stories so fast that I don't have time to get too invested, or writing stories that I'm not that attached to.

But maybe the trick is to love the story so much that I want to share it any way I can, even if it's imperfect. To feel that any version of this story is better than the story never getting written at all. To get out of my own way and stop worrying about what other people will think of my writing, or even what I think of my writing, and love the story for its own sake, love the readers enough to want to have the joy of sharing the story with them.

Maybe it'll work. Maybe it won't. But so far it feels like a much better approach.

[magnolia-sunrise]

okay i had to go deal with some black mold situation but now i can sit down and talk about it ----, due to the somewhat similar pose i was reminded of this piece from last year, that at the time cost a lot of time and effort and was the ultimate nail in the coffin of succumbing to the OC insanity

and! im really happy about what i managed to do with it then, but also haha holy fuck! i love my painting process now and how much it has evolved! i feel very happy with the brushes ive been experimenting with and how much better i feel ive gotten about conceptualizing values and light. very proud of how far i've come in terms of painting these two :")

yapper's delight corner: side by side these are kind of After and Before a life changing event for the two of them,

todays piece, ie Before: as in Wolfgang suspects they might be walking into an ambush following their latest lead, and they stop by Bastien's clinic for - something? anything. a reason to stay. after their routine check up and memory upload, they push in for a kiss and while at first Bastien gives in,... he doesnt let himself act on his feelings or let himself have something he wants (partially due to the loyalty he feels to his boyfriend, largely because he's unable to commit and make the decision to change his life so much). so, rejected for one final time, Wolfgang walks off into the night and to their doom.

what that night spurs - Wolfs violent death and beheading, the clinic and all of its precious materials torched with Wolfgang's body tossed inside as a message, Bastien finding them and driving away with their body without saying a word to his boyfriend-- nothing can ever go back to the way it was.

and there's the After, from last year: back when painting this i didn't have a solid idea for continuation of their story past this point basically Until i finished the painting and i got some visions thanks to my playlists. to keep it short, their death doesn't stick for too long (just. a couple months of Bastien driving with their lifeless body in the backseat) and the two of them are set on a very dangerous path, the burned remains of their lives behind them. but - it's the most alive both of them have ever felt : )

[ultrakatua]

Here is chapter 2 (that I somehow managed to edit back to 9k orz)

Best summarised by "at least it's an all-inclusive package!!!"

Thank you to everyone for the kind comments <3

[sergle]

girl i dont know how you didnt slap that doctor in the face after telling you to lose weight id be so mad

tbh that was the part of the appointment that I EXPECTED, it's just so routine to be quizzed about my weight anytime I'm doing something medical. the part that I didn't expect was the nip-handling and him telling me I'd have undesirable results if I got a reduction, and would need implants, adding the cost of a whole new surgery onto my hypothetical plans.

[demenior]

“Just find Artagan. That’s how you can be useful.” There’s heat in Jester's voice when she responds, as if she’s offended that he’s asking her to do anything to help him. “I’ve tried! I’ve tried everything!” Fjord grabs his things, and turns to head for the door, “it sure looks like you’re trying.” “Why do I have to fix all of your mistakes?” she shouts after him, “you’re being such a dick!” Fjord rounds on her, “I’m saving us! Why do you keep making things so difficult?” Jester flinches. Fjord wants parting remarks from her. A reason to slam the door on his way out. He doesn’t expect the hitch in her breath. “Why— why do you hate me?” Jester whimpers. And then, to Fjord’s horror, she starts crying.

Read chapter 26 here

[icewindandboringhorror]

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