#the sewing friend™

[flavinbagel]

Rarity. Colorado USA (Bagel insert big WEED joke here b4 posting thx)

okay i got a lot of funny horse followers so im gonna try something fun and silly

reblog or comment your favorite member of the mane six and then what country you are from (and if its from the USA, what state)

[radioisntdead]

Hello, can we have a hc Overlord!Parental Figure reader for Velvette? I just think it would be silly to have us scolding Velvette at the Overlord Meeting. Also I wish to be tall, between Carmilla and Rosie's height-🙃

Good evening my dear! I do hope you enjoy these! Also I felt that wish to be tall.

Parental figure overlord! reader x Daughter figure! Velvette headcanons

She made sure you wouldn't be at the overlord meeting where she sung respectless because if you were there and she pulled that stunt with the angel's head and the music number with Carmine, she would've been smacked.

I'm thinking you were one of the first overlords she met after she died, she got lucky that you immediately viewed her as a child figure because otherwise she would NOT be where she was today.

She'd be dead or worse.

I imagine back in the early days you just showed up with her to Rosie's like "This is my disrespectful child! Velvette! Say hi to Miss Rosie!" "no."

You taught her practically everything you know about being an overlord.

You let her slide with her behavior most of the time, mostly with regular sinners or hellborn, but with overlords? You shut that shit DOWN, especially if you consider some of them, Like Carmilla Carmine or Zestial, friends of yours.

Like Velvette chill the fuck out those are your godparents.

Forbid that you WERE at the meeting with the musical number she's getting YOINKED off the table, you're tall, she's short it's not a tough fight.

At regular overlord meetings whenever she starts getting too feral, you just give her the mom look™ or the dad look™

Or whatever the middle version of that is, the grunkle stan look??™

And she chills out.

Or if that doesn't work a "Velvette." In a certain tone does the trick.

You see Vox and [Vomiting noises] Valentino as her little friends, you don't take them seriously despite having a couple of business deals with Vox.

Y'all have little Parent child days that involve going out to eat, spa, movies or something etc etc with matching outfits obviously.

You know how some kids have a separate social media account from their parents? Well she can't exactly do that so she just sets it up to where you can only see SOME of her posts.

Speaking of her social medias guess who gets mother's Day/father's day posts dedicated to them?

You!

You know that one thing that's like "THIS HOUSE IS A FUCKING NIGHTMARE" with the dude getting on the refrigerator that's Velvette with you sometimes.

You may or may not live in the vee tower no one knows you just kinda, appear.

Sometimes if your scolding Velvette and Vox or [more vomiting noises]Valentino walk in, they get roped into it.

Thankfully the only one that actually gets beaten is Valentino

Sometimes when you visit Carmilla you drag Velvette with you to have a playdate with Carmilla's daughters while you and Carmilla have like, tea or a business meetings.

Whenever she's sick, you come in CLUTCH bringing in soups, meds, tucking her in and making sure she rests.

For your birthdays she makes your present [which is usually some type of clothing] personally, like she's the one sewing.

It needs to be perfect for her parent, and the fools working under her would NOT make it perfectly.

She WOULD not tell you that she's the one that makes it herself.

You definitely bring her something whenever you visit her, like she's a spoiled brat for a reason, veruca salt but better, more ironic and less annoying.

Good evenin' folks! I hope y'all enjoyed! I rewatched Velvette clips while writing and lowkey forgot how iconic she is, anywho as always thank you for tunin' on in!

[dollsahoy]

The craft thrift store is expanding, and to help clear out the store in preparation for the construction work, they had a "take whatever you want for whatever donation you want to give" sale, which also included about 30 bins of outright "just take it" free stuff

Now, as much as I love thrifting and crafts, I know that the normal "everything you can fit into a basket for $20" and "everything in the store for $1 or less" and "teachers fill a basket for free" type sales the store has are, to put it politely, feeding frenzies, so I stay far, far away from those

My friend, however, was in the area that day and decided to stop by. They reported spending two hours digging through the free stuff (unknown how much effort was spent fending off other customers) and leaving with about 40lbs of Stuff (they did also go inside and get "whatever donation you think it's worth" stuff, for which they paid the prices on the tags)

ANYWAY

I saw the friend the other day and they gave me some stuff they'd picked out for me, which was mostly jewelry and sewing stuff. Included in the jewelry stuff was...this

Now. I do very much remember the late 80s/early 90s assortment of badly painted and dubiously sculpted resin craft heads, meant to be adorned with beads and charms and lace or Friendly Plastic™ and made into things like this

but I don't at all remember legs

so now I have legs and actually don't know how to use them

[gamerbearmira]

In your new au, what happens when all the kids realize their parents are gone?

Ummmm I guess building on that one idea (the only one), the Encanto is essentially run by the kids. The oldest kids among them are like 13, and everyone else is younger. One of the other things about this idea I had was that they were stuck in time.

Closest they have to an adult is Casita

At first, it's like a giant party. No adults??? That means they can do whatever they want! But they quickly realize that there are no adults...anywhere in the Encanto. They're just gone. It doesn't take long for them to flock to Casita, cause everyine knows the Madrigals can solve anything. They basically have to adapt, and it takes months to do so. Thankfully most of the older kids can cook, so they weren't just going hungry.

Most of, if not all of the kids pretty much uprooted their lives and brought them to the houses closest to Casita. The older kids realized it was WAY too risky for all of them to be soaced out like that, especially with the toddlers and few babies that there were.

They essentially take over whatever roles their parents, grandparents, older siblings, ANY adults have. Say what you want about kids, but they can smart when they want to, and they spend a lot of time outside and are very observant. And they can read. Follow instructions. And while kids are hard headed, they learn after failing the first few times.

Yes they dress up as the adults. What else can they do?? Not many of them know how to sew, and they can't wear the same clothes everyday, when so few kids know how to wash clothes.

Antonio will likely just spawn in the nursery, idk. Idk he'll be a baby or automatic 4 (before his ceremony). If so, then basically he'll be pumped with Camilo and Mirabel and they'll just be the new triplets ™

Also, it's not just the "Madrigals" anymore. Because they're such close friends, the Guzmán's, meaning Mariano and his younger siblings, basically move into Casita to help out the other Madrigal kids.

That's all I've got so far. I was toying with the idea that the doors for the adults also disappear. They're replaced with other doors for the Guzmán children (because it's pretty much Madrigal-Guzmán after a certain point).

[nadiajustbe]

I will NEVER shut up about how the whole Justin and Ben plotline fits the whole "fairytale satire" narrative so hilariously perfect, you don't even have to put any effort to make it work.

You know what every old fairytale had to have? A Prince. A Prince saving the Princess, the love of his life, trapped by the main antagonist of the story (usually evil stepmother or — even more classically — the dragon) and this usually involves the Prince risking his life for the Princess™.

And yes, the trope kinda fits Sophie and Howl, considering the end of HMC, but it also fits Ben and Justin, especially concerning Justin is, in fact, the Prince.

Ben was used by WotW as a lure for Justin and it worked almost flawlessly. Justin was ready, and in fact, did figuratively and literally layed his head for the chance to find and save his friend from the main antagonist™.

And the irony of the situation is that, fist of all, there's no actual Princess, there's only the Royal Wizard (although who says he cannot be the love of Prince's life). But also that, unlike the classic Prince or Howl he didn't succeed. He literally died trying to find Ben, then got sewed into a weird Perfect Man, and the other part of him got threw out into another man. He literally died — all because he went to say the Beautiful Princess from the Horrible Dragon and fucking FAILED.

And yet it fits so well.

[unorchido]

Funfacts

Have fun

Neither Narrator nor Stanley can cook, Timekeeper does the cooking.

Narrator calls Timekeeper 'Time boi' while Stanley calls them 'Dickweed'.

Timekeeper loves millipedes. Also they used to owe a corn snake.

Kevan's (Swap!Narrator's) cat, Rambo, is Line™.

Kevan doesn't like sweet, meanwhile Director (swap!Stanley) has sweet tooth.

Narrator has little to no control over his hair. They're like snakes. Just lines™.

Amadeo makes cocktails down at the Lovebug's (a place in hell, lust ring), while working at a coffeshop on Earth.

Amadeo can sew and make plushies and pins.

Timekeeper owes 5 different animal skulls and two human skulls.

Kevan is obsessed with 19th century medicine.

Stanley isn't mute, he just doesn't like to speak in public and to those he doesn't like.

Curator and Narrator are related by blood, making them siblings, but sometimes they treat each others like strangers.

Timekeeper isn't allowed to bring Kevan to board meetings.

The bucket used to be a friend of Narrator.

Gambhorra'ta and Essence are the parental figures to the Proctors.

Proctors had to die to earn their proctorhood.

Mariella is obsessed with shiny things.

Timekeeper and Narrator are the middle children.

Narrator can play on a guitar, Stanley plays on saxophone, Curator plays on a violin and Timekeeper plays on the piano.

Amadeo, Stan (LB!/not Stanley) and Valentine (THE Lovebug, looks like Narrator) are in a relationship. Yes, the three of them.

Amadeo once accidently called Narrator dad.

Timekeeper doesn't have a binder, and they can't afford a top surgery so they wear oversized hoodies.

Curator is responsible for the crew because she was responsible for Narrator when they were younger.

Kevan has phobia of fire, loud noises and explosions.

Narrator is a pyromaniac.

Director and Kevan aren't in a relationship. Director takes the rule 'Not To Fall For Your Creation' way too seriously.

Timekeeper hates the smell of smoke.

Amadeo hates bright lights, they prefer dim or no lights at all.

Director is colorblind to red. His glasses are colorblind glasses.

Each proctor has their own type of bird wings; Narrator is a hooded crow, Timekeeper is a snowy owl, Curator is a peacock and Director is a bald eagle.

Proctors can purr.

Narrator is the only one who has fingers and claws on his wings.

Kevan and Stan are PARABLES. Stanley is a KEEPER and Amadeo is an EXEMPLUM.

That's all so far 👍

[tigersharktheautisticseawing]

GUYS OMG I JUST FIGURED THIS OUT IN THE SHOWER

SO YOU KNOW HOW IN S2 EP4 BLITZ DOESN'T VISIT STOLAS IN THE HOSPITAL

WELL IO THINK I JUST FIGURED OUT WHY

SO IN OOPS FIZZAROLLI SAYS THAT NO ONE TOLD HIM THAT BLITZ CAME TO VISIT HIM

AND BLITZ SAID THAT THAT THEY TOLD HIM FIZZ DOESN'T WANT TO SEE HIM

AND ALSO WHEN HE TRIED TO VISIT BARBIE WIRE IN HOSPITAL AND EVENTUALLY FOUND HER SHE SAID SHE NEVER WANTS TO SEE HIM AGAIN

SO HE PROBABLY SUBCONCSIOUSLY WAS SCARED THAT STOLAS HATES HIM NOW

ALSO I THINK I KNOW WHO TOLD BLITZ THAT FIZZAROLLI DIDN'T WANT TO SEE HIM

So the person responsible NOT ONLY told Blitz that he doesn't want to be seen, but ALSO told Fizz that he wasn't seen

So if only the first one was true you could argue that was just someone that thought that Fizz won't want to see the person who almost killed him on his birthday

BUT, the person didn't tell Fizz about anything

Now, considering the huret Fizz expressed in Oops, it's safe to assume that the effect of the presumed willing absence of Blitz was visible from the outside

Meaning that any person who made an honest mistake would tell him and maybe even call Blitz back in

But, they didn't

Meaning that it had to be someone who didn't give a SHIT about Fizz's emotional health and about Blitz in his entirety

Now, I know a person that fits the description

Cash Buckzo

Also known as Blitz's dad

Think about it

It's clear that he doesn't give a rat's ass about Blitz, his biological son, but does kinda care for Fizz

But the fact that he was willing to sell either of them to Paimon meant that he didn't care for him as a person

He cared for him as a star preformer

He cared for what was basically his property

Now, why would he did what was described to happen in the series?

Imagine you have a teddy bear. It's your favorite, it's soft, the perfect size, as firm as you want, and you cuddle it every night.

Now imagine you also have a friend who loves your teddy bear

He makes little dresses for the bear, always plays with him when coming over, gives compliments and sometimes brings him up in conversation

Now, one day, he accidentally tears the bear's limbs off

There's stuffing everywhere, your friend is apologizing, you call up a different friend who can sew, but the bear is visibly re-sewed, not as firm as before, a bit less comfortable and visibly damaged

So you tell your friend that he can't come over again, because he tore your teddy bear apart

To make sure he never breaks the bear again

And that's what I think is going on with Cash and Fizz

He doesn't see Fizz as a person, but as an object

So it would make sense that he wouldn't want the thing that destroyed the object around it, now would it?

Anyway, that was my analisys™, leave your thoughts down below and I bid you a good day

[rapid-artwork]

After honing my cartoon-ing skills a bit further, I've moved on to making some new characters for a secret project. Studying the Cartoon Network™ style has paid off.

Names subject to chance, but for now let's meet Charlie and Penny.

Charlie (Lee to his friends, Charlie to his teachers, Charles to his parents whenever he is in trouble.) He is the ultimate big brother. He just turned 13 and is convinced that he is the coolest person to ever exist. He even has his own Palm Pilot Handi-Man™ 20X6! He definitely didn't steal it from his dad's office, so don't even ask!

His RCA-Lyra Portable Music Player™ is filled to capacity with all the hottest MP3s. (Literally just the Kingdom Hearts OST and nothing else.) He knows all the cheat codes to every Sega Dreamcast game, and just last week he got to see his first PG-13 movie! (Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World, he hasn't seen the first one and probably isn't aware it exists.) He was very brave and only cried a few times!

He spent all of his allowance on a pair of ripped jeans but his mom made him sew patches on the knees so his legs wouldn't get cold.

He can and will die for Penny at the drop of hat.

Penny: (Short for Penelope, but she tells everybody that it's short for "Dollar", exactly 99 cents short. She's very proud of that joke and tells it everybody.)

She is the ultimate little sister. She is 10 years old and is very nervous about what happens when you are too old to count your age on your fingers. She loves playing with her dolls, and listening to her favorite death metal band, 𝕲𝕺𝕺𝕱𝖄 𝕺𝕮𝕿𝕺𝕭𝕰𝕽 (Goofy October; the most intense PG rated death metal band in all of Canada.)

She has a bad relationship with the local dentist because she refuses to stop chewing on the cool rocks she finds in the woods behind her school. She has destroyed multiple retainers with great prejudice and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.

Literally everyone loves Penny and finds it impossible to say a bad word about her no matter how hard they try. Every single person in town is terrified of what might happen if she gets too sad. It is foretold in the ancient scriptures that if Penny cries for more than 60 seconds the entire world comes to a violent end.

These two are gonna be protagonists in a fun little video game I'm pitching. It will be very weird.

In process sketches I made in designing their character below the cut:

Charlie had Johnny Bravo energy from the beginning. It was pivotal that he wasn't just "cool" but specifically what a 13 year old THINKS is "cool"

Penny's design was nearly perfect from the get-go, but I had to get the hair just right. She feels like a mix of every single KND character and I like that.

[pants-magic-pants]

✧⊹JARETH BALLROOM COAT⊹✧

[This post is part of a series about constructing Jareth's entire masquerade ball costume. Visit the master post here.]

Fabric Selection [Part 2 of 2] The Drama of the Lining

Hello all you fine goblins, goblinettes, masqueraders, bog creatures(?)... I'm back to ramble a lot, and unless you are really into sewing or want to make this coat, this post will probably bore the hell out of you but by all means here it is.

Firstly I want to say that I'm part of a Labyrinth cosplay group now, have a beautiful Sarah waiting for me in just a state above, a masquerade dancer who is already my good friend, and we'd love to do a dreamy photoshoot for everyone at a ballroom or wedding venue somewhere between us. However, I'm financially strained. I'm working extra shifts, offering commissions, etc, but it's only doing so much. If you've made it this far and have been appreciating any of my content, please consider tipping the blog. All the posts have a button that looks like this ($). Please help us unite. Please please, throw a dollar into my guitar case, won't you?

ANYHOO! I'm not good at lining, as I think I've mentioned. There's a lot more I need to learn to get it looking good and structured, and in this case there was so much gravity working against it too. I also am sure you notice that there are ghastly black stitches across the middle of the pleats on the inside... had thought that wouldn't be showing... whoops.

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We’ll start with the creamy, slightly sparkly, crimped(?) fabric that lines the tail first. It doesn’t appear to be lurex/foiled silk or satin, as it seems to be even lighter weight than those fabrics. That’s the first thing that I would say is important about picking this lining: it needs to be something SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT.

The reason being that, at least for the way I did the pleats, there was as much of it needed as the velvet, as it all got folded together. Even if you didn't do it this way, you would only want to add the least amount of extra weight as possible, using something that is still durable and isn't going to blow every which way.

That made the search pretty limiting, as did the fact that it needed to be opaque, flowy, and non-stretchy. Originally when I began searching, I was looking for things like organza or chiffon with crimps/ridges, which looked very pretty, but they were too sheer unless layered, and layering would have made them too stiff. 

After doing further research post-completion of the coat, viscose seems like it would have looked and behaved correctly, since it's soft, light, non-stretchy and not sheer, but apparently it isn't the most environmentally friendly fabric, so it’s something to consider. There's also cupro, though I've never gotten my hands on either of these so it's hard to say that definitively. It’s supposed to have a similar appearance and drape as silk, but it's not quite as shiny. It's opaque, and unless it's mixed with elastane or rayon it's not supposed to be very stretchy either, which leads me to…

What not to use: a stretchy fabric, like for any lining on any project. I already made that clear, but did I follow my own advice? Not this time. I got fed up with fabric drama and settled for a very pretty but stretchy foiled fabric, hell if I know what it was because it was late one evening at Jo-Ann Fabric, and I was Over That Shit™ and suffered a lapse in judgment. The result was slight warping from over-handling, and the entire seam between it and the inner facing was bubbly. I’m still kicking myself. Shoulda’ gone home. Shoulda’ said “no, Jo-Ann.”

Here's what I used. Yeah, it's pretty right? But that's all it is.

Another thing to note is that there are subtle ridges in the bottom lining. Not pleats, but like, crimping? It’s a very similar texture to Sarah’s dress. Searching for terms related to ridges would help find something similar, and as for colors, I searched for mainly creams, or borderline beige. Sometimes “champagne” also yielded good results. It’s definitely not white or even ivory, as white will turn the color scheme of the coat way too cold, stark, and sterile. Ivory (while warm-toned) may have the same effect. 

It helped me to look at a color wheel and decide the most complimentary combination based on the exact shade of blue that my velvet was. The ballroom coat’s actual shade of blue may seem to vary based on the photograph, but after seeing a lot of reference photos, I started to be able to tell which ones had been, em, tweaked, enhanced, etc. and that tended to be the ones that presented it as electric blue or leaning towards turquoise. The true shade seems to be like one shade cooler than true-blue. Am I making sense?

Given that, the lining’s shade of cream would need to be basically a pure cream color, not leaning towards rosy/orange NOR towards green on the color wheel, in order to be complimentary. However, for anyone who’s making the coat who wants to use a warmer shade of blue for the velvet, this is perfectly fine, it just will change just about every other color choice that you make, down to the color of the jewels and buttons. You may find that all your other blues need to be warmer shades, and that a rosier cream lining (champagne) looks best. 

Before moving on to the top lining, I want to mention that there is - strangely – a piece of cream colored tulle in the back? Not sure how that looks if you were to open the coat and look in, and since I couldn’t think of a way to make that look good, I didn’t include it. 

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The top lining! We can’t see what’s in there, so this comes down to intuition and preference. I wanted a fully lined coat that looked good and had an aesthetically pleasing transition from one fabric to another, so I pretty much lined the top as if it was its own mini jacket, and I chose satin in a slightly lighter shade of cool blue. A little too light to be called navy but I’m sure people still would call it that.

I wouldn’t recommend using the same fabric used on the tail for the top because the fabric for the tail seems too textured to be smooth enough to get in and out of without issues. Best to stick with classic lining: silk or satin, in blue or a neutral that would match something else on the coat. Black, cream, maybe even dark/metallic grey or silver? The extra challenge of using a shade of blue is that you’d have to be very discerning about whether or not it matched. I had to take the velvet with me everywhere when making my decisions.

Almost nothing featured here is what I used, but here's me being diligant and bringing my swatches everywhere.

Not only did the color have to match, but the texture and amount of shimmer also mattered. Super matte silks/satins seemed to anchor down the splendor of the sparkling velvet too much. The really shiny fabrics looked best. I settled for something a little more subdued, but okay. It was okayyyy. Again, I was Over It™. 

Well, was that super interesting, or what?

[paradox-time]

@basil-does-arttt

Heeeeyyyy, thanks for giving me an excuse to ranttt <3<3

Ok so, I saw a post of yours that was something like "what about gortash do fans find appealing?”

I'm going to try my best to answer why some of us are fans of this Absolute Shitbag (pun intended)

Some of my credentials, I've played the game for over 700 hours over about 4 months, seen, made, and interacted with tons of fan content and talked about it at length with other fans and unwilling friends. I make it my job to know every single scrap of Lore the game has to offer, going to stupid lengths to read all the books and letters hidden throughout the game, I also savescum the hell out of dialog options so I don't miss any exposition. I've played a tav twice and a dark urge 8 times, plus started but never finished other origin playthroughs.

Safe to say. I am deranged. (Yay hyperfixation)

Anyway, Enver Gortash is one of my favorite villains in fiction. This does not, in any way, mean that I admire or excuse any of his actions. I don't find him handsome or charming. He isn't redeemable or even likable in any capacity as a person.

The entire main theme of the game is whether or not the characters perpetuate the cycle of abuse or break it. You see that with Astarion, he either kills Cazador and forges his own future as a freed spawn, or ascends, and becomes someone who is just as bad and abusive as Cazador. You see it with Shadowheart in whether she chooses to live a life under Shar's cruel influence, or leave her past behind her and embrace Selúne. You see it in Gale and whether he ascends to Godhhood and is nothing like the kind and inquisitive person he once was, or leaves Mystra and his life as an archmage behind to live a life of quiet comfort where he can follow his passions and teach people like he should have been taught instead of isolating students like how mystra and elminster isolated him.

Many more examples blah blah blah

Ok, a lot of people (wrongly) try to justify and apologize for everything gortash has done by pointing at his backstory like a gotcha thing.

Gortash's parents sold him into slavery when he was very young to pay off their debts. The person who then raised and owned Gortash was none other than the ultimate slimeball, Raphael the Cambion. In this environment, Gortash grew incredibly bitter and started to worship Bane, the god of Tyranny, Dictatorship, Strife, and Subjugation. This was because he believed he was owed power over others for everything he was put through. He then becomes a slave trader, selling Karlach to Zariel is one notable example, a war profiteer and arms dealer, he keeps the families of his prisoners held hostage in an underwater prison that was rigged to explode and then subsequently flood if any of his factory staff tried to escape. His workers were also made to wear fucking bomb collars. He sews bigotry in the general public by not letting refugees in the city and controlling the media (newspapers and posters). His entire goal and religious doctrine is founded on the belief that it is his divine right to control and oppress people.

It has been so freaking long since I've found a piece of media that had an actual villain, but still kept said villain's story and motives interesting! Lots of modern media really tries to go the formulaic propaganda villain route. “Character A wants to do the right thing. Character B wants to do the right thing but does it in a BAD and DiSrUpTiVe way!! Gasp!! Villain!” I think it's supposed to endorse and enforce moral superiority of centrists, yuck. but that's a Different Tangent™.

I feel like there are a lot of fans that think that in order to like a character, they have to be morally palatable and pg or whatever. I see lots of fans that can't fathom liking a character that is genuinely evil and a bad person. So they just. Ignore the entire central point of the character.

Gortash sucks ass. If I met him in real life I would beat his ass into the dirt. But he isn't real. And fiction, especially interactive fiction, is an amazing way to explore darker themes in a safe and controlled environment. This is amazing for dozens of reasons, including exploration of catharsis.

I like Gortash because he amazing as a Villain. His story is super connected to the themes of the game. His acting is done with so much care and talent from the production team at Larian.

Fans who fawn over and woobify him. Umm. Do better. Get media literate please. No hate, love all the gortash content, especially in relation to the Dark Urge's story line. But please stop pretending he isn't as bad as he is. That's one of the main things I find compelling about him as a story device in the first place. You can like evil characters because they're fake.

Ummm conclusion…. Yeah. I like Gortash because he makes a fun story.

[suga-with-a-cup-of-tae]

Finished reading the latest chapter translation of *Hirano to Kagiura* and I'm just so-

It took me 30 minutes to just read the whole thing with how much I was fangirling, it's honestly hilarious how I can become so un-serious once a particular BL I've been reading comes out with a new chapter for me to fawn over. 😅

We've got some new developments in ways of more sprinklings of information about Kagi-kun and Hirano's progressing relationship. The Brick™ realized that Kagiura was into him way back then, and Kagi's smile is just so teasing yet soft towards him, this scene alone melted my heart with how they interacted.

The next day, Kagi's button comes undone and when Hirano passes by, he's then handed a sewing kit by Niibashi (Kagi's best friend) and then ensues some more revelations for readers. There's a lot of flipping cute scenes in this damn chapter (I have too many of them backed up on my phone alone lol), but the main focal point of this release was most likely an introspection into Hirano and Kagi's differing love languages. Kagi emphasizes more on physical touch to get his affections across to the person he loves, which is shown with a majority of his initiatives of the 10-second rule he places on himself to touch Hirano (with the blonde's consent, of course).

Hirano, on the other hand, prefers to spend quality time with the people he cares about. That's clearly shown throughout the majority of the manga, but it's given emphasis in this particular chapter as Hirano makes the observation that while Kagi might have his heart racing whenever he's near or touching the blonde, Hirano doesn't have that same experience.

Rather, it's in the way his actions allow him to optimize the time he has with his kouhai, such as tutoring him during exam season and trying out basketball and letting Kagi help him to get better in the sport. It's in his nature to always make way for Kagi and that's probably been cultivated to the point that he's unconsciously giving so much time to be with Kagi, though he has yet to fully realize the implications of having those actions interpreted within a romantic sense.

He's also given more of a push towards his ambiguous relationship with Kagi when Miyano makes an off-hand comment about how a BL character kept thinking about how he wanted to see the person he loved, and Hirano's thoughts always seem to end up with him thinking of Kagiura. He ***realizes*** this, and instantly gets pissed. 😂

Feelings are hard to decipher, so I relate to Hirano on this point. At least The Brick™ has come to numerous revelations that will point towards the direction of his feelings. It's buried deep in there, but he truly does love Kagiura so much, he's just so deep into it that he hasn't yet deciphered it as such. It's so obvious in the way he takes care for Kagi and how much he gives his time, how willing he is to give into Kagi's whims, and how he brightens so much to the point of being blinding. Progress has been made, and he just needs a lot more time before he finally realizes it.

[hempseeeeds]

Evacuation Pillow/Travel Pillow

So, If you have lived in your current Home for decades, and have had some disposeable income to spend on Stuff™ during at least some of that time, and you want to declutter and downsize (in preparation of a move, or for other reasons), OR If you are helping a Friend or Family member who has lived in the Same place for decades, to declutter and downsize, OR If you are cleaning Out someone's Home after their death, you will probably find both several different inflateable pillows (because these sometimes come as company-logo-printed free Gifts with Beach- and Camping-related products, or maybe the first one was an Impulse purchase aboard an airplane in the 90s) and several throw-Blankets made of thin Polyester Fleece (because before microplastics were evil, a Lot of people seemed to think that a 5-10€ fleece blanket was a more appropriate Birthday Gift for a new friend they don't yet know Well enough to Shop for, than the WRONG Candy or toiletries or books). Before you get rid of those, take a few minutes to figure Out which of them make the best Matched Pair. To do that, fold all the blankets down to small rectangles in the way that seems Most intuitive to you based on the respective Blanket's size and shape (Most people find it easiest to fold most blankets in half along the Long Side and then again in half along the first fold and then again in half along the second fold..., which is apparently called Hamburger-Style for some reason, but some cheap Fleece blankets have a Stretch or rolling quality to them that makes it feel more "right", to fold them into thirds, or half-and-half-again lengthwise, before folding down the length). Inflate all the inflateable pillows, and compare which one is closest to the same size and shape, to one of the folded blankets. (If there's two or more egligible blankets of the same size and shape, but different colors, pick the one you actively Like, or the one you would be least embarassed being seen in Public with.) If you've found your Match, deflate the Pillow, lay it Out flat, and trace around it on a piece of paper. Then you can fold it in half, place it between the folds of its corresponding blanket, and use the traced paper as a pattern to make a small pillowcase. You can spend as much or as little Energy and time as you want on making that pillowcase nicer than it needs to be, including with scraps of beautiful printed Patchwork fabrics, but it's probably a good idea for a Basic version to use fabric that you Like AND aren't embarassed of AND already have lying around in gently-used condition AND that is suitable to sleep your face on without irritating your skin, and that ideally also reminds you of Home, Like a piece of a bedsheet or a larger pillowcase that you don't need anymore. The strip for the pillowcase should have an allowance of 3cm on the Sides you're going to Close Up (1,5cm for extra space, or more If the folded blanket is slightly bigger in any direction than the inflateable pillow, rather than smaller, + 1,5cm for the seam), and 6cm on the Side where the opening is going to be (1 cm* for extra space + 5cm to hem the opening). Sew the sides together by Hand, or by machine If you have Access to one, fold the hem into itself to sew it Close around the opening, and make a closure of buttonholes or kam-snaps on the hem. Then you can Stuff your Blanket (with deflated pillow inside!) into the pillowcase, and place the whole Thing in your Evacuation-Bag, or into your carry-on Luggage for a long-ish planned Journey. Then when you want to Take a nap on the Bus, you can pull Out the Pillow, and either Just Put your head on it (If it's warm enough that you don't need to Cover Up to get comfortable), or pull Out the Insert, unfold the blanket, inflate the Air thing, and Put it Back in the pillowcase. Now you can Cover yourself with the blanket for warmth and still have something to lay your head on, unlike with a blanket designed to disappear into a Pillow.

[lady-wildflower]

So I had a busy weekend and didn't wanna get bogged down writing because that always gives me The Executive Dysfunctions. So I got bogged down arting instead!

My OC Tegyd Lowri Humphries! She originates from Birds of a Feather, my spite-motivated fic wherein I queer the fuck out of the Potter universe and pointedly do better wherever I can than Her Despicable TERFness did when it comes to disability, nonhumans, etc. She's a Welsh half-human, half-caprid centaur, which are centaurs but goat instead of horse. So she's effectively a faun. Lives in a lil cottage in a secret village in the Bannau Brycheiniog called Pen ôl y Ddraig with her father, the caprid centaur. Her Mum comes and visits frequently, though she lives in Cardiff - it's not a broken family situation, it's just the most convenient arrangement for them. Tegyd's adventurous, and loves a good hike up a mountain. At the current point in the story I'm writing, she's in her third year at the wizard school, and a prominent member of the Nonhuman Club, with her dryad friend Blodwen, who is a crab apple tree, whom she grew up with.

Tegyd is one example of how I actually deal with the implications and consequences of my worldbuilding (looking at you, Jowling), she's an exploration of the Statute's fuckery as it affects anyone visibly nonhuman, as well as just in general, what it's like for a nonhuman to grow up in that world, though post-Kaleidoscopic Grangers (my original spite-fic, BOAF is a sequel to it, where I made Potter a blind trans girl adopted by the Grangers and had a whole heap of fun).

She's also getting migrated to an original story idea where she's a Welsh fae who's gone off to live among humans who are in that universe her special interest. Finally she doesn't have to deal with fae bullshit- oh wait, she gets the crown princess of the Seelie dropped unwittingly in her lap along with a package deal quest. But that's the Seelie Princess version, not the BOAF version - the SP version got combined with another BOAF OC, Alpin Faughn, a Welsh-Scottish lil lad with heterochromia and a penchant for sewing and embroidery.

I don't often draw, so this one was a Process™. I started off by finding a reference pose, which I then destroyed by photoshopping the goat legs, ears, and horns onto. Then I gave up for several months lmao. Then I decided to resurrect it with some art tips a friend gave me (shout out to @brewbellwizardry and later @death-munchkin who babied me through shading), starting by tracing a skeleton and general shape onto paper on my screen - 'cos one of the things that pissed me off previously was trying to use a drawing tablet, which I discovered is actually a skill. Then I began iterating, tracing over traces, general shape first which needed a little adjusting since Tegyd's canonically a bit curvier than the model. I used that as a reference for the clothes, did the tops first then the skirt, then I traced all of the components onto a master trace, which I then scanned with my printer into my computer. Did the hair on a separate piece of paper so it wasn't hell.

And then came my second ordeal of computering it. Started off by blocking out the colours, then doing outlines (which are still manky but shush I don't need to fix thoSE-) and then other details. The tartan be wonky as hell, but hey. Thanks to my friends I was able to figure out how the fuck to do shading, and voila!

And there we have her, my shoddy attempt at my funky six foot satyr lass.

[10hourshift]

Stupid/silly rant abt something that probably only I care abt xd

(god i spent so much time on this)

So, for the last two days I've tried to make a redesign of the shadow-magical-girl chica outfit

This one ⬆️⬆️

And it literally sucks so much* that it leaves me with no idea to redesign it without changing everything from it

*in regards of design according Ann's Character, not if the outfit in itself, that is actually really cute*

So I'm just going to point out some things that bother me and mention what I think it would work instead

The outfit as it is

Look, i know this might be a personal bias, BUT magical transformations should be fun!!The excuse of "it's magic, it can do whatever it wants" gives us the opportunity to make cute outfits and stuff!!

Look, the dress is cute, alright, but adding a little bit more of details can really seal the deal here, maybe a bow in there, or some chains if we are going w a more "edgy" design, or adding a few markings on the boots to make them less flat. (Look i know that the design also can not be overly complicated bc the model would be hell to animate, but this girl needs accessories!)

Look, if you added a few random things over the original design it would make it a little bit more interesting, you could call it a day, right? Well yes, but that's what takes me to my second point...

This design is nonsense!!

Look, magical transformations are usually based in a certain theme or idea surrounding the character. Here are some examples

So, with that in mind, what can get get from chica transformation? (That story wise is supposed to show her growth as a person bc it shows that she accepted "her shadows"*)

*what are the shadows anyway, opposite personalities, their biggest fears or just ~bad vibes~?)*

Well, nothing, being the look so basic, and even with the long hair, something that is uncharacteristic of chica, she doesn't look like herself (you can edit the eyes and say it's joy, and it would look more credible) and it's only a problem for Ann, because both Freed and Bonnie have transformations that show their characters

This one is more of a fusion of Freddy and Fred, with the school uniform for Freddy (being his most recognizable look), and the vest for Fred (i want to remember the outfit that Fred uses in the wolf in sheep clothing has a black vest, this one could be representing that but idk)

This one does a Great job, because shows a lot of Bonnie personality (his love for the guitar w the pick, the characteristic hairdo that he does when playing, even the outfit is more "rock" idk how to explain)

So, how did this happen?

Well it's really simple, Chica doesn't have any personality of her own, or things she's recognizable for.

Both Freddy and Bonnie have things that they are known for (Fred and the Yaoi guitarist), that are used in the transformation, Chicago on the other hand isn't recognized for anything else beyond being The Girl™ of the band, in that sense, the transformation does a nice job representing that.

But Chica is more than that

In the series we see different aspects of her, she likes having and supporting her friends, she likes sewing and making clothes, she's the last one to give up on anything, she started a band with the trouble kid, an apathetic dude, a micro niche celebrity and the strange new kid, and somehow she made it work! So there's really no excuse to have her as basic as that.*

Oh hey btw i did make a design for her, but as I said before its really different from the original, and then I realized it kinda looks like @cinnabundolly12 Design--- this one that is waay cooler than mine, so I gave up and made this strange rant

*to be completely fair, Chica has a lack of troubles or conflicts of her own, most of them are related to the whole group, she has a little self doubt one chapter and then sings her song and that's it, she's also very bland as a character xd*

I just put the drawing here bc i liked how the body came out and I will probably delete the file from my phone later

I based the design from here

And it just follows a star theme, i used that bass I found on Pinterest lol. Also I did try to implement some elements from the original but lol ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[samthecookielord]

SAM OC BLIND DATE TOURNEY ROUND 3 RESULTS

This ones short i dont think i need a cut lol ok here we go gamers

Match 1 and 2...

GG and Haze lost!

GG: The twin sister to GB! This one is from the same wacky highschool universe that the GB in this tournament is from. She independently designs clothes and does sewing and stuff 👍 because she's just swaggy like that

Haze: A fighter from Magic Stick Smackdown. They're another version of Magenta that asked their local god™ to magically exchange their third eye for a mouth. In doing so, their appearance AND powers were drastically changed. Also, they got dropped into a different timeline (or what would be the canon timeline).

Match 3 and 4...

Madame Cocoa and Lonie lost!

Madame Cocoa: The lovely fairy baker, the host of Camp GEMB! She is full of optimism and good vibes and she tries her best <33

Lonie: The protagonist of Lonie and You, my silly game i made for school :] (you can play it for free in your browser right here) They're a little closed off most the time, but once you get to know them, they're a fun little nerd <3 And also they have a floating magic phone friend. Don't worry about it.

[folkloresthings]

congrats on 1k!!! milestones are the best <3

might i request a jayne eyre for formula one? i’m a teacher in early education, and i love writing poetry and (fan)fiction. i’m an intj (if that helps) and i would describe myself as quite introverted and slower to warm up, but once you know me, i am a very devoted and dedicated friend. certainly the caretaker type, i can and will take care of people with acts of service (let me make you food as a form of deep affection and love 🔪 i dare you 🔪), though my main love language is quality time. there’s nothing better than sitting in the same room as someone and just,,,, existing in the same space <3. (i jokingly say i'm an Antiromantic™ but also,,,,,,,, please sit at the kitchen table while i cook — i'll make you tea or coffee and you can just sit there for a while, occupying yourself with whatever holds your attention at the moment, occasionally making some kind of comment for me to acknowledge with a smile.) after that, my friends say that i’m very patient and funny. i have an incorrigible competitive streak but i try not to let it get in the way of making friends (though once i feel comfortable with you, i will go back and forth for hours on subjects inconsequential 🔪 i love a good teasing debate over mundane things. argue with me over which season of a television show is better 🔪 i have Opinions™ that i would share should you ever ask. that or i'll aggressively play devil's advocate for the interaction and hillarity of it all). i love reading, listening to music, cooking or baking, and sewing. i also enjoy learning languages — i speak english and spanish and i'm learning hawaiian and korean — but kindly don’t look at my duolingo streak (i forgot my password and just haven’t gotten around to figuring out what it is, 😔✌️).

thank you for considering this ask — i hope you have a lovely morning/day/evening. and congrats on your milestone, again!

i ship you with: oscar piastri! i have a feeling this man cannot cook for shit so LOVES to just sit on the counter after a long day and watch you whip something up for you both. frankly he loves you taking care of him, especially after a bad race weekend. helps you with your lesson plans, becomes your assistant when you need to take work home and cuts/laminates all of your display things. his favourite form of entertainment is watching you debate things with lando or alex because he knows you always win. tries his best to learn languages with you but fails terribly, but will take you to all of those places just to make you happy.