#this sparked a lot of joy to think about

[kittydemon9000]

HEY, KD!

WHAT IS THE FISH’S NAME? THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW!

Lochyless

it was given to him by Kai and Nya when they were kids and they couldn’t agree on the name. Lloyd was indecisive, Kai wanted to name it Loch Ness and Nya wanted to name it Lucky because she wanted to give Lloyd luck and also they’d made jokes in the past about if they ever got a dog they’d call it that

in the ensuing argument they accidentally knocked over the bag and scrambled to put it in a cup. They then broke that cup and two others via shenanigans, the fish was sliding all over the floor and changed hands so many times and SOMEHOW didn’t dead, and in the end they just barely managed to scramble and get it in the sink

this fish is immortal but also has the worst luck known to fish kind. There have been several more incidents over the years and yet it remains unkillable. So they compromised, and thus named it Lochyless (luckless but with Loch Ness)

[motleyfam]

**Do NOT count tickets they successfully talked/cried/bribed/wriggled their way out of**

[officialgleamstar]

This is a train of thought I mostly think about rather than talk about because I just feel like Tumblr will willfully misconstrue what I’m saying here. But I think I feel a lot of companionship with arospec people in fandom because aro people and polyamorous people tend to latch onto the same characters for the same exact reasons, but with wildly different results, and I just really enjoy that

Like if I see a found family dynamic, especially when a majority or all of them are in the same age group, I do often use that as polycule wish fulfillment. Though there is more polyamory in media than there used to be, there still isn’t a lot, and it’s often not stuff that I’m personally into (or it’s torn to shreds for being unrealistic and openly liking it becomes callout worthy 🙄). So I see dynamics where people are all important to each other, they choose each other over the rest of the world and say “these ones, these ones are mine”, and I feel really seen. Stories where you don’t have one true love and instead, the message is that you can place value in multiple different people? Absolutely, I adore that as a polyamorous person!

And naturally, arospec people in fandom do the same thing, but with attachment to the platonic aspect of it. These characters’ dynamics are important because they don’t need to be in love to mean everything to one another. The bonds they have are indescribably important to them, and again, there is no one true love because that isn’t what the characters want or need. They just want to stay with the people they chose. “These ones are mine.” doesn’t have to be romantic, and that speaks to aro people. I absolutely adore that. I love hearing their thoughts on found families and their bonds and how much they mean to one another with no romance involved because of course I do, I love those characters for the same reasons

I dunno, I don’t have much of a point here, it’s just an often overlooked thing in fandom that I find a lot of joy in. Polyamory in fandom 🤝 Aromantic in fandom over the found family trope

[kalevalaknights]

How do u answer so many asks with art so quickly (ToT) i have like 8 for yellow-hollow that have been there for months bc i put too much pressure on answering them (;_;)...tell me your ways

I can’t lie I really do feel for you. I’ve been taking my little breaks of course.. it’s a lot to start unlearning. The main reason I’ve started to post is so that I don’t judge myself too harshly, and I hope others can learn the same. There will always be someone on the planet that loves what you do.

With valentines asks I made most of them quick and simple by just being an above shoulder doodle. I can smash them out without worrying much.

You may notice with a lot of my art I don’t exactly take the time to erase all my mistakes / guidelines, my sketches are usually pretty quick. I don’t do line art, I have one layer, and if it looks good after a little bit of tidying up it’s what I consider finished at the moment.

I don’t pressure myself to make things “perfect” and “finished” exactly. Things don’t have to be perfect to be enjoyable and I try to keep that in mind.

Sometimes I get down about how my art looks rough and “unfinished” but then I remember I’m the only one making the art the way that I am. I am in my own lane, it has never been a contest.

I’ve always been a pencil and paper artist but since I’ve gotten an ipad and a stylus it’s always been the same process. Colouring is just a quick dash or two since I personally prefer doing black and white stuff.

If I ever feel doubtful of what I make I step back and listen to some good music. If I’m not feeling inspired or nothing looks good then I leave it for the next day. Sometimes things look better when you give it a day and a second take.

I wish I had something more meaningful and wisdomly to share, but keep in mind asks are optional. The deadlines are not real. Nobody expects you to be on time. Better late than never. Time’s a construct. And most importantly: if you’re not having fun with it, it may not be the right time to tackle it just yet. If you do not feel good about yourself, you will not feel good about what you create.

Take care of yourself 💚

[emberglowfox]

being obsessed with an oc story is such a different experience than i understood before mine. ESPECIALLY if its a story you want to tell and therefore can't 'spoil'. it's much much different from a fandom fixation, in my opinion. like.

i have poured my heart and soul into this story and i am unbelievably proud of it. it's been over a year and it's still not finished and i feel like i've gotten nowhere. content of it brings me immeasurable joy. i have to make all of that content myself, or pay for it, or get incredibly lucky when people get interested enough to draw some themselves. i think about it for literal hours a day, almost every day. i can't think about anything else. people talking about it with me is one of the most joyful experiences i've had. i think i've fully exhausted the people close to me with it and i don't blame them. this is maybe the most dedicated i've ever been to something. i don't share interests with my friends anymore and i'm scared i'll fall out of relevance. i created these characters. i feel like they're real. i came up with this plot thread. the characters told me it would happen, and i had little say. they're me. they're not. i feel like it's controlling me. i let it. it lives in my head in the realest, most physical sense. i let it. i love it. i won't leave. i can't leave. i'm not sure anymore if i'm the spider, the web, or the fly

[uncanny-tranny]

Honestly, going into your WIP pile to actually go through it and see what you actually want to finish can be really helpful, especially when you don't judge yourself and try to learn why that piece became a hibernater in your WIP pile

Some questions I ponder when I look at a WIP is:

Is this project turning out how I want? If not, what about it don't I like?

Do I or did I have fun when I was starting it?

Will I actually use it or enjoy it when I'm done?

Do I like the material now?

Do I see myself enjoying the product after it's done?

Were there, or are there, time restraints preventing me from finishing?

Is this out of my current skill set, and am I okay with that?

If I could change one thing about the WIP, what would it be?

I know plenty of people won't incorporate this into their own WIP and crafting journey, and that's okay. But I know so many people who hibernate their projects for many reasons and feel guilty about it. I hope this might give people ideas about why they hibernate projects to prevent that type of guilt from eating away at their conscious. This (creating) should be fun, and if you're spending a lot of time feeling guilty or ashamed, it can be hard to continue doing the things you like.

[rybosome]

they could never make me hate you mickey

[transmechanicus]

“I’ll be fine i just need to uhhhhhhh idk kill” but like…what if i did haha

[kyliafanfiction]

Honestly, if I thought it might actually be possible to just... exorcise the Amy brainrot from my head and move on with my life, fic ideas unwritten, fics unread and Worm unfinished, I'm tempted to.

Not because of the brainrot itself, but because of how fucking annoyed thinking about Ward and all the Ward-era WoG shit Wildbow pulled gets me.

[rapidhighway]

-_-

[saessenach]

I already wrote it in tags but I want l say it anon: thank you so much for sharing your rhaelya content. You art is amazing and gorgeous in general but, you know, it is always special when an artist decides to like a (your) ship and you end up with stunning content for it. Your lyanna is the one that comes into my mind when I read and write fics. ❤️

The past couple of days have been rough, but please know that getting this absolutely brightened my day ❤️

I love creating faces, and Jon/Lyanna/Rhaegar were some of my favourites to work on. That is a huge compliment for me and I'm so happy you liked them??

I hope today is kind to you, nonnie ✨✨

[peachyseen]

My moods been kind of :/ as of late and I’m not enjoying any of the hobbies I usually do. It’s really starting to bum me out my days feel so empty, but I know all I can do is wait for it to pass.

[kingofcomedy]

i need to be up by like 7am to go to a hiking tour but all i want to do is watch dnp and cry about tit being over

[it-may-be-dull-but-im-determined]

Intermissions were originally because (like DVDs back in the day kids), cinema reels could only manage so much run time and had to be changed (in very early cinema, they had as many as four intermissions to change reels..!). Even as tech improved, in the 50s the 3D stereoscope reels needed a break to be switched out as well. And that's leaving aside the other big plus of intervals that theatres rely on - it's an opportunity to bump profits by selling more food and drink. Afaik, most UK cinemas at least make more profit from that already rather than ticket sales even without intermissions, so it's no small thing to consider bringing them back with longer films taking up more screens as it is.

And intermissions are making a comeback in some cinemas this year specifically - the unexpected success of Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon have meant that Vue have been trialling intermissions in some of their UK branches for longer screenings, and apparently have had good feedback.

Indian cinema has famously always had intermissions and that's never stopped being a thing! Most Indian films shown in UK cinemas include the intermission as well, and that isn't going anywhere.

(I say this having dithered over booking London Film Festival stuff recently because they were four hours long, with no interval. Steve McQueen's documentary Occupied City - about the legacy of nazi occupation on Amsterdam - I couldn't fit in. But I did indeed rock up for a four hour screening of Menu Plaisirs - Les Troisgrois, in which a 93 year old director spends several months embedded at a historical family run French Michelin restaurant. It's niche to begin with! You could hear people psyching themselves up as they went in (some of them had obviously seen the 3.5 hour KOTFM the previous day) and honestly it was quite entertaining seeing who out of the sold out audience started leaving after the two hour mark. It's super slow and gentle and immersive and it's... Just interesting. You learn stuff. You can absolutely pop out halfway through to visit the bar and the loo and not really miss anything. I think a themed intermission where they make an event of it and serve relevant food & wine would make for an awesome event, but otherwise I just took note of the runtime and stocked up on quiet snacks before I went in and it was fine).

Unpopular theatre opinion: intermissions are bad and I wish we could just have a 2.5 hour performance uninterrupted, like people manage perfectly well at movie theaters. It always just kills my emotional immersion. Set changes and costume changes valid, but the art form could adapt in other ways. Or making the intermission experience somehow also part of the performance? Just something more interesting and intentional than dumping people out into the lobby to buy m&ms.

[aeide-thea]

in theory it'd be nice if my winter jacket options didn't all suck (i have one lighter one that's pretty okay stylistically but actively bad quality, and then one that's pretty good quality and fairly warm but actively woman-shaped so it depresses me every time i have to wear it), but the process of attempting to windowshop online is so overwhelming that tbh i may just continue to live this way

[boysnberriespie]

Discussing the upsetting theory for the last episode in tags, because I’ve got nothing intelligent to say about it, it just makes me sad