#trauma factory

[very-angy]

"I been quiet, but I think I gotta say it

Girl, I want you and it's you that I've been craving

I can see anticipation on your face, and I wanna taste it"

[pink-evilette]

fave album everrrrrr I will literally never get tired of it

[takeyoubytheheart]

[bunnieswithknives]

erm can we see more deer dale he's so silly

Deer Dale!!! Now with full antler face like I initially intended but could not figure out how to draw at the time

[anotherbummer]

Good Omens Season 3 Confirmed (trailer)

jk jk but could you imagine if any of this happened

I told myself I wouldn't go crazy working on this and then I ended up with 5 spreadsheets of dialogue trying to piece together this puzzle. Also I will need everyone to cut me some slack because I made this entire video on my phone while I was manic.

On that note, this trailer is largely based on 2 of my favorite Good Omens fics: Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach by @mouseonamoose and Factory Settings by Anonymous. I love the idea of Crowley and Aziraphale having a therapist and it always reminded me of the character Dr. Linda Martin who plays the devil's therapist in the series Lucifer (Based on characters created by Neil Gaiman!) Also I tried really hard to hint at different parts of the Factory Setting story through clips, especially with clips of Crowley grabbing his glasses (which in this case would be Raphael wearing Crowley's glasses, which is a pretty big plot point in the story).

Lots of the audio clips and dialogue comes from the show itself (and a few clips from Lucifer), but I did comb through some clips of other shows that the actors were in, like Michael Sheen in Passengers, and David Tennant in Inside Man, etc. However the longer audio clips of "god" speaking are direct quotes from the Factory Setting fic (although I am almost certain that Raphael says them when he gets the Book of Life, So technically speaking, these lines are used out of context). I just ran the lines through a text to voice generator and then added a "godly/celestial" effect to it, which worked a lot better than I though it was going to. I had LOTS of potential dialogue I could have used but it didn't all fit super well together in the sense that it didn't either sound like the character speaking, or it didn't flow like a normal conversation. Believe me I tried, my phone can only do so much.

The music choice was obviously chosen on purpose, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Epic Mix) by Mark Petrie, for the purpose of pacing, I slowed it down slightly. I really liked the idea of using this song since the Factory Setting story partially revolves around "the second coming" baby and since we are nearing the Christmas season, it just seemed like sense to work on this now. The lyrics get pretty repetitive but I do wish I could have thrown in the "Fear not then, said the Angel. Let nothing you affright" verse somewhere in there.

Don't ask me to explain the actual plot of this I really just mashed two fanfics together and called it a day. I thinks that's all the notes I had.

[monbons]

Stitch Sunday

I've been back at work for a week and am already exhausted. The beginning of the year is always brutal (this one more so because I am training a new teaching partner), so time for anything outside of school is hard to come by. BUT! I was determined to finish BunBaz, so may I present ...

No Trauma Bun Baz!

Ready for the fall season, this bun is rocking his favorite sleeveless tee in the pumpkin patch. He was sipping on a pumpkin mocha breve earlier, but the photographer didn't capture the moment. He might play some pick up footie later, although Uggs aren't the best footwear...

After a long day of taking perfectly posed pictures for his Holiday cards, BunBaz heads home and is ready for bed. He loves his striped and collared PJs (only the best for this bun!) and his Paddington keeps him company all night long.

In all seriousness, I had a blast making this bun for the lovely @bookish-bogwitch. (If you missed my earlier post about him, he speaks!) I made the witchy tee based on inspiration pics Em sent over. All other clothing and accessories are American Girl Doll cast-offs, either repurposed or tailored to fit.

In other doll factory news, Rainbow posted the SnowBaz worry dolls I gifted her at the Slow Dance signing (last slide). I know the real artists in this fandom get reblogged and reposted all the time, but this literally made me cry when I saw it! Especially because these little guys were the first set of dolls I ever made in early-May. It blows my mind how far I've come in just a few months.

I hope to keep getting better and tackling more complex projects in the months to come. This fall alone I will be keeping busy with a possible COTTA collaboration with the amazing @iamamythologicalcreature. The idea, if it pans out, is super cool! I also submitted a doll concept for CORB and am excited for whoever my fic partner happens to be!

On that fandom high note, I am bidding you all temporary farewell since I plan to disappear through mid-September at least. Students can smell weakness, so I'm going to devote my time to planning kick-ass lessons and breaking 15-year-old spirits. Please keep tagging me so that I remember I once had a life.

Until next we meet, hellos and high-fives from the doll factory. 💖

@thewholelemon, @emeryhall, @raenestee, @roomwithanopenfire, @cutestkilla

@artsyunderstudy, @aristocratic-otter, @arthurkko, @best--dress, @brilla-brilla-estrellita

@rimeswithpurple, @run-for-chamo-miles, @supercutedinosaurs, @whatevertheweather, @mooncello

@shrekgogurt, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @youarenevertooold, @talentpiper11, @larkral

@beastmonstertitan, @drowninginships, @valeffelees, @noblecorgi, @rbkzz

@thehoneyedhufflepuff, @messofthejess, @orange-peony, @blackberrysummerblog, @letraspal

@facewithoutheart, @ic3-que3n, @skeedelvee, @fiend-for-culture, @hushed-chorus

@martsonmars, @katatsumuli, @comesitintheclover, @stitchyqueer, @alexalexinii

@erzbethluna, @palimpsessed, @ileadacharmedlife, @theimpossibledemon

[lyricallymnded]

fake friend // nothing,nowhere.

[narniangirl1994]

Just read "Factory Settings" and it was such an incredible Good Omens fanfic! I really wish it wasn't authored by an anonymous account so that I could read more of this author's works. 😭 But regardless, I'm just glad I had the opportunity to read it and would recommend it to any other GO fans out there!

As a side note, another absolutely incredible Good Omens fic - that is similarly novel-length, centered more around Crowley, and very well written - that I read a little while ago and would HIGHLY recommend is Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach by Nnm. Really can't recommend these two fics more!

[txttletale]

so many words are flushed down the rhetorical toilet of ‘ao3 is a uniquely terrible platform whose lack of content moderation is an endemic moral failure’ without ever stopping to realize that under capitalism it is flatly impossible to run a moderately large website and moderate the content on it effectively--and that attempts to do so run on the PTSD of abused workers, often in the global south--and that if you actually want a website of any scale that can moderate any type of content, you need to start seriously reimagining how the web is structured economically

[animalsoutloud]

You have the power to end their suffering.

[mothmanibuprofen]

TW: blood

Rainbow factory Rainbow Dash

Full image under cut

Then you sit upon your throne, and you roll your diamond dice...

...and you send us all to die in your Pegasus Device

[cartwheelingintotraffic]

Ares: I was pretty happy when you said you wanted to design and build the twin's cribs, but why is there only one ?

Ryker: Hehe... It's a surprise ;) Look closer...

Ares:...

Ares: Ryker ? Why is there a secret compartment in our baby's crib?

Ryker: So we can put the other one-

Ares: Absolutely not.

Ryker : But babe, look, it spins so we can rotate them-

Ares: ABSOLUTELY NOT.

[muzetrigger]

Daybreak: On Orchid and Azalea

More notes on Daybreak. This time on the Orchid and Azalea Courts and their Drakes!

And please follow if you want to keep up with the overly elaborate world building I did for this campaign and my flash serial The Diary of Nana!

[delta-lethonomia]

Something I see a lot in media is this pervasive concept that trauma somehow is "good, actually", because it "hardens" people. An example would be Sansa Stark in Season 8 of Game of Thrones, with an offhanded comment about how if she hadn't been violently raped and abused she wouldn't have become as ruthless and pragmatic as she needed to be.

I won't argue that there isn't a grain of truth to it; long-term stressful situations can leave one very numb and utterly pragmatic as a survival mechanism in the short term. But this pragmatism isn't "smart", it's instinctive. It's short-sighted and narrow, prioritizing short-term safety over long-term consequences. And when it's over - when you can finally relax, and all those feelings bubble to the surface, and you work through it all one nightmare or sudden phobia at a time - it doesn't leave you stronger or more resilient. Honestly, I think it leaves you more sensitive and vulnerable than before. I won't say "ruined", but I feel that way sometimes.

I've spent the past 15 years as a caregiver in various ways for my parents (hot tip: don't.) through numerous bouts of breast and lung cancer, many, many strokes, sudden blindness, paralysis, hospice care, death... when COVID happened, it was a relief. I moved away just so I couldn't be guilted into acting the parent for my own mother anymore. Theoretically, I should be used to all this. Theoretically, I'm prepared and experienced.

Anyway my mom (71, stage 4 breast cancer for the last ~7 years) fractured her hip and lower spine last night. All I've been asked to do so far is look after her cat, but all I feel is dread and the increasing urge to vomit.

[anrisimps]

The second life isn't always better than the first one

[lyricallymnded]

pretend // nothing,nowhere.