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aluminumneedles · 3 months ago

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I'm knitting in the corner at a party

and guys my age stop by to tell me I remind them of their aunt, of their grandmother. This is a compliment and I take it as such. They confess to having tried crochet once, and I smile. They get back in line for the bathroom.

I'm knitting in the corner at a party and a queer woman sits on the floor next to me, arranges her skirt, and smiles up at me. (I try not to blush.) She asks me all the questions on her mind about my craft and I answer them, hands still moving. We swap yarn sources. She doesn't stay, but she knows where to find me.

I'm knitting in the corner at a party and everyone knows where to find me when they need a minute, when socializing is too much and the music is too loud and they need to catch their breath. They pretend to be checking in on me, which is sweet, but I can see the relief in their eyes the moment they stop performing for a house full of people. They sit down and tell me things and all the while they never take their eyes off my hands.

The party has wound down and I'm still knitting and the hosts, two guys in their twenties, thank me for "helping to curate the vibe." I had no idea that's what I was doing. I leave the party having forgotten to drink anything and without that woman's number but with many rows added to my top-down raglan sweater. I call it a night, and a good one.

#knitting #knitblr #poetry #tagging this with poetry feels ridiculous #but oh well #anyway this is a true story #or technically two true stories smushed into one #i sent this to one of the guys who hosted the party and he said “this is really nice” like twenty times #and then he thanked me again for helping to curate the vibe #anyway i feel like those of us who do it know the kind of impact that knitting in public can have #but i guess it wasn't until i was reflecting on this party that i realized it could be used to create a safe space #if you will #okay that's enough tags #anyway i hope you enjoy #bon appetit #etc #UNEDITED BTW SO BE NICE #please

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telestoapologist · 7 months ago

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#yeah same #like. i'm okay with them doing this as an experiment. experimenting is good! #but the way we got here shows that a lot of players just can't be bothered. they want the story to be done so they can move on #and i don't think those people are really interested so maybe we shouldn't be catering to them #and again. experimenting is fine. i'm interested to see how this will go and how i'll feel about it #but from the way this works now. i'm not a fan of huge drops all at once personally for the reasons listed here #esp spoiler issues. it technically gives you freedom to play as slow as you want but like #if you want to participate in the fandom you'll have to do it all at once. so it's not much of a choice #we'll see how it goes. but i really don't like this idea of catering to ipad babies #<- old. but like i learned to watch tv shows over months and months. episode by week with breaks and shit #i am definitely open to try at least. it's one act and then we stew for 5 weeks which is fine for me. #but i feel like the people who yell about no content will just yell worse

I deeply dislike how certain segments of D2 players have screamed to have ALL THE CONTENT released in one big batch - a whole season at a time and complain about the weekly stuff being 'drip feeding' and now Bungie is gonna be releasing whole Acts all at once (better than a whole Episode at once I guess).

I *like* the weekly releases of content! Liking it even more in the episode format with a few weeks of story, and then a few weeks off. Plenty of time to catch up, without there being a huge swathe of like 6 weeks+ without anything new.

I like having a week to mull things over and theorise and feel *creative* about what I've just played. I like the time and space it gives each bit of story to breathe and really sink in. I find it more impactful when I genuinely *can't* rush through things (ngl, I feel like Lightfall at least would have benefitted from having it's missions spread out over a long period of time instead of being all available at once).

I feel like having spaced out drops of new story is just... more convenient? Easier to catch up on a week of story than a whole Act if you happen to be away for one week. Also playing through a whole Act in one go is a significantly larger time investment if you want to stay up to date and avoid spoilers.

I really hate that in Revenant, it's gonna be required to basically play a whole Act on day 1 of release or be bombarded with spoilers enough to have to completely avoid any fandom spaces. And then... what?

The people screaming the most and loudest about wanting it all at once will just go back to immediately bitching about not having anything to do and 'no content', and there'll just be less fandom energy.

Same as with Netflix dropping whole seasons in one go - it feels like there's just no time to enjoy and appreciate the story in a measured way - gotta binge it all or be completely out of the loop! And then it's over.

I love the Tuesday/Wednesday weekly screaming session over new story with my friends, excitedly waiting till they're done so we can dive into theorising and enjoying the anticipation! I loved the new episode weekly energy with podcasts too! New episodes become an event, and people spend the week thinking about the story and creating rather than just... gulping it all and then it's done. Move onto the next thing. Disposable content.

*sigh*

Ah well, it is what it is. Just annoying.

#well said you two #at first i was like. a little bummed about the lack of stuff coming out because i was super used to a bunch of stuff happening in one week #but then the realization hit me that i have friends who have lives and that this is so much more convenient for them #and now it's like. oh. i also have time to get stuff done and think about what was brought forward!#and the more u think about that and what that entails. the more it puts prior stuff into perspective #honestly it feels like bungie's just. been repetitively catering to sweats and nyoomers. ig that's where they feel the money is #but in doing so they're also ostracizing a massive chunk of their player base and just. making it nowhere near as enjoyable as it could be #and it just feels like everything else that's happening with media now. just a constant push to get everything out asap.

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stickerfrogs · 5 months ago

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we’re two sides of the same coin, you and I

(click 4 better quality)

#isat #in stars and time #sasasap #two hats spoilers #kinda #isat siffrin #I said b4 that this game makes you aroace well it also makes you. transgender #my art

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squidpedia · 1 year ago

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Clover Timeline! (+ personal adult Clover design for your troubles)

Also before anyone says it I’m well aware that last textbox refers to Chara’s tomb and not Clover’s but. Please let me have this.

#uty #undertale yellow #clover undertale yellow #undertale yellow clover #clover uty #uty clover #revived! clover au #undertale #utdr #ut/dr #clover #pedias art #i feel it is important to note that I made a text box originally for the last two designs as well in the sketch layer #it just said ‘if you wanna be copium about it’

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wolfwarrior142 · 7 months ago

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Aaravos with his first child: *loves her so deeply, profoundly devastated for a century after she's unfairly killed, causes chaos for centuries after*

Aaravos with his second child: Fuck this little freak lol

#tdp #tdp s6 #tdp s6 spoilers #the dragon prince #the dragon prince s6 #like he loved leola so so much (dont blame him she seemed so so precious and sweet and loving and adorable) but with sir sparklepuff he was #like 'hes a freak. you need to kill him to save your life :)' i didnt expect him to care about kids at all for how casually he told viren #to kill sir #and well. at least we now know he wasnt lying. sir really WAS viren's kid. imagine claudia finding out that thing is actually technically #her half sibling. like she just lost her leg. now this. then learns she has to slaughter said little sibling to save her dad and does it #without complaint. what a fuckin night jesus christ #aaravos #leola #sir sparklepuff #like 'he's our son!! now kill him ❤️'#did aaravos explain what occurred for sir to be the kid of him and viren or was he just like 'hes our child. hes legit the child of viren #and i. no more details just kill him to save your dad :)' props to claudia with all of that going on at once i would have had a full mental #break for like a week that is Too Much all at once #she actually kept it together way better than i would have tbh. like 'can you just kill be too i cant take anymore of this shit my brain is #about to crack into two'#dragon lady letters

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thefloatingstone · 9 months ago

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Appleseed PDA montage to save you from reading endless pages of unimportant politics that don't amount to anything

also because I have nothing better to do, I'm bored, I'm moody, my gaming laptop is still broken so no BG3, and it's too late at night to start drawing after doing animation clean-up all day.

#Manga #Appleseed #Shirow Masamune #80s #This is literally every single one of these moments in the entirety of the manga's run #including bonus material #There's some great character writing hidden among all the infodumping and technobabble as well #But like I said before all it accomplishes is to make you frustrated #Because despite being written so well #Masamune was more interested in waxing philosophical than actually giving his characters the attention they deserve #Despite them displaying an insane amount of depth and complexity whenever they are able to #it's a very rare case where the characters are EXTREMELY well written and almost every moment they are on screen is amazingly well done #But the manga keeps demanding you listen to completely different side characters talk about politics for endless pages #while at the same time none of these politics have any consequence or relevance to the actual stories that happen on screen.#So it ends up with the majority of the manga is like listening to some guy you don't know on the bus reading the headlines of a newspaper #at you about political tension between two countries you have never heard of and will never feature in your life again #How do you write such great and well written characters and then be completely disinterested in actually putting them on screen?????

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p4nishers · 1 year ago

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god. GOD. the underlying anger in everything terry writes really IS apparent in hogfather bc fuck u mean this is how things should be? no the fuck it shouldn't. poor people shouldn't have to be satisfied with what they get, that's just fucking capitalism. i REALLY like that terry decided to use death as projection for what he thinks bc death doesn't know anything and it has to be explained to him and by it being explained to him it shows how fucking stupid those things are. bc ok here's this world where an equivalent of santa ACTUALLY exists and, because it mirrors our world, it's still unjust. santa actually fucking exists in this world and he could give ANYONE ANYTHING bc he's essentially a god and people gave him that power by making him up, BUT because ppl imagined him in a way that poor people don't get shit (like they usually do) and rich people get EVERYTHING they want, he exists like that. whereas death has seen the absolutely WORST of humanity and he STILL thinks that's bullshit and it's not how it should be, it's just how it goes. bc capitalism is always capitalism where there's money and the world will always be fucked up as long as there are oppressor to hold it up. like i just.

#IT IS HOGSWATCH said Death AND PEOPLE DIE ON THE STREETS. PEOPLE FEAST BEHIND LIGHTED WINDOWS AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE NO HOMES. IS THIS FAIR?#“Well of course that’s the big issue—” Albert began. THE PEASANT HAD A HANDFUL OF BEANS AND THE KING HAD SO MUCH HE WOULD NOT EVEN NOTICE #THAT WHICH HE GAVE AWAY. IS THIS FAIR? “Yeah but if you gave it all to the peasant then in a year or two he’d be just as snooty as the king #NAUGHTY AND NICE? said Death. BUT IT’S EASY TO BE NICE IF YOU’RE RICH. IS THIS FAIR?#“You did say we just had to do this so’s people’d believe—” he began and then stopped and started again.#“When it comes to fair master you yourself—”I AM EVENHANDED TO RICH AND POOR ALIKE snapped Death.#i love him i love him #discworld #gnu terry pratchett #discworld death #hogfather

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qualityrain · 2 months ago

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why are they batshit insane

#sorry I can’t stop shitposting #don’t come at me with the whole oh 2/2 has two choices so joker can choose not to do it so it’s not valid he SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED IT #IT WORKS IN SPIRIT #after he made all his friends give up their wishes #after being like maruki we’re going to stop you #maruki then pulls out the akechi card and jokers like ok well shit #look. He considered.#he seriously considered it. The only thing stopping him is akechi #literally comparing rank 10 and non rank 10 akechi choices for lavenza after third sem joker has regret options #like his regret is literally leaving akechi to his fate of assumed death #OK #IT WORKS IN SPIRIT.#and the twewy one is just. the interview that said Neku fully expected Shibuya to be gone #and that’s why he says what the hell #actually rip neku because he had to choose in ten seconds #at least joker had like. 3 dialogue options.#LOL #p5r #persona 5 protagonist #twewy #sakuraba neku #ngl neku might be more insane because Joshua is Joshua #persona 5 #yeah this is shuake. To me #my art #doodle #doodles #shuake #and joshneku tbh but the fandom is so small im scared to tag not so relevant stuff in it

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xxplastic-cubexx · 1 month ago

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graph

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#xmen #xmen comics #magneto #is this the part where i have to tag everyone because everyone actually is like. semi significant in these. sure JVAELKVJEALK #cyclops #jean gray #beast #iceman #angel #warren worthington iii #hank mccoy #bobby drake #toad #mortimer toynbee #snap sketches #welcome back to Finally Drawing Months-Old Ideas VJELVKJAEKL #I Repeat love how you can tell what comics ive been reading based on what i draw like No Shit but still... lol ...#this comic is so niche but so is most of my stuff jVELAKJA I MADE THIS FOR MEEEE #it has my kids it has toad it has magneto being Unnecessary. this is for ME. also charlie lookin darlin but thats normal anyway #also hi remember how i was complaining about colors from my tablet some days ago.#i didnt realize the 'protective eye' setting was on. which yk makes the screen tinted yellow #LIKE I SAID OUT LOUD TO MY BROTHER 'lol my screen's yellowish' AND IT DIDNT CLICK #i only realized it was on when i went to turn it on at night one night and i was like. Oh 🧍‍♂️#anyways. sillies. all the kids....#see i thought i was gonna post this WAY earlier but as i was finishing the first version i. well i changed the last panel like three times #but even then i was like 'ok but i wanna draw the boys bein silly..' and indecisive as i was with which version i wanted #i . drew both. and have just made this a goofy two parter or whatever #ANYWAYS !!!! its great bein able to do personal stuff again ... i still have work this to do but its significantly less #so i feel more at ease to do small stuff like this #i do hope to tackle a bigger idea this month tho. while i was drawin this out all i could think of was That idea

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noecoded · 1 year ago

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heartbreaking:the worst people you know just started an emo band

#the worst TWO people you know.beel got dragged into tjis #their band iscalled fatal attraction.asmo came up w it #&they give beel lollipops on stage so he can use both his hands but stillhas something 2munch on......#someone said asmo wld be problematic like 2000s jeffree star and i yhinkthey were on to somethinng #i think his interpersonal conduct with fans would be really distasteful in a way that bands cld only get away with during the 2000s #he wld be well liked. but he wouldhave an effect on them that permanently dmgs their taste in partner and psyche #like his ego wld be just kind of annoying until fans start getting his signature tattooed onthem and stuff and it would immediately go to #asmos head so badd to the point where being arnd him is like an impossible task unless ur the worldsbiggest pushover& soo patient #mine #obey me #asmo #beel #belphie

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br3adtoasty · 2 months ago

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personal hermes design….

#hermes #epic the musical #? i guess #don’t know if this is a design for epic or for him in general…#they said winged hat and i took that literally /j #also drew him two times before taking my exams and did pretty well both times #thank you hermes we all say in unison #tagamemnon #greek myth #greek mythology #greek gods #my art

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buckycap · 5 months ago

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i do think it’s very important that liam pointed out specifically that no matter how hardheaded orym is in what he believes he doesn’t let that stop him from seeking dorian out for comfort and wanting dorian close to him and dorian quickly reciprocating. i think that’s especially important when so many people thought that their opposing sides would drive them further apart (especially on orym’s part) when in actuality we learned that orym’s love for dorian is SO fucking strong that it it supersedes his hardheadedness which when you remember who orym is, is actually a big fucking deal

#*#critical role #dorym #it’s never said so outwardly but when liam and/or robbie decide to give us a moment between those two they fucking take it #it might not be a kiss or saying i love you but it’s said in seeking dorian out after disagreeing in an intense conversation #and it’s said by dorian holding orym close and stroking his hair #we may very well not get an outward declaration of love until like the final night before the final battle #but their love is shown in every moment dorian desperately heals orym in battle #and it’s shown every time orym hand at his sword stands beside dorian in protection and bravery

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constarlations · 9 months ago

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Pokémon Timeskip Series: Battle Legend Lyra 🍒🍂

One of the two Johto-Kanto champions, Lyra is best known for her bright and cheery down to earth attitude both on and off the battle field! She likes to travel ALOT you can find her in coffee shops in Kalos or surfing the waves in Alola or just about anywhere with her Fiancé, Silver by her side and never turns down a challenge to a good battle (even if she accidentally sweeps the other person’s team whoops) Her favorite drink is boba tea, her birthday is March 4th, she has a crippling gatcha AND otome addiction, and is 165 cm tall but that’s all for text no one is gonna read aaaaaa-

Drew out my timeskip Lyra due to me wanting to update a few things in regards to her design (can’t believe it’s been almost two years since my timeskip designs HELP) but I hope you enjoy!

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