#xollos

[completeoveranalysis]

hi nick! i'd just like to point out that syaoran's final words being "i'm sorry and thank you" is a callback to the flashback way back when where syaoran was apologizing for getting hurt and sakura taught him to say thank you instead! wheeeee! happy clamp day!

THEY SURE ARE!

I flipped through so many arcs to find the exact moment you're talking about here, but here it is:

WHAT A THING TO BRING BACK AS THE CHARACTER PASSES AWAY BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.

[deliciousmicroplastics]

for the ask game: every question number divisible by 3

*goes through several hand exercises* here we GO

ask meme here [link]

3. What was the last song you listened to? 

UHHHHH my itunes is saying Astonished Man by Thao & The Get Down Stay Down

6. Do you prefer drawing or writing? 

VASTLY prefer writing but i like showing off my drawings better more, i don't tend to finish and publish all that much writing

9. When is your birthday? 

September 28th, just like Hilary Duff

12. Who are five (or more) people you want to hug right now?

my cat, annizap, zoë, ppl i have super secret crushes on, you if you want one!

also my cat

15. What’s your favorite season?

Usually autumn but last year's was dogshit so spring

18. Who is the last person you texted?

im guessing my mom let me check

...

...

phone froze

okay yeah my mom

21. How was your day today?

had family dinner that through no major fault of my family's i didn't want to go to. so i was kinda binchy abt that for a lot of the day but otherwise eh it was kinda mid. played animal crossing!

24. When was the last time you cried? Why? 

idk but ive been so fucking sad lately so it could've been sometime this week during a negative spiral

27. What’s your favorite book? Or just one you’ve read a few times?

Gideon the Ninth? Watchmen?

30. What are you looking forward to in the near future? 

making brownies for my friends bday it's today but i had family shit so hopefully that can be a tuesday or wednesday activity

33. Do you sleep with your door open or closed?

CLOSEDDDDDDDDD unless the house is empty i don't always wear a shirt to bed

36. Do you like your middle name?

my early 20's name change was more motivated by the bit and i wish i'd gone with something else but it's okay, i just rarely mention it

39. Do you stay up late?

typically, unfortunately

42. Tag 5 of your favorite blogs

hhhhhh but then five people will feel obligated to read this okayok it's fineeeee @jargon-seeds, @salviasjezabel, @inthelandofthewildthings, @dolichomorph, and of course @xollos

45. Is there anyone you would die for? 

id die for my kitty

49. Who’s someone you can trust with your life? 

i'm a distrustful motherfucker so if you ask it like this my instinct is to say NOBODYYYYYY but like ive had to depend on other people for survival frequently

uhhhhh end of post here's something from my screenshots folder

[jacuzziwaters]

You're someone who's been given a lot of responsibility that you don't/didn't have the capability of handling. Probably at a young age.

Y'all have fun figuring that out.

Tagging @ponfarrtimeatthevulcannightclub @moth-wave @aroacenezhaanddainsleif @xollos @midnightnoiserose @m1dnight-mars @darksidescorner @thewolfsoul

Making a tag game cause I can

Rules: post 4 fictional characters you relate to and assume something about the person you reblogged from based on their characters

No pressure tag! @sidneyoftheblackwoods @mqstermindswift @stars-and-birds @zenilvar @forever-chained-to-myself @themidnightarcher @skeelly @thepencilsnameissteve @thislove-taylorsversion @thislifeissweeterthanfiction @swiftieannah @a-pessimistic-swiftie @catastrxblues @jellycanon @what-about-wendy and anyone else who wants to join<3

[mayakern]

hi maya! i've been following you for years and you've been a big inspiration to me! i'm moving back to my home state in 9 months and when that happens i want to be a full time artist. i've started emailing art directors and opened up commissions, but generally i can't get people to engage with my work. i'm coming to you because i've seen you try so many things throughout the years. if you have any insight, or if i need a reality check, it would be greatly appreciated! thanks for reading!

i don’t know you and i don’t know your situation so i can’t give you any specific advice, so i’ll try and just type out some general “i wanna do art online” tips:

1. make your art easy to find. whether that’s a separate art blog or a prominently displayed art tag, just make sure people can find it within 1-2 clicks!

2. keep practicing, keep doing things you enjoy, keep posting. online following is a snowball. it goes painfully slowly for ages and ages and ages. once it starts to pick up, the rate tends to increase exponentially. there’s also a lot of luck involved. it’s hard to predict what will or won’t resonate with people, so just try to make sure that you genuinely enjoy whatever you make.

3. if you approach working professionals/people you admire for help, demonstrate off the bat that you are familiar with them/their work and keep your email/message brief and be polite. well known/popular artists get a lot of cold emails/messages from all sorts of people, and most frequently from people who just see a follower count or a popular post or something and cold email them without any care or specificity to them as a creator. these sorts of emails usually get dismissed out of hand. 

if you are looking to someone for help, be sure there is something specific about them that resonates with you that’s more than just “i see you are popular or successful and i also want that.” no one really likes getting those emails/messages because it feels like they could go to anyone as long as they had a high enough follower count or worked at X company. instead, look at their work or accomplishments and go “this aspect of this person’s work speaks to me, they work this job that interests me, i want to learn, etc.”

AND AGAIN: KEEP IT BRIEF. it’s really tempting to want to perfectly explain yourself/your situation, but you are a stranger and most people working in art are pretty busy, and you are not the only person sending them this kind of inquiry.

for art director stuff specifically, i recommend reading through @dearartdirector. i’m not an art director so i can’t help with that.

4. remember that online following/popularity and success are NOT the same things. i know plenty of popular artists who struggle financially, who can’t break into the industry. i know tons of working professionals who have very small online followings. i know in this hyper connected world, it is very easy to conflate those two things. DON’T DO THAT.

5. similarly, it is very easy to compare yourself to other people and to feel inadequate because others seem to have an easier time of it. this is a horrible illogical thing your brain does to spite you, don’t listen to it. you don’t know other people or their stories. you don’t know their struggles. lots of people work very hard and experience hardships that you will never be aware of, but it will seem externally like they have an easy time of it. it’s the old duck in the pond thing -- above the water they look serene and easy, underwater their flippers are going crazy to churn water.

6. it is okay to fail. everyone fails. it is not shameful or a waste of your time. it is just part of being alive and trying to do something you love.

7. similar to 6 -- be careful with your notions of what failure even means. it’s ok to not work in art, it’s ok to work part time, it’s ok to do whatever you need to do (that doesn’t hurt others) in order to find your way to a happy and sustainable life. similarly, being able to make money off your art is not necessarily a question of skill. there are... a lot of factors. you should not tie your worth to money in general, but you especially should not tie your value to your ability to monetize your art.

8. this is going to be an unpopular one... do not let your passion or desperation control you. sometimes the healthier thing is to not pursue something you love. i had to give up comics after years of making them because even though i loved them, they were terrible for my mental and physical health. it’s ok to love something and let it go and it’s ok to let your goals change. it is not worth ruining your health just for the privilege of making things. 

there are a lot of exploitative companies that will try to leverage this to make you take work for terrible pay and no rights. those jobs are never worth it. it is almost always better to do a non-art job and pour that time and love and passion into a project you care about, rather than being someone else’s cheap labor.

9. make friends who are around your age and skill level. i know it’s tempting to want to reach out to artists you admire and try to befriend them -- but it is not comfortable on the other end. usually those artists will be significantly older than you and in a different place in their lives and from their perspective, you are a stranger who is only interested in them because they make a thing you like. it’s a very awkward situation to navigate because you are not treating that creator as an individual, but rather as the conduit for Content You Like.

it is important to find peers to learn and grow with. real, genuine friendship will do so much for you as a person and an artist.

also -- older creators who are very receptive to young, untried artists and who easily let them into their space on the pretense of friendship or mentorship... i won’t say this is always a bad thing, but it can be indicative of bad intentions. there is an inherent power imbalance in that sort of relationship and there are people who will exploit that. this is a painfully common practice

this is a sour note to end this on, but it is a very important one. recently we have seen many industry pros in comics, games, and animation get ousted for exactly that sort of behavior. it sucks that it is a thing we need to look out for -- but it is.

[bluhblahsaur]

armoire in the attic, peeling wallpaper!

aaaa you picked difficult ones. OK!

armoire in the attic - Have you ever hidden anything away? What and why?When I was a kid, my sister and I used to write letters to our future selves and hide them around the house, like under the couch cushions and stuff, so that we’d eventually forget about them and re-discover them later.

peeling wallpaper - Write about a memory.I remember when I was very young, probably 5 or 6 years old, my mother had just picked me up from daycare. I had just exited the front door and was following her, looking down at the ground as I hopped down the step from the front door to the path that lead to the sidewalk. And I told myself, “I am going to remember this.” And I never forgot.

[skrankku]

I’m curious. Why do you want to minimize promotion of the comic?

https://skranken.tumblr.com/post/626996274694062080/onnenlintu-verdisketch-superdark33

Here ya go.

[jacuzziwaters]

Here's a picture of Hobie

Tagging:

@ponfarrtimeatthevulcannightclub @blackhole-that-is-life @smalltall

@aroacenezha @spydertrans @arataka-reigen @manicpixieautism @asher-in-the-south

@autismwonderland @catboy-steve @lizluvscupcakes @blackfawn 

@mistressoftheelderitchwhorehouse @voidlesslove @salad-of-potatoes @pastel-paramour 

@lyssified @robxstarstar @tau9  @funkyfagboybreakdowns @justanotherdumbteenboy 

@kybercrimes @caniblist-clown @howmanyholesinswisscheese @onlovesbehalf

@flo-milli-shit-hoe @queers-of-marybelltownship @lostandoverwhelmed @adoree-kaelynn 

@ihopetheyservelooksinhell @i-eat-laundry-detergent @nana149cm @funkyfagboythrives 

@strawberrymilkmaiden @cngremlin @im-gonna-squeet @onegiantmoth @mooingandmooning 

@discogothic @how-do-i-username @captain-effy @suchholydebauchery @chessbox 

@chicchaibean @preshtagonist @sucrosesorceryn @a-dot-dev @valensteinz 

@petrichorandarson @memoirs-of-a-crow @shuinami @olivestand @they-callme-ami 

@cosmic-mortis @fozdop @spiderpunkfien @what--the-helliot @abuddance @h3xt0r

@midnightnoiserose @xollos @theduchessofhearts @seththetinydemon @cherrifruiti 

@chashkachayaisasha @basicalyrandom @officialsoupstore

i wanna make one of those tag games but i have no ideas 😭

[xollos]

hi everybody (botat voice) my whine was$2 off today so i had some and now... i am Motivatted to talk about Lalli or lall-y if u like wall-e lmao

the FIRST thing u need to nkow is that he is EXTREMELY SMALL and must be protected at ALL COSSTS. i dont care who ayou are. rprotect HIM.

me about to unload some wisdom on u all about loving lalli

YALL REACting to this like whoa bitch damn who is this lol

REMEMBER WHen he smiled??? it gives the viewer 10000000 blessings yall are WELCOME posting on my dash about the insects ud like to fuck and i give u lalli blessings that will make u fortunate in ur bug fcuking endeavros

hes gay happy bpride month

eats food... like a good boi... nourish.... fuck ur grandma for making mistakes.... eat ur Bread Circle

this was in the background of stranger hthings 2s21 iand i think it looks like lalli

another smile. for u bug fuckers.

ghthis is extremely cute. theyre both gay and in olove.

lalli seeing the term ‘anti” for hte first time

my poor boy didnt have any friends iuntil he swas 19 yesars old... can u imagine... lalli i want tuo bue ur best firend uhit me up u can reach me at paypal.me/xollos

LOOK AT HIM STICKING OUT HIS TONGUE. HES NEAVER SEEN A PRETZEL BEFORE. CULTURE

GBLESSED IMAGE. FOR U BUG FUCKRES.

this weird casey anthony art expresses the exact emotion i feel for lali

he sleeps and he is so soft and vulnerable he needs to be protected against predatory republicans

heres a good white chili crescieps

fat horse.

i gliterally matede thises to show how much li love lalli and emil. thank u for ur time. but were not finished yet because if u dont love lalli then fuck u.

sorry oi photosohopped him to shoot maes hughes when hughes died i jumped on my bed and was very angrey idr why i made llali into his wife (borat voice) my hwiaaafe

tthis is a picture of my hometown but the google car drove thru at night.

THIS PIC IS SO UCUUUUUUTE IM DEAD

he is HUANTted he has  atragic backstory and everyone needs to respect him. i respect him fvery much and i would vote for him.

hes a very good listender and emil ais  AATRUGLE

GOD. hes a dorable

ANOTHER SMILE. DONT FUCK BUGS.

lalli is my son. dont boo him.

IS THERE ANYTHING MORE ICONIC THAN LOOKING OUT A WINDIOW WITH UR BOYFRIEND AND YALLS CAT/?? IS THERE???NO THERE FUCKING ISNT. FUCK OFF.

me when someone says they dont like alli JK EVERYONE LOVES LALLI but for ereal if someone told me they didnt like lalli all 9 of thises things would happen to me

WHEN HIS KNOSE IS DRAWN LIKE THAT. RELBOG IF U AGREE.

THIS IS SO CUTE

BRING IT BACK . ASSHOLE

this scares me t o be honest

remember this time lalli looked like moomminmanmma?

@harbingers-cat told me lalli and ommominmamma are mutal kin

THIS PICUTRE IS SO CUTE!!!

I LOVE WHEN LALLI’S FACE IS DRAWN LIKE THIS

bebe baby babie boy. i love him so much and i willprotect him forever. this is My bBoy.

BOY GO BPOOF!! BOY GOO POOF!!

HES SO GOOD AT DRAWING. IM GOONNA CRY.

I LOVE HIM!! I HLOVE HIM!! I LOVE HIM!! lisent ot me. listen. i am not lalli kin. i am not lalli kin. but form the beginngin i felt a kinship to lalli. we are the same. i am not lalli kin. he is very good andsecretly nice and he loves emil and is gay . what more could u want? he is very nice and precious.

i know what hemeans when ehe says here paper. i know. butter good. butter bogood. 

 heres a picture of soene trying their best. fuck anyone who doesnt understand. i love lali and would die for him . thatknsk harb for the pictures. the end

[completeoveranalysis]

kurogane training syaoran

~

Not even wrong!

[deliciousmicroplastics]

thanks for tagging me @softbutchesbian

15Qs / 15 Mutuals

Tagging: @jargon-seeds @gotinterest @nonbinarygrimwalker @tinybirdhome @xollos @inthelandofthewildthings @boychic @the-sound-of-her-wings @thequeenofeels @salviasjezabel @hobbinch @ze-ev @crossbonesandcutlery @plasmaturian @dolichomorph

no pressure to do this! and if anybody else wants to fill this out consider yourself tagged

1. Are you named after anyone?

birthname no, wax no, legal name yes but it's cringey and i dont want to elaborate

2. When was the last time you cried?

i think the other day while listening to leonard cohen

3. Do you have kids?

nay

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

yeah in spite of myself

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

idk hair i guess?

6. What’s your eye color?

gray? or green?

7. Scary movies or happy endings?

depends on the story

8. Any special talents?

really good at balancing things

9. Where were you born?

lower midwest

10. What are your hobbies?

things and activities writing, drawing, knitting, video james

11. Have you any pets?

1 cat 1 dog

12. What sports do you play/have you played?

have played like single games of a few different sports but as far as being part of a team/group, depending on who you ask, dancing

13. How tall are you?

5'4"

14. Favorite subject in school?

language studies

15. Dream job?

hoping to be a compounding pharmacy tech someday or perhaps an author

[jacuzziwaters]

My hair is orange now lol.

Tagging: @i-like-moths-and-men @chessbox @hobiebrownismygod @hittingpunklevelsofaudacity @hoe-bie @manicpixieautism @bugboi-connor @aroacenezhaanddainsleif @xollos @deritosmi

my gf showed me this awesome picrew, so i thought id start a chain! here

tagging: @mossroomq @bigshot-furbiestm @godofautism @that-darn-clown @swaggy-skeletons @radiofullofstatic and anyone else who wants to do it!!

[ibant-obscuri]

Dia noséquin ja

Doncs després de tots els problemes amb la paperassa de la uni me n’he anat al museu amb en Niels, la Glyptotek, que els dimarts és gratis. 

La veritat és que em sorprèn tota la quantitat de coses que s’han arribat a espoliar de l’antiga Grècia. Que no em molesta anar-me’n de museus per ciutats nòrdiques, però preferiria que algunes coses les tinguessin a Grècia. Igual passa amb les mòmies d’Egipte. Segur que les persones que estan allà dissecades no voldrien acabar exposades en un museu... Enfi. També voldria que els quadres d’en Dalí fossin exposats tots a Figueres, ha ha ha.

Després de vagar pel museu ens n’hem anat a buscar bolleria danesa típica d’aquí. Hem anat al Lidl perquè se suposa que és on ho ténen més barat i millor, així que per 29 dkk he comprat 5 peces diferents, que vindrien a ser 2 euros, és a dir, un xollo!

El més típic aquí és el Kanelsegle (”cargol de canyella”) i la veritat és que m’ha agradat molt. Està bé veure que no ho fan tot amb xocolata i mantega com els francesos 😂😂😂. Penjaré alguna foto a l’instagram i a la galeria d’aquí. 

[bootstrapdash]

For more details : https://www.bootstrapdash.com/product/xollo-bootstrap-admin-template/

[vangoghsunflower]

No sé a què jugues però se t’ha acabat es xollo

[jacuzziwaters]

Last song: Self Love by Metro Boomin and Coi Leray

Last movie: Mutant Mayhem

Currently watching: Nothing

Currently reading: Spider Punk comics

Currently craving: Mexican Food

Last thing I researched: 80s slang

Tagging:

@cosmic-mortis @fozdop @spiderpunkfien @what--the-helliot @abuddance @h3xt0r @midnightnoiserose @xollos @theduchessofhearts-blog @seththetinydemon @cherrifruiti 

@chashkachayaisasha @basicalyrandom @officialsoupstore

thanks @milocki for the tag!!

last song: sound life - L.E.M

last movie: lord of the rings - the return of the king

currently watching: trigun 98 but w/ dub this time instead of sub (rewatch)

currently reading: our wives under the sea by julia maxfield (and also trigun maximum)

currently craving: any kind of tea

last thing i researched: how to make an efficient relational database schema using orm (for school). rpi stuff, bugs in video games, and how to write a good story (for fun, i've been getting back into writing recently)

some tags:

@arsonistcryptid @bluescreening @wallf1ower @funnyunnie @annoyingbasementphantom @candidateofloyalty @asushunamir2051 @elu-xx @a-fox-studies + uhhh anyone who wants to join in ig?

[bluhblahsaur]

yellowwwwww

yellow: if you could have any view from your bedroom window what would you choose? what’s your favorite thing to do on a sunny day? what do you consider lucky? what made you smile today? what makes you happy?

I’d love my bedroom window to look into a forest... maybe right by a lake! My favorite thing to do on a sunny day is to go out to a park or somewhere nice and read a good book. Right now, the luckiest thing I can think of is... me! Because I somehow got the best girlfriend in the world?? ;D Getting this ask made me smile (ok I know I’m laying on the cheese now, but I just woke up so..). A lot of things make me happy! Finding a new song to obsess over, getting lost in a good book, watching fun movies or TV shows, cuddling with someone I love, eating yummy food, seeing nature, procrastinating in the morning on Tumblr, lots of stuff! :)