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Stop motion wood working

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Okay so I have no idea what is wrong with my blog??

My gifs look perfectly okay when I look in dashboard or in editor but on the blog they look completely messed up and even cut weirdly? has tumblr changed something in the time I was away? help ;-;

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Who gave this man the right to be this pretty ✨

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"Forensic pathology is work for the future"

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additions:

@fantasticcloaksandhowtolevitate 

The one where their love interest (who they totally don’t have feelings for) is in immediate danger

The cliffhanger season finale when no one is sure if the main character will survive or not

The subsequent season premiere revealing the protagonist to be perfectly fine, but bent on revenge

The one where “the team” is being hunted by the killer

The one in which true feelings are revealed (bonus points if it’s a cliffhanger finale, or when the person they are confessing to is in great danger)

The one where the person turns themself in for being the killer because they are blacking out and losing time

@some-quality-orangejuice

The one where a good guy gets framed but the others prove they're innocent

Mine:

The one where they are exposed to a terrible disease and might die!? (but they don’t, duh)

The one where the show eludes to the fact that maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe magic is real? but nah. but maybe??? but nah. But MaYBE!?

The one where they meet their dead loved ones on the crossroads between life and death. Bonus points if they part important life lessons on the way. 

The one where it’s A RISK TO NATIONAL SECURITY

The one with the terrorists 

The one where they THINK its terrorism but it’s not

The one where a higher-up is involved and everyone wants to cover it up but our valiant heroes will not bend their morals and bring them to justice!.... even if it takes them, like, the whole show.

The one where the victim is one of their own.

The one where there is FINALLY some representation for non-straight folks. Don’t get too excited though.. they are dead.

to be continued... 

Things Every Detective Shows Have

The one who doesn’t care about the rules

The one who really cares about the rules 

The one who doesn’t care about the rules corrupts the one who cares about the rules to be a little looser with them. “You’re not breaking the rules, you’re just… bending them. For the greater good. You know.”

The bomb episode.

Another bomb episode.

The one where someone comes to ask them to investigate a murder, and when they ask “whose?” they answer “mine”, Usually followed by a dramatic reveal of loss of hair, a broken vial, etc etc.

The one where the BODy WAkES uP

That guy/girl you kind of like? Yeah, they’re a total murderer.

The one where they get kidnapped at gunpoint.

The one where they get kidnapped, but not at gunpoint.

The one where the killer leaves them messages.

The one where the killer makes it personal.

The one where it is personal because it relates to their tragic backstory.

Did I say “one”? I meant, many. Because that’s a very loose arc in the show. Once every ten episodes or so, it appears. 

The one with the serial killer.

The one with another serial killer.

The one with a third–you know what, scratch that. Sometimes, it’s all serial killers.

The one where it turns out to have been a suicide. 

The one with the poison.

The one with the near-death experience.

The one where someone actually dies. 

The one with the inside job.

The one with the inside inside job–you know, the inside the agency job.

The one with the bank robbery.

The one with the hostages. 

The one where they have 24 hours OR ELSE

The one with the old flame walking back into their lives

To be continued.

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Sica Wolf appreciation post!

This is one of my favorite webtoons and it’s so underrated! I’m looking for someone to talk about Sica Wolf with so if it sounds like something you’re interested in please come do so on my discord server! 

Reasons to Read Sica Wolf

KARSUS

SICA!

KARSUS AND SICA

THE KISSES (and there are many. This is just a taste. To open up your appetite. This series is a blessing to shippers everywhere). 

THE ART STYLE

Hopefully, I’ve managed to convince you to pick up this fantastic webtoon if you haven’t tried it already or, if you have, that I’m enough of a fangirl to come talk to me about Sica Wolf in my discord server!

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Vote For Your Favorite Couple

https://discord.gg/uqRqJWg

Come vote for your favorite couple and stay to discuss these awesome webtoons! https://discord.gg/uqRqJWg

Coupes shown: 

Sica & Karsus from ‘Sica Wolf’

Raeliana & Noah from ‘The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke’s Mansion’

Erin & Rowan from ‘Why Are You Doing This Duke?’

Ellise and Linden from ‘Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp‘

Canaria and Ceasar from ‘Survive as the Hero’s Wife‘

and Sila and Jullius form ‘This Girl is a Little Wild’

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Anyone else annoyed as fuck that the Infinite Scrolling on Tumblr can’t be turned off now? 

I preferred having pages for multiple reasons.

1) It’s easier to find stuff (especially on your Likes page)

2) If your dashboard automatically refreshes when you have infinite scrolling, good luck in finding where you were before.

3) I don’t know about your guys’ computers but mine can’t take having 100+ posts loaded all at once without lagging and shit. It just gives up on loading the gifs after scrolling for like 3 minutes. 

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Not to mention now whenever I search something I have to manually change it to list form instead of block form EVERY SINGLE TIME.

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It was so much better before, let me have my own choice of options please. i.e., list not block and pages NOT infinite scrolling.

It was fine before, If someone wanted Infinite scrolling they could leave it on, if they wanted the Block style posts when searching they could have it and only have to select it ONCE. Why take away the pages option? What good did that do anyone?

Was it a mistake made when adding the new palette feature? Will it be fixed? I HOPE SO

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Who is Your Favorite Visual?

Which boy from Inso’s Law is your favorite visual?

Join my discord group and vote for your fav: https://discord.gg/uqRqJWg

(Pls join. I REALLY want to talk to people about this webtoon and others)

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Does anyone wan to talk about Raeliana with me?

I opened a discord group to talk about webtoons, is anyone interested in talking about ‘ The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion ‘ with me?

If so, please join! I promise I don’t bite!

https://discord.gg/qfjtHSB

and if you just want to see cool panels from the webtoon, I created a pinterest board: https://pin.it/5mcOoLk

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Webtoon Recommendation: Sica Wolf!

Origin: Korean

Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Another World

Chapter # at the Time of Writing: 68

Art Style : ★★★★✰

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This one is my newest obsession, and let me tell you, it has one of the BEST manhwa otps I've had the pleasure to read of and it's shockingly wholesome considering it involved monsters, human experiments, and death!

SUMMARY

From Tappytoon, the official English translater (and please support the author through the site if you can!):

On a mission to find the two most important people in her life, Sica steps foot outside the Magician's Tower for the first time ever! She soon meets Karsus, a mercenary swordsman who looks like her first love. Despite being confused for someone else, Karsus offers to help find the people Sica's looking for if she helps him with his work. Thus the two begin their adventure - one that will change not only the fate of the Empire, but also their hearts! First love or Karsus, who will Sica choose?

THE PLOT

The plot is really engaging; it's not much of a mystery, so the real interest is in how the characters react to the things happening to them and how they choose to act. Most of the time, they surprise me (in a good way), and the interactions & dialogues between them made me unable to put it down!

This one is definitely a character-driven story, so let's talk about them for a second!

SICA WOLF

Sica Wolf is the protagonist of the story. She is a beautiful, tiny and (honestly) fluffy looking sorceress who is too pure and sweet for this world. This world tries to put her down, with traumatic experiences in her past that convince her she is a monster and make her prone to believing people will hate her or try to hurt her. And does this precious bean blame them? Even when she's done nothing to deserve their hate but only tries to help and protect others? NO SHE DOESN'T! She thinks it's to be expected and she understands why they act like this. She is too precious and sweet for this world and must be protected at all costs!

KARSUS LIAN

Luckily, she meets Karsus; a handsome swordsman and master aura user, who has no lack of self-confidence, is laid back and is quite blase about killing and stuff. He is the perfect match for her, since he is always honest with her, constantly tackles her fears and unabashed. Of course, he too has a tragic past, one that makes him resistant to the idea of creating lasting relationships

THE ROMANCE

Featuring: Hand Holding! Cheek Kissing!! REAL Kissings!!! Chemistry!

#blessed

Honestly, these two are adorable from the get-go. Sice is not very familiar with how to create human relationships, which means she has no restraints. She doesn't fear getting physically close to people or to do whatever to make them feel better. Karsus, on the other hand, simply doesn't care, and his promiscuous and flamboyant manner makes him very quick to show physical affection.

Of course, he normally keeps it at physical affection only, but both Sica and he feel some kind of instant connection that puts them very much at ease with one another.

Which means... we get a pretty touchy-feely romance that features a couple who are pretty comfortable with each other from the get-go - they are touchy-feely, they kiss a lot (yes! a lot! And no need to wait for chapter 150 for it to happen!), they are super honest with each other, super affectionate, and super unafraid to let other people in on the secret, too! Quite frankly, they are a breath of fresh air in the manhwa world and their interactions made me unable to stop reading!

If you are still not convinced and want to see more images from this amazing webtoon, check out this Pinterest board I created for my favorite panels. If you’re looking for more webtoon recommendations, I opened a Wattpad story dedicated to that so it’s worth a follow :)

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WebToon Talk: Solo Leveling

Disclaimer: Okay, so this is a fair warning. I am going to start doing this THING because I have grown obsessed with WebToons and since I have absolutely nowhere to talk about them, I’m going to do so here. If you’re not interested, which is completely fair, I will not hold a grudge against you if you decide to unfollow. You can also just block the tag (it’s going to be “WebToon talk”) if you still want to see my gifs but not these :) 

And now...

Also Known As: Only I Level Up

I’m Currently On: Chapter 106 / ?

Manhwa Status: On-Going

Art Style: 10/10

This is THE WEBTOON. The one that started it all. I study Japanese and love manga and one of my friends recommended this one. When he explained about the manhwa, I knew I had to try it out.

The story goes something like this: It’s our world, only one-day 10 years ago dungeons (like the ones in RPGs) show up in RL and people (called Hunters) start getting powers in order to be able to combat them. Our hero is one such person, except he is super UNDERpowered. He’s, like, the bottom of the bottom. Due to some circumstances, he cannot stop his work as a Hunter, despite how dangerous it is. On one such dangerous job, things take a turn for the worse. When Jin Woo wakens from the ordeal, he discovers something different... he can now see a ‘system’, like in video game, of his real-life stats. And more than that... he can now level his stats up?? 

My Thoughts: Omg, this webtoon is SO GOOD. One of my absolute favorite tropes in manga is that of the underdog that grows OP af. There is nothing I love more than someone who is underestimated and looked down on proving everyone wrong and becoming something to be reckoned with, and this webtoon is basically Zero to Hero: The Webtoon™

Jin Woo is so freaking cool I can’t. I have NEVER had such a reading experience. You know what I mean, right? One where you fist pump at the hero’s successes, squeal at how freaking COOL he is at the fight scenes, rant at people for looking down at him as if these imaginary characters could hear you, and just basically have to calm yourself down as you read because it’s just a manhwa. But damn is it hard to calm myself down while reading this.

SOLO LEVELING is badass af, and if that sounds like something you might like, I think you should totally give it a chance! 

It is also, I feel compelled to add, a super cool series of novels. There are 14 volumes of the original novel, and I HAD to go read them because I could not handle the cliffhangers of the webtoon. The novels can be found under the title ‘Only I Level Up’, and there are several translations available. The one I read I felt was the best, not in terms of accuracy to the source (since I have no knowledge of Korean as of yet, I couldn't judge that) but in terms of it reading like a book. It took me a week but I finished it all and I am super excited to see the upcoming scenes translated to manhwa form!!

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Sassy Go Go Mini Review

Honest Drama Title: Shameful Adults Make Cute Teens’ Life Miserable for 12 Episodes Straight For “Their Own Good”. 

So, before we get to the spoilery bits, if you just want a couple of sentences of recap, I really enjoyed this one! It took me two to three episodes to REALLY get into it, but I was smooth sailing after that, and the kids totally won my heart!

- So, this one requires your suspension of disbelief; That this school exists. That the Horrible Mothers’ Squad is real. That the dorm rooms would be comprised of important characters to the plot only (I mean, how come Real King and Beak Ho are together in their dorms?? Is that, like, a school rule? Pair the top 5% and bottom 5% together??) That someone whose job is to help children get the perfect application so they’ll be accepted to ivy league schools would truly believe that kids who have never done cheerleading (or any form of physical exercise because their grades are their holy grail) would WIN CHEERLEADING REGIONALS AFTER TWO MONTHS OF PRACTICE. I just. I can’t with this. Why are the adults in this show so dumb?

- Jung Eun Ji is so freaking pretty and I flail about it hardcore. I mean, I KNEW she was pretty. But the dancing scenes, and the crinkly smiling scenes, and that freaking nose y’all... not gonna lie, I am a bit gay for her haha 

- Those crinkly eyed kids are killing me. We have two of them! Not one, but two!! Ah, my heart. 

- Come to think of it, the whole cast is just A++! Even the villains! I especially felt for Soo Ah because, yes, she did crappy things, but with THAT mother I understood where she came from. This is not to excuse her actions, it’s just to say that there is hope for her yet because she is not an evil person, she is just a person faced with unreasonable expectations that define her whole relationship with her own self-worth. 

-97.56% of the adults in this show are utter human garbage and need to be ashamed of themselves, and the remaining 2% need to be hugged and protected. Alas, hugs and protection are a bit scarce in this one. 

- The Bromance game is strong in this one. Men being there for one another and protecting each other and creating their own tight family together and being each other’s safe space is a total kink of mine so let’s just say I was a BIG fan of this one. Especially since this IS kind of love triangle, so it always has the potential to ruin good friendships just because the writers need some More Drama. 

- The drama felt oddly loooong considering it’s relative short episode length. I could’ve actually done with an episode or two less, all the awfulness in this school started to wear on me near the end ^^”

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Re Watching BBC Sherlock Season 1 Episode 1

Heads Up: Random rumblings ahead! No point to this, just wanted to write some thoughts so here I am. 

I’ve been on a kick of rewatching favorites again, especially because I’m so busy and tired, and so I found myself watching BBC Sherlock again.

And can I just say; I’ve missed these idiots? 

The first episode is still so good, my god. 

First of all, it’s visually interesting. Like, this is one of those things I feel like people don’t talk about enough. Yes, the characters are amazing, but it’s also really fun to watch from a technical point of view. It makes it a VIEWING experience. I often LISTEN to shows instead of watching (I put on a show and listen to what’s happening while doing other things, instead of actively watching it), but with Sherlock I tend to actually watch because I want to see all these interesting things and little insights into Sherlock’s mind. 

Moving on to the characters & story - God, I love how they did it. First, I think it’s not for nothing that everyone thinks of them a couple. See it romantic or platonic, these two are soul mates, and they feel it from the first moment they meet.

Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant man, and he knows it. So why is it he is surprised and pleased by Watson’s open admiration for him? John Watson is a guarded man, a man who has seen a lot, and so why is it he trusts and follows Sherlock Holmes? They see something in each other, a PROMISE, that can only be fulfilled by the other. This person will give me what I need, their souls seem to whisper to each other. Again, I’m not necessarily speaking in romantic terms, although I do think the border between romantic and platonic for these two is a very thin one, in any version of the due, because of that deep, ingrained connection.   

Sherlock Holmes actively works to get John Watson as his flatmate - everyone keeps speaking of how he has no friends, and yet here he is, basically deciding “I’ll have this one” and doing everything to make sure it happens. This, from a man who sees everyone around him as dumb. Sure, he equivalents John to a skull, but did you notice how before no one even came close to comparing to that skull? He would talk to himself, and now... now he talks to John. Crazy!

And John. John, John, John. He is kind of like a knight in his majesty’s (Sherlock’s lol) army. He looks at Sherlock like he is something wonderous, he protects him (from outside sources as well as himself), he is as much fulled by danger and violence as Sherlock, and Sherlock gives him the freedom to follow that. No judgment, no scorn, but rather admiration. Sherlock encourages a side of John that he probably found shameful before. And here is this man, pretty much saying “that’s the best part about you”. 

I have always seen the overall story of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson to be a love story, and a bloody brilliant one at that. 

(once again, for the ones shouting in the crowd, not necessarily a romantic one!).