#Grain Direction

[hiteches]

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[crossdressingdeath]

I am once again begging people to realize that Ivenci does not in fact want to "make Antiva better", that's not why they want the Crows gone. This is someone who straight up let Treviso get occupied by the Antaam who fuck up every city they occupy (and tbh it is actually insane to me that a mage let the Antaam occupy their city after the atrocities in Ventus, which must have happened before the Antaam took Treviso because occupied Ventus is referenced in Eight Little Talons which happens before Antiva is invaded; it says a lot that Ivenci thought that was a good idea). They tried to gas the city with qamek (again, insane thing for a mage specifically to be doing after Ventus, these experienced writers did that on purpose) to remove the Crows and their supporters yes but also anyone who spoke out against the occupation too loudly. Guys, please, Ivenci wants power. We are repeatedly told and shown that they want power. They'd rather destroy the minds of half the city and give those remaining to the Antaam than not have power. Their immediate response to being told they'll be put on trial—with the knowledge of the king and merchant princes, so even if we assume the Crows don't have the legal right to do that they fully intend to cover their bases on that front—for all that treason it is at this point well documented they've been committing is "You can't do that to me, I'm the governor of this city". Them saying the Crows are bad does not mean they're right because they could not more clearly think the Crows are bad because they're getting in their way specifically.

They're not even right about why the Crows are bad; first and easiest the stuff about the Crows murdering people in the street is just straight up nonsense, there is literally nothing in any other game or this one suggesting they do that, they kill people they are hired to kill (and because they're so expensive those targets are extremely unlikely to include random people on the street) and claiming they're as bad as the Antaam (who we do see dragging people away during the first visit to Treviso) is ridiculous. And second... I've said this many times, but defending Antiva is literally the Crows' job. If the people of Treviso or Rook (or Ivenci, although they wouldn't for obvious reasons) went to the king and asked for help to free Treviso, the king would send them straight back to the Crows because defending Antiva is their duty and they do it proudly and as well as they can. Keeping Ivenci in the loop is the limit of what they're really required to do, and frankly given Ivenci is a) incredibly rude, b) wildly suspicious and c) entirely useless it's really more than they deserve, someone please replace this person with a competent governor who actually wants to help their people. Also no I won't ever be over them standing around doing nothing except insisting Crows Bad right outside the field hospital the Crows set up and are fighting to defend from the Antaam in blighted Treviso. This is where everyone involved in this situation who claims to care for Treviso should be putting their money where their mouths are and it is telling and pointed that the Crows do at great personal cost—the Crow casualties dying of blight and getting warped into monsters that the other Crows with Rook's aid have to put down so they aren't suffering and can't hurt anyone was deliberate, can people stop acting like the Crows are totally fine and untouched in blighted Treviso—and Ivenci and the Butcher don't, that was a deliberate storytelling choice and I would like people to stop ignoring it.

Ivenci is not insisting the Crows should stay out of it because it's not their job and they're overstepping; they're saying it because it is the Crows' job and they are interfering with Ivenci's plans, which is in fact evidence of the Crows working as intended in their role as Antiva's defenders (which does make the argument that Ivenci's right about the Crows being bad for Antiva somewhat ironic, given they're walking proof of the Crows being pretty good at their role even while being actively sabotaged and before anyone suggests Rook's doing all the work I'm saying right now that that's not the case, the Crows are clearly doing a lot when Rook's not around, and if you claim it is because we don't see them doing it you'd better be claiming that literally every faction is completely worthless because that argument does not apply to just the Crows). I am begging people to use their critical thinking skills, people saying things you agree with in broad terms and people being right are two entirely different things.

[ikemenomegas]

good-ending!kakashi and itachi need to have a little former traumatized geniuses cooking club where they get comfortable with making little "mistakes" and putting imperfect dishes on the table and improvising without needing to explain themselves like it's life or death

[pigeon-butch]

I certainly have my own concerns about the treatment of moo deng but um. well i think some of you may just be racist

[shiningliive]

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Voice Actor: Toriumi Kousuke Height: 177cm Weight: 58kg Blood Type: Unknown Birthday: October 31st Zodiac Sign: Scorpio Place of Birth: Agnapolis Hobby: Magic

From the official Twitter: Cecil belongs to Shining Agency and is a member of ST☆RISH. Hailing from the foreign land of Agnapolis, he is popular for his elegant, gentle atmosphere, and honest demeanor. The way he earnestly approaches everything with his best efforts is shown in his appearences in variety shows, and is a soothing sight for everyone.

[shaykai]

Shout out to Soraan for being my first kind of messy OC and making way for the nightmare that is Vat’il

[zhalfirin-binds]

WIP - Apothecaria III Covering the case - take 2

This time I relied on a commercial book cloth with a lokta paper covering the lower half of the case.

To not waste the cloth I covered only the area that would be visible later with cloth. Now I could have just pasted the paper on as well and be done with it. But even with thin cloth there is a visible step from board to cloth and it shows under the paper. When working in straight lines I usually don't mind that step. There's a just a small overlap of maybe 2-3 mm and that's fine by me. I decided to use the natural edge of the handmade paper so that overlap had to be enough to cover the whole area where it was needed (and also allow for some skew, because I know myself and how easily I get some skew in). I learned from experience that I do not like the edge when it's wider or combined with an irregular edge though.

Now getting the cloth on was the easy part, I drew a line with a compass and made sure I hit that line when covering the top half with the cloth. Then I took care of the step by pasting on a paper that had the same thickness as the cloth. I cut the paper a bit larger than needed to make sure the board was completely covered. It's also simply easier that way and I'd have to cut back anyway since even if I had cut it exactly to size, the paper stretches the moment glue is applied and will be wider than the board anyway. I checked in advance if it was square to the cloth and luckily it was so I could just paste it on, press and let dry before cutting the excess paper off.

Now I could add the lokta paper to finish the case, as pretty much expected I got some skew. No board was visible though and it actually plays into the design quite nicely, so I only cut back the turn in where cloth and paper did not align and called it done.

I should also mention that with all that layering of paper and cardstock and cloth on top of each other, I always keep grain direction in mind! If you start mixing the different materials and their pulls can cause serious warp in the book.

[19-020221]

i think oned is one of these things that stopped being just something and became everything for a lot of people, you know? its wasnt just a band, it was a place where you were heard and understood by people that felt the exact same as you did. as you do right now

[mrchill]

Adeline, through the opened window (canon ae1) © Chill · +

[lemonxlimee]

Unbothered. Moisturized. In my lane. Flourishing.

Throwable

[insecateur]

experiencing tremendous relief because i managed to track down that one masuda interview about xy i'd begun to believe i'd completely made up or sth where he talks about how no ww2 wasn't an inspiration for the plot of xy (my kingdom for people to stop making nazi jokes about team flare i can't believe i still see these in 2023) and how AZ is that big bc of the machine but i completely forgot about this

lysandre being born from AZ as a character... i can't believe i had no memory of this. in retrospect i Do remember the line about lysandre's character revolving around the theme of obsession bc i remember being like "Yeah... this tracks" re: my tastes lol but the rest escaped me... incredible

[1800titz]

tumblr might be getting shut down fr this timee— DYING. Thoughts??

Tumblr is shutting down and also the world is ending in 2012 LOL

[mrpenguinpants]

Omg you're back again hello 👀 how have you been????

Big mood on the "man I wish this author would finish their fic" LOL I've been rereading my own wiring recently and going wtf. Where's the rest of it?

For a limited time only babyyy

But I've been good. Extremely busy but it's okay, the pto is worth it. That's what I keep telling myself at least :) but how are you??? Is anything interesting happening? New developments perhaps 👀

The funny thing is that I've actually been talking with a few mutuals, and they've all told me that they recently went back to re-read their drafts. Maybe it's something in the air or we're all feeling a bit nostalgic? Or because everyone is on break since it's summer.

[nerdierholler]

Probably going to print out my text block today. Here’s some comparisons to the first one I bound. The first time I was intentionally trying to make it as short as possible with little text and small margins so I was dealing with fewer signatures. This is over 100 pages longer (150 ish -> 280 ish) but (I think) looks more similar to a “real” hardcover typeset.

Debating just printing it on regular printer paper because I can’t find letter sized paper in the right color and weight that won’t require trimming and I’m not sure I’m ready to drop $50 on the right paper. Though for 1000 sheets it’s not a bad price for specialty paper.

[zhalfirin-binds]

Paper can stretch a lot.

I keep forgetting how much that can be and working with elephant hide paper is good at reminding me.

Above you see dry paper on left, dampened paper on the right, you can clearly see the difference in height

Below you see: on one side dampened paper on the left (note how its curling up, I moistened the other side too and waited until it relaxed again), dampened paper on the right

Below both papers are dampened and have relaxed, they are not the same height

This also shows another reason why one should pay attention of grain direction in endpapers really well, I think. If the paper stretches out front, as it does with grain direction parallel to the spine, that stretch is not much of a problem.

If it spreads towards head and tail, it sort of fans out and creates a weird waviness in the endpaper.

[sims2ds]

i hate when people are like "the film does nothing to condemn [bad behaviour/harmful belief]" just because the characters don't look into the camera and say "this is wrong by the way". sorry sometimes you have to use your brain i know it hurts but you just have to