#artsy assembling and all that

[starpros-sunshine]

ADHD combined with ennui and the "eh how hard can it be I'll manage somehow" mindset will have you fixate on one specific idea in your head and maybe potentially end with you making unwise impulsive financial decisions. On the other hand I really want that bass guitar. I have no idea how guitars work all I've ever played were key instruments and I'm not even particularly good at those. Head in hands.

[centrally-unplanned]

For a piece I am working on I was reading some 2010's-era discourse around "Are Video Games Art", particularly the Roger Ebert essay rejecting it in 2010. And it is such a classic example of "culture wars end with a whimper" - no one ever convinced anyone ofc, but meanwhile gaming as a creative space grew so diverse and ubiquitous that trying to convince people of the negation side became simply impossible and virtually everyone saw no need to even mention the topic again.

I was discussing it with partners and I thought about doing a poll here, and we just laughed; why bother right?

Now back when this discussion was "big" a common thing was to name the games that were the most art, the sword you would carry into battle. In my era the most common pick was Shadows of Colossus due to its commitment to atmosphere and moral ambiguity...while also being a game of sequenced boss fights. Choosing the dozens of experiment "arthouse" games seemed like cheating, and also failing to prove your point. No one cared if Roger Ebert thought Uncle Buddy's Phantom Funhouse was art; it had to be the games you played after all. Still, everyone had their pick, and through those picks the culture showcased the art/game binary - generally downplaying game mechanics, level design, or gameplay as art-worthy compared to "traditional" concepts like narrative, visuals, or thematics. But ofc it was unique to each person, and definitely a fun little exercise at the time!

My own personal pick was always Today I Die, a ~5 minute Flash game where you solve simple puzzles in a way that assembles and changes a poem. I liked it because, while it was ofc "artsy" and hit those atmospheric notes while utilizing traditional art genres as its focus, all of that was completely bound up in the gameplay. Sans the game decisions there is nothing there but a childish poem, so without the game elements the art fades away. Also you could play it instantly and get the point. Many games fulfilled such criteria ofc, but I always liked it.

(As a Flash game its original home is long dead, but I think if you google around you can find ways to play it)

[hellsitegenetics]

Saw the last ask about naming their character, and since I've been in an artsy mood, I'd like a organism to base a character (probably a dragon of some form) off of! Name, appearance, whatever's available based off what comes up.

Thanks! Love all of your work 💙

String identified: a t at a at ag t caact, a c ' a at , ' a ga t a a caact (a a ag ) ! a, aaac, at' aaa a at c .

Ta! a 💙

Closest match: Malacosoma neustria genome assembly, chromosome: 25 Common name: Lackey moth

[hard-times-paramore]

Dude, actually, I gotta shout out to the world about these little guys.

These are called Dummy 13. They're highly articulated dolls that you can use as pose references, decoration, toys, to take photos, etc. They have SO MANY JOINTS. It's impressive. And the best part is they can be 3D printed. Their creator is someone called Soozafone and the printing file is FREE.

You have to print all the parts and then assemble them. Which I ALSO FIND FUN! It's like legos, a nice lil craft project. You can even mix and match colors.

If you don't have access to a 3D printer, the creator allowed people to sell the dummies - either the assembly kit or the assembled doll. I see a lot of them around in online sites for pretty cheap. I bought mine for 15 reais each (I have 2). I've seen them on Etsy for 5 dollars.

People also make a fuckton of accessories for them, it gets crazy.

Or sometimes even use the same base frame to make different styled dolls.

I've been posting so many pictures of mine that I thought I might as well sing their praises. I love those little things, they make me so happy to just play around with them, make poses and take artsy photos. Here's a picture of mine.

I may have packbonded.

[ithemyso]

A list of my BATIM + BATDR headcanons that ignore all canon, in no particular order (which will be added onto later):

GENT sent in people to work on the ink machine, but that team also included a doctor, some chefs, a few artsy folks, and plenty others of varying skillsets that ended up staying at JDS permanently.

Before it was called Joey Drew Studios, the studio was named Sillyvision (it didn't change until well after Bendy cartoons took off in popularity).

The real life studio was originally around 3 times the size of the area we see in chapter 1, but it expanded rapidly after it became successful.

There were a LOT of people working in Heavenly Toys. They probably even had an assembly line in the later years.

While Bendy cartoons were what made JDS famous to begin with, they had a few other series as well, and plenty of standalone shorts too. It was the latter which the initial Bendy show started out as, and from there it grew into JDS' bread and butter.

Bendy and Boris had voice actors, both of whom were supposedly fairly good friends with Susie Campbell and Sammy Lawrence due to the nature of their work. Nothing else is known (or remembered) about them.

Henry's favorite cartoon that he made was Boris.

Norman Polk and Thomas Connor were both black. Allison Pendle was Asian-American.

Sammy was the first to be infected by the ink, but wasn't the first to die by it.

Audrey Drew looks almost exactly like her father, but her hair is thicker and curlier than his, she's taller, and her face has a slightly different shape.

Joey Drew keeps a copy of the real life Ink Machine in a closet in his apartment. It's just the top part we see in Chapter 1 of BATIM, but a bit smaller. Nonetheless, it contains a path to the Cycle, which he can manage from his own home.

And finally: the entirity of the games would have been avoided had Linda caught wind of what was going on (she would've straight up killed Joey, and not a soul would've breathed a word about it to the cops)

[thebibutterflyao3]

"Glamour"

@pandalilymicrofics - 919 words

part two - part three - part four

**TW: Toxic Ex enters the chat**

By the time she’d collected herself and assembled enough finger foods for four voracious teenagers, Ron had wandered into the kitchen with an eager grin. He was a good six inches taller than Harry already and nearly as tall as Lily herself. His appetite alone was accounted for in half of the snacks.

“Can I help?” he asked, arms outstretched. 

“Of course, but only if you promise to convince Harry to eat more than crisps.”

Ron grinned. “Deal!” He wrapped long, gangly arms around the majority of the snacks and spun around, marching back down the hall as if he was the patron saint of snack foods on a mission to abolish teen hunger. Which he was, in a way. 

Lily picked up the veggie tray and pack of sugar-free sodas, hurrying to catch up with his longer strides. Just outside the sitting room, she stopped him and asked, “Who’s the girl sitting with Harry?”

“What girl? Oh, that’s not a girl, it’s just Luna,” he said with a shrug. 

Luna. That’s a pretty name. Wait, is Luna actually not a girl, or is Ron being a twit again? 

It could go either way, honestly. Ron was quite possibly the most ridiculous boy she‘d ever met. The utter nonsense that came out of his mouth was truly astounding. Once he’d informed Harry that all he had to do to impress girls was to smell nice all the time. Thankfully, James fielded that disaster before Harry drowned himself, and suffocated everyone else, with his cologne. 

Another time, he’d left even Hermione baffled with the confident assertion, “The ocean is salty because it’s filled with whale tears.” Harry eventually sorted out that Ron had misunderstood the term “whale blubber” to mean that whales were constantly crying. Lily had nearly bruised a rib trying not to laugh during that debate.

Ron returned to collect the drinks and veggie tray before Lily had her wits about her. “Thanks, Ms. Evans!”

“You can call me Lily, Ron. It’s fine,” she told him for the hundredth time. 

“Nah! Mum would have a fit. ‘Respect your elders, Ronald Bilius Weasley!’” His high-pitched imitation of his mother wasn’t far off. Molly was a busybody and she spoiled Harry rotten, but she was the closest thing Harry had to an aunt since Petunia cut contact before he was born. 

Harry shooed her away from the door, his ears turning pink with embarrassment that his mother was hovering around the sitting room, supervising. Gasp! The horror! Her existence may tarnish his reputation! 

Taking the hint for what it was, Lily returned to her bedroom and put away the jewelry she’d stashed in her trouser pocket. She changed into a comfy jumper and jeans, relieved to abandon her heels in the closet and curl up in the oversized chair that had become her home office. Opening her laptop, she spent the next hour answering emails and catching up on correspondence that she hadn’t had time to address with back-to-back client meetings today. 

Nearly done, she clicked on the last unread email automatically…and immediately regretted it. Eighteen years of healing and a year of intense trauma therapy hadn’t prepared her for an email from her first ex-husband. A man she hadn’t had contact with for nearly two decades, on purpose. As she skimmed the email, a chill ran down her spine. He thinks I owe him? For what? Not letting me die?

Lilibet,

Need a favour, sweets, and you owe me. Saw your studio is still open and as it happens, a friend of mine needs a job. Hire him and we’re square. He’s artsy and shite like you. Get this, his name is Evan. He should fit right in at Evans Interiors, don’t you think? You’re a smart girl. I’m sure you’ll figure it out.

BCJ

P.S. Well done on tossing that sodding loser. Call me if you–

Lily couldn’t read any more. Out of sheer panic, she slammed her laptop closed, then winced, fervently hoping she hadn’t broken the screen. What a nightmare. Hire his friend? He’s artsy and shite?

“I’ll bet he’s off his meds again,” she said, rubbing both hands over her face. “Barty’s running around London without his meds, and thinks I’m going to help him out? Bloody hell.”

Last she’d heard, Barty was in France running a hacking scam of some kind. That was ages ago though. She doubted that Marlene still kept tabs on him now. He was a mess, even at his best. When Lily finally had enough and walked away, he just stood in that shitty flat’s doorway and stared after her, dumbfounded that she’d had a backbone all along. 

Twenty year old Lily was a fool. She thought that a degree would save her. That her professional life was going to be all glitz and glamour with commercial clients taking her out to fancy dinners and luxurious corporate budgets to work with. Instead, she wasted entirely too much time creating proposals for companies that ghosted her and hadn’t eaten at a proper restaurant in six months. Since James moved out, actually.

It was probably for the best that James wasn’t here now, for a multitude of reasons, but especially if Barty was reaching out. James only knew some of the horrors from her first marriage, but he knew enough to have felt obligated to “protect” her, and likely would have escalated the situation instead. With Barty, confrontation was the last resort. The nuclear option, really.

No, it was better if she handled this herself.

[sugareey-makes-stuff]

What's this? What's this? Is this a t(ea)ser for something new? Yeah, you could say that. >> Good thing Stiles has gotten Derek into Halloween mode, since I've been having these two help me with tea and packaging design and assembly for the last few weeks. Stiles def came up with the tea sampler name, but Derek made sure my tea steeping instructions were thorough (and he's probs going to proofread what I have for the umpteenth time). Oh, and of course they switched costumes this year (the beauty of sharing clothes XD)! The latest update why it's been quiet here is because I'm in prep mode for a smol merch release for our lovely boys! There's going to be a tea sampler, a sticker pack, and maybe a few other custom one-of-a-kind artsy things like mini art cards and notebooks (but only if time allows me to finish them in the next day or so). More official deets about merch and where to buy stuff will go up some time Friday, Oct. 18th in the evening EDT Saturday, Oct 19th. I'll say that it's a very smol haul for now, just to feel things out. That's all for now. Get excited and hyped!

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, October 26th - Sunday, October 27th

Buffy: You also might wanna avoid words like 'amenable' and 'indecorous', y'know. Speak English, not whatever they speak in, um... Giles: England? Buffy: Yeah. You just say, 'Hey, I got a thing, you maybe have a thing, maybe we could have a thing.' Giles: (sarcastically) Oh, thank you, Cyrano.

~~Some Assembly Required~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

New Year’s Tradition by veronyxk84 (Buffy, Dawn, PG-13)

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PARTY PREP by KNZ1 (Dawn, Joyce, Buffy, Mature, author used an Underage warning but there is no sexual activity)

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The Prophecy - Chapter 1-2 by bookxish (Buffy/Angel, Explicit)

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[leviathan--ships]

YOU 🫵.

🔥 7: In what ways does your f/o make you feel excited, giggly, happy, or positive?

❤️‍🩹 8. What is a deep or special memory between you and your f/o that means a lot to you/them?

🧠 9. What is something you love listening to your f/o talk extensively about, and what do they love hearing you elaborate on?

tell me about your twink bf who is so full from cigarettes please

AHHH! ME

He's died cause he ate to manie cigarettes 😨

[Link to original game] (answers under the cut of course)

🔥 - Dude it is so stupid how happy he makes me, he's literally just the definition of A Guy. I can't really explain it, I've always just liked those sorts of characters, and he's like, the epitome of them but with more flavor if that makes sense.

He's got good music taste, he's really funny, relatable, like, he's just so *gestures at nothing* y'know? I also may just be one of those fags, mayhaps 🤯

❤️‍🩹 - I think the one that always sticks out to me is when he went to get Franz's stuff back.

It's the first thing he did that made him seem safe compared to the others, especially because it wasn't just the important things like his computer and documents. It was the little things that made his apartment feel like it was his. Worn-out posters, CDs and tapes, bad movies, dumb little knick-knacks, bad photos he took when he was a kid, shit like that. It was clear he wasn't just doing a once over out of obligation, but that he spent a while going through everything and grabbing the things he'd want in if he was in the same situation.

And while he was scared at first, both from the knock on his door catching him off guard and opening it to see a guy he really didn't know and hadn't spoken to with two large bags filled with his stuff, it really did help separate him from the others in Franz's mind.

🧠 Dude, Franz legit would have his own little stool in Adam's darkroom to just sit and watch/listen to him work and yap about how all of it works. Especially now that he'd be able to shoot for more than sketchy stalking jobs and shitty gigs for Scott, he'd totally geek out about getting to do more artsy projects and using more than the cheapest film he could afford. Sure, it's complicated as hell, and he doesn't get all of the composition rules or chemistry behind developing, but seeing him get to be so open about it after years of his parents and friends putting it down and calling it stupid is well worth it.

Also, I will die on the hill that he's kind of an elitist industrial fan when it comes to music. Sure, he's not the type to call everyone who doesn't like the same music a poser, and most of the time, he's only half serious, but I think it'd lead to a ton of joke arguments.

Cause obviously Franz's taste is everything I like that would exist in and before 2007, which does not bode well in his favor. There's a lot they'd agree on, NIN, KMFDM, The Prodigy, Rammstein, some Depeche Mode probably, Einstrürzende Neubauten would be respectable, etc. And some of the new wave and other electronic stuff (Gary Numan, Wolfsheim, Keoki, Kraftwerk, etc.) wouldn't be terrible. But we have to be serious, the fact that he'd like shit like My Chem, FOB, Blink-182, Green Day, and other radio hits would NOT slide around Adam. I will not stand for emo Adam unless it's like, actually emotional hardcore, that man is only shown listening to Frontline Assembly, we have got to be real here. Of course, I'm sure there's some more mainstream stuff he'd like (obviously none of what I've mentioned is obscure besides like, maybe Einstrürzende, but you know what I mean), I've read at least one fic with him and Scott being into REM when they were teens, and I do like that one. Again, not a total "erm if they played more than one show 20 years ago where 5 people saw it and it was never recorded, I won't listen to it" kind of guy, but he's not just into radio shit. (Unlike some people *cough* me)

Oh, and I do think Franz is getting hit with the Devo beam, and unfortunately for him, I feel like that's just gonna end up with:

"Dude I don't get it, they're in stupid outfits, the music sounds like clown music, that guy's doing the worm standing up, like seriously-"

"No no no, you don't understand, there's a deep political message, 'Freedom of Choice' was a Carl's Jr ad that they're using to mock American consumerism while also turning it into a play on how people talk about all the change they want but can't get, but then complain about how its all too complicated and wish it was so easy, when they already have the ability to fix things if they'd just use it"

"Franz. Please. Look at what you're talking about, and then say that all over again"

"Nuh uh, you just don't get real music"

"THEY'RE QUOTING A TOILET PAPER COMMERCIAL WHILE MEOWING"

But it's all playful for the most part, and something they do really enjoy sharing with each other, even if it means Adam has to put up with "I Miss You" more often than he'd like.

I am not sorry for the yap fest, you asked and you shall receive.

[twistedsimmer]

Without further ado...

One fine day, Mayor GilsCarbo was busy at work in his office when his receptionist called. A prominent businessman was here with a proposal, she said, one that he claimed the Mayor wouldn't be able to resist. Finding this more intriguing than the city planner's reports that he was reviewing, he replied, "Send him in, Sheila."

It turned out to be none other than Richard Morris, the founder of EveryTech Technologies, and one of the city's top business tycoons. Instead of building seaports or buying trucks, he had a better idea: to send a team into the unexplored fringes of SimNation, establishing a new settlement and scouting the area for valuable resources.

"Sounds good so far. What kind of people are you going to send?" the Mayor asked. Richard grinned, handing over a thick folder. "I'm glad you asked.."

"We've assembled a group of volunteers, each selected for genetic compatibility and expertise in their respective fields. We hope that they'll not only be able to serve the short term goal of taming the land, but also growing a brand new population of tax-paying individuals."

"Very interesting! So, who are these people?"

"First we have my son, Jake Morris, leading the expedition. He'll be the liaison between the new settlement and SimCity. If provided a job in your office, of course."

"That I can arrange. Who else?"

"Mona Lott will be in charge of entertainment and morale, due to her work as an actress."

"Her name sounds very familiar, what was she in?"

"Minor independent productions of a mature nature, as she claimed on her application. Probably some avant-garde, artsy films, but many of my men on the selection committee vouched for her skill."

"Ah yes, I hear she's been praised for her..flexibility."

"Next we have Solomon Utes, a freelance writer of some renown. He regularly contributes to the SimCity Times, and will be authoring all of the status reports."

"I still remember that scathing article he wrote on Landgraab's nightclub, Malcolm sold the business a month later after that went public. Then he sued Utes, and lost."

"Brigette LeRoux here is an experienced midwife, and purportedly good with animals. Her skills as a Douser should also come in handy."

"From these satellite photos, it looks like there's a decently large lake in the area. Surely you don't need a psychic to find that."

"Next we have Amayata Nairi, the civil engineer of the team. She's quite young, she's proven to be quite competent as well. We're confident she'll be able to set up the infrastructure in the settlement, and help connect it to SimCity."

"I'll do what I can to help on my end, if the area proves to be worth the effort."

"Marf Foobar is a volunteer from my own company. He's quite the convincing salesman, which is why he'll be in charge of public relations and tourism."

"Hmm, I'm sure he'll sell it better than a used Smord."

"And finally we have Emi Uzuki. She immigrated from Takemizu to attend Sim State University, where she became the youngest Sim to hold a biology degree."

"A prodigy, I see! I'm sure she'll make a fine doctor."

"So, what do you think?"

"You have a pretty solid team, albeit an odd combination of people. The region you chose looks quite promising, and your requests are very reasonable for a project of this scale. I approve."

"Thank you, Mr. Mayor."

~*~*~*~*~*~

Later that day..

"Citizens of SimCity, it is my pleasure to introduce the Littlesprings Project.."

-> Next Chapter..

[the-uraniumverse]

Dragon isn't in the choir (they tried for a day and found Ocean's control freak nature takes all the fun out of it and quit) but they hang around the choir a lot because they do tech for school assemblies and shows and whatnot.

They know absolutely zero ASL so they can't really have a conversation with Ricky without his AAC, but he's the only other class doodler so they check in with him every once in a while to see what he's been working on.

They've also told Mischa on more than one occasion that they appreciate his self-expression with his piercings and tattoos. Even if his tattoos kind of suck the sentiment is cool.

Also, as is probably obvious, Dragon is nonbinary (also intersex and on the aro/ace spectrum) and generally uses they/them pronouns, but doesn't really mind any. The name Dragon isn't their chosen name like a lot of people think, that's literally what's on their birth certificate. People often ask where they came up with the name, but they just have eccentric artsy fartsy parents.

i lovelovelove when people also think out how their ocs would interact with the choir it's so interesting :D

i really like where their story is going i love them a lot :))

[yessmoking]

god damn it, it used to be that if you wanted to see some boobies you had to go to a shady bar in the bad part of town where all kinds of lowlifes assemble and where you would hear lots of dangerous talk by accident.

nowadays if you wanna see sexy fanart you have to brave it to fucking twitter and be shown discourse and engagement bait against your will, and also the ganging up of losers that happens when you put the normie/dudebro fans in the same pot as the slightly weird and cringe (affectionate) artsy creators

and you can’t even pretend to be the hard-boiled detective only minding your own mission when you’re a nerd in your jammies and your legs hurt from sitting down on the puter all day.

end result managed to see some anime boy balls but paid for it by taking -1000 psychic damage

[zumpietoo]

Meanwhile...

While I'm mentally ticking off my next set of projects for the upcoming week or so (finish cleaning my bedroom/dressing room, assembling the cat shelters (one last, warm week is expected), dividing/transplanting irises and winterizing geraniums, Halloween decorating and FINALLY the basement!)....I found myself watching A Rainy Day in New York....cuz didn't realice (tho I should've), until I was legit in it, it was a Woody Allen piece....

Annnddd.....I was immediately reminded of why, ignoring the whole pervy shit (I'll get to all that in a sec), I'd found his stuff largely tiresome anyway: we, ofc, have a Woody self-insert, we have wimmin all presented as serving/being primarily decorative shag gaggers, who men grow almost immediately bored with, for painfully selfish reasons----which we're meant to sympathize with/view as fully understandable. Everybody is rich and ostensibly artsy/intellectual, but also painfully shallow. And, again, obsessed with sex. Everybody is, despite the aforementioned shallow, also unspeakably pretentious and insist on using far larger words than such characters would actually use. Oh and it's based on a weird, outdated elitism that existed in NYC in 50s....

I actually found a fair amount of professional criticism of it, thusly, in quite a few periodicals, actual good media, at that....and the acknowledgement he's been obsessed with fucking muuuuuccchhhh younger wimmin since at least Manhattan (which everybody merely brushed away, cuz, ickily, it wasn't nearly the deal then that it is now).

I also discovered, despite Allen's attempts to distance himself.....he and Harvey Weinstein share a history, as is detailed in his "son's" 2019 book.....

But what IS a bold outing of the hypocrisy of cancel culture and its faux outrage? Allen enjoys LOTS of fangurls on reddit....the same peeps who seem to scream how dreadful "some people" (cough, Cole, cough) and are endlessly droning about what a pretentious jerk Cole is....looooovvvveee Woody Allen. Think he's a genius.

And.....A) he isn't: his stuff didn't age well, it's the same pretentious drivel over and over and his direction is abysmal....(just watch as everybody frenetically rushes thru their lines, with showy stage artifice). B) his shit turns out to be an endless manifesto/confessional for wanting to fuck children.

Hilariously (or not, if we're being real), they excuse his 56 year old self marrying a 21 year old he'd known since she was a child, because "it lasted"----and there's a lot of, "well if you really believe what Dylan and her mom said"......ummmm......dudes, her BROTHER does....and what happened to "always believe the victim"?

Oh right....Allen's a nebbish turned player and you like that/hope he'll pick YOU next, so you're willing to excuse all that, while hanging Cole cuz......."he's a jerk" (cuz broke up with his on again/off again GF and moved on with his life)....it's why ALL your outrage is pure, unadulterated bullshit....

[knowlessman]

welp. guess let's see how this holds up. (bebop e1-5)

church bell. rose. flashin back to things we ain't seen yet? wait did this show have an ego to match its popularity from the beginning? was this Art (tm) from the first?

DANG THAT'S A LOUD INTRO -- oh shit I had no idea I'd heard this before

they got some decent spinning space rocks for late 90's

so, target guy's got some kinda vial? maybe the thing about tomato juice was a code phrase

daaang that's a lotta bullets -- so this "red eye" stuff turns you into Neo? lets you dodge bullets

lol spike hiding an entire sub in his gob like he thinks he's shaggy

…so spike pickpockets him, plays possum til they get away, and just decides to have a nap on the asphalt, huh -- and then does a fucking kip-up. okay that bit's less relatable 'XD also tho did he have a plan in case the guy checked his pocket

…okay now I'm back in the dark again cuz spike just got in his face and bragged about stealing from him 'XD wtf

SHE WAS HIDIN THE DRUGS IN - y'know, okay, fair 'XD

dang, did he juice again? he's trying to DRIVE like that? idk how that's gonna go -- uh… huh. hm.

uh, next then, ig

that's a pretty thin suitcase for havin' in it what I think's in it

dang, looks like even dr wily's got it rough in this future

huh. so spike just happens to know the guy hakim stole the dog from

this man hates doors 'XD

why is this briefcase so thin. does it have a pocket dimension in it, or is this dog even smaller than I thought

okay this random guy with the fortune telling bird is pretty funny

they kept showin the dog next to hakim's hand to make us think he was gonna bite him, but instead he made like a cat and stepped on a bunch of buttons then fucked off

eventful eps, these ones. reckon I'll just go for one more

are these same old guys in like every episode 'XD with the hat and all

ah, ye olde unlucky doppelganger situation

yooo, she's got a whole remote-control ship? -- uh, hey, ain't this a space casino? shooting out the windows is kinda not summat you're sposed to…

"curse your genre-required betrayal!"

…wait so faye hasn't even joined the team yet? huh. I was taking it for granted that they were gonna assemble the party one at a time for the first few, but I guess not. eh, next time then ig… eh fuggit

hitchhiking in space gotta be a special kinda rough

eco-terrorists huh.

wait so the silly guess I had looking at all those monkeys was on the money? we're really going full saturday-morning-cartoon with this virus thing?

lol @ the metal parachute on the fighter like there's sposed to be drag in space

"didn't you listen in high school? stuff caught in hyperspace stays visible but becomes permanently intangible" …so, "hyperspace" is actually the Border Ethereal in this then. …y'know, as silly as this show is, I think I can buy that

ooh, somebody's signin a thing in blood. only question is, who's drawing the two cards?

sesshomaru lookinass

vicious. really. that's your villain name.

"hee hee, I got caught" lolz

"angels forced from heaven have to become demons" ah, sorry, my mistake. vergil-from-dmc lookinass.

"not my problem!" (returns to apparently-fucked-up bonsai tree) "goddammit!" 'XD me when botw 2 or youtube or whatever stops hittin and I resignedly check indeed again

we looked at the same rose in the same puddle like five times while a chorus was singing, and then watched him, ig, relive stumbling into some woman's home who then fixed him up (for god knows what reason) and now I feel like I have less idea wtf his backstory is sposed to be than I did at the start of the show. I'm too old for this artsy-fartsy shit.

maybe the kid finally shows up next ep, idk. anyway, finally done for now

[jchristinehandbags]

Something shiny. Something sparkly. Something that pops and stands out whenever you lay your eyes on it. That is what the Glam Date Bag does for me! It’s fun, it’s handmade, and follows my artsy chic handbag style! Welcome to #OnMondaysWeBagBlog, where it’s all about the bag!

The Glam Date Bag was a bag I specially made for one of my best friend’s wedding. I knew this bag had to be something small, something that I didn’t have to hold in my hands, and something that was going to stand out! I mean, it’s a wedding, of course everything had to pop! Including my handbag!

I started with a natural colored vegetable tanned leather, which was a light tan. After some testing between dying and painting the leather, I decided to paint the leather a silver color that had a slight shimmer to it. I honestly would have preferred to dye the leather, but had forgotten to pick up leather deglazer; which is used to remove the top protective coat of leather, to allow the die to sink into the leather. Therefore, my dye was not working properly, and I did not have enough time to pick up some deglazer. So paint it was and how amazing it turned out!

The next step in the bag making process, after the leather pieces had been painted, was to prepare and stitch the bag pieces together. For this handbag, I wanted to try something different, a way of designing the bag I had not done before. For the design and assembly of the gusset (the side of the bag) I wanted to do what I would call a depth affect, where the gusset piece isn’t just a flat piece, but had depth to it. Keep in mind this was depth going from front to back, as the side gusset piece already does that. This was giving the side gusset piece depth going in. This is a technique that adds a beautiful design accent to a bag and is quite easy to do.

After the bag pieces were assembled, the last step was to add the hardware and the rhinestones. My initial intent was to add the rhinestones in a packed assembly, to where no part of the leather was visible, and that is how I actually started. However, while adding the rhinestones, with “rhinestone glue,” as the glue was drying it was fogging the rhinestones. After completing about 1/4 of the bag, I decided to remove the rhinestones and add them in a random fashion, using good ol’ Aleene’s original tacky glue. The result, you ask? Take a look below!

I hope you all enjoyed today’s #OnMondaysWeBagBlog! Until next time!

🫶🏼 J. Christine

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Saturday, September 7

GILES: I'll go dig up my sources. Quite literally, actually. ANYA: Come on, let's go assemble the cannon fodder. XANDER: That's not what we're calling them, sweetie. ANYA: Not to their faces. What, am I insensitive?

~~BtVS 7x22 “Chosen”~~

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[Chaptered Fiction]

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Shadowed Suspicion Volume XI, Chapter 5/? (Ensemble, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure xover, T) by arcanedreamer

Evil Friends, Chapter 6/? (Andrew/Warren, M) by JohnnyB

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Greatest Love Story - Prelude, Chapter 10/? (Angelus/William, Angel/Spike, M) by FalseGinger

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Oh My Goddess, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Maxine Eden

In The Dark With You, Chapter 34 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Geliot99

Slayer's Soulmate, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by vampirische liebe

Little Light, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Melme1325

Truth and Consequences, Chapter 23 (Buffy/Spike, R) by JamesMFan

The Watcher, Chapter 30 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by In Mortal

Incarnate, Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Sigyn

When Hecate Met Xander, Chapter 5 (Xander, Fimbulwinter xover, FR18) by Balder

Oh My Goddess, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Maxine Eden

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a crazy thing about angel that i am still trying to articulate is the way that both angelus and angel tend to “pick” people by cordysangels

reading the scrip for BTVS 6X15 and Sam, Riley’s wife, exists for literally no purpose by loseremzo

I hate season 7 of “Buffy the vampire slayer” by trealtox

Merrick deeply affected early seasons Buffy and her relationship w Giles by duckwnoeyes

The ultimate pitfall of Season 6 is one seen in a lot of other shows by lightdancer1

Why didn’t Tara say anything consistently about Willow’s potential magic problems until Season 6 started by lightdancer1

the thing about buffy is that almost all the metaphors are metaphors for sex by newcakemix

thinking about how they buried buffy in the least buffy-ish dress i can think of and whose decision was that? by slugessence

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The technology in Buffy was outdated and super advanced! by EndLegitimate9612

character deaths, actors contracts and roles and how it relates to Buffy by redskinsguy

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They kinda wasted Kendra by Lady_Ghost_Bee

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Angel's thing for Faith by yeahitsme9

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