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What the heck y’all. Okay. I don’t normally post things on here it like. What the heck!? Here I am scrolling looking for other people feeling feels from this awesome movie and the fricken TRC fandom crashed this post!

Honestly I think I’m more impressed. Not many people post about this fandom and yet here they are. Ruining this movie. So proud.

pov you’re richard campbell gansey iii trying to figure out how to plan an intervention for your one friend who sacrificed their body to a sentient forest

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i need y'all to steal and repost my anti-lawn memes to as many pinterest boards and facebook pages as possible

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every time someone mentions the little prince I almost forget it’s a children’s book because I literally cannot get through the part about being tamed without crying

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A master post of Thomas Romain’s art tutorials.

There’s not enough space to post all of them, SO here’s links to everything he has posted (on twitter) so far : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. 

Now that new semesters have started, I thought people might need these. Enjoy your lessons!

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most criticisms of the finale focus on aang in a moment of defensiveness, where he uses an element to conceal himself and regroup, and then he’s, by cosmic chance, given a gift from the earth, hit right at his scar and his anahata or heart chakra (you know, the chakra that connects materiality to spirituality). This gift is unearned, people criticize, out of nowhere. Of course, this concept of power found through waiting is a motif reoccurring and explored from the very start of the series with aang’s hundred years of seclusion in the iceberg. in “the storm” katara and aang process how what he perceived as a failure might’ve served a purpose. in the same episode, we learn that it’s zuko’s refusal to fight that earns him his scar and banishment. Among others, jeong jeong is adament about restraint. bumi in the second season encourages aang to seek out someone who understands neutral jing, waiting for the right moment to strike. the teacher he finds, Toph, discovers metal bending while imprisoned. katara discovers a new approach to waterbending under similar circumstances. and the final confrontation with ozai is only made possible when the kids are given the opportunity to retreat by the adults after the failed day of the black sun invasion. there is vitality and energy in these retreats and neutral stances. it’s why meditation is purposeful. it’s what lies behind the philosophies of pacifism. and, importantly (in relationship to a lot of Western Christian-influenced beliefs), it need not be self-sacrificial. and, as aang explains to katara, it’s not easy and it’s not nothing. 

the structure of the plot actually echoes these philosophies, too. in opposition to the narrative device of earning an outcome through the building accumulation of plot points and information until the hero has enough to defeat the villain, atla let’s all these moments exist independently. motifs rather than an arc. it suggests that wisdom is let in rather than built up, which has major implications with critiques of imperialism and capitalism. constant productivity is disruptive to development of self and society. so no, aang didn’t earn his deus ex machinas, neither the lion turtle nor the chakra opening, and that’s the point. he makes space for them to enter the world of the narrative. in a similar vein, the show’s ending is only partially summative. if you felt cheated by the ending, it’s because we’re so used to expecting our stories to pay us for taking our time, watching them put plot points in our hands like dollar bills. but the best stories aren’t made for this kind of consumption. they actually expect us to step away and reflect instead of binge on them. it’s a relationship built on discipline, effort, and affection. we do the work on ourselves to open up and invest in them. it’s why the great works of storytelling like atla are so fulfilling to rewatch, research, and reflect on. 

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This.

This is why people who stay in my life are neurodiverse like me!

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Check out the speed paint please!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4TAbZTS9N4&t=419s

OTGW: Beatrice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4TAbZTS9N4&t=419s

Hey guys! I finally finished Beatrice!

Check out the speed paint please!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4TAbZTS9N4&t=419s

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It’s Greg!! Don’t forget to look at the speedpaint I posted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_CBbGCqJ3M

Hey guys! I drew Greg from Over the Garden Wall! He goes with Wirt which I already posted. Please go watch my speedpaint that I uploaded to YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_CBbGCqJ3M

I had a lot of fun and I hope you enjoy! Please feel free to reblog!

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Check it out!

Hey guys I made my first speedpaint it’s on Youtube! It’s of this digital painting of Wirt from Over the Garden Wall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_t_0rbxqMM&t=28s

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It's come to my attention that a good portion of the younger generation has not been made aware of one of the greatest and most hated PILLARS of millennial society.

So I apologize, but I must take on this task. A new hand must touch the beacon. The knowledge must be passed on. The chain can not be broken.

So.

The Game.

The following are the rules of The Game:

there is no winning The Game

once you know of The Game, you are always playing the game

the point of The Game is to not think about The Game

if you think about The Game, you have lost The Game, and must announce this to those around you - causing them to also lose The Game

A "reset period" of roughly an hour or two before loss announcements is common in colloquial rules to allow yourself and those around you to properly temporarily "forget" about The Game, however that is not an official rule.

Go forth, you next generation, and I am sorry.

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Text: Sometimes in the dead of night on the way to the kitchen for a glass of water, I see an extra door in the hallway, black and imposing. 

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I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who has trouble remembering developmental milestones. I put these together, but can’t take credit for any of the photography. Hope someone finds them helpful!

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Do men amazing art. Thank you. So beautiful. Please notice this people.

He's coming back guys

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Hey check me out at Whymsical Butterflies

Some character sketches I did a while ago. The first name is their mercenary name and the second is their real name.

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THE GANGSEY RANKED AFTER THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THEY CRY IN TRC.

1. BLUE: 9

A clear winner! Girrrl does she have the absolute best coping mechanism in the group. I’m gonna take a wild guess and say it’s because she’s not struggling with her masculinity. She just cries a bit when she’s sad, not a single fist in the wall!  Good for her. 

2. RONAN: 3

Honestly I thought Ronan was in the running towards becoming Henrietta’s next top crier. I will say though that Ronan’s three times (in the cave over Niall, in the car over Aurora, on the road over Gansey) are more memorable than Blue’s nine. I’ve already forgotten why Blue cries… Also fortunately for me and Ronan he’s crying (at least) three times in Opal & CDTH. He still in the running.

3. GANSEY: 1

Åh. This cry right here, it might be the best of them. How Henry tells him to stop the car and just do it, how he looks for a good spot (just kill me), the fact that this is his first cry in the series and it feels like he’s been holding it for four books. For Glendower being dead, for his own death, for all the things he lost and the things he will miss. A true breakdown! Gansey finally! Bawling on the ground behind a rest stop. This a 10/10

4. NOAH: 1

Shared third place for someone who isn’t even alive?!? good work Noah. You’re more in touch with your emotions than ->

5. ADAM: 0

This bitch here needs to cry the most from start to finish. With this fact in hand I’m both glad and a bit distressed over his collection of criers later on.  Realistically I don’t think we’ll see that much from Adam in the dreamer trilogy but if we do I sure hope he’s crying.

[EDIT: Our boy Adam is actually crying 1 time. During (or after?) his dad showed up at St Agnes. It’s very still and described very metaphorically, and he is still the only one in the gang that haven’t cried in front of someone else in the group. So I’d still put him in last place. End of note bye]

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Some sketches I did of Percy when he’s younger.

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Sweet sisters