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Castle: what do you do when someone offers you drugs?

Juliette: take them!

Nazeera: Break their neck!

Aaron: check for authenticity

Kenji: give them more drugs to assert dominance!

Castle: ...

Castle: no

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Cardan, sighing: *looking at Hollow Hall* why is this thing still here?

Jude: it was too big to carry to the British Museum

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Reposting to save a month of my life

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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I love you

Emotional Walls Your Character Has Built (And What Might Finally Break Them)

(How your character defends their soft core and what could shatter it) Because protection becomes prison real fast.

✶ Sarcasm as armor. (Break it with someone who laughs gently, not mockingly.) ✶ Hyper-independence. (Break it with someone who shows up even when they’re told not to.) ✶ Stoicism. (Break it with a safe space to fall apart.) ✶ Flirting to avoid intimacy. (Break it with real vulnerability they didn’t see coming.) ✶ Ghosting everyone. (Break it with someone who won’t take silence as an answer.) ✶ Lying for convenience. (Break it with someone who sees through them but stays anyway.) ✶ Avoiding touch. (Break it with accidental, gentle contact that feels like home.) ✶ Oversharing meaningless things to hide real depth. (Break it with someone who asks the second question.) ✶ Overworking. (Break it with forced stillness and the terrifying sound of their own thoughts.) ✶ Pretending not to care. (Break it with a loss they can’t fake their way through.) ✶ Avoiding mirrors. (Break it with a quiet compliment that hits too hard.) ✶ Turning every conversation into a joke. (Break it with someone who doesn’t laugh.) ✶ Being everyone’s helper. (Break it when someone asks what they need, and waits for an answer.) ✶ Constantly saying “I’m fine.” (Break it when they finally scream that they’re not.) ✶ Running. Always running. (Break it with someone who doesn’t chase, but doesn’t leave, either.) ✶ Intellectualizing every feeling. (Break it with raw, messy emotion they can’t logic away.) ✶ Trying to be the strong one. (Break it when someone sees the weight they’re carrying, and offers to help.) ✶ Hiding behind success. (Break it when they succeed and still feel empty.) ✶ Avoiding conflict at all costs. (Break it when silence causes more pain than the truth.) ✶ Focusing on everyone else’s healing but their own. (Break it when they hit emotional burnout.)

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Violet, internally: he's ignoring me, isn't he? Even after all we've been through, he doesn't even love me anymore. What am I doing wrong? I thought I was being the best I cou-

Xaden, internally: I need to glue the tiny dragon on the mega dragon

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Taryn: oak, why are you staring at us?

Oak, wondering how Jude and Taryn's skin are much darker than his pale ahh skin if they're his sisters: you guys are coloured wrong

Jude: what the shit

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Jude: come on, fight me you coward!

Cardan: what are you gonna do shorty? Kick my shin?

*few minutes later*

Nicassia: why is Cardan sobbing in the corner?

Locke: Jude kicked him really hard in the shin

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Serial killer comes back from work: honey, I may or may not have a new novel idea for you :3

Author: omg you're just the best, you give me these amazing ideas like every week

And the detective is literally losing their minds because the author genuinely NEVER gets out of her house-

A dating service where matching is based on people’s search history exists. You’re a serial killer. You go on a date with a writer.

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Cardan: yall this is my girlfriend Jude

Jude: excuse me?

Cardan: wait I thought we were together?

Jude: you're joking

Cardan: damn guys I guess it was just me

Jude: CARDAN WE'RE MARRIED

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Ghost: *gently taps table*

Jude: *taps harshly*

Cardan: what are they doing?

Bomb: it's morse code

Ghost: *taps faster*

Jude: *slams hand* TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW

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Jude: alright then, time for plan 2

Ghost, Bomb, Roach: don't you mean plan B?

Cardan: that would mean she only has 26 plans

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Pov Cardan is invited to Oaks birthday in the mortal world, so Jude brings him over and she helps him pick a gift. Now to him, gifts are like gowns which never stain, or a bird that never stops singing etc etc, but all Oak wants is "pretty stationary" like every school kid.

Now Cardan had NO IDEA what the HELL that is, so Jude takes him to the convenience store and helps him search through stuff, and explains what they are.

During Oaks party, Cardan gets SUPER drunk and starts doing crazy shit as always.

*next morning*

Cardan: I was NOT that drunk

Jude: you coloured my entire face with a highlighter and kept saying it was because I was important

Cardan: BUT YOU ARE

Jude: ITS FOR PAPER

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🌍✨ A Voice from Gaza: Fighting for Hope ❤️‍🩹

Hi, my name is Mosab , and I’m from Gaza. Life here has been harder than I could ever imagine, but today I’m sharing my story with hope in my heart, because your kindness has already given us so much strength.

This journey hasn’t been easy. The war has taken 25 family members from us—25 beautiful souls we loved deeply. Their laughter, their presence, their love… all of it is gone, leaving behind memories that are both precious and painful. Every day, I carry the weight of their loss, but I also carry their spirit, which gives me the strength to keep going.

Our Journey So Far

When I first reached out, I couldn’t have imagined we’d make it this far. Your support has been a light in these difficult times, and we are so deeply grateful for every single contribution.

But the road ahead is still challenging. Every day, we’re reminded of how much we’ve lost and how much we still need to rebuild.

Here’s what life in Gaza looks like for my family right now:

🏠 Safety: The uncertainty of tomorrow weighs heavily on us.

😢 Loss: The absence of the 25 family members we’ve lost is a pain we carry every moment.

💔 Dreams on Hold: The future feels so far away when survival takes all our strength.

How You Can Help Us Cross the Finish Line Even the smallest act of kindness can make a difference:

$5 may seem small, but for us, it’s a little relief, a moment of comfort, and a reminder that kindness still exists. ❤️

Can’t donate? Reblog this post to help us reach someone who can. Every share matters more than you know.

✅️ Vetted by @gazavetters ( #309 ) ✅️

Why Your Support Matters Your kindness isn’t just about helping us meet our goal—it’s about reminding us that we’re not alone in this fight. It’s about hope. It’s about survival. And it’s about giving my family a chance to rebuild our lives, even in the face of unimaginable loss.

Thank you for helping us get this far. Your generosity and compassion have already brought us closer to a better tomorrow, and for that, I’m endlessly grateful.

With all my love and gratitude,

Mosab and Family ❤️

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Xaden Dain beef is my entire life

Xaden: words can't describe how beautiful you are today

Dain: that's actually really nice of you Xaden, thank yo-

Xaden: but numbers can, -2/10

Violet: 💀

Imogen: Do you need cool water for that burn

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Obviously Cardan has no human money when he comes to the mortal world and he tends to just glamour the humans, but Jude forbade him from doing it so he can't even buy an icecream and he sulks all the time.

Now one day Oak wants to learn magic and it's one of the hobbies Jude picked up when she was sitting bored in Elfhame as a child (a pack of cards, pulling a rabbit out of a hat, etc etc) so she says she can teach him, and she decides to demonstrate a magic trick on Cardan for Oak.

Jude: *spreads cards*

Cardan: ooo what's this?

Jude: pick a card, any card

Five seconds later

Cardan: BUT YOU SAID ANY CARD

Jude: NOT MY CREDIT CARD

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Sumeru folks watching Kaveh and Alhaitham fight like a married couple while sighing

Wanderer: hips NOT TOUCHED

Tighnari: neck NOT KISSED

Dehya: waist NOT PULLED

Collei: life is brutal

Kaveh: at least you don't have to live wi-

Everyone: SHUT YOUR MOUTH

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This is what I want to achieve

I think I like this little cottage life, this silly little life.