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narrator who's terrible at social cues & describes every facial expression as "unreadable"

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I think a lot of what pro-AI people are really wanting is stuff that already exists but they don't know it's out there like

can't format a work email? templates

don't know how to write a resume? templates

writing a thank you card or a condolences card or a wedding invitation? templates templates templates

not sure how to format your citations in MLA or whatever format? citationmachine.net

summary of something you're reading for school/work? cliffnotes.com

recipe based on ingredients in your fridge? whatsintherefrigerator.com

there's a million more like, guys, we don't need AI, we never needed generative AI

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the cradle of eternal night - bard x witch romantic dark fantasy

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I am far from the first to say that if you want to make better fantasy worlds you need to read a lot of non-fiction, not just other fantasy stories.

One area where I think this becomes very visible is in the lack of diversity in fantasy political systems. Very often they are just simplified and less interesting versions of medieval European kingdoms or empires. Maybe a basic theocracy if you're feeling spicy.

I think things would be much more interesting if we got more well-researched takes on things like city-states, democracies (and not just for the good guys), and various systems from antiquity.

Even your standard medieval European system would be made much more interesting if it was actually developed and explored things like the relationships and power dynamics between vassals and lieges in a historically-informed way.

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A close-up of a mock romance cover I did for funsies :)

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from kim addonizio's now we're getting somewhere

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The Handmaiden (2016) • Park Chan-Wook

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After being released from 104 days of ICE detention for his pro-Palestine activism, Mahmoud Khalil joins his wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, and their newborn son at Newark Liberty Airport this morning (21 June 2025).

photo via NYT

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ngl the queer community has a MASSIVE misogyny and lesbophobia problem and I am begging people to look within themselves and address it.

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I’m making this post on the behalf of Sami and his family. Fundraiser here.

Sami says:

"A simple picture, yet it holds a powerful meaning. Tell me what did you understand, and what will you do? 'I understood that these children are in urgent need of donations, and I will donate. I will also share this post—it might help in some way. This image is full of sorrowful meaning, and I will do everything I can for these innocent children. I will donate so that they can go to school, eat clean food, and sleep in peace.' This is exactly what is happening right now with me and my family in the heart of Gaza. Please, donate—share—speak up. Don’t stop. We are between life and death. Don’t leave us behind."

Please do anything you can to help, any engagement is appreciated even if you cannot directly give to the campaign. Thank you so much <3.

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© Nona Limmen {via Instagram}

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jeepeon (based on this image from Let's Find Pokemon)

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your draft isn’t bad. it’s just going through its awkward teenager phase. let it wear a hoodie and slam its door.

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tw blood/violence

For a child to come into womanhood proper, she must hunt and kill a god.

It is not the first shedding of blood which makes it so, as the moonblood is known to be as unpredictable as the seas, and for some the tide never arrives, but to be bloodied, smeared black and tarry, from the gushing wound of a stuck harpoon, is how a woman is truly made.

Opening lines of The Gilded Comet ✨

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We begin in the early hours of the morning on the day of Grissen in a messy room on the second floor of the Nestled Nook Inn. A bleary-eyed, bruised man in a tattered coat slowly wakens from his lengthy sleep, catching his small, snoring ally curled at the foot of the bed.

with how much i rewatch campaign 2 i constantly forget how long ago it started 🤭 episode one never fails to me make me feel nostalgic

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Sometimes I miss Mel and Mung so much

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A day of research

Tumblr made me murder the resolution on this because apparently when I'm not constrained by what looks good on a phone screen, i like to draw in damn near 4k. I'm debating putting the full res thing up on Patreon, but at least you get some detail shots with it this time!

These are my characters Dian (left) and Dusk (right) from my fantasy epic The Millennium Saga, which I'm planning to start querying/prepping for self pub later this year! Both use he/him pronouns.

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