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a gun holster is more or less functionally the same as lingerie

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To my fellow creators,

You are not factories. You are not engines of production. Inspiration and creativity move as the tides; they ebb and flow whether we wish them to or not. You are not obligated to pump out endless streams.

The cupbearer's chalice is often empty, for the gods drink deeply from it, and it takes time for it to be filled again.

Rest. Find calm. Create again not when asked, but when called by your own fingers that itch to create once more.

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Reblogs > Likes | It truly does make a difference for us

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I’d like everyone to see this

{Credit to amalasrosa on Twitter}

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Evening Dress

Charles Frederick Worth

c.1882

The MET

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unless one character in the equation is a heinous asshole or something, i am entirely impervious to love triangles. 

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So this should go without saying but apparently it doesn't, so I'll say it: if you see a post by someone else describing an idea they had, do NOT be like "omg I have to write this now!" and take some weird ownership of their idea

Like?????

Write your own shit???? What the fuck?!

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Be teachable. You’re not always right.

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when i saw this i couldn’t believe it didn’t have music

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me when ppl ive literally never heard of have me blocked:

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(via Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #15) by Yao Xiao

words to remember

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RIGHT, I’VE PLAYED DBH!

Time to MAKE IT SAD ™

(spoilers) I ended up with the full pacifist ending where everyone lives. And this is considered the ‘happy’ ending…

But lets look at the moments that kicked *me* in the teeth, shall we?

The scene in the church after Jericho is sunk.

Markus has to decide Connor’s fate (obviously I went with ‘trust’ BUT…)

1) Connor is in a corner on his fucking own. Looking sad, small, and scared. The poor guy has just deviated and instead of experiencing the fluffy ‘found family’ route experienced by all the other protagonists, Connor is not only being ignored, he’s been actively shunned.

2) All the other deviants are huddled together, consoling each other, talking to each other, patching each other’s wounds etc. None of them even look sideways at Connor.

3) If you choose to NOT TRUST Connor: Markus shoots him. If this happens: NO ONE BATS AN EYELID. No one jumps, turns their head, or questions what the fuck just happened.

4) Meaning most (if not all) of Jericho’s surviving residents don’t trust Connor, at all. And Connor knows this, he knows there’s a chance he’s just waiting to be executed.

5) Even if Markus decides to trust Connor, we don’t see anyone changing their tune towards him after that. The only person from Jericho who shows Connor *any* faith in my playthrough is Markus himself. And even then, it’s fleeting.

6) The implication of this is that Connor Deviated, betrayed his makers, put himself in great danger, and liberated thousands of androids… only for his own kind to barely tolerate him. And, in the scene I saw, Markus himself says something along the lines of: ‘we can’t rely on Connor, we can only trust ourselves’

Like, fucking thanks bro! Connor risks life and limb to prove himself to you and Markus is all ‘nah, he probably won’t make it.’

7) In the final scene he’s stood at the back of the shipping container, isolated. No one looks at him, no one celebrates with him. No one smiles at him. (And then: Amanda happens.)

8) Everyone is so Not Arsed ™ with what’s going on with Connor, they don’t even notice he’s been hijaked by Cyberlife. He has to re-break his programming again, alone.

I don’t know guys. I’m glad Connor can be considered a person by the end of the game, and can have freedom away from Cyberlife. But the guy now seems so very alone, even amongst his own kind he’s still on the fringes of what they will tolerate.

Poor Connor

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It’s important to realize that platonic love can sometimes seem a lot like romantic love.

It can make your heart pound and your stomach flutter. It can make you nervous to act upon it. It can be just as full of meaning and desire as any relationship, and it can be confusing at times, but that’s alright.

If it brings joy, that’s all that matters.

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req’d by @a-popcorn-kernel​

a continuing series

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DBH Rarepairsweek [Day 1]: Confession & Flowers and Chloe900

Looks like Nines has finally gotten over himself and decided to make a move. He’s brought some irises 😊

@dbhrarepairs 

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art takes hours to produce and seconds to consume so dont act suprised when artists get upset when their posts only get likes and no reblogs

similarly a piece of writing that takes a few minutes to read could have weeks of work behind it… dont take creativity for granted when ur getting it for free

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