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[secondbeatsongs]

as a bi person, the bisexual flag brings me infinite joy and always puts a smile on my face, however as a person who has a Passion for Graphic Design, that undersaturated shade of purple infuriates me when it's used digitally

like, on an actual flag - which was its original purpose - it looks great!

those look fine! lovely, even! with the semi-transparent fabric, the way it catches the sunlight, it looks beautiful!

but now look at how it looks digitally

the pink and blue are so vibrant compared to the sad, lonely lavender!

and let's look at this statement from Michael Page, the creator of the bi flag:

(sidenote: he created this flag in 1998, so if his takes on bisexuality is different from yours, it's okay to notice that! a lot has changed since the 90s when it comes to lived experiences and the way we describe them. but, it's also important to respect his thoughts about this and the way he presented them, even if today, we'd probably not say that bi people "blend unnoticeably into both the gay/lesbian and straight communities.")

so in pantone colors, the pink is 226 C, the blue is 286 C, and the purple of the flag is 258 C.

but...here's the deal

Michael talks here about how the key to understanding the symbolism is to know that the purple blends into both the pink and blue. and on a physical flag, I think you can see that!

but digitally, it absolutely does not blend. it clashes badly, and looks oddly separate from the other two colors.

which got me wondering...what purple do you get if you actually blend 226 C and 286 C?

oh! oh, my god.

look at that! look at how nicely it fits between those colors!

look at it next to the original color scheme! look at how much more vibrant the purple is!

and friends. this is just blending through rgb! you get even more purple variations when you use other color spaces!

let's compare all of them:

(top: original, lab. middle: lrgb, lch. bottom: rgb, hsl)

look at all of the different purple options you can get just by combining these two colors!

if you want almost too-vibrant saturation, you can go hsl, if you want something more relaxed that's closer to the original, you can go lab or lrgb. and if you want to split the difference, lch is bright and violet, while rgb is there with its saturated but darker purple.

anyway, I guess I don't really have a point here? this isn't so much an informational post as it is Me Getting Weird About Colors, but I think it is a useful lesson about how colors look very different on screens compared to how they look on objects in real life.

and sometimes, I think it's okay to compensate for that.

out of all of these, this is my favorite bi flag:

it's the one where the colors were blended in lab color space. for me, the lighter, softer purple is close enough to the original bi flag purple, while also feeling like a smoother blend of the blue and pink

but that's just me! and it might not even look the same to you, since every screen is different, because technology is a nightmare!

anyway, thank you for coming with me on this colorful journey! I will now retreat back to inkscape and make pained sounds about inkstitch gradients until something tangible pulls me back into reality

[almost-correct-quotes]

he was so real for this

[didntaskforfrozenyoghurt]

Happy Trans Day Of Visibility, and happy one year to my trans flag scarf!

I didn't quite get in 365 rows, but I wasn't strictly aiming for it. Much like transition itself, knitting is best done by your own choice, at your own pace and for your own joy.

Also much like my own transition, looking back over the incremental progress I've made on this project brings me a deep satisfaction. I don't have many bold and meaningful items to wear, but when this is done I hope I get to wear it often. As the tides of pride turn back from celebration to protest, I trust this scarf will serve me well.

[vainvex]

sex and magic trans flag! ♡

ID: an edited version of the trans flag using shades of pink (sex) and turquoise (magic) colourpicked from the gilbert baker pride flag. END ID

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

GO CAPTAIN FRENCHIE!!!!!

[peculiar-potato]

aroace flag but I colorpicked it from this image of perry the platypus

[blended-ice]

Grandpa’s a little confused, but he’s got the spirit.

[remindertoclick]

Daily Reminder to Click for Palestine!

[itsdefinitely]

may i ask for a grace chasity? :o

here hold this

[secondbeatsongs]

[our-flag-means-love]

so i realized a connection the other day.

in episode 2, when stede is feeling guilty about nigel badminton's death, he asks pete how blackbeard deals with the psychological effects of murder, and pete replies:

it's obvious to pete that blackbeard lives off of the high of killing, and that it comes as naturally to him as the most basic of human functions.

of course, when we get to know ed, we learn that this couldn't be further from the truth. in reality, he's only ever killed one person—his abusive father—and it left him traumatized, to the point where the scariest thing he's ever seen—

—is the part of himself that's capable of murder.

the only other time we see him reference this deep "kraken" part of him is moments after (he thinks) he's killed again for the first time since.

now, let's compare this to the only other time we see someone describe something as being like breathing.

in episode 10, when stede asks mary how it feels to be in love, the first thing she says is this:

and i realize she's talking to stede here, and about her own experiences, but i can't help but notice that parallel and compare it to everything we know about ed, because i strongly believe this applies to him too.

people think what comes most easily and naturally to blackbeard is blood and violence and death, but in reality, it's love.

[genzforbettergenerations]

Happy Disability Pride Month!

[ask-stede-bonnet]

☠️⚔️💎💰👑🏴‍☠️

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

…so anyway there’s definitely like, deleted footage or a still shot floating around somewhere of ed sneaking in another quick kiss in this moment, right????

[seaslughyperfixations]

Wanted to draw an MV frame with Minigram Amane's cute little triangle mouth, so I drew this frame from Purge March in the Minigram style. It's about as cute as I imagined!

Please forgive any mistakes with the coloring or line art. This drawing is 3 college-ruled lines tall T_T

[jennyfromthebes]

the original We Shall All Be Healed tour shirts live rent free in my brain, so I made digital versions of the prints! ID in alt + transparent versions under the cut for anyone who wants them!

some notes here: you can use these for whatever you want, because I do not own these designs, though I will politely request that you don't go making copies of the original shirts and selling them, because that feels in bad taste to me. I can't stop you though. obviously these are not my designs, and as such I won't ask that you give credit or anything if you use them. however, if you want to give credit it is of course appreciated, and if you make anything with these please feel free to tag me or send it to me because I'd love to see it!