#Flow-Fi

[yellodisney]

[volpestarks]

Tea time with Breq

[raina-at]

Write on any of my ten thousand WIPS? Write a fluffy sequel to a very popular fic?

Or start writing a 100+k obscure fantasy/YA AU with plot and angst and forbidden love nobody asked for and probably five people will read?

Well, the latter, of course. God forbid I do the sensible thing and work on the easy stuff.

[thewatcher0nthewall]

Spice must flow

Dune stuff, cuz i love Dune

[weirdlookindog]

Karel Thole (1914–2000) - Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, 1974

[sadisthetic]

CHAI CHAI CHAI! (figuring out how to draw this loser (<3) bc hes deceptively hard to draw)

[pb-s-corner]

UPDATED MY COMMISSION PRICES!! NOW SOME ARE HALF THE PRICE THEY USED TO BE!!

Order through Kofi!

Fullbody or bust (one character): $12!

Headshot (one character): $7!

Sketch (one character, ANY CROP): $2!

Feel free to ask any questions!

[carma-tjol]

assorted genos sketches

(as for the dysphoria one I think anyone with that level of cybernetics would be fucked up about it at least a little bit. Considering how the human brain handles amputation. I love digging into the biopsych aspect of that dude sorry.)

[novakiart]

recovering from a bad sinus infection so am once again taking art prompts

[juls-art]

Terrance, another beloved oc from yonder years u vu

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[verved]

Good news! I'm slowly unlocking the ability to draw again. Unfortunately I can't draw any of the things I want to yet bc all of that is Too Much Effort so I just keep drawing xenaut as some weird reptilian creature over and over bc my go to when I'm art blocked is dragon monster shit. I don't want to be drawing this though. I wanna do landscapes and design new characters and do fanart and stuff but my brain said no so I can't.

[holdy-caulfield]

My book review.

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Phillip K. Dick

Contains one spoiler, which I’d say is minor, because it was for me obvious from the beginning.

Genre: Sci-fi, dystopia, psychedelic, cyberpunk, thriller

Pages: 231

Key words: celebrity culture, corruption, paranoia, intelligence, body modifications, persecution, self-identity, kindness, drugs, cruelty

TW: police cruelty, incest, p*dophilia, drug addiction & drug overdose

Highlights: characters, plot, atmosphere, dialogue

Downsides: unnecessary epilogue

Vibe/tone: realistic, paranoid, tense

This is the second novel I have read by Philip K. Dick and it left a strong impression.

The writer is a master at combining different themes that are worthy of separate novels, while avoiding the impression of the topic being undisclosed.

First plot: a celebrity wakes up in the world where he doesn’t exist.

Second: a dystopia where a police dictatorship reigns over a grim society (age of consent is lowered to 12, drugs are legalized, concentration camps, Afro-American community is almost completely erased).

There are also themes of identity, genetic modification, and even according to the author, biblical allusions (gotta love how there appears a religious character out of nowhere, the author in the real life says “he’s right” and does not elaborate) & obviously a critique on police cruelty and corruption. The world’s atmosphere and setting also reminded me of Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by the same author.

The world feels real. Characters are vividly portrayed, each leaving a mark, even if they don’t reappear. They play a role, but they live their own life, separate from the plot and the main character. I liked the approach of the secondary characters not always having an arc, while it is expected, although having a clear and interesting backstory.

There are two main characters.

Jason Taverner is a celebrity, popular with women, very smart, logical, and I would say, he is understandably selfish but… Kind. Maybe even sincere. Can be funny at times. Not inclined to violate other people’s boundaries. I would say charismatic.

Felix Backman is a policeman. A very ambiguous person. He understands that he lives in a very wrong system and tries to somehow fight for justice, but he is corrupt just like everyone else, hypocritical (admitting it), manipulating, cares mostly about his desires. I would say he is a coward… [SPOILER] And he is in romantic relationships with his sister (obviously, very uncomfortable to read, but it’s about hypocrisy and it’s dystopian, the book has a lot of screwed up moments) [/SPOILER].

It was interesting for me to read about both of them on the same level. I cared about both of them despite them not being positive characters.

The only critique from me is the epilogue. It broke the immersion. I would prefer Mr Dick either leaving the ending open or just write one phrase if he didn’t want to leave the readers in the dark regarding main character’s fate.

Highly recommended, though as stated above it contains unsettling, unpleasantly detailed scenes.

The book is quite unusual and I’ll be happy to read it again.

Below are the images that gave me off the vibe of the book in my opinion.

9/10

[utilitycaster]

obscure sorrow word needed: finding that a voice actor you've never seen has wildly different hair than you expected

[thewatcher0nthewall]

Fremen

[sandymybeloved]

I think it's be really funny if an old companion rejoined the TARDIS

the doctor keeps treating them like a new companion, because it's been 400 years, they've gotten a lot better at this whole, being the Doctor thing, so its just contantly

"oh no, my oldest enemies, the daleks, it isn't safe here, stay with me and be extra careful"

meanwhile the companion is not listening because they've heard this all before and already solved the situation