#None of this would be necessary

[mollysunder]

What I liked best about Jinx and Sevika's first post-Silco talk was how well it implies why their grief is so pronounced. Every complaint the two lodged at Silco was an admission at how dependent Silco had become on them, how much he LET himself be dependent. Silco didn't NEED to let Jinx give him his eye medicine, he was perfectly capable of doing so in season one's first act. The same could be said about Sevika, because while it wasn't nearly as extreme as with Jinx, he didn't need to give her so much responsibility. Frankly it's dangerous for a kingpin to give their righthand so much power (it's supposed to be spread around), and everyone noticed, even idiots like Finn.

That's why their loss is so pronounced, in all the years they dedicated to Silco, he gave up just as much of himself to them. Silco weakened himself and trusted Sevika and Jinx to make up for it. They filled eachother out, they needed eachother, and without him there's just a hole what they all used to give eachother.

[superbat-lmao]

Jason travels to an alternate universe where Bruce only cares about being Batman. He took in each of his kids to serve the mission, not be his children.

Now, faced with alternate versions of his family, Jason has to grapple with the fact that his Bruce does care, that he is his father. Because the man in front of him now, trying to send him home, isn’t even close.

[fallenclan]

if tumblr deletes or otherwise permanently screws up this blog, will you make another blog? if so, with a different clan, or with this one?

to be honest, I'd probably end Fallenclan, and possibly start up a new clan. not sure if i'd do it on tumblr or not though, since i don't see an end to these long-standing problems any time soon lol

[applebees4prez]

intrepid heroes PLEASE watch the seven i am BEGGING YOU

[seoulmatez]

𝓉𝑒𝒶𝒿𝒶𝓍 : tea x ajax

ajax is no stranger to danger — it comes with the territory of being a fatui harbinger. though, these days, he finds himself carefully considering what used to be an instinct to jump into battle. after all, if he comes back bruised and battered, it would make his dearest tea worry.

for @teataglia ♡

[wetslug]

the thought of buying and putting together furniture is extremely daunting but essentially every pre-furnished place in edmonton is some sort of townhouse where the evil landlord has divided in into 4 illegal bedrooms

[bending-sickle]

optimism possum came through. talked to the lab techs. one test still (!!!) to go but it’s for sure to be ready this pm.

[restinpeacesensei]

in my heart i do want to leave the long post up, bc it represents my memories. it makes me happy to see them together.

at the same time i don't want the pics to be side-by-side to be compared with each other and i know i can't have it both ways... i know how to curate a presentation and i know how art directors, judges/mods etc will look at it. placing a group of pictures together can unify them, but also highlight the differences between them.

i don't think of the later pictures as being "better" and the earlier ones as being "worse", they're all expressions of my heart, in the form that it took. i am aware that the later ones are more complex in composition, setting, color, detail, etc. ...there are things i would do differently about the earlier ones if i were making them now. but they also aren't aiming to accomplish the same things as the later ones. i feel like they express the feeling that i meant to express.

ive always had a variety of styles, which i play fast and loose with bc expressing myself is what's most important to me. sometimes my heart expresses itself one way, sometimes another. the pictures aren't meant to be compared to each other; they're each meant to serve their own purpose within their context.

the overall effect of an image can really differ depending on what i put it next to. i can grab older pictures and put them next to newer ones to give a variety of impressions of the direction my art has gone:

2015 < > 2024

2015 < > 2018 (please don't make comments like "hot", "sexy" etc.--thank you!!)

2015 < > 2023

2015 < > 2025

this fandom was freeing to me bc it felt like i could just make whatever i wanted. i felt like it didn't matter how it came out, i wasn't trying to win any awards, i could just draw and post anything i felt like. this was one of the main reasons i was able to produce so much work back then. it was pure self-expression. because i loved akoya and i couldn't hold it back. it came out, however it came out, and i had to share it.

and i found and felt love through those works. bc however it came out, people recognized and responded to the feelings in them. and im so grateful for that.

the moment i start to feel like people are looking to me to provide "good" content or to compare it and pick what's "better", if i start to feel like people expect me to make more and more finished and polished work or prefer it when i do, it starts to lose its purpose for me. because that was never my reason for making it. it was always a way for me to exist in the world, for my heart to be seen and heard.

i will never make every picture fully rendered, even if it could make me more popular, because some pictures aren't meant to look that way. sometimes they're just meant to exist, in whatever form they take. sometimes they're just meant to look very small like this and that is exactly how they're supposed to be

im grateful to everyone who has loved my akoyas all these years, in all the forms they take. \T/////T/ thank you so much!! \;;~~~;;/

[yeonban]

I always find it funny when I come across posts about Wammy's House disbanding "now that Near is L" bc logically speaking that wouldn't be the case 😭 after how many of the orphanage's best died to catch ONE criminal (Kira) including L himself, they know better than ever that Near could also drop dead at any point. Even Near himself is aware of this. And then what. Who'll become the next L? Who'll save the world if not for these geniuses? This orphanage's a generational prison I fear

[eriexplosion]

Honestly I think that if your Take on Israel involves it being any Special Kind Of Evil it's likely based on some kind of antisemitic theory. The Israeli government is doing blatant crimes against humanity in front of everyone, but it's unfortunately not special. There are multiple genocides ongoing perpetuated by different countries and governments right now because humanity has been doing this since the start of recorded history.

Netanyahu is not a special kind of evil, Israel is not a special kind of evil, its actually an extremely typical kind of evil. Which doesn't mean it can be ignored, absolutely speak out against it and put your voice behind the Palestinian people. They'll need it now that the ceasefire has ended again. But trying to conspiracy theory out how actually the Zionists are running everything or trying to make the Israeli people out as being somehow more evil or more likely to lie than any other group of people? That's just antisemitism and its been rampant ever since people felt like they had an excuse to let loose.

[tenspontaneite]

Ok so literally no pressure, but I do have a kofi and if anyone feels like showing appreciation for my writing or art or I guess my cat via its medium, now would be a good time because there's a thing I really want to buy and I don't have enough birthday money left over for it lmao

(the thing is an art oriented android tablet. So that I can still draw shit when post work exhaustion compels me to collapse in bed against my desire to,,, you know, draw things.)

Link to my Kofi 👌

[zestyzigzagoon]

So, a lot of the research being put into this fic doesn't actually end up in the final product- it's just background stuff that's good for me to know, like the history of westward expansion and the cultures that modern cowboy pastiche is profiting off of. I like knowing the sociohistorical context of what I'm riffing off of. But in some of the more practical parts of my research, I have found a need to specify 'western riding' or 'horse' or 'cowboy' at the end of my searches. The reason being, if you look up enough things like chaps and whips and crops and rope *without* specifying, the google algorithm starts to get a really specific idea about who you are and what it is that you're using these things for 😭

[onyourstageleft]

okay so I'm playing Stardew 1.6 and the only mod I've been using so far is UI Info Suite but I want to start gradually adding mods. I'm currently in Winter Year 1 and on track to finish the community center as soon as Spring rolls around, and I want to figure out my schedule for adding mods to this playthrough. so, a poll

[dezemberzwolf]

the thing abt hesperos is he didnt need to do literally any of that bullshit and he did anyways, as a little treat for me. all he had to do was go off the rails and do a little murder but he went "hear me out i want to write a play and your role is Tank, Now", custom built his own magical girl transformation sequence and went "ok i am directing the play. and if you dont get to your places, i will kill you with explosion" when really all his job was was "stab these guys for me". when he pulls out his cape he has to reassure you hes wearing it for a reason actually and not just because he thinks its cool because hes pre-emptively defensive about wearing a huge stupid cape. he didnt need to do all that. that was just what happens when you give a homosexual dracula powers.

oops im talking about him again goddamnit

[noblest-roman-of-them-all]

Contemplating the concept of "potential" when it comes to intelligence and realizing how heartbreaking Logan's "Dreams come true, that's news to me" line in the Crofters Musical.

[epiphainie]

heyooo, you don't have to answer this but i really like the way you write but when i try to write that way i feel it so cringe and purple prose. do you have any tips?

hii, first thank you. second, i wish lol i'm an amateur too and i find my writing really cringe and purple prosey as well sometimes.

i think my only tip is to kill your darlings if it's not flowing right or feels too convoluted. you can use that second pretty imagery or metaphor some other time, just stick to one. i have fics that could be 30k shorter if i knew how not to waffle in prose fr.

oh and also! focus it on one or two things. i find that you have a more vivid image when you describe and pretty up one or two elements instead of everything your character can see/feel/touch. like how the light falls in a scene and the way the air feels on their skin instead of the light and the air and the bird above and the scent of the flowers and their heartbeating on and on, yknow.