#afternoon musings

[crazycatsiren]

Truly, one of the very best parts of adulthood is I can have as many things in pink as I want.

[melovesanneeeee]

Sana ay mayroon tayong kakayahang burahin ang mga damdamin na ayaw nating manatili. Panahon lang naman kasi ang tunay na lumilipas at hindi ang mga bagay na ayaw na nating maalala. Naiipon lamang lahat upang masabing may natutunan ka, pero masaya ka ba?

Natututo sa bawat pagkawasak ngunit hindi pa rin natin alam kung aling bagay ba ang dapat aralin upang maging masaya. Ngingiti upang maikubli ang kalungkutang lagi nating kapiling. Mga bangungot na tila ordinaryong panaginip na lamang para sa atin sapagkat paulit-ulit tayong ginagambala. Nakasanayan na, na minsan ay mumulat ka nang may luha sa mga mata. Bakas ang takot, bakas ang mga pangamba. May katapusan pa kaya?

Masanay sa mga bagay na inihatag para sa'yo ng tadhana. Ngunit, paano ba masanay sa kalungkutan na matagal mo nang hinihiling na matapos na?

[dilemmaontwolegs]

The idea of Hob taking Dream for a casual drive around to show some of his favourite places is so much better when I think about how Dream has probably never travelled by car and would get carsick.

[historian-in-pearls]

Starting cleaning/packing my home office today & hoping to finish by Tuesday night. I hate being in here, so if I get it done I can just stay out--there's just a heavy, creepy, weird vibe; once I was at my desk and heard/felt someone breathing behind me. I don't scare easily, at all, but I was so freaked out that day I had to video call my sister at work just to see a living person. No, thanks.

[fadeintolight]

louis doesn’t have to play the guitar at this point id be happy if he just - held it a bit

[hystericalfallenstars]

i think i've come to understand why my siblings no longer have the time to indulge in their hobbies like they used to, with both reading and drawing. which is something we have all shared as siblings. i started working recently after i graduated from senior high (graduated a bit later due to life's shortcomings) and i have learned that there's a level of fatigue that stays with you overtime. and then days feel shorter as well, so in turn, one clings onto things that slow down the course of the day. though unwinding with hobbies seems like a fair and easy in concept, i feel like there's a level of desperation where i actively do things that don't make time run fast like i used to in my teenage years. instead of reading, i do things that don't require as much time and effort (i.e., doomscrolling on 4 diff apps) but it still manages to burn me out. i hope my passion and affection for my hobbies doesn't completely fade out. though i understand it's possible for it to happen. recently, i've tried my best to return to those hobbies that nourish me mentally. i'm still clinging onto drawing and reading and im also trying to play a new instrument, even if it's a few mins per day. even if they make the little free time i have left go faster. it's something at least... right?

time is constantly ticking and i am going insane but i'm trying to ground myself through art. i hope it works out, somehow.

[whiskeyswifty]

Sometimes I can’t tell what is genius and what is accident with Taylor, genuinely like I’m not diminishing what she does. For instance, the recent album phenomenon where almost right away, every single person, critics included, made their own “TTPD Edit” if you will. A trimmed down selection of the 31 songs that either they think made a tighter album, fit into a narrative they liked, created a new narrative, or whatever compelled them. Obviously I don’t think Taylor wants anyone to cut any of her songs off an album she herself made, of course. So here is where I err on the side of accident. But then… I think about how the number one thing all artists, even Taylor sized ones, are tasked with is creating engagement around a product. Taylor for this album tried to start the “fortnight challenge” which went absolutely nowhere. However, the fact that everyone, haters and lovers of ttpd alike, have made their own edits, which is an incredibly active form of engagement and stream booster, is an astoundingly brilliant stroke of….. luck? Genius? I can’t tell. I can’t fucking tell!!! Maybe it wasn’t accidental and she was intentionally clever to drop an obscene amount of songs that resemble more of a sketchbook than a solid story or even sonic cohesion (again not a knock just a pretty objective observation compared to previously more cohesive works of hers and others). An album almost… stay with me here, almost too messy that it begs you to finish it up, clean it up. Engagement that was so compulsive and universally experienced by everyone that its unreal to me how that’s unintentional. And she’s especially intuitive in this arena, finger on the pulse, mirrorball woman that she is. The data dump release format feels almost like a strategy in that way. But I can’t quite believe she would ask of us to pluck our own apples from her abundant but still carefully cultivated tree and make our own pies. She encourages us to incorporate the songs into our lives yes but don’t tell her how to do her job, surely not! So I guess even if it was accidental, I suppose that’s still somehow a form of genius to me, that even her impulses are in tune with how to best engage a modern audience. Having been in this business, and on this end of it, for so long that she can just sense when to drip feed us and when to stuff us like foie gras geese. Does she fundamentally understand that audiences hate being told what to do, as she feels the same way herself, and knows how to guide engagement without forcing it? Is that also insane? Giving her TOO much credit? Idk I can’t decide but it’s a stone I turn over and over in my brain. She figured out that the house always wins and so she became the house. Astounding.

[coldflasher]

thinking about barry canonically being quick to heal, suffering so many grievous injuries throughout the course of his life, but never ever being visibly permanently scarred regardless of the severity of his wounds (discounting savitar, which was a special case), versus the widely accepted fanon of len being badly scarred from years of abuse (a theory which has strong canon evidence in support of it, given that we've seen lisa has scars from that same abuse)

also thinking about barry being loud and open about his trauma to the point that everyone thinks he's crazy vs. len being closed off and never really opening up about his history properly with anyone, never allowing himself to be seen uncovered, endeavouring to hide both his physical and emotional wounds from the world

just. thinking about that juxtaposition. barry has no physical marks and yet his trauma is in some ways far more visible than len's, as len is marked physically by his past experiences but does everything he can to not acknowledge or address them

not sure where i'm going with this. but it's interesting.

[emily-prentits]

i still think it's so fucking funny that daisy jones is basically one big fleetwood mac fanfic. i think we as a fandom moved on from the fact much too quickly.

[aestheticbyais]

“We are defenders of the night. We are Gargoyles!”

Goliath character aesthetic.

[crazycatsiren]

I don't think I have an inner child.

Much more likely that I have an inner wizened old crone.

[ducklooney]

Huey Duck from Quack Pack - Icons

I know I owe another Duck brother from the Quack Pack, and the oldest brother at that. It's Huey Duck and I'm uploading pictures or icons of his character from the underrated series Quack Pack, from the episode "Cat & Louse" that refers to him. In fact, he has Ailurophobia, or the fear of cats, and was afraid of black cats in particular since he was a little boy, until he overcame his fear. However, he has a slight sneeze and an allergy to cats. Poor him. Yes, Dewey and Louie helped him a lot to overcome that fear and Huey managed to get Raven, the pet black cat of the cruel Andre Demouche, to his side. I definitely recommend that you watch that series and that episode who hasn't yet.

As with Dewey and Louie Duck, I put a photo of the icons (icons of Huey Duck) here, although some are more repetitive. So if someone needs it, feel free to use it, but for GOOD PURPOSES, NOT FOR NEGATIVE. Yes, all the impressions and feelings from the oldest triplet (red triplet) from one episode in one picture (two pictures actually). That is all. I hope to create icons for other characters and cartoons and comics, if I have the opportunity.

If you want to see pictures of the iconic Dewey Duck look here: https://ducklooney.tumblr.com/post/670862385307893760/dewey-duck-from-quack-pack-icons-ive-posted

If you want to see pictures of the iconic Louie Duck look here: https://ducklooney.tumblr.com/post/664431415688036352/louie-duck-from-quack-pack-icons-somewhere-i-saw

Of course, those who love this version of Huey Duck and love this duck, feel free to like this or reblog this.

[grand-line-shenanigans]

The other guy had throwing knives. Not cool.

[abirddogmoment]

thinking about possibly squeezing in a quick camping trip this weekend 🤔

[mostly-marvel-musings]

When that Saturday nap naps HARD.

Dear Gods above. I have slept like a log except for when I dreamt. Oh yes, I dreamt about our dear Mr. Stark.

In the dream, we were possibly in Italy, because the view outside our bedroom looked pretty similar to Lake Como 🫠 and we were giving each other foot massages, lol. It was sweet, okay? 😭🤍

Any of you had any dreams about the man? Sex dreams included? 😏🤍

[scarletooyoroi]

Proceeds to show up completely drenched.

"So uh.. There was an Aquabus attack when some phantasms that climbed onto the stream. Wound up taking care of it, buuuuuut-" A soft hiss escapes him.

"That thing might be outta order for a lil bit. Don't think those things were made for some pyro based engines."

Security might need to be tightened a little bit more on that.