#alex's stuff

[alessandra-estrella]

I had no time to make anything because of long classes, so here's Spike for day 1 of Vampire Appreciation Week. It's one small part of a Skillshare project I've by slowly doing all year for a beginner Procreate class by Iva Mikeles/Art Side of Life making stylized characters with simple shapes. Simple being a word I ignored completely lol

[void-epiphany]

New Essay

I'm trying to write more throughout the summer before I get back into the swing of the semester. I also just want to write more outside of the academic semester structure that I've grown pretty reliant on. Anyway, here's the first new essay of this summer project

[actual-changeling]

In the spirit of encouraging people to comment on fanfics while also making it easier to do so, I feel obliged to share a browser extension for ao3 that has quite literally revolutionized the comment game for me.

I present to you: the floating ao3 comment box!

From what I've seen, a big problem for many people is that once you reach the comments at the bottom of a fic, your memory of it miraculously disappears. Anything you wanted to say is stuck ten paragraphs ago, and you barely remember what you thought while reading. This fixes that!

I'll give a little explanation on the features and how it works, but if you want to skip all that, here's the link.

Edit: Yes, this also works on mobile!

The extension is visible as a small blue box in the upper left corner.

(Side note: The green colouring is not from the extension, that's me.)

If you click on it, you open a comment box window at the bottom of your screen but not at the bottom of the fic. I opened my own fic for demonstrative purposes.

The website also gives explanations on how exactly it functions, but I'll summarize regardless.

insert selection -> if you highlight a sentence in the fic it will be added in italics to the comment box

add to comment box -> once you're done writing your comment, you click this button and the entire thing will automatically copied to the ao3 comment box

delete -> self explanatory

on mulitchapter fics, you will be given the option to either add the comment to just the current chapter or the entire fic

The best part? You can simply close the window the same way you opened it and your progress will automatically be saved. So you can open it, comment on a paragraph, and then close it and keep reading without having the box in your face.

Comments are what keep writers going, and as both a writer and a reader, I think it's such an easy way of showing support and enthusiasm.

[sandpaperoctopi]

Harold the house centipede ✨

[okadaizoirl]

until i read the third tag i was hearing the most wise shit in the universe. then it just became the most insightful driving advice finally put to words, still a net gain

[blueberryblowfly]

more minecraft titbits

[smiledog16]

hello marble hornets and slenderverse community

please be nice i have just been born /j

enjoy! the slenderman

[jaradraws]

and next to me... it's little alex horne !

[felrija]

Sketch dump

[alessandra-estrella]

Piece done for this Skillshare class by Iva Mikles (Art Side of Life) to make stylized, simple characters in various positions with Procreate, then placing them in the windows of the building template she made!

Of course, I ended up doing Buffy characters lol I plan on making my own building when I have time. The video is a collection of short timelapses of me making the characters.

-My Instagram

[tcheadspace]

this is a wip but my mama said i gotta do hw then i have to go bedtime brb fellas :(…

(pose n stuff was based off a ref i saw on pinterest but i cant find the og anywhere 😖)

[pixeljade]

U.S. News Time!

So you know how there's massive protests going on against ICE deporting immigrants who are just doing their jobs, and Trump's response to these has been to use it as an excuse to send 4700 troops into California illegally and threaten to arrest Governor Gavin Newsom, and how this is all so remarkably unpopular of a decision with the entire country?

Well now the federal government isnt even allowing elected officials from California to ask questions.

Senator Alex Padilla, who is a duly elected federal Senator from the state of CA, and is a ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, was just shoved to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents for asking questions at a press conference for the Department of Homeland Security.

This is the latest insane move in a string of insane moves by Trump's federal government. The attack on Senator Padilla happened as Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, tried to justify the invasion of California by saying they were "liberating [Los Angeles] from socialists":

"We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate this city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and mayor have placed on this country and what they’ve tried to insert in this city"

- Kristi Noem (via)

Reactions to this escalation are ongoing, but right now congress is abuzz. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who many have criticized for his weak approach to President Trump's actions, is even calling it what it is: Totalitarianism.

Will this serve as a much-needed wake-up call to Democrats and the anti-MAGA majority of America that they are, in fact, facing a dictatorship? Only time will tell, but one thing isn't up for question: This is only increasing the divide plaguing this country.

[wheresurboytonighthelookslikeenj]

magnus’s “i have just been kissed by alex fierro” is of course hilarious if he’s realizing it just at this moment. but like. throughout the books he’s already aware? he gets flustered when around alex regardless of what gender he is, he knows he’s into him. he describes male characters as attractive. he has relative knowledge of queer experience, having met other queer kids while in shelters or on the streets, always growing as he talks more with alex and other people and learns more about the world and himself. the fruity edge line. magnus's "i am absolutely great about that" was the culmination of a journey he's been on for a long time, perhaps more subtle than that of nico di angelo but still important. this was a point he reached !! this state of comfort and ease with himself and his identity and being was something forged over time !!!

[palewolfcheesecake-blog]

where the drivers would be on the periodic table based on their (current) driver numbers

[rwrbmovie]

The spot right at the dip of his waist below his ribs looks impossibly soft, and Alex might die if he can't fit his hand into that little curve in the next five seconds.

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

🌼Totally Spies🌼 new season in year of 2025??? here we go???