#and i remember oh yeah true

[seeminglydark]

Forgive me if this is weird to say, but as someone who really struggles to get attached to his own ocs out if fear of seeming cringe (and trying really hard to break out of thar) I really admire how much you unabashedly love your characters and how much it shows in your art

hahaha its not weird to say at all, I actually also struggle with this. I get a lot of self embarrassment and feel cringe about the fact that i draw the same things all the time, i dunno if that helps to hear. Sometimes I even refrain from posting things for a few days, or i wont post them in places like patreon or my patreon server or something cuz i have this fear of 'Oh Not Again.'

I think what helps me is remembering that first and foremost, I created my ocs for ME. I draw them for me. everything I do, its for me, coping mechanisms, self therapy, working through issues, or just for fun and aesthetic. They are extensions of me, and loving them is basically learning to love me. I put the care i should have been giving myself all this time into them, and it weirdly helps with my own self love journey, cuz honestly I feel pretty cringe most of the time and like i dont belong in most spaces. My ocs ease that, its a way of putting my heart and thoughts on paper so to speak.

These days i tell myself if people get bored, or dont want to see characters, or think im cringey, they have the freedom to unfollow. The internet is a vast place. When people are jerks about it, which I'll be honest, has happened WAY less than my brain tells me it will, i ignore and move on. No one has to be here. Has it happened? Yeah once or twice maybe, but compared to the positive messages I get its really rare. it's more that i think the rejection hurts us more when we hear it, I combat this by keeping a document where I've copy pasted all the comments/tags/dms that made me feel good, that way i can read through it and remind myself most people that are here love what i do. i like to think thats why people followed me.

And you know what, its so hard to separate ourselves from what people think of us, so remember the good things, cuz its incredibly rewarding that theres people who DO wanna be here. That love them maybe just as much as me. That feeling is WAY Bigger than the cringe feeling. The fact that i CAN be obsessive and cringe and people are on this ride with me? Holy Shit like I cant even describe how good that feels.

Create first and foremost for you. Thats the win, right there. And if it so happens others want to walk that road with you, well you've already won by creating so thats just a really cool bonus. Remember the kind interactions you have with people.They mean so much more than the negative ones. Love your ocs cuz they are a part of you in some kinda way and you deserve that love and care too.

-RJ

[dixoterin]

[Do you wish to jump?] >Yes No

[wonderlandsakura]

The gods won't make the same mistake twice

There's one hero Percy Jackson is similar to, someone the gods broke, and they regretted it

Someone kind, that they made ruthless

Someone loving, that they made brutal:

Odysseus

[itspileofgoodthings]

one of my favorite things about getting older is that I’m just more sure and more confident in taking control in social situations and making other people feel at ease. I really love it!

[henrysglock]

Do you think they might have tweaked the play to make it more coherent with season 5? Because when the other two versions came out, st was still being filmed. This is the first version where the show is completely wrapped up right?

It seems more coherent with ST5 in terms of some pretty niche details, not the story overall. My main basis for that is that TFS was written alongside ST3 and ST4, and it doesn't mesh with them either. There are callbacks and parallels and all that jazz, which serve to kind of tell us what we're supposed to be looking for in terms of subtext and hidden meaning, but the story itself doesn't gel with filmed canon.

So no, I don't necessarily think these tweaks make it more coherent with ST5 in a way that matters. To me, TFS remains set aside as a stand-alone that might inform us what kind of Mindflayer situation ST5-era Henry is currently in, rather than a cohesive, factual backstory that's meant to slot perfectly into canon.

[n0bluev]

@fushiglow hmm….wonder who i’d draw this for all of a sudden and why… 🤔🤔

[zooblesbutchpuppygirl]

Ranting for a minute. The fact that the blocking system on here sucks so bad that you have to filter out names as well as blocking them drives me crazy

[aphel1on]

rewatching albedo events for reasons and this was all i could think about

[mortellanarts]

The passage of time was sooo normal and kind to me this year guys qwq

[juiceastronaut]

Love how Laois got Object Permanenced out of remembering that he wanted to Investigate Izutsumi because the other members put a blindfold over him.

"WHERES THE BASE OF THE TAI--Oh I can't see suddenly. Why am I the only one blindfolded? What were we talking about? Yippee, food!"

[itstimeforstarwars]

Since February the new store manager has talked to me like maybe 10 times and half of those times have just been "hey how's it going." And today she asked if I was vegan. This is perhaps the first bit of personal information she's ever asked me for??? And it’s this???

[rin-rin-kururin]

other than that... i'm tired. prepare for a long rant in the tags if you decide to read more

[player1064]

carraville core beliefs (aka things I am Always keeping in mind when writing them)

Gary:

always busy. always talking. genuinely one of the most annoying people alive. his friends often mute him on whatsapp

easily bribed with chocolate

too rich to have any concept of what things should cost or how anything works

has a Type and that type is tall muscular men

related to his type: likes to be Held. (make of that what you will)

was in love with becks when they were young and everyone who knows him knows this

Jamie:

very much a lads lad and so probably a bit of a bastard but unconsciously acts soft around Gary

loud and over the top especially when he's joking around. VERY touchy-feely but only with people he's comfortable with

does not like sweets. does not like coffee.

loves a paycheck

doesn't have a type he's just insane about Gary. so insane about him that he doesnt necessarily have to actually like men at all to like HIM

completely utterly whipped

as a pair:

always the most insane people in any room they're in and always the most intense

bullying is their love language and they're suspicious if they're being nice to each other

genuinely stupidly fond of each other. what was it I said the other day they just delight each other so much

the reason they delight each other/click so well is BECAUSE they're always the two most insane people in any room they're in

everything is a competition and once they're together they STAY together bc they are both determined to Win at their relationship

[rozzywell]

Just went "I haaaaaave to stop thinking about JYD. What's the next episode even. I forget. I bet it's another silly nothing one."

No it's this one. Okay ♡ yay ♡

[marsbotz]

not to wake up and immediately start being all introspective and weird but mannn i worry abt the state of my own soul and capacity to care abt others sometimes

[aromanticasterisms]

this whole epilogue is just a little treat for me oh my god. "familiar faces arrive in simulanka" does not even begin to cover it