#and just general frustration with myself

[uchiha-gaeshi]

When you realize that you’ve accumulated a whole slew of bad habits over the past 2-ish years…

[nanotomik]

Starbase 01 facilities (2)

[aroaessidhe]

2025 reads / storygraph

Kiss Me, Maybe

contemporary romance

an ace lesbian has an accidental thirst trap go viral and uses the attention to talk about her experiences - which ends up developing into a silly idea to do a scavenger hunt where the winner gets to be her first kiss

she starts to plan it, with the bartender she’s had a crush on for years, and realises she’s starting to fall for said bartender - and as their relationship develops so does her understanding of her identity & connection towards her community

grey-ace lesbian MC

arc, out may 6!

[clownboybebop]

just had a preliminary consultation with a new therapist, and for once in my life I actually gave them relevant and helpful info on what I was looking for and what my actual difficulties are instead of cock dick balling it and just kind of hoping the severity of my dysfunction will be conveyed through cordial small talk

[gomzdrawfr]

it's a different kind of hell watching your own speed dropping

[ziskandra]

I would love to hear why East Richmond exists

Firstly: apologies it took me a couple of days to reply to this ask. I needed the time to untangle my complicated feelings toward East Richmond's existence.

One of the primary justifications that can be made for East Richmond's existence is simple: the early bird gets the worm. East Richmond was built in 1860, preceding Burnley's opening by 20 years. The route 70 tram down Swan Street hadn't been created yet either, and wouldn't be for several more decades. The real question, of course, is why it continues to exist, especially given how much rail infrastructure has disappeared over the years. This is a little bit more speculative on my part.

In the 1960s, the track between East Richmond and Burnley was quadrupled with the creation of an express track in both the inbound and outbound directions. Both stations are provisioned with infrastructure which allows for trains to leave the express track and continue their journeys via the non-express track. This means the section of track between Richmond and Camberwell is one of the few places in the metropolitan train network where express trains are actually express (i.e., capable of overtaking each other during ordinary train operations). Theoretically, other lines have junctions where some of the same capability should exist (holding a stopping all stations service on one platform so the express train can run ahead of it) but as the same infrastructure hasn't been built, there is no effective way to build a timetable that makes better use of the functionality.

It is also worth noting that prevailing wisdom suggests that it is always preferred to hold a train at a platform as customers tend to get antsy about being stuck on a stationary train that they can't get off 🥲.

Long story short, East Richmond station (and more importantly, the points/turnouts that have been grandfathered in because of it) has allowed for better timetable capacity for trains travelling through to Camberwell and Glen Waverley. At this point it would probably cost more money to get rid of it than to let it be, so East Richmond lives on to fight another day! I am also lead to believe it has surprisingly good patronage numbers given its relative lack of actual services.

[poptartcat]

Rant so just feel free to ignore it

I’m so sick of being an outsider in a small town and it’s not a lot but it feels so isolating. Everyone knows everyone and I’m stuck here. Everyone has connections and I have to climb my way up. I’m so sick of being the only one to try because I’m the only one who wants to do something with herself. I’m so sick of having to keep everyone’s schedules in line when they can’t even remember one of mine. I’m so sick of putting in effort into everyone’s things because it’ll all unravel if I don’t. I’m so sick of never understanding what or who people are talking about. I’m so sick of being the only person no one knows in any given room. I’m so sick of having to sit in front of people and translate because my parents never bothered to immerse themselves. I’m so sick of no one taking me seriously because my dreams seem unrealistic due to having to do it alone. I’m so sick of screaming into a void and having to remind my family of my events 3 times a day on the day of after reminding them all week. I’m so sick of having to ask my friends what or who they’re talking about. I really hate my roots sometimes. I hate the disadvantage of having parents that never make the effort to understand and people who don’t want to add to their social circles

[dangaer]

just wanted to say all otom.e mcs are beautiful. it doesn't matter if she's superpowered or someone who cannot win a fight, someone who will speak back or someone who is shy. if she's a self insert or has her own fully fleshed backstory / personality. shows her face or is one of those 2012 women who have a shadow covering her entire expression. the enjoyment of the otom.e genre is having all of these available and i will not be silenced on it! 💝💖

[mjrdm]

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[sagemoderocklee]

wanting comments when i post fic is the bane of my existence

[atmarkabstract]

do people do anything other than draw them kissing

[kizzington]

Not aiming this at anyone specifically, but I’m genuinely so disappointed & annoyed at the fact no one in my real life circles bothered to reach out to me to check up on me regarding the recent Liam Payne/One Direction news.

[majimaisms]

Thank you for the brushes! I’m actually still learning to draw and to get faces as well as I’d like them to be (and the question I’d like to ask to everyone is do you have some suggestion to learn, which to be fair is understandably nearly always I don’t know lol) but I saved them just in case. The suit is always cool and an interesting Majima to explore, I’d love to see him and Kiryu if you’ll want to do them

Also not a question but I’ll love to read your fics, not to rush anything but I see you a lot as a writer as well and I’m really interested to see your writing outside analysis in the future, I’ll gladly wait for them 🫡

you're v welcome!! i know it's the most boring and common advice out there but the best way to improve really is refs + lots of practice. also drawing the same thing over and over again has helped me but maybe it's just because i tend to get fixated on things. but even if you get really good at drawing one specific face, you will learn things about drawing faces in general in the process. i find that something that helps me outside of that though is to be constantly thinking about this stuff even during the day? i don't know if you're trying to go for realism or your art is more stylized, but either way i think paying attention to faces, different features, how they look from different angles, as well as general anatomy and even how lighting and perspective work, all helps. and it's easier to think about those things when you already have ongoing art projects, especially if you're stuck. a huge part of drawing is a mental process, the technical skills *follow* that in my experience. like, just *thinking* about it does tangibly improve my art, because it helps me notice things and learn just while existing in the world

and thank you so much for saying that!! i really want to get a couple fics done soon, and that means a lot <3

[waywardsalt]

bc its been bouncing around in my head i think another little tiny grievance i had with totk is that i got to the end and just felt a sense of ‘well what the hell was that all for then’

[drysauce]

i mean it in the best way possible (to u) but wow from what u've been posting ur uni friends sound like fucking cunts. hope it gets better :/

haha well, yeah no i agree with you

the thing is it's not really uni friends. those just either don't reply or reply that they're busy when it's about something esle than school, they're clear with us that they have their own friend groups they value more and outside of the university setting we don't really keep in touch too much. i mean i tried befriending one girl but it eventually backfired at me so i decided it's not worth to spend my time and health on that

the thing that's happening lately is with people i have known before for ~5 years out of which one of them is my rommate. and only around january/february this year it started becoming clear what we stand on. that's probably why the whole thing is so frustrating to me now, especially that situationship with my roommate/best friend that we ended up in. it's such a complicated and multilayered situation at this point that it's just simply more tiring than upsetting

but in any case thanks for nice words, i hope it gets better too

[clumsypuppy]