#and pushes him to improve

[dragongirltongue]

I rly hope Scott Pilgrim Takes Off really doubles down on making it clear that Scott is a mess of a person who has never had a moment of introspection at the start of the story so badly. I need people to stop treating his precious little life phase especially as a thing that doesn't suck specifically because of Scott himself.

[haunted-xander]

Sometimes I think about Urianger's role in and feelings on the Thancred-Ryne dynamic and I think watching it kills him a bit inside. For several reasons.

Like, to begin with there's the guilt he's been carrying with him since he ushered Minfilia to the first, how he effectively killed the person Thancred cared about the most in the world and who's "death" ended up causing Ryne's entire Situation. He looks at what's happening between them and can only think "I caused this" even though that's not really true. No one person is responsible for this outcome, it's a culmination of several circumstances and the consequences of them. Logically, Urianger knows this. But it doesn't matter, because his guilt is overpowering his logic.

And also, like. What Thancred is doing here, the way he's knowingly letting Ryne be and stay hurt because he literally cannot bring himself to tell her his feelings, is the exact same mistake Urianger made with Moenbryda. Of course, the circumstances are vastly different, and the potential consequences to Thancred telling Ryne the wrong things or her misinterperating it is far greater (being a matter of literal life or death), it's still the same sort of paralysis they are trapped in.

And he knows it. He sees it. But he can't say or do anything about it, he doesn't have the right to. He acknowledges the mistake, but he hasn't really improved upon it yet. He still doesn't voice his thoughts and feelings as he should. He's also non-confrontational by nature, he doesn't argue or try to change peoples minds, he probably doesn't think he has any place to.

So, he tries to help in what little ways he can. Because he doesn't want it to become Monebryda again, he doesn't want to know he stole not one but two people from Thancred. So he does what he can. He tells Ryne little tidbits about Thancred, things that help her understand him but are safe to share. Nothing too deep, nothing too personal. Just small things, things that are purely factual, because he can't afford to give her a false image of who Thancred is. He teacher her fun and interesting things, because Thancred isn't in the mindset to provide her with non-essential skills.

I like to think Urianger has brought it up with Thancred at least once, during one of his stays. But nothing would've come of it. Not really. Unlike Y'shtola, Urianger isn't pushy, he'll bring it up once or twice and when he sees this won't go anywhere, he gives up. He wants to help, but he knows that persistance only does do much, and he is not the person who has the resiliance needed to push and push until Thancred finally budges (because he won't budge, it won't help anything but to sour things further by adding aditional stress to an already strained dynamic).

And like. Urianger gets it. He gets it because he's been the same way- not saying what he should to someone he loves more than anything else because she was meant to figure her life out herself, and 'steering' her in any direction by telling her his feelings (regardless of if the 'steering' is intention or not) will go against that. He gets it. He gets it and it's all the more painful for it. He knows it can't just be fixed by acknowledging it or with encouragement, something needs to happen to break the stasis.

I think this is probably why he stayed behind while they went off to Nabaath Areng. This is the very last chance they have to say what they want to, and he can't afford to be the anchor anymore. This is about them, not him, he can't let their resolution be buffed by his presence, so he stays behind. Which was probably for the best. Ryne got nervous when Urianger said he's staying behind, probably not too excited about being alone with Thancred (well, not alone, but WoL doesn't count) so soon after she had ran away crying. But she needs to be nervous. For anything positive to come out of this Thancred and Ryne both can't afford to be too relaxed. As sad as it is, the stress is necessary for anything to happen. He knows it. Does he like it? Absolutely not, but nor does he like his other plots. At least no one dies this time if it goes right.

[gunstellations]

double trouble

[hijacksecrets]

I don't think I ever posted it, but in November I did a little comic of this scene from @alterkaetion ‘s fic Hiccup’s Law. Last night I was looking at it and I felt like I could do a bit better since I’ve been drawing comics a lot more frequently since then, and I wanted to play with the angles a bit more. I was honestly surprised by how much I improved—not just with Jack, since I’m actually trying to make him similar to the movie design here, but even with Hiccup I’m happy with the improvement!!

I think maybe i could have done the spacing a little better, parts of this feel a bit empty, but overall very happy with it!!

Also y’all go read Hiccup’s Law uwu its really good

I’ll post the original under the cut, if you guys wanna see the before!!

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

Magneto had a really great character arc in the 80s which just got completely chucked in the bin because the new editor taking over the title thought that he should always be a one-note maniacal villain, and I'm disappointed to see X-Men '97 doing the same because the ex-showrunner wanted to recreate his favourite issue.

[takethelx3]

He didn't go anywhere he's literally back on my team again but I miss him anyway

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

dawg my body is so ready for seeing your human versions of the gang. like the need to draw these sillies is JUST TOO DAMN GREAT--(please don't take this as "OMG HURRY UP", i'm just very excited to see your interpretations!)

well shit now i gotta buckle down on brushing up + improving upon my human scribbling skills, which - meager to begin with - have deteriorated due to Puppet Disease (and i say this with playful exasperation. i've been needing an excuse to Practice and this is a damn good one)

though i will say! i'll be adhering to the ~canon~ human versions we've been gifted via Clown's pokemon au. ofc since we don't know what Howdy, Poppy, Sally, and Eddie look like, i'll have to think of something myself

[exhuastedpigeon]

Often being a good friend is listening to your friend vent about their problems. People need a space to get stuff off their chest and feel heard.

But sometimes being a good friend is saying "Hey, I'm happy to listen to you vent, but you've been venting about the same problems for months. What are you able to do to change it? How can I support you while you do that."

[newlydeparteddog]

"I've had a bad week" art dump

Most of this is older stuff lol. Cleaned my files and saw some old stuff I want to finish too! (Mostly putty/blob but there is some other things too 😅)

[oblivious-aro]

Do you think Jax knows the npcs are sentient?

I can see it going either way. Maybe he doesn't know, so he doesn't see any reason to not act out every sadistic whim on them. Or maybe he does, and he doesn't care. Considering how he treats the other characters (throwing Pomni of the truck, petting centipedes in Rahatha's room), knowing the npcs have feelings likely wouldn't change his behaviour.

Pomni, on the other hand, has seen the sentience of the npcs first hand. She formed a brief yet powerful emotional with one. She saw him hurt, love, give up, get up, and even die. Pomni's seen an npc be just as human as she is.

And she hasn't seen just how shittily Jax is prone to treating them.

At least, not yet.

[petit-papillion]

“Well, [Charles] needs to be in a Red Bull RB19 with Adrian Newey fussing around him all day. Short of that, it’s not going to be easy. If he’s at Ferrari, I don’t know what he needs, but he needs a car as quick as a Red Bull and no politics. [It’s] impossible. He’s not gonna achieve Max’s level, in my opinion, because he’s got too much other stuff going on in his brain to focus on being as good as Max is right now.”

“I think he���s quite a hard guy. I remember watching him at Monza in Formula 2, in his last year when he was with Prema. A good team doing a lot of winning, but he wasn’t very good in qualifying – I remember I chatted to him afterwards and said, 'It’s surprising you’re not quick here, Charles.' And he said, ‘I just didn’t drive very well. I just wasn’t very good. I wasn’t very good on the braking at the Parabolica, never really very good into the first Lesmo’. I thought, ‘Wow, this guy is unbelievably self-critical – this guy’s bound to become World Champion!’

“You could say maybe he’s a bit too self-critical. Maybe, but I’ve always felt self-criticism is an incredibly powerful tool of how to improve and, generally, I think I’m right. Maybe Charles is a little bit too self-critical. But I don’t think it’s hurt him really. I think it’s more just being an intelligent guy at Ferrari – I think it’s a difficult thing to be – intelligent, and at Ferrari – unless it’s your Ferrari and you’ve created it as Michael [Schumacher] or Niki [Lauda] did!”

Peter Windsor on YouTube | 6 July 2023

[kitsunabi]

Literally the most interesting read in the entire update

Idk what the f Feixiao is on about to fix optic neuropathy but keep me posted girl

[starqueen87]

If you have a manual push mower today, it likely uses design elements from 19th Century Black American inventor John Albert Burr's patented rotary blade lawn mower.

On May 9, 1899, John Albert Burr patented an improved rotary blade lawn mower. Burr designed a lawn mower with traction wheels and a rotary blade that was designed to not easily get plugged up from lawn clippings. John Albert Burr also improved the design of lawn mowers by making it possible to mow closer to building and wall edges. You can view U.S. patent 624,749 issued to John Albert Burr.

[maid-of-the-golden-deer]

i know most ppl on tumblr wouldnt think this the amount of ppl who qualify any mister beast crit with "but the good hes done isnt undone by this!"

honey u think hes doing anything actually good?

[tate-lin]

I feel like Sae is projecting a lot onto Rin. After rereading the manga, the words Sae said to Rin can apply majorly to him as well.

After battling it out in Spain for four years to achieve his dream as a striker only to get burnt out and change his dream to become a midfielder, he comes back home to Japan to tell Rin that he will make him become the world's top striker. Because if he can't, at least Rin will.

But Rin rejects this and Sae now truly realises that this entire time, Rin hadn't been playing football for the love of the game like he had been, but because of Sae. And that must had been a major slap to the face for him, like Rin had been betrayed him. That's why Sae told him to quit, probably.

Tbh while I do think that Sae does love Rin a lot, his later treatment towards him (aka the U-20 match) does not at all help the boy stop believing that Sae had just been using him the entire time 🥲

[slydiddledeedee]

some old art - catching up after training