#beth amphetamine

[childofhalloween]

Ok, ok hear me out The Man Family but dressed like Abba

God I wish I could draw

[thecrownbaltimore]

This Week's Shows at the Crown!

(don't forget! today is DRAMEDY! the drag, comedy & stand up open mic! :3)

~ Week At the Crown 1/15 ~ 1/21 ~

Tuesday 1/16

Crown Karaoke! FREE @ 9Pis M

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Thursday 1/18

GODSEYES w/ Resistor / Trash Diva / Bedroom Floor | 7PM | $15 adv ~$20 atd

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Small / Choking Boys / Friday Junior | 7PM | $8 adv ~ $10 atd

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Friday 1/19

Empris & the Gems / Night Walks / Early American / Bening Impact | 7PM | $10 adv ~ $12 atd

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HEN HOUSE! A Night of Burlesque & Drag & Comedy~ ft. Hannah Alden Jefferey / Beth Amphetamine / the Original Gata / Patrice Devereaux / Floozy Charmichael / Riva Riley & YOUR HOST! Kenny Rooster (special guest: Dickolas Cage?) 7:30 PM | $20

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Saturday 1/20

IZZY VADIM / RAK / & Friends BASS MUSIC Party! [an uncharted production!] | 8PM | $10 early bird ~~ MORE at the door!

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Red Die Number Nine / Luxury Teeth / Coffee with Lions / THE FIENDZ | 7PM | $10

[ls-mcmilkshake]

I made The Man family before they started drinking Bud Lite and committing astounding amount of felonies while ingesting tons of Spleens’ blood. 

Or they might be the original’s great great grandchildren by now...

Insanely fit Florida Man with his judgmental tattoos and not wearing a shirt yet again. He is a pro at mixology thanks to his alcoholism. 

Australian Man is half fish in my save. They both have the Bro Trait and are just...good roommates...or are they?

And Bab Ross is here too! Her necklace actually signifies her Draino drinking problem but she’s fine. We love you. She works as a successful artist just like her origin, Bob Ross.

Tim Horton the Canadian Bob Ross! Bab and he are happily married but everyone in my save (and in my Man Family) keeps hitting on Tim. 

Colono Scopy is now a twilight-ass-vampire-looking guy with a smug attitude. I really love the mushroom-headed bastard and here he is, looking extra entitled. He likes eating, drinking, and hot women, as well as wearing a suit in a middle of the summer.

Tommy “I’m depressed always” Wenis, who are one of my absolute favorites!  He is a vampire with vampire depression in my save. Colono and Tommy somehow hooked up once and I really don’t know how I feel about it.

Ellis Dee looks like a cosmetology school dropout but I actually like how she turned out! She likes growing weed tomatoes in her small garden. After dropping out and got married with Beth, who were in the same school, she works as a professional gardener.

I know how much I butchered the original design of Beth Amphetamine but I love her fashionista look in here and her sweet personality... She is married to Ellis and works as a stylist. Currently they have been trying for a baby!

[determinedowl23]

Good morning to Floridian masochists, Bud Lite addicts, bitchy Australians, children-hating people with afros, pastel serial killers, horse-faced southern Belles, people who forget their pants, mushroom-headed bastards, emo people that wear curtains, cocainos who had too much beer, murder cats that have about 3 iq points, and the children of the former two

[peachrenard]

So I made Beth Amphetamine the doctor. So in Bud Lite they're pretty advanced on their drugs, problem is, it's only the bad ones. Beth's medicine has caused two people to pass out and one day she entered the clinic to find two patients fighting. Yet another reason of why you don't do drugs.

(Also, another of Graystillplays' sims that displays how different TS4 and TSM are.)

[fullliquorbar]

bruh

lmfao sorry for the extreme inactivity of this acc, have these memes I made while I was gone

(I just called myself out 😔😔)

[lalounia]

Drew this lovely lady for @hxney-boy ‘s birthday ❤️❤️❤️

[valarinventures]

Someone else once made a post celebrating Florstralia at the “no power” video.

I, however, present you with the incarnation of Bethdee. It is located at Gray’s video, “I made a house that is so dirty”.

ENJOY YOUR SWEET D-REEEEEEEEEE-AMS!

[leviathan-sushi]

The Man Family with glowy nighttime eyes!

[tonsilsthecat]

i spent like half an hour trying to find a beth amphetamine fic i requested a long ass time ago (my username was different too-) and i cant find it im-

i was always more of an art person than a fic person so i might have not gotten to it :c what was your idea ??

[childofhalloween]

The Ladies of the Man Family

Name: Ellis Alexandra Dee Nickname: LSD D/O/B: March 6th Age: 22 Height: 5'3" Occupation: Clerk at Headshop Favorite Color: Pink/Purple

Name: Whitley Marie Airiagaga Nickname: N/A D/O/B: July 23rd Age: 25 Height: 5'9" Occupation: Waitress at Truck Stop Diner Favorite Color: Red

Name: Barbra Jean Ross Nickname: Bab Ross D/O/B: January 2nd Age: 26 Height: 4'11" Occupation: Walmart Cashier Favorite Color: Denim

Name: Bethany Joe Amphetamine Nickname: Beth D/O/B: June 30th Age: 25 Height: 6'1" Occupation: Call Center selling car warranty Favorite Color: All

Name: Clarice Jane Danes Nickname: Claire/ Claire Danes Lovespudding D/O/B: March 31st Age: 23 Height: 5'6 Occupation: Personal Fitness Trainer

[struwwelzeter]

RZK: "90% of the time great music is created on drugs" - I do not like the sound of that. I think he would create good music without drugs just as fine. Its not greatness of the music, but his perception about what he thinks sounds ready. And when you are high a lot is more tolerable, even the previously soberly shitty music :) Please, i need your take on this.

Ah god. Difficult topic.

This ... might get longer?

There is a difference, I think, between writing on drugs, and then listening back to it on drugs. I think assuming that someone would preceive the outcome differently/as better on drugs than off them is tiny bit presumptuous. Not because it’s not possible, but because different drugs work differently, depending on who takes them and in what headspace. Acid for exemple is an entirely different beast than cocaine is, and both will work differently depending on how you feel when you take them to begin with.

Now going off that quote that I like so much; the drugs only helped me to get going, I have a feeling for him personally it’s not so much about the creative process itself but about energy levels. There is something about having more ideas than energy that is horribly restrictive and frustrating and that at least in my experience can even really block you because then you don’t know where to start. Add to that a fear of failure, that just gets perpetuated by not knowing where to start and you’re stuck, and it’s paralyzing. Coke or heroine in that circumstance are honestly only a logical temptation, because they boost self esteem and mental energy, and they don’t feel like you’re a different person. Why do you think so many students take Ritalin to get through studying for exams. For someone without ADHD Ritalin can almost be cocaine light, and it doesn’t feel like it does that much to your personality other than getting your brain to a place where it does what you ask of it. I don’t know if this is me reading into too little data, but I feel like all the people I know of that got into coke or heroine too much were the kind of hyper creative, high output people that Richard is like too. I think of Nikki Sixx especially, and the way he is described almost the same way, especially during his low points: overbearingly creative, controlling in the studio, hyper obsessive about his visions.

Then you have this huge amount of 70s psychedelic rock music written on acid, which is a completely different beast. I have zero personal experience with hallucinogens because they scare the shit out of me, but there is enough literature and science out there that basically proves that they change your perception of the world in general, make you feel more connected, and actually do help people understanding themselves and are a catalyst for discovery. I mean, alot of psychedelic and prog rock is pretty out there. There is something to be said about “would they have really dared to do all that without the drugs?” Think about all the self inflicted judgement and restrictions and rules we all carry around since childhood for psychology reasons - and then think of something that helps you switch off those controls and just “be”. You could argue alot of musical development would have never happened without the drugs. And if it did, it would have been made by artists with great self esteem, maybe.

Now, I don’t want to say that you can’t make great music without drugs, but I think it carries the question why artists do drugs to begin with. There are things that make creativity easier and things that make it harder. And yes, someone psychologically on top of it might pull it off greatly without them. But if you have low self esteem for exemple, which is a very common thing especially for perfectionists, and it cripples you, and cocaine makes that go away, it’s just an easier out than going through years of therapy first. Not to mention that you really need to be ready for therapy.

And then there is the next question which is “would someone really make the same art if they were that healthy psychologically that they aren’t tempted by the drugs as an easy out.” And I think the answer to that is “it depends.” I know we all want to get rid of romanticizing the suffering artist trope, but honestly... it’s just a fact that for many creatives (not all!!!) that is exactly how it works - no pain, no art. Can you really create something with the same level of empathy and shared anguish if you haven’t been there yourself? When we talk about the kind of art that touches us because it doesn’t leave us alone in our grief and in our pain, our insecurities and imperfections and failures? I personally honestly do not think so. It’s also just the fact that some people use creativity as therapy, as a vent. I think of Beth Hart who is diagnosed with BPD and has said that when she is doing well, she’s more interested in taking part in life with her loved ones and doesn’t even think of writing, but when she’s doing bad, she can’t even exist without that outlet. And then it can start that circle - I need to create something, so I need to make myself feel something, and it’s like self harm. I think I just made the point that being healthy mentally helps with creativity, so yes, you can make great art being happy, the problem is that for some of us the need disappears as soon as the happiness is present. I am not saying it’s like that for everyone. But honestly, as someone who has been through this too, I am getting a bit tired of the whole “people can do art just as well if they are happy.” Yes. Some can. Some can’t. Stop dismissing our experience, thank you.

So in conclusion I think the whole “can people do great art off drugs” is pretty closely connected to “do you have to suffer to make good art.” They’re connected, I think, because arguably, drugs are self medication and as such an indication for suffering. Not always. Or better said: sometimes someone really is happy and just wants to dance an entire 48 hrs, and the only way to do that is to pop some amphetamine. Drugs are a means to an end, to get yourself to a point where you can do something that without them you can’t do without a lot more effort. Until they’re not, because they also do fuck you up, they’re mostly a promise that is never kept. (Hallucinogens are a bit different but that’s another story.) Don’t take drugs, kids. I’m just saying, that initial motovation to take them after just curiosity, isn’t so much about the drug itself, it’s about what it helps you do. And yes, maybe it often does make you go “oohh this is actually pretty nice” even if you would look at it differently sober. The question is: would it then see the light of day? Or would it be left in a drawer for not being good enough.

This now reads entirely like a pro drugs rant. It’s not. I repeat: they fuck you up. Cocaine can make your heart short circuit and kill you in one go. Addcition means it won’t make you feel better oretty fast, it just starts making it feel normal again. All that, you have heard this before. But I do understand why people are tempted by them, why so many artists have taken them, and I would never judge someone for taking them either.

A lot of people have reported that getting back into song writing after quitting the drugs has been hard. We all know the skills they posess are the same with or without them. Maybe they’re even better without them. But what does that help if you’re experiencing your sense of failure wide awake? I think that’s what people mean when they say good art is made on drugs. It’s not about the skill, it’s about censorship of the self.

[faearies]

Young Beth: What are amphetamines?

Young Jolene: Drugs that can go on land and water.

Young Beth: Ohhhh

[determinedowl23]

Ok I found this art piece at https://grayandspleens.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_characters and I'd credit the artist, but I can't find them, so if the orginal artist is out there, know I love this piece and I am so sorry I couldn't find you.

[peachrenard]

Beth and Bab chilling at the tavern, discussing how Beth just ruined a young women's life with a truth potion so she would just give up and become a pirate.

There were also a lot of leeches involved.... Welcome to The Kingdom of Bud Lite

Here's Bab electrocuting someone. I cant remember what this was for but here it is.

[lalounia]

Here is a commission for my boo @tonsilsthecat

Ellis Dee and Beth Amphetamine from Graystillplays ❤️❤️