#boring but necessary

[banrionceallach]

Hey EU tumblr, there's some other elections pretty soon

I know that the EU MEP elections probably seem boring in comparison to 'gestures to US/UK/etc' All That, but please do vote in them if you're eligible.

It's really important right now to make sure the right-wing fascist leaning bastards get the smallest percentage of the vote possible. The EU has problems, but a lot of genuinely good legislation comes out of it and we need to protect that.

There's not going to be a perfect candidate, so just go the harm reduction route. i.e. find the least worst and vote for them, to cancel out your racist Insert-Relative-Here's vote for the MEP's who are busy being openly fascist.

The EU elections are from taking place from 6th- 9th June, and I cannot stress enough that it really is important to vote. Again, a vote for Candidate Meh Boring is not approval of their policies, it is a vote against Candidate Racist Homophobe.

Remember every time the US users in particular on this site talk about something horrifying that is a fact of daily life in the USA and then end the post with some version of 'But they don't have to put up with that in Europe because of some Recent Vaguely Sensible Legislation by the EU parliament'?

Right.

That's why you're voting. It's a civic duty. Part of living in a society. Look on it the way you would basic housekeeping.

From 6th - 9th June we are all helping to do a metaphorical deep-clean of the bathroom. It won't produce spectacular immediate changes in our lives, but it will help stop a potentially dangerous mold infestation.

Voting is one tool in the box of democracy. Don't let it sit unused, The people who vote for Candidate Racist Homophobe won't.

Bloody well vote.

EU Voting Dates:

Netherlands votes on 6th June

Ireland votes on 7th June

Czech Republic votes 7th/8th June

Everyone else in the EU votes on the 9th June.

[feletida]

Adding useless embellishments by hand is very me but also kinda stupid. So I decided to make framing separately so I could insert it into memes and skits like lego pieces later.

[soulbrand]

man you all were not kidding abt the therapyspeak in veilguard.

[temporary-gentleman]

It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on

[guardian-angle22]

Tarlos Wedding Celebration Event [Week 12] -> favorite location(s)-> The Tarloft

[felidform]

revising character designs

[wackywatchdotcom]

will say an idea im invested in on that note is the idea that ppl in the circus had super mundane jobs irl. like even in c&a they just had normal people jobs. i think making the people who end up there be super painfully normal and just. people. really sells the tragic elements of the show

[leonardcohenofficial]

okay anybody who got mad about the exposition last week has to apologize to me directly because most of this week was very much telling not showing and while it had more momentum it was also fairly boring all of that being said this is about what i expected for the penultimate episode of the season because they're not going to really hint at let alone give away the game the week before the season finale

[mel-loly]

-And yes.. They still understand each other even in different languages :]

[creaturefeaster]

are you okay with people trying to copy your artstyle to make content or do you think that’s too deceiving?

When you use the word content in this context it immediately feels offensive.

Art is art and you draw what is fun for you. Really, there aren't any rules. If it is fun to draw the way another person draws, whatever. If you're a budding artist still working on your skills I think it is, in fact, important to play around with the art that inspires you. In the end there are no original styles out there, merely styles inspired and built upon in a blend of other inspirations.

My inspirations stemmed from the cartoons I grew up with, and is currently mixed with my growing interest in exploring a deeper understanding of anatomy. But many people have other artists as inspiration, which is also fine, but it is also a lot different and a lot more personal than being inspired by a cartoon everyone already knows. You risk getting the individual artist's feelings mixed up into your art.

If you are trying so hard to copy a style even though it doesn't feel native, natural to do so? I wouldn't call that fun, personally, but maybe it feels like an interesting challenge to you, which is also whatever in my eyes. It is still practicing your skills.

But the moment you are trying to profit off of work developed by someone else, calling it content, and hoping to gain traction based off of the look alone? It feels disingenuous to yourself and offensive to the person your mimicry is inspired by.

This is where I would say, please draw for yourself, not for the appearance. Not for the social status. Be yourself. Most people will notice the difference, and you will be happier with your own hard work in the long run.

This is, and has always been, my stance. I hope this was insightful :3!

[tsuwabuki]

I like the contrast between pochita's hero scarf and fakesaw's hero cape. makes me think fakesaw's cape is a reference to american super heroes and their connection to war profiteering (heavy military money/propaganda in marvel stuff for example)

fake heroes who are secretly (or not so secretly) making things worse in the name of justice...

[katoska]

Theory why Betelgeuse left Lydia's side to "go to the little boys' room" and took over for Richard at his booth for a bit:

Yes, he could have dealt with Jeremy without playing dress-up and taking over Richard's job, and didn't have to enable Richy to get a little more family time in the process. They could have saved Astrid just fine without that, so it seems unnecessary, for him to do that. OOC, even. Except

2) Richard wouldn't owe Betelgeuse a big favor for said taking over of his job and enabling the extra family time with Lydia and Astrid. Also, ofc, for saving his daughter from trading places with Jeremy. Betelgeuse did all that at great cost to himself: A Code 699 violation (see screenshot of transcript from reddit below) gets you extra time working as a civil servant, it gets your topside privileges revoked, and it voids any marriage you entered into, so his contract for payment from/marriage to Lydia was meaningless (well, if it had been a marriage certificate rather than just an agreement to get married in the future. and if he'd actually signed it. and then possibly only if he'd signed it before entering the Netherworld so there'd be a marriage TO void, rather than... not signing it at all... *sigh* he totally burned that half-signed and not-yet-binding contract himself bc he understood she wasn't ready to marry him yet, is what I'm saying, but I digress).

1) Lydia wouldn't have gotten closure for her ex's death without it. Closure which she sorely needed, because the fact that Richard's body was never found plus her seeming inability to see his ghost (Richard: "I know you two can't see me, but I check in on you all the time") add up to her having been in denial of his death. She couldn't see his ghost because she really really did not want to see proof that he was dead. So now she gets to move on from him. Which is very convenient for B. Especially as Richard is unlikely to be able to visit her anytime soon even now that Lydia has accepted his death and should be able to see him again, but I'm getting to that.

Still 2): Anyway, B doesn't do favors. He does business. If people are allowed to take over for others at their jobs in the afterlife, but those jobs are also a form of punishment where you have to "do time" at them for a specific duration, then those work hours are a currency that you can give away or trade. You can, if you find someone who is willing, get someone to do your time for you (hell, you can even get a naive Breather to trade their actual Life for your afterlife existence).

So yeah, I don't think Betelgeuse took over Richard's booth just out of the goodness of his heart. I think they made a deal, one that means that B will be topside again much sooner than the Deetz' will expect so he can get back to trying to seduce Richard's ex (hey, Richard always supported lost causes, so... 😆), while Richard will be stuck at work, unable to visit the Living for a long and unspecified amount of time. Not that his family's gonna notice, bc they never used to see him visit them, anyway.

And yeah, according to someone from reddit who decyphered that page in the Handbook, there's a bit about how the Deceased who violated Code 699 has to cease Trading, if applicable.

But I think that only goes for post-conviction of the crime, not as an automatic consequence of the crime, as B was also still able to visit the Living World to attempt the church wedding. Which, actually, is yet more evidence that this latest marriage attempt was more for the sake of declaring his feelings and testing the waters (and showing off, and getting rid at the competition) than him trying to actually get, and stay, married. Cause the church wedding would have been voided by a conviction, too.

Anyway, that's my theory on B's incredibly considerate, and therefore incredibly suspicious, detour to Richard's booth and letting Richard have his heroic moment.

And tbf, Lydia and Astrid are Richard's family. So it wouldn't even be unreasonable to expect Richard to pay for the legal trouble B got into from saving them. Like, I'm sure he'd have done it anyway, but if B can pass on that buck then ofc he's gonna.

[sunflower-eddiediaz]

bathena's getting together story is so good 🙂‍↕️ i just finished rewatching 1x10. the way their individual stories parallel each other and you realize their paths have actually been tilting towards each other the whole time? magnificent <3

[twolovelyberries]

ENOUGH.

[buwheal]

Well I can't speak for the others, but personally I don't want anything from you. This is a genuine compliment - your art is nice, and I like it, and you will just have to deal with that! :-)

[queer-omens-in-the-archives]

What if we did not have a 9am appointment and laundry and chores to take care of tomorrow. What then.