#breakdowns

[vertigoartgore]

Comic Art Process (from the original pencils to the published page) : 1986's Avengers Vol.1 #271 pages 1-3. Breakdowns by John Buscema and finished art by Tom Palmer. Words by Roger Stern, lettering by Jim Novak, colors by Christie Scheele and edited by Mark Gruenwald.

[fordiretragedy]

DEFEND SASSCORE

[marrowsartlab]

Little animation excercise I did for breakdowns poses ':3 thought it turned out p good!

[dangeroustaintedflawed]

i want to rip my flesh off and scream and sob

[itspixthecrazybitch]

Wanted to talk about it. So here’s my advice for dealing with breakdowns/intense emotions.

The important thing is not to fight. You don’t need the feeling gone. It will leave on its own time. You don’t need to act on it. Just pause. Close your eyes. And let the emotions run through you, cry if you have to, scream if you can, but lower your defenses and let it overtake you. Then take a deep breath, get up off the floor, and keep moving. You do not have to be at war with your intense emotions. You do not have to push them away and escape them. Let them flow through you unobstructed and they will do no harm.

[ibn-e-batuta]

who knew filmmaking would require Microsoft Excel 😭😭😭

[rigelmejo]

Chinese Listening Experiment - Some Thoughts on how to apply Dreaming Spanish method to other languages when learning to read

If you are not familiar with Dreaming Spanish, the method is basically Comprehensible Input Method or ALG, and a decent portion of the people who learn using Dreaming Spanish just follow that method (purist approach) or use other study methods in addition to the Dreaming Spanish Method (non-purist approach). I find the subreddit for r/dreamingspanish quite friendly because it is welcoming to people who've taken traditional classes before/currently, who've studied with flashcards/anki, and anyone else who does things outside of Comprehensible Input for study. The subreddit r/dreaminglanguages is also friendly of people studying with mainly Comprehensible Input that have also done other methods of study before/may be doing other methods at the same time.

Comprehensible Input Method is basically watching videos (or taking in person classes or livestream classes) of a teacher speaking your target language only, and using visuals like images and gestures to give you enough context to understand what the main idea they're conveying is. So you learn the target language entirely IN the target language. You go through lessons for 'beginners,' 'intermediate' and 'advanced' learners (the lessons tend to be labelled or named for the level of learner they make the lesson 'comprehensible' for). Eventually you engage with other content in the target language - other stuff made for learners that's entirely in the target language (like learning podcasts for 'beginner' 'intermediate' 'advanced' and graded readers).

Then eventually you engage with content in the target language made for native speakers - whatever you can comprehend the main idea of (vlogs, shows, comics, stuff with visuals tends to be easiest). Anything you already know the context for, such as shows and books you've read before in a language you know, may be easier to comprehend sooner since you already know the main idea of the material. Over time, the amount of content made for native speakers that you understand increases, and you expand the content you engage with (like novels, shows that talk about abstract subjects, podcasts, audiobooks). Once you are using content in the target language made for native speakers that you comprehend the main idea of, you are basically 'immersing' and can look up immersion study tips. To do a pure comprehensible input method like Dreaming Spanish advises, you would look up no word translations, you would look up words in a target language dictionary if you wanted to look something up.

Many people do Comprehensible Input alongside other study methods, such as looking up word translations and making flashcards because they don't actually care if some of their study activities involve non-target language material. (I don't use purely comprehensible input method to study, I do other stuff, I look up translations often, and I sure read a bunch of grammar guides as a beginner). Like I mentioned, the subreddits r/dreamingspanish and r/dreaminglanguages are fairly friendly to people doing a 'non purist' approach, such as people who continue to use translation tools and flashcards, or people who took traditional classes in the past/currently (which tend to explain grammar and vocabulary meanings not in the target language but in the language the learner is assumed to already know).

For the purpose of this post, I am going to be reflecting on how to study in the Comprehensible Input Method way, like Dreaming Spanish suggests to study (more or less), and how to apply that to various languages.

For languages using the latin alphabet, if you already know the latin alphabet? Or for any language where you already know the symbols of the writing system. Follow the study suggestions as Dreaming Spanish lays it out, it should work fine. So whether you study Spanish, or French, or Portuguese, find beginner-intermediate-advanced comprehensible input lessons and complete them, use children's shows with a lot of visual context as additional comprehensible input, use podcasts made for learners (who are at your level of understanding - so for beginners etc) entirely in the target language (or as close to only in TL as you can find) as additional comprehensible input. Eventually use TV shows with a lot of visual context (like action shows or slice of life) or TV shows you've seen before (and already know the context) for additional comprehensible input. Optional: I would suggest you also find a Comprehensible Input Lesson video that goes over the alphabet/writing system and the name and pronunciation of each letter, ideally find a lesson video IN the target language. If you cannot find a lesson video on the writing system in the target language, finding a video or website that shows a chart of the letters and pronounces them will work. If you have to read some non-target language text, I guess that'll technically not be pure comprehensible input. The main point is to see the target language writing system and hear the pronunciation. This part is not recommended/necessary in Dreaming Spanish, but since children learn the alphabet when they start school or beforehand, it might be useful to also learn it to make your efforts learning to read easier.

Dreaming Spanish suggests you can start learning to read around 600-1000 hours of comprehensible input - and I suggest you start learning to read WHENEVER you want (if you don't care about strictly following the suggested roadmap Dreaming Spanish has). When you're ready to learn to read, I suggest starting by turning captions on the videos and shows you're watching. I would suggest not counting time with captions on as 'comprehensible input hours' in terms of listening skills since you will develop reading skills more while watching the captions, but ultimately your decision what to consider this activity. Reading the captions will allow you to learn to read words you have already learned in listening. Additional activities: if you listen to any learner podcasts or regular podcasts, if you can find the transcript then read along to the transcript, this will also allow you to learn to read the words you can understand in listening. Find Graded Readers, particularly any graded reading material with audio files included (or use Text To Speech tools) and read along to audio. Find audiobooks, and read along to the text version of the audio. Finally, once you feel you've read-listened to enough material to feel you can usually recognize the spelled version of words you know, practice reading without listening to audio.

If the language is a writing system that is phonetic, but not one you already know - so for example if you're an English speaker learning Russian or Korean: Mostly, do what I suggest above. The additional parts will be highly recommended: if you can find any Comprehensible Input Lessons for learners that go over the writing system sounds and pronunciation, watch them and rewatch them. For example here's Korean Hangul lessons in Korean. You can look up videos or webpages that just list the writing system and play the audio such as this video for Russian. Alternatively if you cannot find any video lessons in the target language that explain the writing system, go break the rules and watch a quick video that explains the writing system sounds in a language you understand - yes it's not pure Comprehensible input method, but children are taught X symbols have Y pronunciation when they start school, and you'll want that same basic knowledge to start reading. After learning the basic writing system pronunciation, you'll continue to learn to read the same as the other suggestions above: graded readers with audio, captions on videos, audiobooks with text, podcasts with transcript, and eventually practice reading with no audio.

If the writing system is not entirely phonetic (such as kanji in Japanese, or hanzi in Chinese): Do the same as above suggestions, with a few additional steps. If the language has a phonetic writing system it ALSO uses, learn that first - so Hiragana and Katakana if learning Japanese, pinyin or zhuyin if learning Chinese. Learning those phonetic systems, do the same as suggested above, find any lessons IN the target language that go over the writing system sounds, and if you can't find something entirely in the target language then just use any video/chart/resource that includes the writing system and pronunciations. For the parts of the writing system that are not phonetic, you have a few options. First, you can research how native speakers learn the non phonetic portions - for kanji I've seen the methods of learn by rote memorization and phonetic equivalent tests (write kana for the kanji you see), for hanzi one friend I have studied by writing them a lot and another friend learned a lot of information about each hanzi (the components that make it up, the radicals, a few example words that use the hanzi - since hanzi meanings vary a bit depending on word they're in). If you are not going for a pure comprehensible input approach, it may be time to research the 'fastest' or 'best' way people suggest studying the writing system, and then do trial and error until you find the method that works best for you. You might see some people suggest rote memorization, writing a lot, mnemonic stories, SRS flashcards or apps, sight reading. In foreign language classes, which were not pure comprehensible input, I've had classes mnemonic stories used to teach kanji, and pinyin/hanzi equivalent writing hanzi over and over.

If the language has no phonetic writing system, things will get tricky - if you'd like to do a pure comprehensible input approach, it may be time to research how native speakers learn the writing system. Then do that. If you don't care about doing a pure comprehensible input approach, you will want to research how other people learned the writing system. Then try different methods people have used successfully, until you find one that works for you.

Regardless of if there is a phonetic writing system or not, when you start reading, any text with audio is going to be helpful for learning the writing system. So captions on videos, graded reader text with audio, transcripts with podcast audio, text with audiobook. It's just that depending on you, you may want to do additional study of the writing system beyond just following along to text while listening to audio until you 'recognize' words in the writing system.

[promptsforyourwhumpfic]

Whump Prompt #1137

I don’t think people quite understand how miserable misophonia is.

It’s the nausea that comes with sounds that you know people can’t help but make. It’s the coughing that puts your teeth on edge, the crinkling of paper that makes you furious. It’s the too-loud TV that makes you want to scream and the voices with hissing ‘s’ sounds that make you want to vomit. It’s the chewing and heavy breathing and scratching of cutlery that destroys your appetite. It’s the constantly creaking floorboards that awaken a panicked rage in you when you’re just trying to breathe.

It’s the overstimulation when your headphones are too loud but not loud enough as the usually predictable songs grate against your brain.

It’s the inability to get comfortable in your usual safe space.

It’s the tears of frustration and headaches that form because no one gets it. You can’t talk about it because it’s unreasonable. You can’t ask someone to stop because they get defensive/see no issue.

It’s miserable.

Maybe this is something your whumpee experiences from so much time spent alone/in isolation. Maybe they inadvertently isolate themselves further, as they can’t stand to be around the people they love through no fault of their own (taking their meals to their room etc).

[fortunatelydarkmoon]

Time for my first droner fanfiction

"I'm fine"

It all started on a peaceful day corto resting in the beach while enki,mouse and oro were building a sand castle with oro watching but then they saw manta and shino were also at the beach with manta being angry at him losing the race to team tiki today and says to shino "I can't believe i lost to this weak team how is that pose" and corto being well corto says "oh please manta maybe you should need sone trainer kid's one haha" which just angers manta more and says "oh say's miss I'm obsessed with oromosis" I'm thinking you have the biggest love interest on it" and corto says"oh say's mister "i have anger issues and a frozen brain" I've got to say you definitely do have anger issues" and mouse says "come on corto leave manta alone" and corto says "but he started it" as she looked at manta but his head was facing the sand and shino says "manta are you ok?" And corto says "hey dude you good or are you still trying to process that you lo-" "SHUT UP YOU IDIOT" manta yelles before corto finished her scented and manta says "I don't understand how wired and your team including stupid genie accept you look at you all you are and forever will be is a idiot and a good for nothing droner" as manta continues yelling at corto yelling and shino stops manta by saying "manta stop come on let's leave" as he put a hand on manta shoulder and they both left with oro saying to corto "don't listen to him corto your stronger than this you just gotte-" "I'm leaving" "what?" "I said I'm leaving" as corto turned and started walking away from the beach with enki saying "corto is this about what manta said?" As suddenly corto said "leave me alone" as she ran away ignoring the pleases of her friends telling her to stop running and after a while corto stopped running and sat behind a tree hugging her knees but finnaly she felt whispering coming inside her mind "your pathetic" and corto says "no...no shut up" as she puts her hands on her ears trying to block the whispers but they were still being heared "your useless what kind of droner runs away like that phh just pathetic","oh look are you going to cry? Crybaby","you shouldn't even be friends with your friends your just useless to them slowing them down" as the whispers continuing corto says "no shut up I'm not I'm not" and the whispers say "oh but you are aren't you","your always weak nothing else" as the whispers continued corto could feel herself listening to them was she useless? nothing but a pathetic freak? But then as corto continued trying to block out the whispers she heard a voice that broke it off

"corto?"

And corto looked beside her and saw flora looking worried including the sky was at dawn was she really having a breakdown for so long it felt like minutes to her "oh thank aqua's your ok enki said you ran away after manta said some bad things to you everyone has been looking for you are you ok?" Asked flora her tone having a lot of worries "I'm fine just... needed some time alone" said corto as she stood up clearly hiding something but flora couldn't see what "ok come let's tell the rest that we found you" said flora as both corto and her started waking away but flora then asked "corto...how are you?" And Corto respond with the words "I'm fine"

[tierras]

can you please share on how you got a fashion buyer job and what that entails? i wanna do it so bad thank uuuu

of course 💕 i did a professional designation program at a fashion school that was just focused on buying. there i learned the foundation of the job basically, excel, retail math, trend analysis, etc. what opened the door to the actual industry was landing a buying internship (my school literally didn't help with getting this btw 🙄). i was able to get that internship because of my education and also because i had a lot of experience with excel (from my previous career). excel is sooo major in this career so make sure you're good on that (a lot of vlookup and pivot tables)!! after my internship, my boss offered me a permanent position as an assistant buyer. internal hiring is sooo huge in the industry that's why it's so hard to get your foot in the door and also fashion buying is so niche.

fashion buying is different anywhere you go, depending on your brand/company's business model, whether you're doing retail or private label. so im currently an assistant buyer and ngl it's an insane amount of work! i manage 8 categories (kms) along with my senior buyer. for all those categories, im in charge of samples, purchase orders, trend analysis and inspo, pulling and analyzing sales reports, vendor relations, help with fittings, any marketing stuff that my buyer doesn't wanna do, help assorting for the seasons, ITO's, and a lot of manual labor that i wasn't expecting lol as for buyers they do more of the actual decisions and justifying their buys with actual numbers (last year vs. this year) , history, trend predictions, knowledge of our customers, etc. figure out prices, what and how much of items go to what stores, ecom, fittings, developing product, chasing product. it's a lot of pressure to be a buyer, a lot falls on your shoulders because you are the sole person responsible for your category's success or failure! i wish u all the luck and lmk if u have any more questions <3

[theroyalofficial]

Our brand new single "Cold" is out now! Play it loud

New Merch: https://theroyal.bigcartel.com/ Stream/Buy: https://theroyal.hearnow.com/

[yok4prince]

Did I just buy dps book? Yes

is it worth my breakdowns? it is a matter of negotiation

[matttheww]

Play this shit at my funeral. Whole album SLAPSSSSS

[justimagineit26]

like a devil

I don't say forever anymore. I don't talk about the future or make promises. I have learned the hard way on how painful it is when those forever's become short lived. My love is still unwavering. And I have started to resent myself for it. For so long I resented you for all of this, but I'm finding it increasingly difficult to resent someone who no longer exists. Truly, you don't exist in my world. No glimpses, no passing by, no internet creeping. The only thing that reminds me of you anymore is my grief and your mom liking the things I post on social media. I miss her. I miss your family. I miss you. And I resent myself for that. It's been long enough. Longer time apart than we actually had together at this point. But it was real. And everyone saw that. Everyone but you. My mom said yesterday, "it was true love". And I believe she was right. I believe it was true love and it is my fear that I will never find that again... especially while you move on and find that for yourself. I've tried dating. I even had a short lived boyfriend. He was a great guy. Not without his faults but he was sweet, kind, gentle. He tried really hard. But it was out of his control. I'm just not ready and I knew it wasn't fair for me to keep something going when I knew I would never be able to reciprocate the feelings he had for me. Whether it be me not being ready or it just not being possible. But I do know I have the ability to focus on myself and love myself. Just not when I am romantically involved with anyone. It brought out the worst in me. Truly. I felt angry and bitter a lot. And I had a moment of realizing I was feeling that way because I was angry because he wasn't you. He just wasn't you. I hate how badly I struggle with timelines. I always have, as you well know. I have learned that can be an ADHD trait. Figures. But I have to look at old photos just to remember when things happened in my life, both major and minor. I know you struggled at trusting me because so often I would get my timelines mixed up. But it wasn't because I was lying, I just truly can't keep the timeline of my life in order. I don't know how long my ex-husband and I were married for. I don't know what year we divorced. I don't know what year I started going out with "the girls" when I first started dancing. I honestly have to really focus and walk through the last few years to even remember what year we met. It's frustrating. But I am learning to be patient with myself. I didn't intend on getting on here and writing a full letter to you. A letter you will never read. But here we are. Well, here I am. I wish I could will you out of my mind. I wish I could believe that I could love again. I wish I wasn't so jaded and complacent. I want my sparkle back.