#but at least i'm not flipping sides

[screwpinecaprice]

Reposting a connverse I made in 2021. Well, specifically posting this again after editing a few stuff.

I had been so bothered with how I kept editing Steven until I made his silhouette floppy-looking. So I fixed it a bit.

And that this was suppose to be flipped in the first place (which was why Connie's nose piercing was on the right side on the original.)

[sealrock]

the major arcana, shuffled: 1/??

THE LOVERS; ⤉ kindred spirits, major choices, soulmates, perfect union ⤈ disharmony, trust issues, conflict, detachment

[mayapapaya33]

A Game of You/ Brief Lives

I'm seeing some people complain about Thessaly in such a way where it implies that they think the narrative likes her? Guys, she sucks on purpose lol. I am begging all of you to pay attention in English/Lit class more often. Wanda is clearly the hero of the story, everyone treating her badly are dicks, it could not be more clear. I love Wanda so much. Thessaly should die in a fire lmfao. (the parallels between her and Esther from Dead Boy Detectives are fascinating, I wonder if they ever met?) All the people giving Wanda shit are wrong; Thessaly, The Animated Severed Face on the Wall, the Moon Goddess, her family, etc.

Death, the most level headed, kind, compassionate character in all of Sandman is on Wanda's side. It's generally bad form to read the author's personal stance from one particular character, but Death is as close to a stand in for Neil Gaiman's personal opinion as we are ever going to see in a story as far as I can tell. She is always who he gives the final say to in terms of morality over every other character, very much including Dream. (We also got Barbie being a ride or die, and the disaster lesbian neighbors Hazel and Foxglove being confused but supportive, and the homeless lady Wanda helped talking about her grandson being like Wanda and how dumb it was that people were so cruel and just because some people are different it doesn't make them bad.) Go read it again.

Neil Gaiman literally talked to his Trans friends about their lives and the stuff that was happening to them and then put it in his comic in 1989! I repeat, 1989! (through to 1996). No, the terms and language aren't all going to match up to 2024, Think, please, I beg of you. He wrote Desire as non binary before that was really a thing "Well why didn't he just use They/Them" IT WAS 1989 PEOPLE!!!!!! (the concept obviously has existed for longer, I'm talking specifically about language trends).

(Characters in stories doing or saying bad things to other Characters does not make the Story Itself racist/ sexist/ homophobic/ transphobic/ etc).

I've also seen people talking about Thessaly and Dream dating, again Dream is making poor life choices, as per usual! I think he was initially attracted by her audacity and strength, and her longevity. Him sulking Byronically and inconveniently in the rain he himself creates to be more moody and Goth about being dumped is meant to contrast sharply with the scene after You Know What happens at the end of Brief Lives. He returns home to the Castle and quietly walks through the corridors, being polite and kind to everyone (freaking them out a bit in the process), he slowly washes the blood off his hands, and collapses into a chair to mourn deeply in solitude and silence. No more drama, no more rain, no more epic windswept shots of him staring pensively into the distance, just true sadness. It's almost like his earlier performance about being upset by Thessaly's absence doesn't actually matter that much in the face of true tragedy.

The first is shallow and dramatic, He's the Prince of Stories, he falls in love at the drop of a hat, but he's bad at maintaining relationships. The Drama is inherent to his being. He IS stories. But in the second situation it's more real, he's more real. The Grief is too much to bear turning it into a story. Dream is being forced to face harsh Reality. After all, like Dream said, stories are how we keep ourselves alive, "If you rob them of their Dreams, if you take away their hope, then yes, this is the truth of Mankind." Perhaps it's also the Truth of the Collective Unconsciousness of Mankind? His path forward was set from that moment on.

[icewindandboringhorror]

recent lounging babey images

[portgas-d-aroace]

o7 yall banning myself from tumblr till i can watch opla

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

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[an-organized-confusion]

My aroace ass writing Virgil and Roman’s first interactions in two of my AUs: “This isn’t belligerent sexual tension, it’s just belligerent tension. And I’m here for it.”

[justalittlebluetiefling]

Byakuya is one of the most complex characters in Bleach, presenting as villainous early on but with multiple layers of complexity that are explained throughout the franchise. He is calm and collected 98.5% of the time, and is incredibly powerful and controlled. His skill is rivaled by few, but respected by many. Without spoiling anything, he is truly a bedrock of the series and generally considered to be a fan favorite. There might be some better examples of this, but I believe he is a great example of the D&D high wizard analogue for the shinigami. Take that as you will, I have simply observed the characters you tend to favor in other stories and he sort of screams your type. That’s all. I certainly did not mean to offend or confuse with my comment.

No way, anon, you totally did not offend with your comment. It was SO entertaining to me. Reading all this, I am very intrigued to get further in the series than I did last time, because this is definitely my type.

[flimsy-roost]

In light of its recent Oscar snubs...

Did anyone else see an extremely Autistic/Neurodivergent/Neuroqueer reading in Nope?

Like I'm not even counting OJ's autistic coding, I'm talking about everything else.

As someone with an (at the time) extremely recent AuDHD confirmation, plus a lot of knowledge/experience in primatology and animal behavior, I acknowledge that it could mostly be confirmation bias. I also doubt it was 100% intentional on the parts of everyone who worked on the movie.

Thoughts?

[weaselle]

i had to make a solution for this for myself, mostly because of depression, but it makes a nice How To for folks who are low on spoons or could use some help in the kitchen.

Fortunately i was a professional cook for over a decade. UNfortunately the first post i made explaining it was suuuuper long. Let's see if i can do better

So you select any protein that you can cook in a frying pan -- chicken breasts, ground beef, pork chops, sausages, steak, chicken thighs, whatever. You also select one or two types of veggie (mushrooms or tubers also work, i just did this with potatoes and carrots for dinner tonight).

[i like cooking for vegetarians, but this is how i cook for myself when i'm low on spoons - perhaps i'll do another post for meatless meals]

You'll also need some kind of oil, and a sauce or two of your choice in a bottle. All cooking gear is a large frying pan with lid (i prefer non-stick) a spatula, a cutting board, and a knife.

You cut the veggies into bite size pieces, cut up enough for two meals. One kind of veggie is fine, or you can do mix two or three

Put frying pan on medium heat with a little oil. Tubers or mushrooms or go in the pan a few minutes before the protein. 2 portions of the protein goes in the pan, about 5 minutes with lid (don't worry you can still get a good sear on both sides)

Now flip your protein if it's flip-able and add normal veggies, put the lid back on another five-ish minutes.

Take your protein out and put it with one portion of the veggies in a microwave safe container. That's going to be your lunch tomorrow. Put the other portion of protein on a plate to rest (you have to let a cooked protein sit a couple minutes before you serve it or when you cut into it all the juices run out and it goes dry - the liquids thicken as it cools, preventing this drying out if you let it rest, the goal is to serve it very warm but not hot hot)

While it's resting, pour some sauce from your bottle in the pan with the rest of the veggies and turn up the heat. A single sauce/bottle is fine, i like to get fancy and mix a couple. Two examples of personal favorite mixes are 1: bbq sauce and a hot sauce like sriracha 2: roughly equal parts low sodium soy sauce and worcestershire (makes something similar to a teriyaki sauce) A swallow of wine is almost always a great option if you want to add that to your sauce too, just add it to the pan before the other sauces so the alcohol has time to burn off.

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Here is the important bit. While your veggies are finishing, wash your cutting board and chef knife. Then when you dump your veggies and sauce over your protein on the plate, while it is still too hot to eat, you wash your frying pan and spatula before you eat. Now the only dishes you have left to do are your plate and fork. Maybe a steak knife.

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The whole thing takes about 35 minutes even with washing the dishes, and that includes your lunch for the next day- just pour a different sauce on and stick it in the microwave for a couple minutes (or five minutes back in the frying pan) and you have a full healthy lunch with a different flavor

You can use this technique every single meal and it yields hundreds of combinations, from pork and potatoes bbq, to salmon and broccoli teriyaki, to chicken and zucchini in a soy glaze.

It will keep you down to less than an hour of kitchen time per day total for both lunch and dinner including all dish clean up, uses the least dishes, the least effort, requires the least technique, and is, depending on what you pick out, very affordable

here are a couple more examples from this month; i didn’t take pictures of the salmon i did recently, but you get the idea

it's not super fancy, but it is easy, affordable, quick, and any flavors you want. Hope this helps some folks

Happy Cooking!

[enbyboiwonder]

I think I’m gonna headcanon Subaru as ADHD precisely because of the sweet tooth thing now. Also that’s one more thing he’ll have in common with Yuni

[darkdragon768]

I hate it so much when games don't include maps and yet have big or complex places/cities/villages/etc.

You can't expect me to immediately remember every corner and how to reach it!

[angryborzois]

The amount of people who take one look at me and think I'm 14 is crazy

[koushirouizumi]

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[rubys-domain]

last-minute abyss run

[victorluvsalice]

-->With the local ghost population feeling a bit better about life, Smiler then proceeded over to Moory's shed to make sure the cow had a nice snack and a nice milking, while Victor used his magic to Scruberoo the shed itself from the greenhouse. Gotta keep the cow clean and happy, after all! Smiler then flew off to the study to jam on their guitar for a bit, accompanied by a curious Shadow. Victor did the big old harvest as Elmer and Bugs took care of the last of the watering and weeding, then joined them in there to work on his latest song at the piano -- and then Alice, returning from her jog, went ahead and started a new painting of Smiler jamming away! Everything was very sweet and creative for a while. . .

-->But what ho, who is this at the door? Why, it's Cecilia Kang, trying to do the neighborly thing and help them with a bunch of busted wind turbines! As there are ALWAYS busted wind turbines around here. *grumbles* However, she was thoroughly distracted from this job by the appearance of a couple of specters on the porch, as I imagine any right-thinking person would be. Victor went out to chat with her and reassure her everything was fine, and she ended up doing a little painting on the porch easel instead while Victor Repairioed all the turbines on his own. I mean, to be fair, it's easier than waiting for Cecilia to repair them all! We have no idea what her Handiness skill is!

-->While all that was going on, I decided Smiler should try out the fabricator and see if they could make some eco upgrade parts! They did so without any issue, and delivered the part into Victor's inventory, where Victor proceeded to use it to upgrade their oven to be more energy efficient as well. Might as well save as much electricity as possible! Smiler then went out to chat with Cecilia (who was checking the turbines for anything she could actually do), and in lieu of repairing broken objects, she instead offered up her wrist so Smiler could have a snack. What a nice neighbor, right?

But wait -- what the heck is Smiler wearing in their dark form? That's not an outfit we've seen a lot, now have we. What prompted this particular sartorial change?