#could you ask for anything better

[brother-emperors]

SO this! is about this specific entry in Burchard's Diary--

The Diary of John Burchard, trans. A. H. Mathew

--and the APERITIO ORIS rite (the mouth thing they keep talking about), but it's also a little about Ascanio's friction with the Vatican and the della Rovere-Ascanio rivalry

Politics and Dynasty: Underaged Cardinals in the Catholic Church, Jennifer Mara DeSilva

Popes, Cardinals and War: The Military Church in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe, David Chambers

Ascanio Maria Sforza: la parabola politica di un cardinale-principe del Rinascimento, Marco Pellegrini

[wired-heartbeats]

I think self shippers are allowed to have complicated-ass relationships with their F/Os, like yeah we love the lovey-dovey sweet flustering stuff, but also some of us go nuts for a good case of

‘we want to and probably have practically strangled each other but also you’re my soulmate and fate has intrinsically tied us together and I would protect you and fight for you in any given universe but also you’re an actual dumbass and I will tell you so and if we ever go down it’s going to be by the others hand’

Or other related variations, I think it’s great to go hogwild and not all F/O relationships stop at Romantic or Platonic or Familial, the dynamics are endless and can be so fun to play with and navigate

[laniidae-passerine]

I made my post about Dean Highbottom and then as I was writing my tags realised that his Hunger Games counterpart is Haymitch. and now my head is in my hands and I don’t think I’ll ever recover

[whollyjoly]

✨hbowar fandom positivity ask game✨

just wanted to put something together to spread positivity and spread the wonderful community we have! reblog, tag your mutuals, and ask away! (fanwork = graphics, edits, moodboards, fics, playlists, memes, anything anyone creates!)

1 - what is your fav part about being in the fandom? 2 - who are some your fav creators/mutuals? 3 - what are some fics that you go back and read again and again? 4 - whats a moodboard that you just want to live inside of? 5 - fav fanwork from an episode? 6 - whats a headcanon that you will die on that hill? 7 - what hbowar blogs have your favorite aesthetic? 8 - your fav hbowar content you've ever made? 9 - a ship that you can't get enough of? 10 - an oc that you can't get enough of? 11 - songs that you associate with a certain character? 12 - songs that you associate with certain mutuals? 13 - what inspires you to create in the fandom? 14 - your fav underrated character? 15 - a character you started liking thanks to someone else? 16 - what do you love about fanworks in the fandom? 17 - your fav fanwork about an underrated character? 18 - your fav fandom meme? 19 - what's your fav universally-accepted/fanon headcanon about a character? 20 - what character/character moment would you assign to your mutuals? 21 - what quote from the show you find yourself quoting in real life all the time? 22 - what quotes from the show you would assign to your mutuals? 23 - what's your fav wip of yours? 24 - what wip from another creator are you most excited about? 25 - what colors do your mutuals most remind you of? 26 - what meme do you associate with each of your mutuals? 27 - what's your fav moment during your time in the fandom? 28 - what's something that lives in your brain rent free and you want everyone to know about the show/the fandom/your works?

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tagging some friends to get started! @xxluckystrike @malarkgirlypop @sweetxvanixlla @georgieluz @footprintsinthesxnd @panzershrike-pretz @samwinchesterslostshoe @next-autopsy @holdingforgeneralhugs @blood-mocha-latte @onlyyouexisthere @ronsparky @land-sh and so many more, go forth and tag and spread the love!

[starbuck]

we talk a lot about “escaping the narrative,” but keep in mind that the frightening thing about escape is the chance you might end up someplace worse.

[jrwiyuri]

Will people ever learn that being rude / condescending to people genuinely asking simple questions has never and will not ever be beneficial to activism. It will almost never get people on your side it will always make people dislike you and if people dislike the speaker they will be more likely to dislike the message.

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

I think fans want Jason to be a good person or be becoming one. To have a character that is well meaning and compassionate but decided murder is ok and to stand against main heroes who’s beliefs and actions go against the people he cares about and wants in his life. It’s confusing for people. People want their fav characters to be happy. But Jason can’t have his family’s support and follow his moral code. He’s cares about people and Gotham, and he’s an asshole who kills. It’s messy. It’s not black and white. I don’t even think Jason cares about being a good person or in the right anymore. I think he cares about what will save the most people instead.

Oh my goodness gracious I’ve been bamboozled

Batman’s definition of Good is not synonymous with absolute good/right no matter how much dc insists it is. Torture, battery/assault, surveillance, those are all condemnable actions too. I won’t get into the exhausting and frankly dumb debate of comic book morality wrt killing because I’ve already reblogged plenty of posts from other people who explained my thoughts on the matter far better than I ever have the patience to sit down and articulate. I also just think the notion that there’s something to be done about fictional characters who kill nazis and senseless murderers is stupid. Jason’s point is that the “main” heroes’ sanitized definition of right has its unaddressed holes and flaws which ultimately result in more preventable fatalities, and that he’ll work to correct those missing spots.

He doesn’t not care about doing what’s right. What he doesn’t care about (at least during his Winick characterization) is whether Batman thinks he’s right or wrong, because he sees the flaws in Batman’s methodology (and since he has a mind of his own). Batman’s methods alone cannot address Arkham’s revolving door and the rogues that come and go through those doors who have no intention (or capability from the doylist pov) of ever changing or undergoing redemption. Jason knows that he’s minimizing the number of preventable deaths by killing his targets, typically Characters Who Simply Do Fucked Up Shit Just Because, Why The Fuck Not?

Secondly, Jason is compassionate … to a fault. That was his fatal flaw. If he wasn’t so hell-bent on saving his potential birth mother he just met from that bomb despite everything she did to him prior, he could have protected himself instead, however slim his odds of survival were. What about his relationship with his other parents? He was a caregiver during his early childhood years for Catherine, until her death. Even mature adults who are financially stable find being a caregiver to a dying parent to be extremely burdensome on their bodies and minds, but he never complained about it or resented Catherine for being unable to care for him. Despite how none of his parents have really been what he needed them to be, he doesn’t blame them for their failings, and even continues to think highly of them (Bruce included).

And post-death? Enter Lost Days. Despite being dead set on plotting his revenge on Bruce, he constantly sidelines this in order to save other victims who are helpless like he once was. His own anger, trauma, and mission don’t remain his priority. (Sound familiar? Something something my own trauma above my son’s, mission above all else, etc.). Why would he waste precious time and risk his own life to do this if he wasn’t empathetic towards these victims or didn’t care about doing the right thing. He is simultaneously horribly traumatized and full of rage, and also incapable of ignoring what’s happening to victims around him (even as he claims that it’s indeed not his priority). And in that same vein, the entire premise of his rebirth outlaws run was that he doesn’t care if the public views him as a villain, an outlaw, so long as he can protect Gotham. And anyway where is this portrayal of him not caring about being in the right anymore. Almost every modern Jason story is about him grappling with where he stands with Bruce/Batman. During the early 2000s was probably the last time he did not care (hello, tentatodd??).

Jason has very evidently been portrayed as a kind and compassionate character. He is also simultaneously a calculated killer who doesn’t hesitate to kill when he deems necessary, and does so without remorse. It’s called being a Complex Character With An Edge™ that as you said, people so often claim to love. However when he fulfills that latter part, that seems to upset people because “killing bad”, and they then try to shave off and round out all his edges and claim he shouldn’t be that angry. In that case I guess you should just stick to liking traditional one-dimensional characters instead of claiming to like Jason but then encouraging his character assassination attempt by dc. Lol.

Lastly, who said anything about the batfam making Jason happy? Just because he’s written nowadays to want acceptance from Bruce (a shoddy attempt at forcing a non-existent nuclear batfamily), doesn’t mean that it’s a sound decision or that it does his character justice. I certainly don’t empathize with the idea that Jason needs the family’s approval or acceptance to be happy. (And anyway he has enough outlets for angst and pain aside from the batfam hello explore his other sources of trauma and do more deep dives into how he thinks when he’s alone). I don’t want them to magically make up and become one big happy family. This is not disney Lol. Besides, there are plenty of stories from dc that have that type of “wholesome” (hate that word utilization) characterization for Jason (Li’l Gotham, Tiny Titans, wfa, and even new stuff like the brave and the bold mini) and that is sufficient imo. Jason fans who are invested in the character deserve accurate, nuanced characterization and well-written stories, whether they be from his robin days (e.g., Batman: The Cult) or as red hood.

[transmechanicus]

I get a little indignant when i look up the lyrics for a song that has very straightforward and understandable meaning to anyone who has experienced a modicum of emotional pain in their life and there are websites like "Song Lyrics Explained" like ohhh some people have never had their heart broken I see.

[iztea]

Something about my drawing feels off , i only got into digital drawing few weeks ago and I'm stuck at the same point and lost .. any advice?

mmm okay first of all this is really good- first impressions-wise, the proportions and anatomy look very solid so there are no major glaring issues so to speak

if you were to ask me, what i think this artwork needs is that sort of 'volume' or depth that most beginner digital artoworks lack. You can achieve this sort of volume in two ways depending on the style you are going for: either by improving the lineart, or by treating the lines just as part of the sketch and painting over them for a more.. ''painterly/rendered'' look if you want to keep the lineart in, what i suggest is adding some "line weight" so that the artwork doesn't look so flat. What i mean by this is to thicken the lines where body parts would naturally overlap (like the neck and shoulder, the nostrils area, the corners of the mouth as well as the tip of the lips etc) and where shadows would normally be for the illusion of volume. After that, i'd also add more shadows and color variation in the colouring layer so that the skin looks more lively and again, for that volume. You can do it with some dark blue or orange on a multiply or an overlay layer, just experiment a bit with colors and blending modes. If you want a more messy/painterly look (which is more down my alley or in line with my artstyle), what i'd personally do is i'd create a new layer on top of everything and just paint over the lines with broader strokes and a darker color in an attempt to add some volume to the shapes and to make the artwork look more cohesive and less "digital" because at the moment, i can tell that it is made up of a Lineart layer, then a Colouring Layer below, that very religiously follows the lineart layer and then maybe a layer on top of that for the other colors and the hair. This is a very common digital art process and a good one to keep in mind but a little secret i can give out that i've noticed in 80% of the artists who have this sort of drawing process is that they will always, always merge everything in one layer at the end and adjust things as they go. They will not keep the layers separated and just never revisit them in the process, despite what it may look like. There will always be something that needs fixing and they will fix it as they go so i suggest doing the same and being a bit more "freeform" with your layers

Anywayss, besides that, I'd also introduce some color variation like in the previous method. As a general tip, try to move the color slider around and don't just shade with a darker variation of the base color. I like how the hair is painted and the shine and everything, it looks very good and everything is pretty much set in place, i'd just render it even more, make it More voluminous. It's just missing a little pop a color: i'd add some blueish gray hues in the brown hair and for the purple hair i'd make it more rich by adding some deep dark blue hues and some faint yellow highlights (bc purple and yellow are complementary colors blabla) As for the shape, think of the hair as chunks of volume that reflect light and that are also affected by gravity.. or as spaghetti if u like flat hair like me bsjsjd That's all i could think of; Again, it's very good and promising considering you started just a few weeks ago, so keep going at it! I hope it was at least somewhat helpful and that i wasn't being too technical with the wording (and that it made sense)

[elbiotipo]

What's interesting about ChatGPT is that it's so biased and not in the way you'd think. It's perhaps the monument of what the corporate culture wants the internet to be like. I've tried a lot of LLMs, some have given me quite interesting creative outputs, many are very useful to get sources and resume information, others are very good at roleplaying characters or situations. But ChatGPT itself, the thing that most people think about AI, is fixed like a barnacle towards Customer Support Speech. Which is not surprising giving that's what they're trying to sell them, but when people try to use it for something else (and they do try to use it for EVERYTHING), it shows that it's incredibly restrained by all the filters and who knows what else.

Everything that comes out of it must be Positive. It cannot be negative, of course, but it's not even allowed to be NEUTRAL anything else, it must act, at all times, like everything is sunshine and flowers, and what doesn't is just verbotten. This is what strikes me about it. I CAN'T explain it but it's so suprising that in a short while it has become its own particular thing, ChatGPT Speak, it's like Customer Service Speak but even worse because you're not even allowed neutrality, you have to be Positive. I think a good contrast is when you ask it about something academic. You would expect it to have an encyclopedic and neutral tone, like something out of Wikipedia or a scientific paper. Instead it's always written like someone way, way too eager to please. It's a bit sickening actually, I have the feeling this is what capitalists imagine the perfect employee is like.

And no, this is not an anti-AI rant, don't come at me with that. I've used LLMs for fun, to see what they come up with, and they can be very amazing and engaging, I see plenty of uses (mostly for entertainment as far as I'm concerned). When given the right tweaks and prompts and not a hundred of customer service filters, they are very impressive.

But it's ChatGPT that is this strange thing, so widespread and mediocre. I have a feeling that it will soon be replaced by other models that don't tell you "I'm sorry but writing a rap about Stephen Jay Gould is disrespectful and an act of terrorism." I understand the need for filters and such, otherwise you get something like that AI that learned from twitter users and became a racist, but this thing of flitering everything and boxing everything just reminds me of the wider anglo internet trend on cutting on everything like porn, swearing, and other stuff, just trying to make everything customer friendly sanding all the edges. I hate it.

[moeblob]

Deacon loves two things: Ymber and digging himself a grave.

Fulj hates one thing: Deacon.

[life-winners-liveblog]

3dl Scar, double life Scott, secret life Jimmy (we need to find you three a group name for when we talk to you all at the same time) : do you think wishing really really strongly for sl!Scar heart to stop glitching will work?

-An General that is probably high (of the joy of a successful redstone project a baby redstoner could feel when they understand new stuff)

******

[willowparkfanclub]

okay look. not to gatekeep but i think if you're a newer starkid and you can't tell me 1) who julia albain is 2) what little white lie is and 3) all the names in liam's got a phone call, i don't wanna hear your complaints about what starkid chooses to produce next

[chalkodareal]

About Furry-Homestar's callout post

if you saw this post and then it was like, deleted, it was bc it wa community labeled as mature by mistake. it means i cant see it and i THINK its harder for others to see it too?????? so this is a reupload

i cant give a very in-depth like, "THIS PERSON IS WRONG BECAUSE OF SCREENSHOTS" thing bc i dont think i have screenshots or access ot the dms. but i can tell you what i do know

1. The "chalko is a proshipper " claims.

i really cant remember what i said in that conversation so i cant tell you if i said "i think proshipping is fine if its in private", although it certainly doesnt sound like the way id phrase it. i probably said that i dont think that stuff is harming people if its in private, which truth be told i did believe at the time. my views on that have changed over time but i will admit i probably said that i didn tthink it was a big deal or somehting liek that. i am not a proshipper

2. scijohn porn

this is another thing where yeah, i did do it. you can see it clearly through my handwriting and style. im not going to try to tell you i didnt. what i will say is that it was late april-early may last year. which like, yeah. not an excuse for drawing that. but i didnt think that would get out because i sent it to you in a private folder. i would not do this now. i do not think it is ok.

3. the fnf porn

yeah those are adults. 19 in the games canon, pico is 20 maybe? semantics. but i dont blame you for being confused. im realizing most of this post is just admitting i was wrong because no i did not draw those two looking old enough no. i thinkt hat one was drawn when i was 13. it was jsut kind of how i drew them but absolutley no yoreu right they look like kids.

if there were other claims, i didnt see them, at least specifically about my images.

4. the "ghoting you for 2 months"

again yeah. im not going to deny i did that. i think something about our relationship confused me and i handled it extremely immaturely. i didnt know how to talk to you but probably i felt weird or bad after sending you all that, which is no fault of yours.

most of this post is admitting i was wrong and you were technically right bout what you said about me. but god man, i want you to listen to me for a second. i was 14 and stupid and i didnt think doing that meant anything. i know it was a mistake that i did it but i sent it to you in a folder where i thought it would be ok to share those things. i think we may have been talking about it? i assumed it was ok at the time based on your reaction. its not your fault that you didnt express discomfort at the time, im not blaming you. i understand its hard, but i couldnt read you. i would not have done somehting like that today. i dont really know what to say about all of this so this is really all i can say at the time. if theres any more specific claims, ive only seen the post through screenshots so. i dont think i can see them in full.

[sykloni]

Hello, I admire your artwork and I'm sorry to bother you. But can I repost your art please🥺🥺? I will cite the source clearly!

Okay, since you seem like you are likely new to tumblr let's first make sure we are on the same page with what you are actually asking.

Reposting means taking a screenshot or saving my art on your computer and then making a completely new post here or on some other social media platform. I would not see any of the comments or the traction that post gets. As a general rule for most people: please, do not repost my art.

Reblogging on the other hand is how posts get shared here on tumblr.

Clicking this button reblogs the post onto your blog. The difference between reposting and reblogging is mainly that when you reblog something: it is still my post, you are just showcasing it on your blog. Everyone can still see what blog the post came from, who was the original poster and they can click my profile picture to go to my blog. In addition I, as the original poster, will get notifications for all the likes, comments and nice litte things people often leave in the tags. Nice comments are a big confidence boost for any artist, if you take my art and repost it I see none of that. So, if you like my art please reblog, that gets my art seen by more people and is very much appreciated :)

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In summary

If you actually meant reblog: Go ahead! All the reblogs on tumblr are appreciated! :D

If you meant repost: Please, don't.

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Only exception to this is my Sky Picrew. That is meant to be shared and anyone is free to post pictures they make with it anywhere they want. I would appreciate linking the picrew so other people can use it too, but with the picrew I don't really care if I'm getting credited or not. I am just happy if someone is having fun and getting some use out of it.

[julykings]

do u have any tips for staying off social media? i feel like its not hard for me to go without it but i have no idea what else to do when i’m not on it and i get so bored! any suggestions?

hiii! this is a big struggle for me as well - some of the only things that have really worked for me are 1. implementing rules for myself about when i'm allowed to check my phone. for example, i'm not allowed to check social media for at least two hours after i wake up (instead i walk my dogs, do dishes, read, work out, etc), and i'm not allowed to check it after 5pm every day (fill time in similar ways - cooking, hiking, talking to someone on the phone) and 2. spending time with people in person. i always find that if i'm going on my phone a lot during the day it's because i'm avoiding things i should be doing (working...)! if you feel bored when off of social media i think that's totally natural - our brains are so used to being so stimulated all the time by our phones that when that's gone other stuff feels so underwhelming. i sometimes just let myself ease into that discomfort, embrace the quiet etc.! if you don't know what else to do, my go-to's are always going outside, on a walk, reading, or making art/some other hobby!! good luck!