but I would encourage everyone to remain in a state of confusion and disappointment
Gratitude has its place, but it now means very little, because even the untalented and the unsuccessful are so grateful for all they’ve been given, even if no one else can discern what that may be. I’m grateful for many things, but I would encourage everyone to remain in a state of confusion and disappointment. That is the state of the real artist, and it leads them to be better yet again, one more time, reaching higher. Disappointment has gotten a bad reputation, but it’s where you’re going to spend most of your time if you’re any kind of artist.
–Agnes de Mille, Interview with James Grissom in “Follies of God” (FB, September 18, 2022) (via Alive on All Channels)
19. Introduce an OC that means a lot to you (and explain why)
31. Pick one OC of yours and explain what their tumblr blog would be like (what they reblog, layout, anything really)
19. One of my OCs nearest and dearest to my heart is CREAT!!
They're a Shedim Bodyguard who's jolly, prideful, nonchalant, and very charismatic and easy to approach! Their arms were blown off many man years ago, and now wear a magic scarf that substitutes as a replacement! Their body is extremely sturdy and they have enough kick force to kick holes in iron BUT! Despite their vulgarity and carefree attitude at times, they're pretty easy to talk and hang out with. They love making friends :)
Creat means a lot to me for a lot of reasons that I could write paragraphs about but in short: they're just really fun to write and draw and think about! They're one of my oldest OCs, one of the first OCs I specifically categorized as nonbinary (before I made all Shedim NB), a big goof ball but just trying to get by at the end of the day, and just loves life! Despite it all Creat does their best to enjoy the day and moment and just do what they can as confidently as they can! LOVE EM!
31. I think of my OCs to run a blog, Fabric Knight's would be the most active!
I think they'd run a really active fashion news blog that's interlaced with their own work! Not only that but also probably keep updates on club life, probably reblogs a lot of runway shows and the kind of guy to boost posts a lot! I think he'd have a blog theme probably akin to like old geocities image collections, lots of fancy stamps and all that
if we look at the original timeline (aka annabeth and percy being born in 1993) then 2009 was a big year for annabeth bcus not only did the battle of manhattan take place and she finally started dating percy, but also minecraft came out and i think that would be a big deal to her
I was trying to think about the ole "what would shapeshifters do with their extra mass when they turn into something smaller" and I thought "maybe they just convert it all to energy" and then I thought "uh my guy that's a lot of fucking energy"
jurassic park has a good philosophical message but unfortunately the only thing i ever take away from watching jurassic park is "god i wish i could go to jurassic park." like yeah it's a blatantly obvious don't create the torment nexus scenario, but this torment nexus has DINOSAURS.
I’m really enamored with the dynamic of two characters who work perfectly in tandem, like pacific rim drift compatible level, but they don’t like each other. It’s not even as strong an emotion as hate it’s just a very neutral-negative dislike, but they still act in perfect concert and their individual abilities are fully complementary