#don't make this mistake

[turndecassette2]

i hope this doesn't come off as overstepping but did major in comic art or animation

I did 2 years of character animation at calarts then dropped out due to work reasons + flatmate drama

[danielcalmdown]

The day after the tribunal

[yusiyomogi]

mithrun got invited to girls' night

[cozylittleartblog]

Columbo and the Knight (1984)

put me in the universe where Columbo ran through the 1980s and had a crossover episode with Knight Rider. I think they deserved it, and I am not just saying that because they're my two favorite Old Shows. @telebeast wrote a little fanfic blurb about it and I HAD to visualize it into a comic (which is also the longest comic I have finished thus far at five pages...), so writing credit goes to them.

Autism W!

[roydeezed]

One thing for those who have watched The Boy and The Heron or will watch it. The Japanese title for it is How Do You Live? And Miyazaki stated he was leaving it for his grandson, saying, "Grandpa is moving onto the next world soon but he is leaving behind this film".

The deaths of contemporaries and friends such as Satoshi Kon and Isao Takahata and also the expected successor of Yoshifumi Kondo were things that have always weighed heavily on the back of Miyazaki's mind.

He recognizes the industry and the occupation for how soul crushing it was, grinding up either the spirit or the physical body of those who work in it. He loves and hates the industry he stands on the peak of and fully recognizes how it will probably be the death of him. And he knows it'll leave him unable to say a lot of things to his Grandson.

So How Do You Live? is a lesson. For his grandson. For himself. For his two sons. And probably for anyone else willing to pay attention.

Hayao Miyazaki is a flawed man that makes things so important to so many people. And I think more than any other film of his, in this you get to pull back the curtain a bit and see him at work. And what should be this giant unblemished titan can be seen for what he is, a sad old man who had higher hopes for himself and has even higher hopes for the people he makes his work for.

It's a beautiful thing to see another's humanity in their work. To look past the artifice and glam of commercialized art and find humans behind it. And humans willing to show their humanity and mortality is even rarer. And something to be celebrated. So when you watch it. Or if you've watched it already. Understand that this film is Miyazaki kneeling down, weary after years of weaving dreams and making mistakes, reaching out and saying to you that he hopes you can do better. It's an old man who's made all the mistakes of the world passing it on to you, hoping you do better, and making sure you know it's okay if you don't.

How do you Live? By making mistakes. By messing up. But still moving forward. And still reaching out.

[peace-and-light-poetry]

Cats Belong Inside

She eyed the ornate box That currently housed her cat Thinking about

Where she went wrong

'Dusk belonged inside....'

Her heartbreak is a punishment This much she already knew And, from punishment,

Comes a cautionary tale

If circumstances permitted it, Her cat would be inside with her Not in an ornate box

She's heard many a story Of people losing their felines To forces of the outside

Her tale is a cautionary one

She advised that cats should be inside Or, at least, contained

Her cat wasn't And she was punished for it

She knew cats don't know any better They just follow their feline instincts They need protection

From both themselves And from dangers

Death is impartial People, juveniles especially, are so cruel Other animals don't know any better

—either

"9 lives" is just rubbish Cats have only one life And even limited luck

If hers were inside, She'd still be with her But, now, she isn't

No, her cat is in an ornate box She's contained now But she should have been contained then

Won't people learn?

They love their felines But is it enough to keep them safe? Loved cats are protected and contained

It's irresponsible to have them roam Her heart wept for the stray cat she lost And the many more that Death had collected

She subscribed to The "contained cat" philosophy Her heartbreak is punishment

Before, her cat would be pet on the patio Now, she can only be cradled in a box

[bietrofastimoff23]

criston with aegon:

unlike your father, i will always be on your side.

unlike your grandfather, i will always defend your honor.

unlike your mother, i will not spare your enemies.

unlike your brother, i really care about you.

the only person who sincerely supported aegon, treated him with respect, glorified his name with conquests of castles and was eager to avenge jaehaerys. and how determined he was to get to the fallen aegon at any cost, even though he could barely stand on his own feet ?? criston, you're not just the dad that stepped up, you're EVERYTHING.

[deddav]

Uncle of all time

[tamorii]

"Hey girlie! Wanna hear me play Wonderwall?"

[thatbuddie]

summer of buddie ☀︎ week 1: mixed media (insp.)

[demonzoro]

oh noooo my kouhai came back to jujutsu looking completely worse for wear. well, who else to bully him back into good health other than me, The Most Annoying Guy In The World

based on this:

[ID in alt]

[chalkrub]

more svanhildr - trying new things, like a brave boy

[gildedoak]

It’s my birthday weekend! Here, have some silly doodles of Alastor with the more common deer ear shape. I think the more fox-like ears work better with his hair design.

[thepeacefulgarden]

[cowardlykrow]

"Ooooo, you wanna get in my toy box SOOO badd"

[knockknockitsnickels]

I think this is one of my favorite lines from the Wraith route because of (imo) how much the meaning changes depending on if you got there via Spectre or Nightmare. For Spectre, it honestly strikes me as a genuine question. Why are you doing this to her? If you're on the Spectre route, you presumably already know the Narrator can't really be trusted, since you had to reject his reward to get here. What are you hoping to gain from continuing to hurt her? For Nightmare, it honestly just makes me sad. As the Shifting Mound describes her, "She desires only companionship, but the only thing she knows is how to hurt." This line feels like a plea from someone who genuinely doesn't understand why you keep rejecting her. She wants to be with you, but she just can't understand how to do that in a way which doesn't hurt you.