#for lack of better name

[totallynotadoptingallofthelnkids]

OKAY OKAY SO HEAR ME OUT-

I got bored at some point last year and came up with this initial concept in about 30 minutes! I circled around to it over a year later, as in the other day, and just wanted to share it with lovely Tumblr people and get some possible opinions :3

Note: I talked about it with someone on Discord so for this first post I’m just going to copy and paste and delete anything necessary :3

In this universe that spawned in my mind, death isn’t necessarily free, or at least the aftermath of it isn’t. For those who die, or are on the brink of death, they are presented with an opportunity that is quite difficult to pass up. From the moment they die, they are given the opportunity to have a trial run on where they live out the rest of their… unalive days? We have the three planes of existence, heaven, purgatory, and hell, but none of them are necessarily bad, but rather are similar to the lower to high class, or at least similar to that structure in a way.

For those who pass on, it all comes down to preference and the kind of community they wish to be in. Each realm comes with a Demo version of those who typically rule over it, as well as, once you make your final selection, the ruler themselves. But before having to settle down and pay, the customer has one choice of where they would like to stay for 30 days, like a 30 day trial for the rest of their life! They can choose a Demo version of Heaven, Purgatory or Hell, where they get the experience of living there, but only earn all the rights and privileges upon making their final selection.

If by the time the 30 days are up they are unable to make a selection, or unable to afford one, they will be sent back to Earth to live their lives until their next, and final, death.

This isn’t everything that was said but I’ll say more if y’all are potentially interested-

[lucidloving]

Twan Eng Tan, The Gift of Rain // Makoto Shinkai, Your Name // Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star // Pavana // Lang Leav, "Soul Mates" // S.E. Hall, Emerge // Hayao Miyazaki, Spirited Away // Hafiz

[xamaxenta]

@jaditestuff ty for your commission request, i swear to god i tried so many iterations of adding in yoru and i really couldn’t figure it out im super gomenasorry i hope shanks looking handsome and holding hawky is enough to distract you from this error of ways 🥺🙏🏽

[mintmatcha]

i saw that

I'm sorry tumblr user demilypyro for my strong opinions on the most popular girls name from 1996 to 2007 :( it WILL happen again #banthenameemily2024

[cjbolan]

Anyone else notice the Percy Jackson TV show talks way less about ADHD/dyslexia than the movies do? Do y’all think this change is better or worse?

[silly-ehggy]

Only true originals will remember my sm oc that very obviously used to be a humanization of lemon monster from fnf..... I never made an oc tag for her.... his name is lemon now....

(Plz reblog if you like)

[iratusmus]

fiona fox is the love + light of my life . also no i am not taking any criticism on her questionable tshirt collection i can and will defend all of my choices.

also bonus artist commentary in the alt text

[darkwood-sleddog]

Hi! I came across your post answering an ask ahout your most ✨controversial takes✨ on the world of dogs from back in April.

I read that you thought the AKC should not allow "professional handlers", and saw that you also seemed to distinguish these from breeders and owners. I've never given it much thought, but I think I would've assumed a handler was just another word for "owner" on my own.

What's the difference between these things, and why do you take your stance against handlers?

(I can infer what a breeder is as opposed to the others lmao, so I guess I'm asking about owner vs handler vs "professional" handler)

In dog conformation the dogs are handled by a handler when they go into the ring. This handler does not have to be the owner and in many instances is not. Professional handlers are just what they seem: people that handle dogs at dog shows for a living. A good handler knows how to make the dog look good, not just from a grooming standpoint, but when moving around a ring. Hiring a pro handler outsources this knowledge, time needed, and skill to somebody else.

There are several problems with this for me:

1.) dog shows, especially at the upper levels, are highly politicized. Hiring the ~right~ handler could give your dog the upper hand from a dog of equal or better value handled by somebody “lesser”. It keeps you and your dogs in the in-crowd.

2.) A dog that shows or “campaigns” a lot becomes known to judges, has more opportunities etc. When dogs are shown by professional handlers the owner/breeder is not always going with them and dogs can be on the road with their handlers going to show after show for months and even years at a time. This is not something the average purebred dog owner can afford.

3.) professional handlers are NOT cheap and conformation dog shows aren’t either. Having the monetary means to hire a well respected pro handler is not feasible for most people. This sets the people who already have the means to compete in dog shows and campaign their dogs year round leagues above people who cannot afford this. This further pinches top dog shows into a 1% that is near impossible to break into for new people, people from marginalized backgrounds, young people, etc.

4.) because of the competitive nature of modern dog shows and it becoming a “sport” instead of an evaluation of the quality of breeding stock you get people willing to look the other way on corrective grooming, poor temperaments, non correct structure to have “their people” win, to have their friends win, to have the people they are connected to win. Dog shows are not an even playing ground and very much an unspoken club of who is “in” and “out”. The culture and ability of hiring pros to take your dog around the country, to groom your dog, to show your dog ensures it stays this way.

In my opinion dogs should be lightly bathed and put into the rings with their owners/breeders/co-owners. Nothing more. This would imo, better level the playing ground and provide more equity in the purebred dog world.

[aprofessionalwithoutstandards]

Idk I am just of the opinion that it doesn't really make Sense for Sniper tf2 to go by the name "Mun-dee Mundy" because his parents would have given him a different name (in-universe, the New Zealand naming convention with the hyphens, which is an homage to the Kryptonian naming convention in Superman, is decidedly not the Australian naming convention) and he would have gone by that name for his entire life. In the same way it just does not make sense to have Sniper begin identifying primarily as someone from New Zealand at this point in his life, it does not make sense to imagine him adopting the name his birth parents gave him when he literally did not know they existed until he was like thirty years old. Yknow, unless you think adopted parents aren't "real parents", in which case that's on you

[defeateddetectives]

more panels circa miharu arc i couldnt stop thinking about and love of him being So Tiny vs. these MASSIVE yokai which paints such a brutally gorgeous picture (figuratively and literally) of the size of responsibility on his shoulders especially in the context of this specific arc or something!!!

[iamnmbr3]

the moment when you realize an ai would've written a better larry show than mike waldron bc an ai would've been trained on previous loki content and thus, unlike mike, would've actually watched the films

[lokh]

You the only one in laishuro tag??? You the founder??????

YEAH 😭😭💔💔 it's so lonely out here.... I think the emptiness is due to a couple of things

people.... don't like shuro. who knew! (sarcasm) (agony) (i understand but Still)

laishuro is not yet common fandom vernacular. their names are difficult to mash together and laishuro is just the one that i came up with. other people have also considered this ship but if theyre making anything for it it's entirely possible theyre using a different tag/ship name

[junebuggeryy]

mad hypnotist

(or, alternate caption, the therapist your insurance actually covers)

[ambipotent]

All this talk bout the Lumity kiss is bringing me back to when I first saw ruby and sapphire's marriage. It really helped me feel seen and like I could truly have a future as a sapphic person of color. 

Say what you want about either relationship, but these moments being aired on children’s television networks mean the world to questioning/lgbtq children. Tuning into a show mid-season on cartoon network or disney channel and seeing people that look like you and have the same feelings as you is just such an experience that’s so hard to put words to. 

I can’t wait for there to be a time when EVERY kid can flip to any channel they want and see someone they can relate to (if cable is still around lol). This is hopefully just the start of even more shows that can have a girl say she has a girlfriend, or a boy that says he’s gay (lookin at you benson ;D)

[intoxicatingimmediacy]

Rafael Casal in Loki (season 2, episode 4)

[moss-and-marimos]

gimme doodles/character designs for ur tmnt iteration NOW

(no actual pressure i just want to draw them and need ur designs for them)

okay so I dont have much actual art of them bc I have had no time to draw lately, but ill try to like summarize their vibes or give doodles at least Donnie- hes a very anxious angsty guy, is in his lab almost all of the time, always seems to look a bit sad or tired, doesnt really like other people, kind of has similar vibes and shape language to tm(n)t donnie if that helps at all, hes a hybrid spiny soft-shell turtle and spotted turtle, hes got spots on the back part of his shell like this:

and spiky bits at the bottom edges of his shell like this:

so I imagine hes like a dark green kinda grey color mostly besides the yellow spots on his shell, his hands and forearms and legs are always bandaged up and if theyre not covered he has a lot of scars from assorted causes, he usually wears either like black shorts or baggy sweatpants, sweatpants more often, on occasion a hoodie and that becomes much more frequent after the events of the shredder apprentice arc, I forgot to put them in the doodle but he has stretch marks on his thighs and upper arms and is the tallest of the guys but hunches over so much that you wouldnt know, he has scoliosis but not very severely, you can just barely tell if you look at his shell from behind that its a bit misshapen

Raph- Raph is a bog turtle, so is Mikey, this is an older drawing and isnt the most accurate but its like the only good drawing I have of him, usually he does not look anywhere near this happy, the markings around the back of his neck and on the shell are still accurate but otherwise its kinda up to interpretation so do what you will, he also wears hoodies and pants sometimes but not always, his mask tails vary in length bc he chews on them so sometimes theyre short when he doesnt want to or longer when he does want to

Mikey- Mikey is also a bog turtle, raphs markings are a bit more red and his are a bit more yellow/orange, my Mikey wears a more yellow mask than bright orange, its kinda that yellow-orange shade, I think he has freckles but theyre more like small scale patches that are darker green than real freckles, has the same neck markings and similar shell markings to raph, has either one dot above his right eye that looks like a circular eyebrow or has it on both eyes, for now I'll say just the one though, his mask tails arent as long as Leo but go to about mid-back and the ends are frayed Leo- Leo is based a lot on 2012, all of my turtles are more based on 2012 than any other iteration, his mask tails are very long like all the way down to his waist, theyre cut at diagonals like at an angle at the end and are not frayed, he has more yellow colored stripes that go over his eyes (like rise Leo a bit) but then they run down to his shoulders and down his arms, sides, and legs, and theres also shorter segments on his shoulders that are pretty much just yellow patches. He's a black knobbed map turtle, so just imagine kinda realistic stripes like theirs but stylized. When he uses his powers they glow a really intense blue color and it looks really cool. After the events of the shredder apprentice arc he has a big X scar across the back of his shell