#fun to go back and find examples for this one

[marmota-b]

This!

Also I recently found an excellent brain hack for room cleanliness maintenance which is to have trash receptacles EVERYWHERE. If I have to stop what I'm doing to go to a trash can to throw something out, the most likely outcome is that I don't throw that thing out and it immediately becomes part of the background, building up the mess. If I don't have to pause whatever I'm currently hyperfocusing on because the trash receptacle is right there, I do throw a much higher percentage of trash into a trash receptacle. Oh, and I did intentionally use the word "receptacle" - it doesn't have to be a traditional trash can. In fact, I think it works better when, in some cases, it isn't. You want these on elevated flat surfaces, too, not just standing on the floor.

Example: My sister made me a nice leeettle box that sits on my nightstand, and all the itty bitty bits that used to end up directly on the nightstand (including yarn and thread offcuts from doing crafts in bed) go into it.

We've started calling this sort of thing "removing mental blocks" which may or may not be an official thing, I have no idea. But whatever makes you stop and forget what you were doing / end up in an executive disfunction trap, find the root cause that makes your brain freeze and find a way around it. (I think this was, in fact, advice I found on Tumblr a while ago.)

For example, to get back to the original advice - one bit at a time is a great way to do big tasks because the mental block is the idea of the big task, and I guess also the boredom / wandering brain that inevitably happens when having to focus on one thing for too long.

So, now I think about it, "removing" is a slightly misleading word - the block is still there, you're certainly not trying to force your way through it, you're figuring out how to work with it.

Another example: I realised the layout of my room also plays into it. Again, if I have to weave around too many things to do something seemingly simple like put clean laundry away, it ends up somewhere else than it should. I haven't mastered this one yet, but it's definitely something I'm keeping in mind now. Sometimes all you have to do to get started is to move a piece of furniture out of your way. I have one bedstand / shelf on wheels, and I rather want to add them to more of my things because it's great to be able to move it easily, even just a little bit. My brain flits from thing to thing, my room should be able to do the same, sort of thing.

I'm bringing all this up because realising all this overall made the idea of cleaning my room a bit less daunting. It's still a mess, and it's still often daunting, but it's overall more of an organised mess more often, and it makes it easier to do the little tasks that add up... because sometimes it even makes it sort of fun, because instead of just a chore it's a bit of a... puzzle game?

Sometimes I also give myself rewards to look forward to after the partial steps. 😁

OH, and I started writing down things I have done, instead of just writing down things to do. To Do lists are daunting, and crossing things out / deleting them from the list is too anticlimactic, at least for my brain. Have Done lists are much more satisfying. So maybe write down the things you have already cleaned / fixed as you go, to see you have not been unproductive even if your eyes deceive you into thinking your room remains unchanged and your pile of Stuff To Do is still daunting! 💛

If you're new to this way of thinking, it might also help you break things down into manageable small steps in the future. Which is what I started doing with my To Do lists. Something like "wash windows" becomes, instead, "Wash windows: remove stuff from windowsill - prepare cleaning products and tools - wash windows - return stuff to windowsill". "Wash floor" becomes (usually just mentally in this case, but still) "sweep floor - prepare water with detergent and floor rag - wash floor". You can even give yourself a bit of time to recharge between the steps! It helps! (It can also mean you forget what you were doing, but even if you do, steps have been made and you have moved forward in the quest. Which is a lot easier to see if you make it explicit to yourself.)

P.S. In case you're wondering, I got the idea of breaking tasks down into steps from sewing pattern instructions. 🤣 "Sew blouse" is a daunting task. "Cut pattern out - interface facings - sew darts - sew this seam, etc" is a quest that can be stretched over years, and at the end you still have a finished blouse.

trying to clean your room can be really daunting and stressful, but you don't have to clean the whole room all in one go.

If you pick up just one thing off the floor, wipe away a little bit of dust, take any dishes to the sink, or anything of the sort, then you have successfully cleaned a bit of your room! It doesn't have to be done all in one burst and every little dent you make will result in a slightly cleaner room

[rqplurf0rever]

hi hi sorry long ask incoming I need advice and I think you'd be the best to ask, probably a little silly,,

Should I make a bracelet of the flag you have as a pin or do you think I'd get exploded... Like do you think it'd make me a target? Ik our flags arent recognizeable to most people anyway, and when translated to beads idk what colors I have so it'll probably look even more different, but like,, on the off chance someone did recognize it imo the antis that recognize such specific flags are usually wayy hostile cos like usually the reason they're so informed is fueled by hatred, ALSO GRANTED,, I am just a very paranoid person, but I wanted to ask cos you're like, the pedophilia bible

thank you for calling me the pedophilia bible lmao!! im far from the most knowledgeable pedo guy ever but im glad people value my advice so much!

actual tips and advice under cut cause of length as always lol

not 100% sure which flag you mean, i assume the regular map flag? not sure lol my bad. but this is general advice for any para or radqueer flag. personally i go out with the regular stenna map flag on my backpack which is probably the most talked + well known about para and radqueer flag in anti spaces, and i havent gotten any comments for it whatsoever so far! and ive been going out with it for over a year now.

(cropped so people don't recognise me irl based on my backpack pins lmao)

in my experience most people irl truly don't know anything about para and radqueer stuff. and those that do don't have the balls to actually say anything irl. a lot of people truly just speak tough online and wouldn't actually do anything if they saw a person with a map flag out and about. most just want you to think they would so radqueers are too scared to bring it into real life.

obviously it does also depend a lot on where you live, like i mentioned before i for example live in a very transgender accepting place. if people already get insulted for wearing lgbt flags where you live then you should probably be a bit more careful with it, there's a good chance they'll just assume its "one of them queer flags" and insult you regardless. but otherwise from my own experiences i havent had anyone discriminate against me for my flags! and i bring these pretty much everywhere with me.

if you're too nervous, you could also try wearing it only occasionally and when you're farther away from home. its what i did a lot at the start too! that way you at least dont have to worry about people being able to stalk you or find out where you live. you could also get some self defense things in the chance someone does harass you- obviously check what's legal where you live but some good cheap easily available options are pepper spray, personal safety alarms, things like that. i always carry an alarm like this with me just to feel more safe! i got mine for about 6$ on amazon a while back.

but in the end just do whatever you feel most comfortable doing. don't feel pressured into being out if you're too anxious, it is risky and what ultimately matters most is that you feel comfortable. if that means wearing radqueer /para pins like i do, great! but it's not a moral failing if you can't or don't want to for any reason. especially in the current climate i completely get why most people can't.

though don't be afraid to make the bracelet in the first place though!! you dont even have to wear it, you could also just make it and keep it somewhere where no one sees it for now. also what i did at the beginning! as long as your family doesn't check every place in your room it's pretty safe. even making map flag things can be very healing and help with shame, so i highly highly suggest making it even just for fun!

hope my perspective helped, feel free to ask more or about anything else if you or anyone else need help or advice!

[kalinara]

It occurs to me that as vocal as I am about many many things that I love, there are actually things that I'm into that you'll probably never see me blog about.

Like for example, for reasons we don't need to get into at this juncture, I have been watching Naruto. And after taking one look at the fandom and the many passionate opinions back and forth, I have firmly decided that I don't want anything to do with that. (See also, that time I got myself addicted to Voltron.)

You guys have fun with that. I'm going to watch episodes and enjoy the fanfic that I find that suits my always-picky taste.

I do feel like my choice of favorite character is probably really obvious though. Hah.

[javaelemental]

Re: Murderbot

A couple of days ago I picked up the first Murderbot book (All Systems Red), largely because the TV trailer for the show had looked good and my tumblr dashboard was jam-packed full of people professing their love for the books.

Later, as the show started airing, my tumblr dashboard filled up with people loving the show.

Finally, I hit a night where watching shitty TV didn't sound like much fun, so I snagged the book and chewed through it in a few hours. (It's a short novella and I'm a fast reader.)

The book was delightful. I'm definitely going to read the rest of them so no spoilers, plz.

Today, since I had a day off, I watched the show, and it is also delightful.

They changed a lot of things from the book as far as plot goes. I mean, the basic plot seems to be the same, but there's been a lot added and a lot skipped over. I expect that's due to the extremely internal nature of the novella. A lot of what goes on in the book is basically Murderbot's internal narration, just it telling you what's going on. Not a lot of detail on, for example, action scenes. Also not a lot about what the human crew is actually up to, since Murderbot kind of ignores them as much as it can and also finds the majority of their activity boring and/or useless.

A few thoughts:

They made Murderbot's crew seem extremely hippy-ish in all the worst, most stereotypical ways. On one hand, I don't love that. They didn't seem this useless in the book. On the other hand, having lived in Oregon for fifteen years, I've met each and every one of these characters personally and in real life and they all act exactly like that. It was both annoying and hilarious.

Particularly so when Labeebee or whatever her name was showed up. Like, absolutely everyone should have seen how that was going to go, and yet not one single crew member did and for as much time as I spent muttering at the TV screen "She's a bad guy how can you not TELL that," those folks I know from Oregon would also have been this irritatingly naive and oblivious.

I like the expanded look into corporate life. You didn't see much of that in the first book. (I assume it starts getting mentioned in later books.)

They cut back more than a bit on mentioning how crappy all of the corporation's products are, which I kind of didn't like. A big reason why Murderbot manages as much as he does and why so much of the obvious fuckery gets missed until later is because the corporation's products are such hot garbage. Like, they do mention it, but it the books it's a fairly big plot device.

Anyway, I'm very much looking forward to the rest of the books, and the rest of the show. If you've been hearing a lot about it and haven't checked it out yet, do so. It's a lot of fun.

[jichanxo]

how different is your creative process between writing and drawing (and in which areas)? do you have a different approach in each artform? if you have an idea, you first think how you'd write it or draw it?

This is definitely going to be long so. Cut.

Just to preface, obviously both writing and drawing are a form of art, but I tend to use the word “art” when I mean illustration or drawing, so that’s what I’m going to do here. And of course a disclaimer that I’m only speaking to my subjective experience.

Tbh I don’t think my approach to both is that different from each other, which is odd, because I’m used to thinking of them as very different processes. Probably because the mediums themselves are so different. But like with my writing, I tend to improvise. Feel it out, see how things go, throw ideas at the wall. I would probably say that I’m more willing to experiment with/scrap my art than my writing. Probably because I’m more confident with my art than my writing, so I find it easier to make judgments like that, or because I’ve made so much that throwing stuff away when it isn’t working is very easy. I get a bit more precious about my writing. I always want to keep it or at least try to adapt it into something less bad, lmao. I’m also just not as confident in my ability to judge what writing is worth keeping or worth permanently deleting. I just haven’t polished that skill for writing as much as I have for art.

With regards to planning my art – I definitely do sometimes, because I consider art my Serious Hobby, which means I do like to have a go at more serious projects as opposed to just improvising all the time (a contrast to my writing where my only “serious project” is senseific, and I fell into that by accident). The things I plan out are the idea/s I want to convey, and what imagery would express that. (like this IW art, and the second one in this umineko post) Or sometimes the imagery gets stuck in my head and I work from that. (yagami’s hair clinging to his neck here)

I actually find that planning too much can be detrimental to my art process. That is to say, not in terms of figuring out ideas/themes, but doing too much drafting. I find it very difficult to do things like clean lineart unless I’m having a Weirdly Good Art Moment, so I just don’t. Hence a lot of my art is very sketchy. I’m just not good at capturing the same looseness with “proper” lineart than with my sketches, so I keep them. Not worth fussing over. This is what works for me.

(even in this, and the first image here, you can see a lot of breaks and incomplete looking lines. not to say necessarily that this is a bad thing of course, but you can see that even in what I consider my “polished” work, I won’t use “proper” linework, but instead a high quality/detailed sketch. I imagine some other artists would have their proper linework stage after these sketches, but i choose to stop here)

this probably reads like I’m talking myself down, but that’s not really what I’m meaning to say – my point is that I don’t figure out details even for my bigger pieces, and that with drawn art I have a better time judging where my time is best spent. I don’t think I have a strong understanding of my writing by comparison, so I can’t decide how to play to my strengths or anything like that, I just have to see how i go.

For writing, either it’s “i’m in the mood for it” or “i’m not in the mood for it”. For art, it’s “today is a good day/bad day”, “today’s a painting day”, “today feels like masking”, “today I just want to sketch”, “today I’m too loose for what I want to work on”, “today I’m too stiff”. You can see the difference in my ability to judge, yeah? So a big difference is to do with just my own (relative) inexperience with writing as opposed to drawing.

I think the other major factor is the differences in the mediums themselves. A fanfic is sequential. There’s a change in time. Illustrations are by nature a single moment in time. Big difference there. Of course, there are comics and animatics and other art that’s both drawn and sequential, but since I don’t do a lot of that, just count that as exceptions for now (and in a way, those are kind of like a combination of writing and illustration, aren’t they?) I find there are some ideas that are conveyed easier or better through writing, and others where the better option is art.

So to answer your last question, often ideas come to me pre-packaged as a “writing idea” or an “art idea”, rather than having to decide that separately. In the case that a sequence is better conveyed with a visual element, that’s when it’s comic time. The gorillashipping comic is a great example of this. The punchline is at its best when it’s not explained in words, and the expression of the final panel does all the heavy lifting. I pitched this idea initially in words (as a joke on discord), but the comic version has more punch.

Comics are also great for when you want to avoid explaining context, and for when you want to force the reader to take a specific pace. Here’s the example I’m thinking of.

The visual space dedicated to the fighting forces you to take time to process, and that time is important for the buildup to the punchline. This wouldn’t work as well if we cut this down to, say, the four panels of the last example. So yeah, timing. And then my other point – context – why are these two fighting? I don’t know. Where are they? I don’t know. It’s not necessary for the joke. The same is true of the gorillashipping joke. How did the relationship between kiryu and kaito happen to make this even remotely possible? I don’t know. But I don’t need to explain it in a joke comic. With writing I find that it feels more necessary to make context clear to the reader so they understand what’s happening, but with illustrations, it’s a lot easier to skip over that. Obviously this isn’t impossible in a written format, but that’s just my personal opinion.

Admittedly I think this second example is doable with just pure writing (replace all the panels with descriptions of the fight that take long enough to simulate the time it takes for the reader to digest the build up, then make the punchline a wham line, yknow), but it varies on a case to case basis. Also I would not want to write fighting. Lmao. I’m not… any good at that. So I guess it is also just in part about playing to strengths.

Anyway, enough comic side tangent. I’ve already started talking about it there, but was going to do a comparison between writing and art as mediums. The main thing, I find, is that they have different strengths. More than strengths/weaknesses though, the mediums themselves convey some things with ambiguity, and other things with detail.

Like I first mentioned, time: it’s easier to convey the passage of time with writing than with illustration. And like I said before with comics – conveying context – because an illustration captures a single moment in time, it’s a lot easier to avoid context entirely, while it’s harder to avoid in writing. I’ve drawn kuwagami cuddles before, and there’s no background, nothing discernable as to the lead up or any other detail. And that’s great! I don’t want to have to invent a plausible reason for them to end up hugging. I can just do it, right? But sometimes it’s the context that makes things significant, so you do want it there. A better job for writing. Writing allows you to be detailed with your context, while illustration leaves it ambiguous. Different strengths. You just pick which best fits the situation.

It’s a similar case for a lot of different factors – they're conveyed differently through both mediums, and depending on your idea, some results are more desirable than others. Rather than explaining, it’s probably better to do a direct comparison. (If it makes any difference to your curiosity, I did the drawing first then the writing. You’ve caught me on a good art day, what a nice sketch…)

I’ll try not to talk too much because I think the comparison and table say enough, but you can see how, despite depicting basically the same thing, these two things feel pretty different from each other. The mediums do different things. The mood of both is similar, but not quite the same. It’s these differences that inform the choice of mediums instinctually. (but again. points at disclaimer. as is true with all “rules” about art, none of these are absolute. you can make an illustration that conveys a strong context. you can write fic that favours describing facial expressions and leaves the intended emotion ambiguous. i’m generalising to make a point here.)

I guess the other thing is that it’s pretty easy to do writing in bed on my phone compared to my art setup, lmao. Convenience and timing also play into it probably.

[marciaillust]

I added some colours to her :)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

hope you feel better soon!

I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!

[devianta]

I’ve noted this as well and find it really interesting as well as indicative of what Seb might be thinking or trying to convey at any given time. It seems to happen whenever:

1. His demonic nature is revealed either by his own hand or someone realizes what he is

2. There’s a particularly great threat to Ciel, like undertaker for example

3. Ciel is emotionally unbalanced (as seen above)

It’s never explicitly explained , at least as far as I can remember, that prolonged or extreme mental, emotional, or psychic weakness in Ciel can trigger Seb to end the contract early and consume Ciel’s soul. GWA goes a long way in demonstrating this when Ciel falls victim to the mustard gas. But basically if Seb perceives Ciel as being broken or in despair his demonic urge to consume his prey arises. The slit pupil is a visual indicator of this. So long as Ciel is strong and defiant, everything is fine. But the second Ciel stumbles, the demon is looking at him and wondering if dinner is ready.

Granted, this doesn’t mean that Seb isn’t having fun or doesn’t feel any fondness for Ciel. He clearly does. It’s why he doesn’t immediately eat Ciel the instant Ciel shows weakness, like after r!Ciel revealed himself. Seb could have eaten him in the paddy wagon. Blavat and the cops wouldn’t have been able to do anything about it. Instead he goes out of his way to get them to safety. All the looks he gives Ciel from the townhouse to Lau’s den, to me they speak of waiting… waiting to see whether Ciel can pull himself out of his momentary despair and inner turmoil and transform those feelings into strength and the defiance necessary to overcome their plight.

Again, Seb DOESN’T want the game to be over. He likes Ciel. He likes being Ciel’s butler. He LOVES their games. But none of that changes what he is. Sebastian is a demon. And so he responds demonically to perceived weakness, like a shark reacting to blood in the water. Seb’s fondness for Ciel leads him to hold back and not immediately act on his instincts, he made that clear when he did his little love confession while burning down the lab during GWA. To paraphrase, “what I love is playing the role of butler in my game with you, not behaving like a beast and reacting on my every instinct or impulse.”

And so he’s waiting. He’s waiting until Ciel says he can’t go any further. During their run from the law he was waiting for Ciel to make a decision one way or another and quietly hoping that the game wasn’t up. Although I think perhaps that Seb was feeling a bit of despair himself, that Ciel perhaps would give up after such a thorough trouncing at the hands of undertaker and his brother. Which is why he’s so surprised, relieved, and overjoyed when Ciel snaps and has his tantrum. It’s part of why he (I think) he gets in Ciel’s face and pinches his cheeks. Because it’s either that or kiss him and I think at this point Seb wants to kiss his young master.

TLDR: Seb does the slit pupil thing when his demonic nature is recognized by another or triggered by particular stimuli, such as Ciel showing weakness.

Have Yana or K ever talked about how Sebastian’s pupils shrink?

There are a ton of pages leading up to and following the reveal where we get panels that just show Sebastian glancing at Ciel, and we get to see whether or not his pupils are dilated. I colored these just to better demonstrate. I can’t really tell what it’s supposed to convey, maybe “wound up”? Upset/Excited/Emotional, in a good or bad way? other examples:

I’m also considering the possibility of it being instances of him showing his true nature, which happens both involuntarily and at will. That sounds like the most suitable explanation, but I’m not ready to be sure about that without it being stated fact- as that explanation hinges on the idea that Yana chose which way to draw his eyes in order to indicate sentimentality. I don’t think we’ve previously seen that? Excluding the instance of him crying, since that was a fake-out.

[loganbathwater]

i think it comes down to a few points:

rorke saw something special in logan. i mean he literally told him he likes his fire and to go find him if he makes it out alive from the jungle mission, which logan did. he witnessed logan's skills and indomitable spirit first hand again in vegas and on the train. rorke saw someone fiery and very skilled for his age and thought he'd make a great federation soldier. not to mention logan's inside knowledge and skills would also be useful to help rorke get to the ghosts. maybe he even thought it'd be fun to break someone so strong.

(but also: maybe he saw someone who is young and relatively inexperienced and thought he'd be easier to brainwash and manipulate.)

another thing surely is that logan is elias walker's youngest son, his pride and joy. i mean, imagine taking your arch nemesis's baby and turning him into a mindless killing machine for your own gain, someone to take down their legacy (the ghosts). the ultimate revenge even after their death.

it's also a way to torture the remaining ghosts, especially hesh, and to hinder them. because now hesh has to live knowing he couldn't save logan, his only remaining family. it'd be satisfying for rorke to get his revenge by taking someone from their side and turning him against them, especially when that someone is hesh's little brother and elias' youngest child. seeing the fruits of his labor be logan killing his own brother and their shared friends-turned-enemies would make the revenge be that much more meaningful. rorke also knows the ghosts, at least hesh, would try to prioritize saving logan before killing him no matter what and that's an advantage for rorke because it would mean they wouldn't fight back as hard. logan is almost like a human shield.

and why logan instead of hesh, for example? well for his plan to work it had to be one of them, and i think rorke simply saw something in logan that he didn't see in hesh. maybe his skills, maybe his age, maybe his spirit, maybe a combination of them all. or it could be that he saw something in hesh that he didn't see in logan that made him think it would be harder to turn him. empathy? resilience? hard to say, but i'd love to hear other people's thoughts too!

DISCUSSION TIME (Reblog it or answer in replies) Why do you think Rorke is too focused on logan? Put in your mind that Rorke is brainwashed and he is so ready and ordered to kill the ghosts. All of them, so why not logan?

[poplarbark]

i agree. so much of what i see is like very . Well you can tell a majority of therians are children or teenagers. and im glad theyre having fun in a community of likeminded people! but is so isolating as an adult.

the lens through which therianthropy is viewed changes a bit with age. as a kid youre supposed to play and have fun, and that's expected, and a lot of therio stuff goes hand in hand with that. doing quads and making masks and barking at packmates, for example.

when youre an adult, doing any of that is seen as strange, childish, etc. wear a collar outside? thats kink. bark or growl involuntarily? freakish. of course, quads, yarn tails, running in the woods or river---it's all still doable as an adult, but often only in private and with other therians, or at least others who accept you as one. and its just harder to do that when you have post secondary and a job. like, id feel bad for our downstairs neighbours if i were to try quads in my apartment lol

thats not all therianthropy needs to be though , it can be something quieter. i know mine is relatively lowkey like that. i like layong on the floor like a dog when i socialise. i like eating from those fuckass metal dogbowls my dad bought for my brother and i when we were kids. i like wearing my collar and my tail when my friends and i barhop

a lot of therianthropy shit feels very much the same as baby queers? like kids who have finally figured out a crucial part of themself, finding a space online to express it. a community. extremely prideful and defensive over who they are, over the finer details. because for so long they were denied that identity, and finally having a name for it feels good. theyre So desperate to carve out a place where they belong that they dont see themselves clawing at their brothers in the process. youre putting human restrictions and understandings on something wholly inhuman. thats what i mean by it feels a lot like baby queers. infighting over Proper Labels or The One Correct Experience. id see this kind of queer discourse on twt in 2020 yknow.

and speaking as an adult: you just. dont give a shit about that once youre there. it is what it is. transfag dogthing is just how i am and im making it everyones problem. and when youre older you realise that OTHER people really dont care about labels like that either , esp not irl

and i think another reason is that a lot of therianthropy sutff is infantilised is bc. so much of adulthood is trying to fall in line with The System. therianthropy (in my eyes) goes against all of that. being a wolf is commie shit. like carving a small community that lets you run free of all outward perception. thats the antithesis of capitalism. all that to say, outwardly doing that in a heavily urbanised city just. you get a target on your back. if id go run on all fours in the park behind our apt people would assume id snorted something.

huff. im almost done. my takes on this is mostly as an otherhearted canine. i dont really shift, and wear gear more for euphoric reasons rather than dysphoric ones. i still consider myself a therian though, i simply am a wolf. a few people i know irl are animals in a similar way that i am as well. so take this entire ramble with a not-quite-a-therian grain of salt. its not 1:1 to the tiktok therian experience. but its MY experience so that has to count for something.

tldr: young therians---get offline, go to punk shows and queer meets, talk to elder folk if you can. chances are youll find someone who is like you, or who at least understands. look past your identity beyond the aesthetics. it's lonely being an animal in a concrete jungle full of humans. dont bite your packmates; were supposed to be strong together. and finally: when someone asks you why youre wearing a cat mask, tell them to read the communists manifesto or something

Been thinking a lot about the things that seem to bring me the most inner peace as a werewolf, and the way that the community seems to be drifting away from being an experience driven group, towards being a fandom.

I want to put these two things together into some kind of essay or plea for change, but I'm not sure how I guess. I've let a lot of pain and frustration build up around the topic, and now I don't know what to say or how to make people listen.

Very open for suggestions and input - I like brainstorming this kind of stuff with other members of the community since I frequently miss out on perspectives different from the way I approach things.

[the-physicality]

ok so i was doing some digging through one of my top 5 favorite websites [along with wikipedia, imdb, etc], across the timeline because sometime in the past 48 hours i decided i wanted to find out more about free throws contributing to scoring in the top scorers in the league. here is what i found.

of the top 15 all time regular season leading scorers [this is a weird one bc people say all time leading scorer etc and those stats don't include all games. just regular season. for example dt has over 12k if you count playoffs] top 15 is over 6000 points

Tamika Catchings has the highest percent of free throws as total points [27.15%]

DeWanna Bonner comes in second at an even 25%

Sue Bird is the lowest with 12.39%, followed by Seimone Augustus at 13.36

everyone else in the top 15 is between 23.69 [dt] and 17.13 [Candice dupree]

Diana Taurasi has the highest FT % at 87.0319, Lisa Leslie has the lowest at 69.5059

DT has the most makes and the most attempts [by a lot] but Lisa is 4th in attempts and 6th in makes

if you expand the list to the top 26 scorers [over 5000 points]

Jewell Loyd is beating Brittney Griner by 14 points, but has a free throw % of 88 vs BG's 79. they have attempted 1443 and 1439 free throws respectively

if you increase BG's career ft% to Jewell's make rate, she would be ahead of Jewell in career points

only becky hammon [89.6813] and Jewell Loyd have a higher ft % than DT

of the top 10 all time leading scorers [this is tangential but i noticed it so]

3 have been drafted by the merc [DT, DB, Cappie]

4 have won a championship with the merc [+ Candice Dupree]

5 have played for the merc [+Tina Charles]

other fun fact:

of the top 26 scorers, DT has played in some capacity - college, usa basketball, merc, overseas [excluding all star] - with all but 2 of them:

becky hammon

Katie Douglas

[onomonopetabread]

If Instagram has a thousand haters, I am one of them. If Instagram has one hater, it is me. If Instagram has no haters, but very existence has been wiped off this plane of existence

[oilyrotpile]

Realized that coding up random mods feels almost like writing fanfiction again.

[ozzgin]

Yandere! House Monster x Reader (II)

It’s officially a smutty sitcom: you, the oblivious gamer boyfriend, and the tentacle monster lurking in dark corners.

[First part]

Content: gender neutral reader, monster smut

Do monsters have a sense of humor? This creature seems to be greatly amused by the little "game" you've devised behind your boyfriend's back. Although you don't have much input in the affair, and most of the time you're merely a witness to the events unfolding before you (or in you).

First, there's the mild, inoffensive annoyances. "Babe, did you see my controller? I swear I left it on the couch". Some pranks are harder to swallow than others, such as the occasional lack of Internet. You know exactly when it happens, because you can hear your boyfriend's enraged shouts and rattles. It's always during important matches. No one knows why it happens. The repairmen who cross your threshold can only scratch their heads in confusion, confessing that nothing is out of the ordinary.

Then, the unfortunate coincidences. "How about we have some fun after my game?", the boyfriend will suggest with an anticipative grin. Alas, moments after he stands up, he is overwhelmed by a nauseous feeling. His stomach twirls and throbs, and he curses under his breath. "Some other time, perhaps", he concludes begrudgingly. You see, the creature is very possessive. The only thing that has saved your beloved partner from being torn to shreds already is his crassly comical obliviousness.

The mischief aimed towards the boyfriend is, however, a secondary source of entertainment. Nothing could ever come close to spending time with you. Yet another irony to this ridiculous situation: you haven't been caught yet, despite the rabid clinginess of the tentacled monster.

It just loves surprising you. For example, when you exhale dramatically at the end of the day, relaxing in the bathtub and enjoying your peace. Just as you hear an impatient knock on the door, you notice a familiar dark tendril slithering its way out of the water. You won't be leaving the bathroom anytime soon. "Did you steam yourself over there? You look like a lobster", the boyfriend will remark with a raised eyebrow upon seeing your panting, feverish face. "Y-yeah, I guess so." You limp outside, struggling to hold the towel around your body. Or more specifically, around the many marks left on your skin by hundreds of suckers.

In fact, its shamelessness reminds you of a poorly written erotic scenario, the likes you'd see on some adult website with a clickbait title. How would you name this current setup? You grip the edge of the table, pursing your lips to prevent any moans escaping your mouth. Your boyfriend is, once again, scrolling on his phone, indifferent to your presence. The water boiling on the stove drowns the wet, slippery sounds of the appendages pumping in and out of you underneath the table. “You might want to give it a stir in a moment, or it’ll overflow”, the boyfriend remarks without lifting his gaze. You mumble in agreement, slapping a hand over your mouth. You’re at your limit.

One may be tempted to ask, is this entity bound to its house? You pondered the same question until your recent IKEA visit. You and your boyfriend had been looking for a new wardrobe. "What do you think of this one?", you asked, closing the door and turning around. Your eyes scanned the empty model-bedroom. The jackass had wandered ahead without you. You sighed and were about to go find him, when a cold grip suddenly tightened around your wrist. You winced and snapped your head back. Thick tendrils had made their way out of the closet, tugging you to join them inside. So it can follow you around, you thought, climbing into the cramped space. Between the silent whines and breathy begging, an idea emerges from your dazed mind. New hypothetical video title: mercilessly molested in the IKEA store by monster partner.

[seat-safety-switch]

It's hard to deal with certain truths in life. For example – and I'm sure there's other ones, but I can't think of any right now – there is not enough time to drive every piece of construction equipment ever made. Even if you started as a baby, which the well-meaning nannies of society don't allow to operate heavy machinery, you'd still be finding obscure kinds of specialty cranes even as the doctor pulls your life-support plug in front of your horrified children, who are all named after unpopular varietals of telehandlers.

As adults, we feel the need to make compromises. Maybe we only try the most famous, name-brand kinds of construction equipment. Stick to Bobcats, even. A whole world of attachments means you'll never yearn for cranes again! This kind of specialization is important to making sure that society can actually function, sure, but once in awhile we all drive past a combine harvester on the highway and go "that could have been me." It still can.

What I've found is that the stress of collecting makes the experience worse. You can spend your time seeking out a whole punch-card of construction-vehicle experiences, and stress yourself out. Or: you can simply allow yourself to hot-wire whatever equipment you find at a given abandoned construction site in the middle of the night. Let the universe decide what fun you're going to have. Steamroller? You bet. That weird truck thing that paints lines on the highway? Don't look too closely at the first couple miles on Number Seventeen, but I figured out the controls eventually. Looks pretty good, if I do say so myself.

Spontaneous discovery also means you're opening yourself up to new experiences that you never would have expected. For instance, I didn't know that the local dog-racing track had a little tractor for flattening out the dirt. If I had sneered at it, I would have missed the fact that it was one of those cool old 70s Cub Cadets that I always love to drive. Geared pretty well to escape the cops, too, although they got me when I came back to the track later that night to try the parking lot sweeper. Taught me my lesson again: don't try to force it to happen. Being predictable is how they catch you every time.

[gender-euphowrya]

brother a tale of two sons was such a nothingburger game i can't believe it got a remake