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An American Colleague: "I gotta admit; before I came here, I thought Canada had sort of traded guns and Manifest Destiny Badassery for Star Trek's Humanist values. I, uh... I'm kinda disappointed."
Me: "Yeah, we're a lot closer to Marvel's idea of Canada than anything Gene Roddenberry would've pencilled in."
AAC: "What do you mean? What's Marvel's idea of Canada?"
Me, sipping coffee on Slack's video-call module: "The land of bilingual smiles and friendliness that actually hides deeply troubling war crimes behind a thin veneer of seemingly-universal acceptability. Think residential schools, widespread clear-cutting to attract corpo investors, the Weapon X program..."
AAC: "Wait, what?! Canada made the Weapon X program?!"
Me: (nodding) "And Deadpool and Sabertooth, in some continuities. Plus, Wolverine is pretty much the Fantasy Canadian par excellence; no funny way of saying about but he does call people bub. Ryan Reynolds should've worked with Hugh Jackman to actually develop a correct Wolverine alternate, where his primal instincts are at odds with the niceness of your average Albertan and he turns apologetic as soon as he skewers someone with his claws. Also, that particular Wolverine alternate needs to have put in a year or two in Second-Language French, and to only recall bits and bobs of the language."
AAC: "Huh. Wolvie isn't terribly Canadian, now that I think of it..."
Me: "Which is why Alpha Flight feels like a big, clumsy and well-meaning representational Band-Aid..."
#canada#marvel comics#ideals#wolverine#deadpool#sabertooth#weapon x#logan howlett#thoughts#geek post
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As a society, we need more fics, where LoA!Jason gets himself Tumblr blog where he befriends Tim's anonymous blog, and they actually start chatting back and forth about different things
ucallitstalkingisaywalkingextremelyclosebehind (aka. Tim's anonymous account): had you seen news guys? about the latest robin—batman case? hahaha. idk. feel like robin was right. batman is a slug. he should stop bitching and moaning sometimes. idk. # totally chill # just judging from my couch # still batman fan
wholaughsnow (aka. Jason's account): LOL. Mind you, he keeps fumbling every single Robin. Hadn't heard about the case you talk about though? What happened? # need this tea in the midst of my working day lol
ucallitstalkingisaywalkingextremelyclosebehind (aka. Tim's anonymous account): no bc you are so right??? ANYWAY. THANKS FOR ASKING. so it happened— *long thread* # hope your office day or wtvr gets better now # tea was spilled
Obviously, it starts with Gotham and vigilantes discussion, but then? Then they start geeking together. Startrek hcs, DnD conversations, Gotham elite's drama. Basically, that's how they keep queening out in their blogs while doing their tremendous work for Bruce/Talia:

#and then do you know that post where high-school bully and geek unknowingly played minecraft together????#that ends up with geek writing last message for his online friend when bully recieves it before fighting w him and they REALISE#that's the au titan tower incident#Jason throws himself on Tim and Tim in panic sends one last message in Jason's dms#the notification rings through the tense silence..........#Jason checks it......#and viola#jason todd#red hood#batman#dcu#dcu comics#dc universe#batfamily#bruce wayne#batfam#tim drake
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You're such a nerd. Wanna fuck nasty?
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The absolute crime that was Jack Harkness being a total enthusiastically knowledgable technology geek being written out of his character for torchwood. You wanna write a sex icon without his most attractive quality?? Come on now. Give the man his passion back.
#this is also boom town posting because he was SO on it with the tech in that episode and he was SO hot for it and it just gives his#character more dimensions you know?? like he was more than just a hot flirt he was a hot flirty geEK and that should be respected#obviously he’s not written as a clueless idiot in torchwood either but he definitely loses any evidence of his personal hobby and interest#I guess he moves from the tech support and hired muscle to the immortal team leader which is quite a step#torchwood#captain jack harkness#doctor who
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🏴☠️ It's been a hot minute
I'm finally on break and got around to finishing this, two months past when I wanted to, but I like how it turned out. FNaF isn't my biggest interest anymore but with the release of the movie, I wanted to see how much I've improved since 2014 (it's a lot just take my word for it-).
#I have missed posting what I like ngl#I cant guarantee a whole lot more before 2024 but ima try my best#geek png#fanart#fnaf#fnaf movie#foxy the pirate#five nights at freddy's#fnaf fanart#geek asks
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Do you have any tips for painting with gouache? like how do you get it to stay a nice solid color over a large swath of paper? and how do you blend it so seamlessly?
Of course, here's a few pointers off the top of my head:
1. I've used gouache for this in the past so it's possible, but the flat backdrop on my latest WIP is actually acrylic! A nifty thing I've found about putting a layer of acrylic down, is that it creates a barrier once dried and essentially makes the paper waterproof. This means you can work in gouache on top without it mixing with the background, and you can wet a section and completely wipe it clean with a cloth/tissue and it won't disturb the acrylic layer underneath. It also makes the paper more resilient, and you don't get as much pilling/tearing from the moisture
To get an even wash it's mostly getting the right consistency, I add just a little water - enough that the paint is less "tacky" as you drag your brush along paper, but not so much that it's runny or translucent. It takes a couple of attempts sometimes!
2. Also for the current WIP that I posted earlier, like the vast majority of my traditional pieces, keep in mind that it's mixed media. So I assume you're referring to the blue-green gradient on the bird and wondering how I got the gouache to blend like that - it's actually colouring pencils! I'll often switch between dry and wet media, even layer them back and forth, whatever makes the most sense to get the effect I want 😁

3. On that note, when you're working with paint, or any medium really, I can't recommend enough having a "test" sheet that you do both before and during a traditional piece. It allows you try out different medium combos, see what shade your gouache will dry into, and catch any issues before it ends up on your artwork. I often see artists being encouraged to just Bob Ross their way through a piece, the idea being that you'll just have happy little accidents that you'll naturally work into the piece - maybe, but you'll also possibly irreversibly wreck your hard work and have to start again. I don't know, I'm just a methodical person I guess, but seeing someone just directly apply something to the page when they're not sure what it's going to do makes me wince - no two art supplies are the same! All of those paints and pens have different chemical makeups, there's an unlimited number of ways what you're using could interact, good or bad.
Since it's already there, I usually reuse one of the leftover failsons from the process of making the wash background, then test everything on top of that. That way you can see exactly what shade the paint will dry on top of whatever colour the background is:

Doesn't need to look good, nobody sees it (usually) and you can also test the thickness of your brushstrokes while you're at it.
Anyway, I hope this helps!
#might have geeked out a little too much about art supplies but hopefully it's helpful :'D#I will be posting a process video of this WIP soon though which I hope will also give people some tips!#art help#art tips#art reference#asks
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#she's an icon she's a legend#get it grandma#black butler#kuroshitsuji#text post meme#a meme a day keeps the pain away#ciel phantomhive#claudia phantomhive#cloudia phantomhive#claudiataker#undertaker x claudia#undertaker x cloudia#i like to imagine sebastian is inwardly geeking over this hot goss#like come on you're telling me that man has not put together that undertaker was porking ciel's nana???#a brick to the head is about as subtle as the clues
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How to Archive VODs and Clips
Whether you want to download VODs and/or clips for your own records or because you’d like to share them online, knowing how to archive things is handy, especially when so many streams become lost media once they’re deleted off Twitch and/or YouTube.
Here are a few programs that I use for Royal Archivist!
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Of all the programs on this list, my personal favorites / the ones I most strongly recommend are Cobalt and Twitch Downloader! (When all else fails, OBS is also a good backup).
Cobalt
Cobalt has gained a lot of popularity the past few months, and for good reason! It's a very reliable, extremely user-friendly website that lets you save videos in MP4 formats, convert them into MP3 formats, or video-only without sound.
Cobalt is currently compatible with: BlueSky, Dailymotion, Facebook, Instagram, Loom, OK, Pinterest, Reddit, RuTube, SnapChat, SoundCloud, Streamable, TikTok, Tumblr, Twitch, Twitter, Vimeo, VK, Xiohongshu, and YouTube.
Twitch’s built-in download feature
If you’re downloading your own clip, this is the easiest method to use
First, navigate to your clips page.
To do this, click on your Twitch icon and go to “Creator Dashboard.” There will be a row of icons on your left - click the fifth button from the top (the one above the settings icon) and click on the link that says “Clips.”
At the top of the page, click on “Clips I’ve Created” and you should see a list of every clip you’ve ever made (regardless of whether or not you’ve published them, the clips are there!)
If you're having trouble, you can also type: https://dashboard.twitch.tv/u/ YOUR USERNAME HERE /clips/created
Click on the share button, and the list shown in the photo below will pop up.
After you click on the “Download” button (for landscape or portrait), a new tab will open up with the clip (which will autoplay, so heads up if you have your volume turned up high!)
Right click on the video and click “Save Video As”
That’s all there is to it! Please keep in mind that Twitch’s download function only works for clips you’ve made! You cannot use it to download VODs, or other people’s clips.
Twitch Downloader
Twitch Downloader is by far the BEST Twitch download program I have ever used. I’ve used several different ones, some which have broken because of Twitch’s updates, others which have fallen into disrepair because their creator no longer updates the program, but this one has been working consistently for me for a little over a year now. I’ve kept it very close to my chest because I’m terrified it’ll stop working one day, but it’s better to share resources than horde them out of fear.
Pros:
HD quality for all downloads! Whatever quality the stream was, that’s the quality the download will be (unless you adjust anything in the settings).
The best feature of this program is you can adjust how much you want to clip! Only want a 30 second clip from a 6 hour VOD? You can specify the section you want to download so long as you know the timestamps where you want the clip to start and where you want it to end.
You can download entire VODs.
When saving the file, it will automatically enter the original name of the stream and the stream date. (You can change this, but it’s very handy when you’re downloading an entire VOD and not a section of one).
It will automatically prompt you to update it when a new version has been released. (You do have the option to opt out of this, if you want).
There are a lot of other features available, however, I’ve never tried any of them so I can’t say how well they work. The Github page has a lot of examples and a Q&A section though, so check that out if you’re curious!
On the rare occasion that the program encounters issues, it's easy to use a past version, and the creators are quick to release new updates that resolve any problems. As of today (February 21, 2025) the latest version is currently 1.55.2, which updated last week.
Cons:
Sometimes when you click “Get Info” it won’t immediately load the VOD. This is pretty easy to solve by just restarting the program, so it’s not a huge issue imo.
You can’t preview clips before you download them, so you need to know the exact timestamps you want.
You can’t download VODs that are privated or no longer on Twitch.
How to use:
Download Twitch Downloader from Github and install the version that works for your computer. (In this case, I would download the GUI Windows-x64.zip version. Make sure you’re downloading the GUI version if you want a user-friendly version of this program).
Enter the URL of the VOD you’d like to download.
You can adjust the quality of the video and the length. If nothing is specified in the “Crop Video” section, it will download the entire VOD.
Once you’re ready, click the “Download” button and you’re good to go!
Open Video Downloader
If you’ve ever wanted to download any kind of video, I’m sure you’ve heard of Youtube-dl. There are different versions of this program, but some of them are a bit finicky and if things stop working, it can be difficult and frustrating trying to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it — which is why I recommend this program.
Open Video Downloader, aka youtube-dl-gui, is one of the best video downloaders I’ve ever used. It’s basically Youtube-dl with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that makes the program very easy for anyone to use.
Pros:
No coding knowledge required! VERY user-friendly.
The creator fixes user issues very quickly! Whenever the program experiences a problem, a new update is released within 24 hours.
It can download videos from pretty much all major social media platforms, including Youtube, Twitter, Tumblr, Twitch clips, Instagram, and more.
Cons:
You can’t adjust the length of what you want to download. If you want to download a 2 minute section from a 5 hour Youtube VOD, you’ll have to download the entire video.
On rare occasions, I’ve had issues where it cannot download an unlisted Youtube video. There are sometimes ways to get around this, but it’s a pain and usually not worth the effort.
How to use it:
Download the latest version of the program from GitHub. Scroll all the way down to “Assets” and select the version that’s right for your computer. (For example, I use Windows, so I would download the .exe file).
Once you’ve installed it, you can start downloading things! For this example, let’s say I want to download Quackity’s “Welcome to the QSMP” video. All I need to do is copy the link and paste it into the white box at the top of the program.
Once that’s done, you should see the video pop up in your download queue. You can queue multiple videos to download at once (you can also download entire playlists too). When you’re ready, click the green download button on the bottom right (as shown in the picture below) or if you only want to download one specific video from your queue, click the download button (circled in red) next to the video.
You can adjust the quality of the video you want to download, and in theory you can choose whether to download just the audio or just the video of a video, but personally that’s never worked for me. That might just be a me issue though.
If you’d like to change where your videos are saved to, click the Folder button (circled in yellow) and choose a download destination. If nothing is chosen, it will default to your Downloads folder.
There are ways you can customize this program, but like I said earlier, this program is very very easy to use and does not require any tinkering whatsoever. You open it, download what you want, then close it. Nice and simple!
Other Recommendations
OBS is a good backup when all else fails! I have to use OBS pretty frequently for YouTube VODs, since there aren't a lot of tools that let you clip parts of a YouTube video (and I'd rather not download an entire 7 hour long VOD for a 30 second clip). There are already a lot of good tutorials out there explaining how to use OBS, so I recommend poking around and seeing what works best for you. If you're new to video downloading / archiving things, I'd still recommend starting with some of the tools I mentioned above first.
I’d recommend making a folder on your computer for clips. I find it very helpful to name all my files with this method: [Stream date] Streamer name - Something that helps me remember what this clip is about / something that will help me find it later, or a quote.
Example: [2-6-24] Mike - I hate capitalism
If you’ve got a significant amount of clips on your computer, I’d recommend backing them up and/or saving them to an external harddrive!
That’s about it! I apologize if I’ve missed any steps, but hopefully everything is more or less easy enough for folks to understand! I’m someone who does not like downloading random programs onto my computer and I’m very paranoid about cyber security, but I’ve used these programs for over a year now, and they’re very reliable and trustworthy. 10/10, I recommend both of them.
Lastly: if anyone has a recommendation for good Youtube clip downloaders, please let me know! I haven’t found any good programs that let me specify how much of a Youtube video I’d like to download, and I am suffering. Help your friendly neighborhood Archivist so I can share more clips from the early days of QSMP.
#Twitch#Resources#FAQ#This post is brought to you by me teaching my coworker about Cobalt today#Coworker: Wow this is amazing! How did you learn all this stuff?#Me: I edit a lot of goofy gay cubito clips ∠( ᐛ 」∠)_#I didn't tell her that but I'm pretty honest about my fandom hobbies when people ask me directly lol#I've put so many sideblog shenanigan things on my resume#I ran a character design blog for like... 5 - 7 years or so?#and I still have stuff from that in my portfolio#Literally any ''silly'' fandom thing you do can be used for your resume#You just need to know how to phrase it#It was very funny when one of my past bosses looked me dead in the eye and said ''You're kind of a nerd aren't you?''#It made me laugh#I'm more of a geek than a nerd but I wear both titles proudly#Anyways that's your RA fun fact of the day#I've posted this before (as an addition to one of Bell's posts) but that one's a tiny bit out of date now#So here's a (slightly) more updated version
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NEVER kill yourself
#YEAAAAAHHHHHHHH#YEEEHSHSHHSHSHHSHSHN#FUCK YESSSSSSSSS#YAYAYYAYAYYAYAYAYYAYYYYAYAYYAYAYAY#IM SORRY I MEANT TO POST SOMETHING NOT BLUE THEN BOOM RELEASE YEAR#IM GEEKING#hornet#hk hornet#silksong#hollow knight silksong#hollow knight#silksong fanart#silksong news#mine#digital art#artists on tumblr
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you screamed and your mother loved you. you cried and your mother loved you. you failed and your mother loved you.
#this is kinda deathberry/post ashfur death shoved into one for appearance purposes#but bothof those scenarios were ones were hollyleaf was geeking and leafpool was just like. fuck man alright#OH and the idea was that hollyleaf chose to fuck her life up but by doing so she stained others lives around her#like her mothers#warrior cats#hollyleaf#leafpool#wc#wc art#warriors#digital art#warrior cats fanart#my art#andy mews
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I love Cody I love Cody I love Cody I love Cody I love Cody I love Cody I love Cody I. Love. Cody.!
#everytime he's on screen i geek#hes my schnookums#hes a good man that cody#this post is sponsored by the lil obi wan in my brain#star wars#the clone wars#commander cody#my boyyy#clone troopers#sw tcw#star wars fandom#212th attack battalion#obi wan kenobi#codywan
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Nerds can fucking GET IT. And by 'it' I mean this pussy. ♡
#txt post#text#nerd rants#hot nerd#nerd stuff#nerd shit#nerds#anime nerd#nerdy boy#geeks#awkward nerds
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Persecution Complex, or: "Just You, Me, And The Weight Of Your Dead Girlfriend Between Us"
#reanimator#reanimator 1985#herbert west#dan cain#danbert#bride of reanimator#my art#this is the only comic piece from my zine im gonna post here i think. im trying to show SOME self restraint.#but im too geeked abt how this one turned out... want to share The Vision#i may get scared and delete. im shy abt my comic writing. but.#have an early installation in the Gay Herbert West Character Study ive been drawing all year.#shoutout to tumblr auto cropping longer posts now. so i at least dont feel inconsiderate formatting this vertically lol.
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OK EVERYONE STOP BC THIS DANCE DOUBLE D AND EDDY DO HERE IS SO FUCKING CUTE THAT YOU ARE GONNA APPRECIATE IT
#ed edd n eddy#eene#eene eddy#eene edd#eene double d#eddeddy#eddxeddy#animated gif#filler post#nuttiebun#no i won’t stop geeking out about this ship bc i fucking love it sm
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Why does Wolverine just have multiple pictures of Jean and Scott in the original cartoon? All he ends up doing is lying in his bed looking at them sadly, like he wants them to be a polycule so bad
#like the pictures don’t even have him there with them#so he just has multiple ones of them??? for no reason???#also when he leaves Scott can’t stop bringing him up#let’s see if I piss off any geeks with this post lol#hopefully not#x men#x men cartoon#scott summers#cyclops#jean grey#logan howlett#wolverine#scogean
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