#i'm ... not super happy about this tbh

[mister13eyond]

talking to a friend about getting back into art and i think the #1 most important piece of art advice i could ever get or give is just "figure out what is FUN to you"

like i think there is sooooo much emphasis on how to build SKILL in art but a lot of it really treats art like a job or like video game grinding, like it's this thankless job that you have to work at in order to reach a Threshold and i know it's not EASY to make yourself have fun but like

imo a solid 70% of the reason i create art is because the Act of Drawing is fun to me. it's fun problem-solving and planning and putting down lines and playing with colors and tools. it's fun to depict little scenes in my head or to create outfits or to find ways to fill the canvas. never forget that creating can be fun. sometimes it's hard and sometimes you have to battle through your own blockades to get there but the ultimate goal should always be to ENJOY it, to find what you enjoy doing and then do it forever. improvement will follow enjoyment.

i think especially with all the debate about ML image generation it's more important than ever to embrace FUN. if you're only focused on the end result it's so easy to get in your own head- to think about what doesn't look good or what skills you don't have yet or to compare yourself to other artists. but photography didn't kill the art of drawing and AI won't either because, simply put, there will always be people who want to do the physical act of making art because it's fun to do! using paints and markers, splashing colors around, doing shitty pen doodles, using the symmetry tool in your art program to do abstract mandalas that are just squiggles formed into patterns. do art like you're 5 and you've been handed markers to pass the time. do art like you're bored in class and you're keeping your brain entertained by drawing stick figure comics in the margins. do art like an absent thing, do art because it satisfies your brain. the goal is not to make something beautiful and perfect, the goal is to make something because your hands need to make and your body needs to make.

[slasherscream]

really wish people would read blog rules more, it makes running blogs like this very low reward and you feel like a machine if people aren't commenting and aren't even abiding by one of the, honestly, very few and politely phrased rules i even have

[dbphantom]

So those death flags on Roberto eh... Meryl is definitely using that derringer after he dies, right? It's her signature gun, there's no way she won't...

[my-fall-from-grace]

hey as my resident hockey mutual why did i just see a instagram reel of a woman throwing a (live??) octopus onto the rink??

haha that’s a detroit red wings tradition! not my team, which is why you haven’t seen me rb those videos before, but i ofc know some of the iconic story behind the "legend of the octopus":

it initially started as a playoffs tradition, if im not wrong, but now they throw it on the ice even for regular season games. it goes all the way back to 1952, when an nhl team would play two best of 7 series in the playoffs to win the stanley cup. since an octopus has 8 tentacles, it’s quite easy to see that 8 tentacles = number of playoff wins necessary to win the stanley cup in an ideal playoffs sweep. the tradition was initially started by the brothers cusimano, who owned a fish market and tossed the first-ever octopus on the ice during the last(?) game of the 1952 playoffs, which the red wings ultimately won, meaning they defeated the toronto maple leafs and the montreal canadiens both 4-0 and won the stanley cup in 8 straight games (the first time a team has done so in the playoffs!)

this quickly became a tradition for wings fans and the nhl banned the practice in the very next season in 1952 bc it was getting out of hand (but this ofc didn't stop fans lol). the tradition died down a little in the 70s/80s bc the wings were lowkey flopping, but it was revived in the 90s when they started getting better (hello, legendary wings 90s team with yzerman, fedorov, shanahan, lidstrom, etc. they won the stanley cup in 1997 and 98 i think and multiple conference championships! truly a legendary era for the wings) and has obviously persisted since then (esp in 2008 i think it was revived?). there are now specific, like, moves(?) or throwing etiquette in regards to how fans toss the octopus onto the ice, with i think twirling being one of them?

this tradition also inspired a couple “responses” by other teams, such as:

1. in the 2010 western conference semifinals between the detroit red wings and the san jose sharks, a sharks fan threw a small shark onto the ice with an octopus inside its mouth - the symbolism of which is quite clear i think lol

2. nashville predators fans now throw catfish onto the ice! it was started in 1999 during i think a regular season game(?) against the red wings and has persisted as a tradition!

3. and ofc my own nj devils: in the 1995 stanley cup finals of devils vs red wings, devils fans threw a lobster, a dead fish, and other things on the ice.

there have been more incidents ofc of hockey fans throwing live stuff on the ice, but that’s all i remember off the top of my head. detroit red wings are def the most popular (and long lasting!). this tradition also inspired their mascot, al the octopus! he was unofficial i think until roughly mid 90s, at which point they unveiled a large octopus prop in their home arena which is lifted above the ice during playoffs games. and since it now takes 16 games to win the stanley cup, there are TWO al the octopuses (octopi?) hanging above the ice. (but i'm p sure they still don't have a costumed mascot)

and that is the story of the red wings fan throwing octopuses on the ice during games! i hope this was accurate, but again, not a wings fan so i apologize for any mistakes lol

(also i think the record number of octupuses thrown on the ice during a game was like 35 ish? in 1995 or 96? which is crazy)

[doctorweebmd]

coming out of my baldurs gate 3 delirium (aka i am working a night shift and can't physically play it. at work.) to say that horikoshi. horikoshi when i GET YOU. you are NOT leaving izuku with no quirk and no arms. i am in your walls

[anemoflower]

I was at a convention / book fair yesterday and got myself some nice T.homa merch and a fanmade Wrio pin ;v; <3 (the artist also gifted me a little sticker)

My brother and I also bought a G.enshin lucky bag with more acrylic stands and a H.ilichurl Funko figure (he looks so silly I love him)

More rambling in the tags

[lunammoon]

Honestly sometimes I consider rewriting the second half of chapter one. It's not like BAD, but i don't feel like it's AS good, especially knowing what I know now about writing and how I've improved in the past nearly four years. And also little crumbs of foreshadowing. And I feel like Ten's reaction to Marion being frightened of him at first should've been different from what he was.

Also want I want to lowkey retcon the "Sky" remark

[nientedal]

I just saw ANOTHER post lamenting this change, so I'm just gonna say "fuck it" and make a how to do the thing post, and if I'm misunderstanding the outrage... lol, this is tumblr, I'm sure someone will tell me.

Currently, if you want to go to a post in the middle of a reblog thread, you have to click the empty space in what I call the reblog header. The reblog header is the space that holds a user's name and reblog details, and on desktop, it turns a different color when you move your cursor over it. It's this space:

It doesn't change colors on mobile, obviously, because no cursor, but I think tapping is a little more intuitive on mobile anyway and afaik this particular thing has been this way here for a while now...? Whatever. Anyway, that's how you get to a mid-thread reblog!

(I actually do kinda like this new setup. It's not perfect, it can be annoying if someone's URL is long or if I accidentally click "Follow" instead of the header space. But overall, the space to click into a prior reblog is bigger now and I like that. I don't think I'll have to worry as much about mouse precision or drowsy coordination issues, which is nice. Maybe I'll be able to use the desktop version more.)

However, this means that in order to see "prev tags," you apparently have to click into the notes view and scroll until you find them. That's annoying for those who want to see them, and I can't blame anyone for being irritated. If you're new here you may be surprised to learn "prev tags" is fairly recent, so my recommendation (if you're looking for an alternative) is to put the actual tags from the user you're reblogging from, instead. This was normal prior to the "prev tags" trend if you wanted to share tags without screenshotting them, and it seems like tumblr has made it super easy now. The mobile app now automatically suggests the previous tags, and on desktop, they show up in a dropdown when you click to tag your post. Personally, I like to put "<-borrowing your tags bc funny" or "<-stole your tags for truth" or something right after, so I don't feel like I'm taking credit for someone else's phrasing. But either way, it's handy for your followers to be able to read the tags you liked without having to click to a different blog.

I'm hoping this particular change will be seen as useful after the rocky adjustment period is over.

All this being said, I personally like these particular changes, but I wish Tumblr would not roll out changes as rapidly as they seem to be recently. Either change everything at the same time or give it a rest, holy shlamoly! I stopped using Facebook because it seemed like every time I opened it, something was different, and it became jarring and uncomfortable to try to use. I'm starting to have a similar feeling about tumblr, and I don't like it.

[new-lorien-artist]

When you were too passionate in the tags (and hit tag limit) that Tumblr starts breaking around you

[ialwaysknewyouwerepunk]

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[running-in-the-dark]

thoughts about Leverage: Redemption s02e05:

- Eliot's hair gets prettier throughout the episode and it makes me so happy (I still don't like the blond ends but it's whatever, at least it's long again). it's half up and he's sweaty and the ends start curling and it gets all messy and cute 🤤 and then they were mean and made it look 'nice' again. rude!

- emotional Eliot. sad Eliot. crying Eliot. Eliot hugging his friend 🥺

- Harry offering to go with Eliot to check his (not) dead friend's house, and Eliot thanking him for coming with him!! (I want them to be best friends okay, they're old and adorable and I need them to hug)

- I hated the scene with Parker belly dancing. not for any logical reason, nope, belly dancing is just a trigger for me (so I had to wait a while and then skip that scene)

- I loooved Harry trying to help Eliot and his friend. aww he's just a little lawyer boy, he doesn't know how to hit people, it's so cute 💖 (they need. to be. best friends! they need to go everywhere together. it's so cute. not as cute as him and Hardison but still very cute!) when it was revealed that the friend wasn't dead and it's this emotional moment and that hug and awww. annnd then Harry is standing there with his little backpack on like a kid just tagging along. I just love their dynamic lol

- Parker fell off that roof I think? I forgot. too many thoughts about Eliot's hair.

- seriously whyyyy does Parker have sound effects? I still don't get it. it's supposed to be funny right? but it's just irritating.

- Breanna's frog hat and earrings and shirt. she's so adorable 💖

- Eliot's arms in a t-shirt, thank you, that's just what I needed 💖 also Eliot and his friend having a nice romantic friendly dinner, candlelight and all, that's very cute (seriously come onnn let him kiss a guy already please I'm begging you)

[babacontainsmultitudes]

Wanted to offer you a Sparrow song for your playlist :D I’m Doing Push-Ups by bears in trees!! I hope you have a good weekend tehe <3 Can’t wait to hear about ur Hero Oak thoughts (if you feel like sharing them)

I started the song and I was like ":) oh what a pleasant little tune" and then it got to the lyrics and I was like "OH- OHHH" hahaha. ^_^ <3 <3 This is a super solid pick thank you! :0 I've been meaning to annotate that old Sparrow playlist post- but also I think I might make a new Sparrow playlist altogether cause I have so many songs for him that I didn't put in that first one hahaha.

As for Hero, admittedly I wouldn't have anything too coherent or organized to bring up at the moment! Her relationship with Norm has been on my mind (as you know), but I don't think I have any groundbreaking theory on the matter (yet heheheh).

Not that Hero hasn't otherwise been on my mind but- 😆that's mostly been in the form of things reasonably removed from canon. I guess I haven't really brought this up since my initial Swift-Foster-Oak-Garcia hc post (oh how far we've come!), but Hero and Taylor get up to a lot of fucking shenanigans in my head. The part that I mostly omitted (save for a tag or two) is that a lot of their shenanigans involve Lark one way or another! Mostly a lot of annoying the shit out of him cause they find it funny, and he's so reactive, which makes it funnier- but Lark is honestly kind of a big softie deep down as far as I'm concerned, so a lot of his grumpiness is just for show, Taylor grows on him over time, and it's the first time in his life that he actually starts to connect with Hero in a way that his heart wouldn't allow before this point.

Then there's the topic of her name hahaha- I love all the theories people have on the matter, but I remember particularly liking some of your takes actually!

👉👈 My own little headcanon for that topic is that Sparrow was in a pretty dark place prior to having Hero, and her coming into the world is ultimately what brought him out of that, so... That kinda made her *his* hero :) (but Lark doesn't know this and definitely thinks to this day that it was a passive aggressive jab at him over the whole "unsung hero" thing).

:0 I also think (still in purely headcanon territory lol) that when Sparrow named Hero he still had hope that the world could one day return to "normal" (i.e. how it was pre-Doodler), and hence was less afraid of his kid not being able to live a normal life. Like the others (perhaps especially Grant?), I think code purple and the betrayal of Nicky was kind of a slap in the face for Sparrow, and ultimately when a lot of those fears surfaced.

While I'm blabbering about very non-canon affairs, I also think her first words were a mispronounced "Hatsune Miku" and that this was entirely Nicky's fault LOL.

',:) But enough about me, I *know* you have a lot of Hero thoughts, and I would LOVE to hear them! If you needed an excuse to talk about them, this is it!!!

[one-black-rotary-phone]

I LOVE THIS BLOG SM ur like one of the only writers I’ve seen write tbp characters accurately! Half of them just write Finney as a shy super weak nerd and Robin as a flirty bad boy 😭 fav blog for sure

Thank you!!! To be honest I get worried about writing for the characters incorrectly, so I'm glad to hear I'm doing it right! Yeah, although Finney's quiet, he's more introverted than shy (unless you count Donna). Like, he can talk to people just fine, he just usually doesn't. And I don't feel like Robin is a lady's man (or a whoever's man. Idk). He may act kind of (?) flirty (AKA, arm around the shoulder), but he's not some rose-in-his-mouth-giving-you-a-bouquet guy. The arm stuff is because he's a bit insecure about it.

[evermorecountsastherapy]

y'all I just gave a (somewhat) random woman a ride across the city. on my own. free of charge. and didn't even think of any potential consequences. what the heckin heck

[swordsonnet]

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[lewishamiltonstuff]

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