#just a small and frustrating part

[thecoffeetragedy]

I should read the ronan/dreamer trilogy because I care a lot about adam parrish but tbh I probably won’t because I only care about adam parrish

[kindaasrikal]

Do you think Cole used to help Nya with feeling comfortable in her own skin again and feeling flesh and bones, as well as acting alive again, whilst also helping her keep her form and be more conscious and sure of it after merging with the sea, simply because he gets it?

Ghost Cole you will not be forgotten.

[fromtheseventhhell]

One major factor missing from most debates on Arya and Lyanna's beauty is that they're being judged by their society's extremely patriarchal values. In both looks and personality, that context is essential to understanding how others perceive them. George explores the misogyny experienced by non-conforming women, especially with Arya, and it's interesting how he plays with that regarding their physical beauty.

Her mother used to say she could be pretty if she would just wash and brush her hair and take more care with her dress, the way her sister did. (The Blind Girl, ADWD) "You never knew Lyanna as I did, Robert," Ned told him. "You saw her beauty, but not the iron underneath. She would have told you that you have no business in the melee." (Eddard VII, AGOT)

These two quotes offer a nice summation of this idea. With Arya, her supposed lack of beauty is defined by her being a non-conforming wild child. Her hair is messy, her face is dirty, and she's often in "lower class" clothing while engaging in unladylike activities. None of this says anything about her physical beauty but it tells us everything about how she's perceived. Arya could be pretty...If she conforms to society's standards for a highborn Lady. With Lyanna, however, we get the opposite. Where Arya is judged based on her personality, Robert's romanticization of Lyanna is rooted solely in her looks. He doesn't know anything about the person she really was. There is an assumption that, because she looked a certain way, her personality must fit and Robert imagines her much softer and more passive than she actually was.

That Arya isn't pretty or Lyanna wasn't wild are two perceptions that George specifically pushes back against. This is where people miss the brilliance of them being linked as literary mirrors; it is largely about us learning more about Lyanna, but it touches on more than that. The significance of them being written as wild, willful, and with their own beauty is that George isn't writing his female characters around patriarchal expectations. When people debate their beauty, that's often the trapping they fall into. Beauty and non-conformity are treated as mutually exclusive factors when the story itself never makes that point; this is also the logic that leads people to the (incorrect) conclusion that Lyanna and Arya aren't meant to be similar. Arya's self-esteem issues around her looks and being a Lady make this a topic certain to be addressed in the future; George has made it a part of the story. The conclusion shouldn't be that "looks don't matter", but that looks aren't indicative of a character's value, personality, or morality.

[rosewilsonravager]

Welp. So much for Allwinter Rose not being a villain.

[vegetablewithapencil49]

JUST REALIZED A WHILE AGO THAT I'VE NEVER FULLY DRAWN THE FAN DESIGN I MADE FOR SQUID

Yeah he is not really excited about this like bro stop looking at me like that [joke]. Okay time to yap about how I landed on this design specifically. My Squid fan-design went through a few iterations [most of them stuck to rot in my brain because they low-key suck] I was debating for a while whether he should have two legs or four and decided on four, he went from having a Howie coat, a long coat [which that design was actually drawn albeit literally just for a crappost] to the current trench coat. I was also debating whether his head should be just a regular screen or a hologram.

When I was designing Squid's body, I made these mental notes:

It should give off cartoon villain vibes [specifically the kind that uses some cool looking evil technology or similar stuff.]

Must have some sort of squid-like features, even if they're kinda vague.

This one is later on, but there should also be some military vibes sprinkled on.

This is also later on, there should be yellow accents because of the game's color palette on the first chapter.

NO broken heart imagery [don't worry, just a personal pet peeve of mine cuz I don't think Squid will design a body and even consider that but you do you]

[inga-don-studio]

Nothing like suddenly getting possessed to make a whole flippin' mask/character two flippin' days before an event o.O

With luck this will be the start of a Greenman-inspired Renaissance Faire character. I don't have time to do more than a glorified kit-bash (i.e. no sculpting), so I sliced the face off a plastic blucky skeleton I'd already scavenged parts from for other projects. I attached it to a worbla backing, added a scrim of translucent fabric, and painted the hell out of it to give it a nice 'buried for a while' patina. Part of the plastic skull that it was cut from is sitting beside it for comparison, and I'm pretty proud of the transformation.

I still have a lot left to do tonight and tomorrow is Faire, so here's hoping this doesn't turn into a dumpster fire in the next few hours.

[spectrearia]

for as much as i keep reblogging posts about writing and my personal thoughts on it (eg: going on about how i gotta just write what i want and have fun etc), it's incredible that i haven't been able to lay a single word down in any WIP doc for so long now

[daz4i]

i feel like. ppl tend to take "mori isn't as bad as fanon makes him" - a very true statement - and run just a bit too far with it, and end up ignoring the bad shit he HAS done. i'm not even talking abt the pedo stuff or even killing ppl (mostly bc i don't see ppl actually ignoring those) like genuinely just. the manipulation the grooming the putting children in danger or captivity. he is literally a mafia boss ofc he'll do this sort of things. ik he can be goofy and fun but guys 😭 you're just removing his layers in the other direction c'mon

[bunnihearted]

📓🖊️🧸

[dutybcrne]

Kaeya is learned ambidextrous. He was originally left handed, but when his left hand became injured during his fight with Diluc, he learned to use his right until it healed. He considers it a blessing because now he can switch up which hand he writes with whenever one gets tired.

[nekrophoria]

Been bending backwards trying to make something I can post but nothing I make looks good enough for me >_>

[ghostsinthecellar]

so far today I've had 'real' breakfast (required cooking), started drying the last of yesterday's laundry, put all the display stuff back in the bookshelf that friend borrowed and returned, sorted out a couple of things neither of us want, put most of the tools and tape that were scattered into one container and put it where it goes in the laundry room, picked up the scattered trash in the back room, gathered all the change into one place (if not one container), and stacked up some cardboard to break down. :)

I still have a bunch of DVDs to put in the bottom of the shelf (for now) and a couple of large bins to empty and wipe out, another bag of laundry to dry, some things to haul upstairs, dishes to do, and some dirty laundry (low priority/intense wash stuff that's waiting for either a future laundry run or the magical arrival of a new washer) to sort so I can have my laundry baskets back but I'm doin pretty dang good today

[imflyingfish]

Its weird because i dont actually have much of a desire to move to france or use french reguarly in my life but at this point ive deadicated over a year to learning it so i might as well keep going and finish

[toastsnaffler]

sometimes I wish I was a more interesting + charismatic person just so I could keep conversations going bc I like sharing space with other ppl but they routinely lose all interest and leave once I run out of things to say/start talking abt things that don't concern them :-(

[warningstandbygo]

The great thing about being an Adult is that if you randomly get Extremely Overwhelmed by Existence, no one can stop you from going into your closet in your bedroom with your laptop, changing into a onesie, and sitting in the dark quiet enclosed space all by yourself (even though you're the only one here because your spouse isn't home from work yet).

[liddlediddy]

I just had a "conversation" (I use that word VERY lightly) with my mom about fatphobia that can be boiled down to:

Me (fat): "I feel bad for my friend (also fat) because no matter how much she diets & exercises (which is a lot) she's never gonna look like how she wants to look (skinny) because she's not built like that. It sucks that society demonizes fat people & prioritizes weight over health & that the healthiest person I know (friend) believes she's worthless"

Mom (fat as well and also fatphobic): "so you think that if I went to the doctor right now they'd tell me I was healthy?" (huh??????)