#making progress

[wickedwonderlandd]

Don't mind my scraggly beard but my things were poppin so 💁

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I'M TALKIN' ABOUT MAKING PROGRESS #2 Cynthia and Nancy: Friendship development

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies - S01E03 // S01E05 // S01E06

[thegaydisneytech]

Suck on the titty?

[spoiledmilks]

God he's such a loser lmao

[safe-haven-safe-place]

[languageboutique]

[lgrif65]

The Making Process: Merle Ambrose Cosplay

The making process:

I first bought the supplies for the project such as fabric, ribbon, felt, air dry clay, glue, etc. I luckily had some materials already such as paint. I then found a pattern for the robe on Etsy. It cost some money but was worth it. My mum helped me sew everything together such as the robe, sash and hat. I then added the star details to the hat and robe. At the same time, I made the staff using an old broomstick. I shaped some foil into the top part of the staff, then covered it in clay and added details. I used a Christmas bauble and fishing line for the floating orb on the staff. I then added painted details on the robe, hat and staff. I made the beard by sewing a wig to a costume beard to make it fuller and long enough. I then shaped it using scissors and hair gel. The monocle was a last minute edition. It was made using a cardboard ribbon roll, clay and paint. I got it to stay on my face using wire that was tucked under the wizard hat. There are a couple of changes I would make to the whole cosplay but overall I was really happy with how it turned out. It was so fun to wear and I am hoping to wear it to more conventions in future.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[ghostytoast]

did a small bit of line art to get the juices flowing!!! it also helps outline what Dels' room looks like

original sketch by GraWolfQuinn, of course

i seriously don't see what anyone found creepy about Mr. Goofball McPancakes here in the 80's. crazy

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I'M TALKIN' ABOUT MAKING PROGRESS #1 Richie Valdovinos: Character development

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies - S01E02 // S01E05

[chrisrin]

o(-( this shot is going to be the death of me (wip)

[fallenlightsif]

Progress update from this weekend!

✨ Writing is almost finished! I’m planning to wrap it up by Friday, beta over the weekend, and hopefully have the update posted to Patreon on Monday (6/27/23)! Public release date will be announced afterwards.

This will be the second half of chapter one! It gets into the thick of the quest in Myrine and we meet a few new characters in the process. In total so far it has added about 45,000 words, but I’m also not done yet lol.

✏️ I only have a few commissions until i'm caught up, then l'll begin working on the new wave of Wraith & Fae tier commissions.

🌶️ It also looks like Theo (from @disenchantedif) is gonna win the first spicy side story poll! The poll will be up until tonight at 10pm EST so there is still time to vote. The story (1500-2000 words) will be posted for Wraith tier and up either tomorrow or the day after.

🖤 As for the Patreon jealousy side stories, I have done Florian, E, and Ilaria. Next up is Marcella and Dimitri!

[wrenwrabbit]

this was supposed to be an exercise in perspective but the discord made me put them in a trenchcoat :3

[safe-haven-safe-place]

[starberrywander]

This might be a controversial opinion but I think most of my fellow progressives need to hear this:

You NEED to stop attacking conservatives, because all of your hostility only feeds into their “The left is full of prideful/hypocritical/irrational/etc assholes” rhetoric and is a major tool used by far-right propagandists to manipulate good people into hateful and dangerous ideas. Your hostility is contributing to far-right radicalization just as much, if not more, than the content put out by hate campaigns and extremists. 

I have seen it plenty of times both in my own life and online. Conservatives frequently talk about how hostile “the left” behaves and it forms a basis for a lot of their unsavory ideals. 

As someone who lives in a very conservative region of one of the most red states in the US, most of the people I know in person are conservative or at least conservative-leaning, especially in my family. But, you would be surprised just how many of them express agreement with progressive ideals either without realizing or while refusing to better understand them simply because they see progressives as hostile and unwelcoming. Like, I have no doubt in my mind that many of these people would happily and enthusiastically join even some of the most progressive social movements if they hadn’t had such a horrible impression of progressives painted to them. Many have experiences with being attacked, harassed, and called names for trying to express their concerns and opinions in progressive spaces. Many more have also seen that same scenario play out many times to other people who they respect or care for. If you don’t believe me, let me give you a prominent example from my life:

My grandmother is very conservative. Like, watches (or at least used to watch) fox news on a regular basis and refers to herself as “Super MAGA.” However, despite very explicitly aligning herself with the right-leaning conservative crowd and often making comments (mostly out of ignorance not maliciousness, I’ve learned) that would probably set a good number of y’all into rage mode, when individual issues are discussed in good faith she often takes a more progressive position. Of course there are exceptions, especially because she has been exposing herself to a lot of right-wing propaganda and definitely has been influenced by some hate campaigns, but she certainly doesn’t fit the stereotype and would absolutely be aligning herself with the left in a different situation. She is very supportive of LGBT people and, though she is a bit skeptical of things like gender reassignment surgery because of the things she gets told on facebook, she isn’t hateful toward trans people like many would probably assume. In fact all it took was a simple, calm explanation of my perspective for her to easily accept nonbinary identities (including, I think, neopronouns and xenogenders, though I haven’t heard anything from her specifically on those topics). She has even expressed that sentiment to other family members since then and I think it was well received.

Of course, there are certainly people who are too stubborn and prejudiced to even consider changing their mind, but they are a minority. Many of these people that get clocked as “bigots” are actually very kind-hearted people who were only ever able to have their genuine concerns heard or validated by people on the conservative right. They are the way they are because they were harassed or made to feel unwelcome in progressive spaces so they looked elsewhere for support and community. 

If you need more examples, here is just one of the many videos of people expressing this type of experience (this is also the video that made me realize that I should probably make a post to express this): 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3r01BruBok 

My point is that we need to be more compassionate. I don’t mean this in a moral purity way, you are absolutely justified in being upset at the types of prejudice and misinformation being spread around. I mean it in the way that your hostile and angry actions are only making the situation worse and you need to find a better outlet if we want to make progress toward convincing people to side with more progressive positions and stop voting in the kinds of people who are gonna push these discriminatory policies we’ve been seeing.

As much as we want to believe that we are rational and that enough statistics will change someone’s mind if they just listened, that is not the case. Humans are emotional beings. As much as we see ourselves as objective, we think emotionally. Even if we don’t realize it. If you attack people, even passive aggressively, you make them shut down. They stop listening. Because we are much more likely to listen to and care about the words of people who we have a positive impression of. People remember emotions far more than any words, and it doesn’t matter how correct you are or how much proof you have, if you come at people with hostility and anger that attack and the emotions associated with it are the only things that are going to stick. They aren’t going to remember your statistics. They aren’t going to remember your facts. They’re going to remember how you harassed them and called them names. They’re going to remember how you demanded they adopt your beliefs without listening to theirs.

I don’t care how much you wanna scream, its not going to help anything. All people will remember is how you made them feel. We only care about statistics and facts when we care about the subject, because that’s just how humans are. You may find some exceptions, but they are few and far between and you shouldn’t rely on their existence. You need to be kind. You need to be compassionate. 

If you need to say something to vent say it privately. Write it down then make a wish and delete it like you’re blowing out the candles on a birthday cake. Keep a journal of all your rants and frustrations. Just keep them out of public spaces, for fucks sake. They are not helpful. You can edit them to be kinder, but please stop with the hostile posts. You are making it worse and the only benefit it serves is an ego boost from “dunking on the dummy conservatives.” You don’t need to say everything that comes to your mind. I know I’ve done this before too so I can sympathize but its really time we all start being more intentional with the ways we react to people.

Stop calling people names. Stop accusing people of things (even if they are. It achieves nothing.) Stop telling people to shut up. If they something particularly nasty just report and block them. If its real life just try to go somewhere else or ask them to stop or something. Like, you can absolutely attempt to explain why there is an issue with it, why you are uncomfortable with it, and why you will not accept it. But for goodness sake please do it respectfully. Even if you don’t think the person deserves respect, being hostile only makes things worse. Find a different way to express your anger. 

Yes, there will be people who won’t listen. Yes, there will still be people who paint you as irrational for being concerned or for caring about certain issues (that’s gaslighting, don’t let it get to you. Call it out if you need to.) You can’t change that. You can’t force people to change their minds. What you can do is control yourself and practice some patience. 

It is extremely important that we promote acceptance and fight against far right extremist radicalization. Especially now, when people are getting more extreme in their views and feeling emboldened to discriminate more openly. We need to get more people away from the conservative rabbit hole and we cannot do that if your immediate reaction is to attack them for disagreeing with you. People are the products of their experiences and their communities. People join communities that make them feel accepted and validated. If you harass people, its just going to make them want to join the other “enemy” community who will show them sympathy for the hurt you caused. I don’t care how much you don’t think they deserve it. I don’t care how much you feel justified. I don’t care how nasty they are being. You need to treat people with respect and compassion if you want them to agree with you on any level.

 I will probably be talking about this more in the future so I’m gonna make a hashtag to keep it all in the same place. 

“Progressives please chill and find a more productive approach for fucks sake”

#ppcafampaffs

[thanager]

List of foods I’ve tried for the first time recently:

Kiwi (liked)

Mango (disliked)

Pear (liked the taste, disliked the texture)

Blackberry (liked)

Celery (liked)

Foods I’d like to try in the future:

Asparagus

Mango, again, but make sure they’re ripe this time

Broccoli

Peach

Raspberry

Blueberry

Zucchini

Cucumber