#middleground

[eulaliasims]

I decided to makeover their living room. Why? Idk. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Wanted a warmer vibe and leaned into the bohemian look a little. Feels cozier now!

Marzipan: THIS ARTISANALLY DISTRESSED VINTAGE TABLE IS UGLY. >:(

[akashballoo]

i need peaceee

[dmoonlight13]

Self governance trumps Discipline. Discipline implies a disregard for the self and an implication of punishment for behaviour that is not obeyed.

Self governance brings forward a state of “self authority”; as where Discipline requires shutting out certain parts of yourself in order to reach a goal or state of being. Self governance brings forward a state of self actualization, understanding and accepting all parts of your self. Including your shadow self and highest self in the picture.

Self governance means to acknowledge all of the parts of yourself and actively choose as the observer which parts you want to push energetically towards growing and which parts need to be transmuted through nurturing and care.

The words we use around our personal work is important.

[nexthlive]

Maroon 5 - Middle Ground (Official Music Video)

[splashpancake]

[unfoldingmoments]

Rich and poor people seek to understand each other

Below are some transcript from the YT video link above.

"Money is power."

Do you feel like money is power?

Yeah, and I've seen it.

In what way?

In the illegal ways.

I've seen it too.

It does, it works.

It is manifested power.

Is there a higher power, is there a higher spiritual level? Certainly, but in the level that we operate in,

yeah, I mean if you want to get something done

you need some sort of financial backing, you know, generally speaking.

Money is energy.

That's all it is. So in form it is power.

It's power to be used in a good way, or power to be used in a bad way.

Money will only amplify who you are as a person to a larger extent.

If you're a douchebag, you're gonna be a bigger douchebag. (Laughter)

If you're a sweetheart of a person, giving, you're gonna become more of a giving human being.

That's all that money is gonna do.

Might be a good idea to go talk to Gandhi. (Laughter)

Or maybe you want to talk to Mother Teresa.

The thing about power is, you speak something and it occurs.

Do you speak something, and does it happen,

and if you've got money, or if you don't have money,

basically the bottom line is, what is my purpose in life?

And am I — Boom! — having it happen?

All you got to do is look at somebody's life.

You can look at people's auras, all of us have a certain aura. It's real obvious.

And you know whether you're making a difference or not. You can't fool anybody.

"I am satisfied with how much money I have right now."

Once you attain financial security, and I said this earlier,

it's just excess for me.

I'm 31, I probably reached financial security when I was like..

...21, ten years ago.

Self-made, no daddy, no mommy, nobody.

And I was very fortunate

to recognize what success means,

the responsibility of success, and also what I want out of life.

Money doesn't motivate me anymore.

I didn't come here today to show off that I have money.

I came here because hopefully I'll learn something that I didn't know yesterday,

and that I also could hope to maybe influence someone that didn't know something, the same.

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Being wealthy is having no wants. 

The innate problems of wanting more. 

It’s like you can say about drugs.  (Snifs want another line)

You can say about womanizer. You want another girl.

You can say it about anything that you have an obsession for, an abundance of, right? 

It will never be enough, the feeling you have will never go away, & anxiety it will bring you in your life will never make you happy. 

You’re gonna worn out & that’s a danger. 

The most important thing in life is love. How much do you love at the end of your life compared to the beginnings? 

[finzphoenix]

"I would have you by my side in Menzoberranzan."

Minthara and Kalius sharing an intimate moment above the lights of Menzoberranzan city, commissioned by @ilikedetectives!🖤🤍 Their inwoven braids representing the bond of marriage; symbolising memories, fate, and someone's personality/essence.

Kalius, OC © ilikedetectives

Minthara © Larian Studios

Art © FinzPhoenix

[muchmossymess]

uh oh guys, hot take alert:

i think revali may have invented hand held aerial archery HEAR ME OUT- (this is a long one boys)

okay. evidence one: why the fuck would a rito shoot like that. like, it makes nearly zero sense, it would be such a hindrance to their flight and their main stake is that they can be higher than you can shoot whilst still pinging you... which revali has overcome with his gale

evidence two: tulin and the concept arts. obviously rito style archery would be held in their talons. before totk came out idk if anyone had really thought about it too much, but the developers had, as you can see in concept art (from the creating a champion book). and like, its logical, powerful, and allows for peak maneuverability. also, when in flight revali (and teba) holds his bow in his talons before switching to his wings. surely its easier to keep it in your wing (obvi ignoring the effects to flight but hes doing that anyway firing the damn thing) rather than switch back and forth- unless you were taught that way, because why would you hold it elsewhere, you need it in your talons to shoot.

evidence three: we dont see any other rito do it (...kind of). throughout botw and totk, we never see another rito flying with a bow in their hands. in totk, its mostly tulin, who holds it in his talons, but in botw the big one is teba. during the medoh quest, he actually gives *link* his bow, and therefore does no shooting in the sky. teba and harth had both tried to take on medoh before, but we never see this, and while they holds their bows in their hands *on the ground,* we dont see it.

...except for aoc (uh, spoilers?). there are two times we see a rito other than revali hold their bow in their hand for aerial archery. but it is not with any rito soldiers, either during cutscenes (the bows are only on their backs) or gameplay (they swoop down, and then hand hold bows on ground. they arent seen flying at all but thats prolly for the same reasons as botw: its very hard to code that (and so they write the lore around that fact)). the first time we actually see another rito do this, we dont see it. Its teba, as he comes thru the portal, but all we see is the arrow shot, and then him freeze frame with the bow in one wing. we dont see the bow in his hand for the rest of the fight. the second time we actually see him fighting like this, it *is* in the air, but its noticeably different to revali.

hes a lot slower, it clearly takes a LOT more effort to shoot the bow, and he only pulls off one arrow at a time. its canon that revalis bow is heavier/harder to draw, and he manages to effortlessly stream arrows whilst fucking floating midair. i think teba, forever a revali fanboy, heard of how the champion mastered his own style of archery and sought to teach himself, but lacked one key thing: revalis mastery of wind.

evidence three point five: revali could easily use his powers to hold him in the air longer/slow his descent long enough for him to fire his shots. it makes sense, really. if he can use his gale to propel him, he can sit on the updraft for a hot sec, or even curve the path to carry him along while he lines up the shot. this would mean he wouldnt need to flap as much as other rito, who would obviously need to keep flying

evidence four: revalis fighting style and his needs. revali works with non rito, obviously. he needs to be able to communicate with them on the battlefield, and they wont understand the muffled chirps if he holds his string in his beak, so he needs his mouth free to speak hylian. also, revalis main tactic is fly up with gale, shoot, fall, either shoot more or use velocity and weight to knock around opponents, and then fly back up. he often needs both feet planted firmly on the ground to get a good hold of his gale, something that is harder to do if you have a bow in the way.

also, take for example the kick he delivers link in their fight (aoc). that would possibly damage the bow, or give the opponent a chance to grab his weapon, if he held it in his talons. and to switch from feet to back is a risky maneuver during freefall, and could lose precious seconds, and then when you get back in the air you need to get it off your back again. its much easier to keep the bow loosely in your wing the whole time, meaning your free to attack melee, land and rise all while not wasting a single moment getting your next shot lined up.

so yeah, i think the rito used the talon grip for aerial archery, and would often use the hand held method on the ground for a variety of reasons (more powerful shots?, easier in some situations like hunting), but revali was perhaps the first to use hand held aerial, another reason he was one of the greatest archers ever.

[eulaliasims]

y'all don't know how much trouble I've had trying to find cute winter outfits for Harper. I can't wait to put her in so many cute spring clothes. 🌸

[amndees]

yes u nailed the vibes and funnily enough that's where the idea for the fusion came from their golden aura. But yeah thanks a bunch she looks so pretty absolutely love the design! NGL if u want I'd love to see that more Bill like verison. And quick question if Teruhashi and Bill Cipher really did fuse together what would the fusions personality would be?

i’m glad u liked it!! here’s the alt version- the details are just a bit different and the colors are a bit more cooled down

personality wise, i think that she’d be a lot more outwardly confident and loud in speaking her mind. very charming and very smart. still knows she’s beautiful and uses it to her advantage but doesn’t really pretend she doesn’t know about it, you know?

[optiwashere]

I have a lot of (mostly negative) thoughts about Wattpad, but everything that's happening over there w/r/t another fandom purge is why AO3 exists in the first place. It's sad to watch another cycle of queer and sexual art get removed because of Corporate Values, regardless of my personal opinions.

Everyone unfamiliar should do their Fanlore homework on Purges, starting with the infamous FFN purges.

[vincentpriceofficial]

I can’t get over that loumand scene from episode 5. I remember being like “aw how nice Louis sees when he has an important boundary and doesn’t push it” meanwhile that was exactly the thing that sent Armand into a murder spiral

[anakirui]

tired of people talking about kashika as if it's all just metaphorical and not that akito was ever suicidal when it's actually Both .

[lesboygamzee]

[rontra]

im at a loss for words just trust and believe

[invasionaugems]

Hey, Steven! Does your dad not live with you and your mom?

poor steven

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