I made a little guy
---
Update: his name is Scorching Ray and he has a sister named Burning Gaze!
See the family:
The Dragon Garden
Scorching Ray | Burning Gaze | Calm Air | Dancing Lights | Tireless Pursuit (soon) | ???
36K notes
·
View notes
And finally, more crochet! After I finished the rocky horror lips, I felt this vague urge to clear out patterns I'd acquired and never made, and when I looked at my ravelry stash, obviously shuttle the shongololo was the first thing to catch my eye. Yes, it was a free pattern, not money I'd spent going to waste, but come on. IRRESISTIBLE.
I did do some modifications on the fly, because it's written for dk yarn (and a lot of it), and i have very little dk, but SO much worsted, including the variegated stripe yarn I was absolutely determined to use for the body. I think I multiplied recommended hook size by 1.5 all over and just went for it! Checking the gauge? In THIS economy?? But it was a huge success, even though I VASTLY underestimated how much material it would take and despite intending to use up my stash, I had to re-up on supplies multiple times (between yarn, stuffing, and breaking my hook, it was like. seven trips). I must inform you that there's so much material in this thing that when I tossed it onto this bed, it rolled off the other side and sounded like a body hitting the floor. It's huge, and it's HEAVY.
But the results are undeniable! Holding two stands of multicolor yarn with the same gradient pattern and just making sure they never sync was SO cool. And the underbelly is a velvet yarn that's sooooo so soft, I love it so much. However, 132 legs. That was... unfortunate. But I'm a creature of fleeting memory! And when I recovered a little, I started thinking about the short pillbug version of the millipede, and I started thinking about my yarn leftovers, and, well, here we are. I used one strand of a different gradient yarn to mix it up a little, and also, to avoid even more shopping trips, but oh man. OH MAN. This pattern is something I probably won't do again, but it is very, VERY fantastic
2K notes
·
View notes
Finally it’s finished!
The Tree of Names/Fall of Avalir!
Big thanks to @eldritchblep for letting me use her art as inspiration & the entire cast of EXU for such an amazing story 💜💜
Pattern and cross-stitch by me~
Size: approx 11x16.5” on 18 count Aida
Stitch count: 58,500
Only thing I’m sad about is that the shiny portions don’t show up with in the photo.
1K notes
·
View notes
So Rise TMNT Duo names I've heard:
🟪Don & Leo🟦
Disaster twins
Midnight Duo
🟦Leo & Raph🟥
Magnetic Duo
Leader Duo
Switch Duo
Blue Raspberry
A-Team
🟧Mikey & Donnie🟪
PB&J Duo
Smarts and Crafts
B-Team
Sun & Science
🟦Leo & Mikey🟧
Baja Blast
Portal duo
Sun and eclipse
Sunrise Duo
Tidepods
Unicorn Bros
🟥Raph & Mikey🟧
Sunset Duo
🟪Don & Raph🟥
Brains and Brawn
Jampackets Duo
🟨April & Don🟪
Bannana Pancakes
DNA Duo
🟦Leo & April🟨
The gay agenda
Ikea Duo
🟧Mikey & April🟨
Orange Lemonade
Citrus Duo
🟥Raph & April🟨
Eldest Siblings
Pink Lemonade
🟥Raph & Cassandra🏒
Shred Red
Cherry Duo
🟦Leo Future Boy🔑
Father and Son
Sensei and Student
Edit: This is constantly updated with every Duo name that gets commented that I don't have in here.
516 notes
·
View notes
Satine Kryze should not be a sympathetic character.
A complex and tragic one? Sure. Every day of the week.
But she did not 'have a point', neither in-universe, not outside of the sw framework. She isn't a hero, neither of her own story, nor of someone else's. There is no way she wasn't a tool. You should not look at her and think 'this woman has done nothing wrong and what ultimately happened to Mandalore was to no part her fault'.
Because guys. Friends. Strangers on the interwebs.
Pacifism doesn't work.
And it certainly wouldn't have worked in motherfucking Star Wars – the 'wars' is literally in the title – for a system or series of systems who wanted to stay neutral.
YOU DON'T STAY NEUTRAL FOR LONG BY JUST SAYING 'YEAH, NO THANKS <3' TO A LARGE-SCALE CONFLICT.
source: I am Swiss, we've looked at this in history class. Extensively.
Satine was a dreamer (thanks Obi-Wan) who was allowed to keep her delusions because they actively benefitted Palpatine's plans. And that's something you can quote me on. There is literally no other reason (apart from supremely bad writing but we'll leave that aside here) for her and her little friends' 'Alliance of Neutral Systems' or whatever to be allowed to exist.
Not that they were neutral in any way, shape or form, by the way.
So yeah sorry to the Satine stans, but you're idolizing a character that was written exclusively and specifically for Obi-Wan's manpain and who, in-universe, was a supremely bad politician. Because the level of mental dissonace needed to factually be a Republic System, have a seat in the fucking Republic Senate, rely upon their military for aid while actively proclaiming that All Violence Is Bad And Barbaric one sentence later AND THEN CLAIM TO BE NEUTRAL IN THE WHOLE CONFLICT – it's just mind-blowing. Even moreso that people actually look at this character and see something aspirational in her.
Again, I'll gladly dissect her character any day of the week. She is fascinating because of all the implications her existence as a head of state carries with it, as well as her deeply complicated family history and her relation to mandalorian culture.
But it just grates on me personally that that all gets ignored in favor of her being some sort of icon of white american saviorism (bc that's literally what she is) and her objectively bad political takes being treated like they are the only correct stance to be taken during the Clone Wars/Mandalorian Civil Wars.
If you think pacifism works and actually lets you stay neutral, I desperately urge you to open a history book. Because those two are mutually exclusive. Especially in the scenario that Star Wars paints.
501 notes
·
View notes
school pictures came back... tell my son he's handsome.
1K notes
·
View notes
Can we see a role-reversal with Mikey and baby Donnie? No pressure if you don't want to.
Mikey gets VERY protective, especially since he now has a "younger" brother for once~ He always carries Donnie around in those silly little front baby pouch/pocket things :3
448 notes
·
View notes