#optimization efforts

[savagechickens]

Optimism Optimism.

[incogcheetah]

Athena, you beautiful optimist. Your family tried to beat it out of you, and at first you flew away so you didn't get hurt again. But meeting these two loyal and honorable to a fault mortals makes you persist, you ask for Odysseus's freedom anyway just so he can make it home to his son and wife, just so he can spend his remaining years with them.

[iirulancorrino]

The Green brothers are doing effective altruism better than maybe 95% of people who identify online as effective altruists.

[acevity]

Guys abstragedy has been on the mind non stop. I am Thinking Abiut Them. Hands you guys a small snippet of Something im trying to work on bc my mind is full of zooble thoughts

Zooble's uneven steps were soft, though they could've walked normally and Gangle wouldn't have noticed. Their hands smoothed against her shoulders, holding firm against the jump as her mask twisted to stare at them in startled confusion.

"Zooble? What's wrong?" Their wing flapped. Her shoulders shifted beneath their hands. They felt a little dizzy.

"I just missed you." They said, leaning forward to knock the bottom of their head against the top rim of her mask. "You've been busy all day." And they wanted her attention. They wanted her mismatched eyes solely on them. They wanted to pick her apart like she did them so often.

Their hands slid down to her arms, smoothing the fraying ribbon edges between their fingers. Her shudder was noticed immediately, as was the clear stress and frustration held within her body. "I've gotta make sure this one goes right," She sighed. "This mask - maybe *I* was the problem last time." Oh, so that was the reason.

Spinning her around to face them, Zooble made their discontent clear. Gangle’s expression twisted, guilt colliding with the manic desire to push this all aside and get back to work. They watched as she blatantly avoided their gaze, pupils thinned nervously and darting from corner to corner, scrambling to find something to redirect away from herself.

It was cute. It also hurt to see her so frantic to avoid them. No. Not avoid them. Avoid herself. No wonder she wanted to come back here - it was all work. There was no fun, no personal attachment, no time to think. It wasn’t an escape, she wished to be caged. Rolled into a spool and tucked away so that she couldn’t think about how bad her life was - still is.

Zooble’s antennae twitched as the thoughts clicked into place. For once they were glad to be so observant, their silent thinking paving way towards empathy to a degree the others doubted they were capable of. It was simply easier when it was someone they cared about, someone they didn’t want torn from their grasp.

[thegreatyin]

man. it's been nearly a year of having mr transport and i still don't even know where to send it. either the bazaar or the baroness feel like the best choice,,,, but the avid horizon is more in character for the scoundrel and is also so cool,,,,,

[syn4k]

the only thing worse than creating art is not creating art

[sealochs]

today my friend said to me, "whenever i spend time with you i remember how to enjoy my life" & this might be my favourite thing anyone has ever said to me. he said, "you're just so good at enjoying life & it reminds me to enjoy mine". i'm going to cry ????

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

[hephaestuscrew]

I'm still thinking about that scene in Victoriocity S3E7 where Fleet runs back towards the Beast so as to lure it into the path of the train...

Clara's exclamation of 'Teamwork, Fleet!' after Fleet says he's got a plan reflects her conviction that any plan that Fleet has will be a shared plan, something they do together.

This conviction is a kind of trust, and that trust is part of the reason Clara takes a moment to realise Fleet has headed back towards the Beast. She trusts that he's following behind her. She keeps talking to him, her words full of optimism.

When she realises Fleet isn't there, she immediately realises what that must mean he's done, and her voice sounds more small and scared than I think we've ever heard it before.

Fleet's attempt at self-sacrifice is a kind of betrayal of Clara's trust, but when he echoes her celebration of their teamwork in a more somber tone, I think it suggests that he understands the weight of that betrayal.

If Fleet's plan is that Clara won't realise he's gone until it's already too late, then he thinks "Teamwork, Clara" will be the last words he'll ever speak to her. In what he imagines will be their final conversation, Fleet affirms Clara's understanding of them as a team who work well together, even as he is making a choice that rejects the possibility of their teamwork in this scenario. It's a recognition of what their dynamic has meant. It's a goodbye and an apology, even if Clara doesn't understand it as such at first.

I don't think Fleet sounds scared as he initially faces down the train. When he shouts "Yeah, this way, you stupid machine! Come on then!", he sounds defiant and grimly determined.

In fact, I don't think he sounds afraid until Clara appears, until she might be at risk of being in the path of the Beast or the train as well. It's when he shouts "Clara, stay back for God's sake!" and "Please, get back!" that there's real fear and desperation in his voice. He can confront the idea of giving his own life, but not the idea that doing so might put Clara in danger.

Another thing about these lines is that the move from 'stay back' to 'get back' suggests that Clara didn't obey his first instruction but got closer to him (and therefore to the path of the Beast and the train) between those two lines.

Then Fleet gives what might be another attempt at his last words: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry."  A repeated apology before an attempted self-sacrifice is an implicit acknowledgement of how much losing him would hurt Clara. He regrets causing her pain.

Even so, he's accepted that he is about to die and that it'd be worth it to destroy the Beast. But Clara very much hasn't accepted either those things. She's still trying to yell over the noise of the train; she's pulling off her ring to throw at him.

I think it's a good illustration of how Clara's optimism is a kind of strength. She always believes that they can "make a new plan" and that it'll be one in which no one has to die. I think Archibald Fleet needs someone like that, someone who'll tell him to drop to the ground when his death advances from both sides, someone who - even in a dark tunnel with an murderous metal monster and a speeding train - won't stop shouting that there's hope.

[sincerely-sofie]

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated

I'm curious!

Honestly? I can’t think of a single drawing that hasn’t gotten more engagement than I ever dreamed of on Tumblr. Many of my posts on Instagram were lucky to reach up to eight likes and comments collectively on a perfect day, and my posts on here that include art usually get around 30 notes at the lowest— and that’s just for the first 24 hours!

If I had to choose one, maybe that canvas full of brainstorming doodles of possible monster designs for a creature catcher I’d like to make someday? Ultimately, though, it’s not my best work and I tried to crank it out really fast— I think it did pretty well for what it is and the number of followers I had at the time of posting it. It also performed a lot better here than it did on Instagram! 17 likes is a lot more than 3, hehe.

Really though, I’m still flabbergasted that any piece I post on here gets more than twelve notes in a month before dying off entirely. The more time I spend here the more I realize Instagram is heck on earth for artists trying to get a business of the ground. You guys are angels 😭

[sukipearl]

give as good as you get?? babes. seb I destroyed you

[cosmic-vacuum]

TWO MONTHS OF GOING BEYOND

All days will be labelled sequentially (and linked below as day 1, day 2 and so on).

All drama and stories can be recited later, this is only a guide or a help-book to those who truly wish to be. I will be attempting to put up the most genuine and refined of content.

I might add a date and time of my log after labeling the day with the respective number but anyone joining me at any point of time can simply follow the numbered steps linked such as soon as they're posted.

Advise: read in order.

Introduction

Planner / Recorder Layout

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

[rerubenoving]

im about to lose my cuntgagging mindddd spongebob is so good. why did i give time of day to other things for twenny years what was all that 4. watched rear window 1954 too its ok but come on. got nothing on spongebob squarepants season 1 episode 2 on g

[dirtbagcore]

crazy to think at the beginning of this year i had 0 idea what a productive writing process should look like, and every time i tried to write it felt insanely hard. like writing 200 words in a day felt like a major accomplishment, and i had never even managed to complete One full scene before.

but now!! i actually have some of my writing posted! and i have a bunch of wips that feel like theyre actually possible for me to complete 100%! idk, its just that, even tho i dont have much to show for it rn, im feeling proud of myself and i got the urge to share.

lets gooo 💪!! hopefully ill have more to show you guys soon!!

[soft-kisss]

who do you love right now?

me.