#or disappears and shrinks

[short666bread]

Get Haunted

[asgardian--angels]

there's meta to be had about just how much of viktor's arc is about loneliness and the blatant visuals they use in his evolution about metamorphosis, butterflies, cocoons, in utero, etc, as he molts from a soft, vulnerable larva who keeps getting hurt in his bids for love and acceptance, into a hardened final form complete with an exoskeleton acting as both physical and emotional armor. a shield keeping his emotions in and the pain of loneliness and rejection out, until it's cracked and his humanity is forcefully exposed. like. sorry if it's just the entomologist in me but this was blatantly obvious the very first time i watched the show and I've been continually surprised that no one's really pointed this out. as a certified lonely person it struck such a deep cord with me, when he accepted his fate, his path ahead, to be one he'd have to walk alone, finally putting up that last seemingly impenetrable wall around his soft parts (but keeping the blanket, this signal that he never asked for this, and that he's not unreachable). So much of his s2 arc centered around not just his desire to right his wrongs and help the world, but to connect with others and not feel alone, both of which got twisted by the hexcore. His attempt to create a hivemind where no one would ever suffer loneliness or rejection or loss, and he would feel their souls with him as well (even though that was an illusion in the end, he truly believed it). The whole 'I now speak with all their voices' but he's just floating in an empty space. And for the consequence of the glorious evolution to be eternal solitude, it just drives home how that's the worst possible fate imaginable for Viktor.

[planandexecution]

hello. is anyone else seeing this. can anyone hear me

[thedreadvampy]

ohhhh I am beset with anxiety today

Otis is ill and I have been having a lot of dreams about it. he's going to the vet tomorrow but I'm scared they won't be able to help

anyway last night I had a dream I was taking him to the vet and I passed a man in the street with another, darker California Kingsnake wandering around his chest and waist. The other man's snake was called Admiral Handkerchief and his problem was that he'd suddenly got really aggro. Admiral Handkerchief bit me but mostly what I woke up with from the dream, aside from a lot of grief and anxiety about Otis' very real illness, limpness and weight loss, was 'holy shit Admiral Handkerchief is an unhinged name for a snake'

love that. Admiral Handkerchief. Cannot think of many things less like a melanistic California Kingsnake than a handkerchief.

[ronanlynchian]

short list of things keeping me up until 4 am:

being one of two english majors in a six person class where the other four are art majors

i am also the only graduate student

i have not taken an art class in ten years

i can teach visual analysis to my freshman comp students but cannot do it myself

i wax a bohemian yapsody in this class when we talk about stylization in theatre & theatre history

everything i know about art comes from my unhealthy admiration for the pre raphaelites (the literary section, although it is intrinsically tied to visual art)

i got asked to speak first regarding an in-class visual analysis

i am autistic and my brain and mouth don’t work together very well because of it

i am one of two english majors in a six person class where the other four are art majors, i am the only grad student in there, i haven’t taken an art class in ten years, i can teach visual analysis but possess an extraordinary inability to put my money where my mouth is, i talk a lot and in depth when we discuss theatre history & stylization in the class, everything i know about art comes from studying poetry, i was asked to speak first in class when we practiced visual analysis, i am autistic and my brain and mouth are not drift compatible

[sillimancer]

sure would love to feel something other than Sad About Being Unemployed for just a bit 😩😔

[hyperfocusthusly]

Some day I will not be crying over Brian, but today is not that day

[mewpirate]

Aight but what if we put all of the villains in a room and they are forced to fight to the death , who would exactly win ?

[sleepyagent]

Tuesday, 05/03/24

The thing with lost contacts is that still every year on their birthdays you think of them until the following years, you just remember its somebodys birthday but you dont know whose anymore and then the years after, its like you forgot something, an appointment, a meeting. That vague feeling of today being a special day

[swagging-back-to]

i wholeheartedly believe dentists saying that once a cavity becomes black it wont heal itself is a lie. I cant count on both hands the amount of black cavities I've had that have completely disappeared with frequent brushing.

[clumsiestgiantess]

Me when I post anything to do with the Other-world Universe or the Shrinking/Disappearing Cabin series

[transmandrake]

Man... People were so fucking wierd about my art when I was a kid...

[clumsiestgiantess]

Erica and Alexis both owe their lives to Ivan, who tries so hard to make sure both of them make good decisions (or at least better decisions). Otherwise, the girls would likely get eachother killed tbh. They’d go down fighting, but both of them would readily die for the other if it came down to it.

Wren owes her life completely to her hard work (or so she would say). However, she owes a lot of the newfound easiness in her life to Liz. Actually, depending on the human who might’ve bought her, Liz could’ve saved her life from someone far more vindictive.

Daniella DEFINITELY owes her life to Rey. He saved her life on the boardwalk when her leg was practically broken. If he weren’t there to scoop her up before she fainted, she probably would’ve been stepped on while she was unconscious.

why is your oc still alive? 

[maked-art]

So, I saw this image on Facebook, and it was supposedly showing what Queen Nefertiti would have looked like in real life:

Now, I thought this AI generated garbage was just truly terrible on a number of levels; first off, she looks wayyyyyy too modern - her makeup is very “Hollywood glamour”, she looks airbrushed and de-aged, and as far as I’m aware, Ancient Egyptians didn’t have mascara, glitter-based eyeshadows and lip gloss. Secondly, her features are exceptionally whitewashed in every sense - this is pretty standard for AI as racial bias is prevalent in feeding AI algorithms, but I genuinely thought a depiction of such a known individual would not exhibit such euro-centric features. Thirdly, the outfit was massively desaturated and didn’t take pigment loss into consideration, and while I *do* like the look of the neck attire, it's not at all accurate (plus, again, AI confusion on the detailing is evident).

So, this inspired me to alter the image on the left to be more accurate based off the sculpture’s features. I looked into Ancient Egyptian makeup and looked at references for kohl eyeliner and clay-based facial pigment (rouge was used on cheeks, charcoal-based powder/paste was used to darken and elongate eyebrows), and I looked at pre-existing images of Nefertiti (namely other reconstructions). While doing this, I found photos of a 3D scanned sculpture made by scientists at the University of Bristol and chose to collage the neck jewellery over the painting (and edited the lighting and shadows as best as I could).

Something I see a lot of in facial recreations of mummies is maintaining the elongated and skinny facial features as seen on preserved bodies - however, fat, muscle and cartilage shrink/disappear post mortem, regardless of preservation quality; Queen Nefertiti had art created of her in life, and these pieces are invaluable to developing an accurate portrayal of her, whether stylistic or realistic in nature.

And hey, while I don't think my adjustments are perfect (especially the neck area), I *do* believe it is a huge improvement to the original image I chose to work on top of.

I really liked working on this project for the last few days, and I think I may continue to work on it further to perfect it. But, until then, I hope you enjoy!

Remember, likes don't help artists but reblogs do!

[shiningwonho]

having to go back to a stud in my nose piercing instead of the hoop :(

i've had an irritation bump for months and while it's shrunk down a LOT, it's hit a size that it just like....refuses to get any smaller from, so going back to a stud is my only option 😩

[void-star]

I highly recommend checking out the post linked above because that's exactly what I mean by abuse being intentional.

It requires power & control.

I think people hate this because they like to be able tell themselves they know for certain what types of people are categorically bad, because they want to pretend there's a sure-fire way to be safe from harm.

And I honestly get that. I really do.

But if you fire wildly into the trees you're likely to injure and kill animals who were just existing in their homes.

Love bombing is not a euphemism for "too much affection too soon," or "high desire for contact."

"Love bombing" is a term originally used in the context of cults to describe a deliberate and coordinated recruitment method that involved feigning friendship and interest in a potential recruit, via flattery, flirtation, physical affection, and very directed positive attention to everything the recruit says in order to lure them into the cult.

Since cults and abusive relationships operate in similar ways and use similar tactics, love bombing in an interpersonal relationship looks like manufacturing closeness in order to trap someone into a relationship in which the abuser has all the control.

And I know these days there's a million bullshit junky articles out there that make you think this is a symptom of cluster b personality disorders, but there is no way for you to be love bombing somebody without realizing it.

If you are an affectionate person and the level of affection and attention you give makes someone uncomfortable, you are not "accidentally" abusing them.

If you are uncomfortable with the level of affection and attention someone is paying you, they are not de facto abusing you.

Love bombing is about using someone's desire for human connection to fast track them into a situation you control and will feel disinclined to leave.