#really comforts and freaks me out

[strangesibyl]

18,000 years ago there were people building a life out of mammoth bones in the Dneiper Valley

The world has changed so much since then.

Like the land itself- something we think of as unchanging in our short lives- has changed. There are seas younger than these cultures.

I will never know a mammoth

But those people 18,000 years ago were literally exactly the same as me. Same needs for sleep, warmth, food. They had families and made art.

If I think about it too hard I get filled with such specific emptiness that turns into a spinning sort of panic.

[ryssbelle]

Drew a bunch of Marinettes in a bunch of different artists styles it was a lot of fun!!

Artists who's styles I mimicked: @buggachat @hamsternamedmarinette @ladybeug @sabertoothwalrus and @anna-scribbles all epic artists 🤟😎

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

fuck you he's a cat now

[elodieunderglass]

Don’t know if it’s against the rules to complete TWO egg projects. However I’m learning to become a silversmith and I’ve finished my first ring. It’s not perfect at all, but many hours of time and effort and a whole lot of learning are in it!

aaah is that labradorite? my favorite!

You can certainly pelt Killie with another egg, you've been such a good friend to him that you deserve to get him with an ostrich egg.

But in all seriousness that's a lovely ring, and you've been extremely busy this month, encouraging others, showing kindness and progressing your own creative works. Well done.

[pastelaspirations]

Hi! I am completely in love with your story on AO3 (Perseverance), I think it’s my favourite out of all the fics I’ve read! I’ve been reading since… I believe shortly before chapter 27 came out? And I’ve been entirely obsessed with it since! (I am very socially anxious so it did take me a good while to start commenting, but I’ve been having so much fun writing and reading comments! My usernames are the same here and on AO3 btw!)

So, when I first read chapter 27, I had this entire image pop into my head when Error’s treehouse was being described from Ink’s POV, specifically his thoughts for the reasoning behind Error having the skylights.

I’ve had this picture floating around in my head for nigh on 3 years now, and a few months ago I FINALLY got around to drawing it! It’s kinda just a small ‘what if’ scene.

So, now that I’ve worked up the courage (sharing art is, for some reason, ten times more scary than commenting ;w;) here’s the drawing! I guess it could be considered an anniversary gift for Perserverence, even if that wasn’t its original purpose XD (happy anniversary again!)

Tadaaaaa! Stargazing under skylights! A small moment of rest away from the chaos of the outside world.

(Fun fact- this is the first time I’ve ever drawn Error!)

Thank you for this wonderful story! It’s been an absolute joy and inspiration to read, and I’m excited to see what happens next!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, OH MY G O S H, I AM SCREAMING. I AM NOT OKAY, I'M NOT OKAY, HOLD ON, I'M LOSING MY MIND RIGHT NOW. BUT IN A GOOD WAY, IN A GOOD WAY, OH MY GOOOOOOOOOSSH, HELP ME-

Oh my goooddneesss, you've been here a w h i l e, haven't you? YOU'RE ONE OF THE OG FANS, CLAP IT UP, EVERYONE ✧˖°. Thank you so much for sticking with my story so long! <3 I'm so very honored I was able to captivate your attention for all this time ;_; (Oh maan, don't worry. Imagine me giving you a hug. I understand what social anxiety is like. This is a safe place for it! :D You don't have to worry about engaging with me or the other mad lad fans. The other Perseverance peeps are ✧˖°.pretty cool✧˖°.)

AAAAAAAAA, I AM S C R E A M I N G. Okay, okay, I'm so happy rn, you don't understand.

When I described that scene, I was hoping I described it well enough so other people could see what I saw in my head. Mostly because I thought I was incapable of drawing what I envisioned, even though now I may be able to take a shot at it

AND OH MY GOOOSSSH, OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS, L O O K

YOU DID IT SO BEAUTIFULLY, OMG, I AM NOT OKAY. I AM LOSING MY MIND. YEEEEEEEEEESSSSS, I DID IT. I SUCCESSFULLY COMMUNICATED MY VISION TO OTHER MAD LADS SO THEY CAN RECREATE IT <3 <3

Eeeeugh, I'm holding my head. You even got like. All the little details, man. The feathers on Broomie, Error's gun. Ink's scarf fading from lighter to darker. Ink's birthmarks. Even like, the sketchbook. Which I think I described as having a heart on the cover like. A total of two or three times.

The attention to detail, man. I am so impressed and honored. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAN, IT'S SO PRETTY AND WONDERFUL AND I WILL BE STARING AT IT FOR THE NEXT THREE HOURS-

[kanerallels]

*starts to make a post about my latest crisis like three times*

[the-sussy-imposter2]

I thought Will would like messing with louise sometimes. Louise doesnt seem to like his sense of humor, though.

(Characters are will and louise from @peachnewt 's story, getting in deep !!)

[lucalicatteart]

Cats and Nasturtium Flowers~ something which was going to be a custom sticker sheet (for me to decorate my scrapbook with) until I realized that most sticker printing websites have like Actual Guidelines you're supposed to follow in terms of file type of the image and other things lol.. A nice picture then, I guess at least

[starry-teacup]

Team give lyfrassir edda tentacles. Not in a horny way. I mean, sure if that's your thing, but that's not what the point of this post is. the rainbowed hair, blood, and eyes are cool and all but I need something a little less pretty bifrost glow-up and a little more I-got-turned-into-an-eldritch-monstrosity-and-can't-go-out-in-public-anymore.

Not full on monster level (though bonus points if they have a barely even human-esque form when they're angry or using their powers). I want them to still be decipherably humanoid, or recognizable by someone who'd met them before all this. but something that could conceivably be achieved by a cosplay is not enough for my hp Lovecraft body horror needs. my ideal post-tbi lyf design has become the subject of several drastic urban legends simply by walking around the street and not interacting with anyone.

so yeah. give the fricker tentacles that don't go away and are a nuisance to find clothes to wear with. make Marius find them pretty even when the way they've been changed isn't conventionally attractive. Please reblog with any personal hcs you have about their cosmic horror appearance that are a bit more screwed up than the norm, lyf edda is my barbie and I like dressing them up in nuclear chaos lmao

[nyxiemeow]

i think a lot about pitsmell.

following a conversation with my gf, i remembered one of the things that awakened me to this as a concept. i was at a ren faire several years ago, where this older lady was selling all sorts of homemade soapstones and things of that nature. she claimed to not have used traditional soap or deodorant or anything in years, and encouraged people to feel her skin and to notice how she smelled (her skin was very soft and she smelled normal to me), and i was captivated that such a thing would be possible without all that stuff we generally always use.

gonna leave the rest of this under the cut cause it's a big wall of text...

i never really *hated* deodorant, but i don't like the way most of it smells. but my genetics make me extraordinarily sweaty, and so strong antipersperant deodorant has been a staple for the vast majority of my life. but honestly i got really sick of it, so i decided to do some experimentation back when i lived alone. i found that putting on deodorant, and then not re-applying or showering for a few days, made me *far* more sweaty and smelly than the same time sans any deodorant. i repeated this several times and noticed it consistently to be the case. i will still put on deodorant for special occasions like fur cons, or meeting new people, but i'll always shower afterwards because it's so much more comfortable without it. smell-wise and also physically, with my pits not being uncharacteristically dry and sweaty. i still sweat, and start to smell after a couple days, but i've noticed a vast improvement, and no weird looks or negative comments on it from friends or people i regularly interact with. i will say my physical activity is somewhat limited, but i do walk to all my doctor's appointments, grocery trips, etc. and use public transit where needed. it is important to note though, there's a point where the smell goes from alluring to repulsive, and sometimes that line is very fine. it varies person to person. i'd say generally if you aren't going to wear deodorant, it's important to wash your pits with a rag and some water and put on a fresh shirt (it makes a BIG difference) before going out, at the very least. a lot of the repulsive odors come from bacteria cultivating and lack of cleanliness due to sweat buildup and evaporation in the area. it takes a bit more maintenance, but i've found it's so worth it. i feel physically more comfortable, because i sweat a *normal* amount now, and my pits aren't sticky, and my t-shirts don't get ruined from deodorant rubbing off.

that is all to say - there's so much more possibility and variance with this stuff, than i ever would have expected. i would genuinely love to study this as a science and learn more about it. it was genuinely really fun and gratifying to experiment and figure this stuff out!

i'd really love to hear other people's opinions on this! it's so fascinating and fun :3

[lala-blahblah]

I will never make this because it would be for an audience of one (me) but ever since reading "If we Were Villains" (story about serious drama kids in college who perform shakespeare and deal with a murder) I have been entertaining the thought of a crack fic crossover with High School Musical The Musical The Series where the staff decides they will no longer put on shakespeare after the tragic accident that happened at Thanksgiving, because Shakespeare plays would only increase the tension and drama. So they hire Ms. Jen who decides their spring play will actually be High School Musical (which exists in the 90s in this universe) and it ruins the vibe so much that everyone gives up on being dark and mysterious because they're universally pissed at Ms Jen for making them learn choreoraphed basketball dancing.

[aeolianblues]

was kinda thinking about this when I saw Renee Rapp live recently-- I didn't know her visual vibe, I'd heard a few songs here and there but I hadn't really *seen* her, and her attire at Osheaga was really casual, a jersey (baseball/basketball?) and slacks. And that was so amazing! I couldn't help thinking, the work Billie Eilish has done for how women in pop music are allowed to dress is incredible. Seeing her up there all comfortable you just know that Billie walked in her oversized tops so that Renee in her slacks could run; Billie walked through all the critcisms about how she dressed slobbily and having to assert that she didn't owe anyone a display of skin, so that Renee could be comfortable and unquestioned running up and down the catwalk in front of 10,000 people. How iconic.

And I don't think we even realised at the time how much something as simple as letting Billie dress the way she as a (then-) 17-year-old teenager dressed, could end up meaning for a future generation of women in music.

Obviously there is still way to go, there were weirdos complaining about how 'plain' Dua Lipa's Glastonbury outfit was this year (in 2024!!), l have to ask, are you at Paris Fashion Week?? She is the musical HEADLINER of an entire day of music at one of the biggest music festivals in the world, and you can't grant her the space to exist as an artist, you have to moan about her dress not being excitingly revealing enough. There's work to do, it's still dismal out there. But the space Billie Eilish has created for a most ordinarily-dressed woman popstar is still heartening.

[equalperson]

I fucking hate being traumatized because why am I bawling the hardest I've bawled in god-knows-how-long because someone I didn't even like that much berated Me. gasping wailing trembling and snotting over this for several minutes.

[quigzahhutt]

📓📓📓

Put "📓" or some other version of a book emoji into my inbox and I'll explain the plot of a fanfiction that I haven't written but daydream about!

mmmmmm this one is a little different. still sargebon, but if u aren't a fan of omegaverse, this will not be for u !

me and a buddy of mine have been cooking up like. a relatively complex omegaverse concept bcuz I LOVEEE overthinking tropes and making them like. concrete and realistic (ish), but this is my own little concept that kind of eats me alive every night when I'm trying so sleep

so my own personal headcanon is that Alex is a very just. non-instinctual alpha. he doesn't really get the whole super alpha-y alphas who growl and rumble for their omegas and whatnot; Alex, for the most part, is just kinda normal. a lot of people assume he's a beta at first because he's just so subdued

because of this, a lot of omegas and pups don't really pay attention to him because there's just not a lot of instinctual drive to. it's not necessarily Alex's fault, and plus he doesn't really care. he has his friends and his family who all care about him and that's really all he needs; hes actually relatively comfortable like this. if anything, Alex would probably lose his mind if he was as instinct ridden and wild as other alphas tend to be

but then Logan rolls around, and Logan is an omega and that's like. whatever. Alex doesn't even think twice of it, and neither does Logan despite what everyone else is thinking. alpha-omega teammates have never really gone down well in the past and so a lot of people are talking about it; especially because Logan is so competent on his own, very much the opposite of Alex, who kind of just stays in his own lane

if people assume that Alex is a beta, then everyone assumes that Logan is an alpha, simply just because of how he looks and acts and how feisty he is. so, although the media is worried about them as a pairing, they're also excited because they're sort of peculiar. nobody really knows what to expect

and Alex is included in that, because he really doesn't understand what anyone means when they say that Logan is more like an alpha in his behavior, because to be honest, Logan has been nothing but a polite in every interaction they've had together. kind, even. funny, maybe. Alex doesn't know what to think

and then, well. turns out Logan is excited to be Alex's teammate, because maybe he can rile him up, get Alex acting like the alpha he is. and Alex knows that it's just a joke, that's just how Logan plays around and it's like, totally fine. it doesn't make Alex feel a little insane. especially not after he learns that Logan has always preferred hanging out with betas and other omegas because he doesn't like how overbearing alphas can be, always snarling and whatnot

and it gets worse when George points out that he's never seen Logan act this way around an alpha. y'know, comfortable, easy going. usually alphas would make him kind of anxious, a little bit on his toes. but around Alex, hes... normal. relaxed and joking around and hanging close to Alex totally fine

George waves it off like thats completely fine and not insane, chalking it up to the fact that oh, you're just not all that instinctual, is all and Alex tries to accept it but he just Can't

and then shit starts going downnn. because he starts feeling very different around Logan now. like... anxious, but not because of Logan. but it kind of is because of Logan? Alex then realizes with horror that the thing he's feeling is a protective instinct. for Logan

and Alex has never felt more humiliated in his life, but he also feels bad, because the reason Logan likes him so much is because Alex isn't so instinct-y, that he's not like other alphas, or whatever. and it sucks because Alex is really starting to cherish the dynamic they have going on

but on the flipside, you have Logan who is dealing with his own freak out about y'know, being so fond of an alpha, which is something he's never really had to deal with before. he doesn't know how to cope with that, or how to cope with the fact that Logan can feel his chest unfurl and his scent preen whenever Alex says something positive about him, or compliments him, or says something funny or assertive or affectionate or. oh god Logan is so fucked. his cool, unbothered persona is being totally destroyed as we speak

but of course, in very typical sargebon fashion, neither of them talk about this at all, and so they wind up stewing in these new feelings all on their own. and it starts kind of ruining their relationship, and Alex starts feeling awkward around Logan, and Logan starts feeling uncomfortable around Alex, but it's funny because both of them are so strongly desiring each other. and so now they're stuck

the turning point is sort of when someone points out that Alex's scent is sort of different now, or that Logan seems a lot more relaxed when he's around Alex, or that they both kind of lean into each other when they're together. and it forces them to realize like. oh. maybe I'm not the only one who's feeling this. they then also realize that oh, I'm not the only one being stupid about this, either

and so they do the typical romcon thing where they both try to talk at the same time and then interrupt each other and then argue about who talks first. and they both finally realize oh. I am so much more at ease right now than I've ever been. and it's because of you

[france-the-third]

man i love trying making plans with a friend and 1) they forget or 2) they answer my request to shift the plans slightly after the time we made plans for /s

[possum-tooth]

trying to get high but im so scared of fucking this dog up that im not getting there