#this was beautifully put

[eatmyson]

this one's inspired by @cringefailvox's time has changed the metaphor!

It was such a good read and I couldn't stop thinking about these three ever since.

[hooned]

NI-KI ⟡ Studio Choom 'Artist of the Month'

[popsicle-stick]

hey, don't cry. night of the 26th may, ok?

[theswedishpajas]

Based on my favorite gif lately

[keymintt]

some public art illustrations for a change! these were printed on vinyl for the sides and top of a traffic cabinet !!

[mikimeiko]

Jared Harris as Anderson Dawes in The Expanse s01e06

[miroimirage]

[maebird-melody]

I finished Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver. Y'all. Such a beautiful book. It did, in some ways, go the way of Beauty and the Beast with the love interests. The romance with the tsar was implied at the end, but much more explicit with the Staryk lord. So while I had perhaps hoped it might have ended in them escaping the trappings of forced marriage, I can't be entirely mad. The romance was earned.

I had more coherent thoughts about this last night when I was lying in bed, thinking about the book, but wanted to share what little I still remember.

There was another theme that I picked up on the further I read, which was this: what you do in the end is more important than why you are doing it, how long it took you to get there, or what you did before. So many times, characters do good things for their own self-benefit, and the book doesn't condemn this motivation. It is a neutral thing. Everyone has their own reasons for doing what they do. Irina wants to save her homeland from war and starvation, and it doesn't matter what happens to anyone else. At first, Miryem wants to win back for her family what her father's kindness has stolen, in the way of health and wealth. And then, she wants to win back her freedom to make a future of her own choosing. Wanda wants a full belly and to avoid her father's beatings and his plan to sell her for drinking money. First she is only concerned for herself, but then for her brothers, too.

And there's a second part to this theme: you can change your mind. When presented with new information, each character changes their mind about their course of action, and takes a different course instead. Character growth is less about become a better person, and more about how learning about others changes your perspective and naturally leads to different actions. Even the proud Staryk lord, when Miryem proves her worth over and over, reassesses and changes his behavior towards her. But he has not become less proud, he has not changed who he is.

Ultimately, this is a book about people making decisions, about those who influence those decisions, and the actions that follow.

Also, the romance is incredibly understated, which is a huge bonus in my book.

I enjoyed it immensely and could see myself coming back to this story and reading it again.

[littledashdraws]

for day one of azura rarepair week on twitter!!

[chaoswillcalmusdown]

i keep thinking about this scene. marcus stepping into the light (!!!) marcus immediately seeing signs of his mom. marcus taking a photo so he can bring her into the kitchen with him and so he can create something beautiful in her honour that he can then share with the guests.

[slimemanagement]

A Nie Huaisang redesign, meant to go with my Yunmeng siblings redesigns

Pre and post time skip concepts

Sangcheng lounging peacefully in the late spring

[lexithwrites]

thinking about the skittles playing dnd once a week, all meeting at barty's flat to sit around his table and throw their dice (they're all colour coordinated to fit their characters, obviously) and pandora leading them all through wild adventures, crazy fights, beautifully touching moments,,,and then barty tries to shag all the party members whenever they take long rests and most of his dialogue is flirting (usually with regulus because dorcas eldritch blasts him and evan threatens to cut his balls off, reg just flirts back)

[velvetjune]

“A web’s spun, turning this place against me.” — Zachariah Trench

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Jason On Tedbecca

[wxywardsun]

Supernatural is sooo fun because it has so many weirdgirls in it! Like wow girl you’re so [unintelligible garbles of tv static]. Keep [unexplained light flickering] it up!!

[ohmuqueen]