#though it doesn't ruin anything

[rey-jake-therapist]

I post about so many different medias of various style I sometimes stop and wonder if it confuses people who follow me, or consider doing it.

I imagine that it's probably you guys in this meme, trying to figure out what exactly I'm a fan of:

[moongothic]

MY BLANKET OF DARKNESS HAS BEEN COMPLETED

✨👁️✨ I AM SO COZY NOW ✨👁️✨

So I started working on this blanket around June of 2022. Got like, maybe half-way through the blanket and then the yarn I needed for the blanket went out of stock at my local yarn shop. Now I didn't know the yarn would be completely unavailable for like 6 months (until the stop closed permanently), so I just kept on waiting, hoping for it to come back in stock-- but it never did, so in January I finally looked online if I could find the yarn elsewhere and I did, I got the yarn I needed, and finished the blanket. So it kinda took me 6 months to make this blanket but also not

What made this blanket a truly exciting and fun project for me is that this has been the first blanket I actually made for myself and designed for myself. Like I've enjoyed every single blanket project I've had so far, but having a blanket that's Just For Me is just. It's nice

I originally planned the granny squares out digitally because I wanted to have a fun pattern of different granny squares, something that wouldn't be too busy looking and was carefully planned, and here's what I came up with

I had two versions of the square pattern, one with moon phases right in the middle of it and another without them. I do like how the moon version looked and part of me kinda regrets not making that one, but I'm not sure the moons would have really gone well with the eyes... So I did go with the first version

(Sidenote, it's not on the pattern above but I added extra rows of just black squares at the top and bottom of the blanket, so there's two rows of black instead of just one)

(Sidenote 2, although I knew I wanted the blanket to be mostly black from the begining, I wasn't entirely sure what accent color I wanted to use, it really was depending on what colors the shop had available. Like I used yellow as kind of a default color since it worked nice with the stars and eyes, but I could've gone with some other color too. In the end, because I didn't like the color options for the yarn at the shop I ended up going with a yellow anyways) (Also I tested out a reverse color version with the pastel purple and white base and no eyes, just for funsies, it looks kinda neat)

But yeah, that's how the planning of the blanket went.

The blanket is made of 231 squares in total, 11x21 rows. 186 of the squares are plain black, the rest are patterned. The star squares were the worst to make because of how many strands of yarn I had to weave in, 0/10, would not reccommend.

I used the Cedro 100% wool yarn (reccomended hook size 5, 50g=100m), and it took me about 38 balls of yarn to finish the blanket (including crocheting all the squares together and doing a single round of double crochet around the blanket to finish it off)

This is literally all the yarn I have left from this blanket; one untouched ball of black and three partially used balls.

I gotta admit.

I'm kind of shocked by the size of the blanket. Like I very carefully measured it to make it the exact size to fit my bed, and it fits perfectly. But I'm still kinda shocked how big it is. (Which is why I didn't make the border of the blanket any bigger, even though I could've with the yarn I have)

Also

It's HEAVY

Like, of course it's heavy, it's 100% wool and thick, but MAN I didn't expect it lmao

But that kind of makes it perfect for cold winters especially, it's super warm and the weight makes it cozy- like who needs a weighted blanket when you can have one of these lmao

Now I just need to figure out how to protect the blanket from being covered in my white cat's hair...

[bitchthefuck1]

you know what, I actually will talk about this because it's bothering me. The issue with focussing so heavily on syd and carmy's potential for a romantic relationship isn't that there's something inherently unintellectual about romance or whatever, it's that a lot of people seem incapable of doing that without immediately flattening the story and ignoring or intentionally misreading any and all nuance for the sake of that romance. Every scene suddenly becomes about how it impacts their relationship, every analysis is done through a romantic lens, every frame or line of dialogue becomes about finding some easter egg or hint that "proves" these people should start dating. Their dynamic is absolutely a fundamental part of this show, but if you can only see it as a will-they-won't-they, you miss so much of what the story is actually trying to say with these two.

There are good versions of this story where their relationship is romantic and there are good versions of this story where it isn't, but as soon as you decide them being together is "the point," you lose the ability to actually judge the story for what it is, not what you want it to be.

[pencilofawesomeness]

I was so caught up in the euphoria of making shit up, I forgot I wasn't uncontested. Wild that canon exists and is ongoing. Wild.

[deva-arts]

zomg... the girls! Sketched out! And a few characters I never showed designs for! haha! I keep thinking about the beach, so this is their swimwear.

I hope to make a full fledged drawing for all of them soon~ then the guys~~

Some newbies are: Aura (blue!) Katya (Gold!) and more of Verra (Green!) We'll eventually see more about them as I draw more things and doodles.

[forestgreenlesbian]

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[silusvesuius]

t*lvas basically saying he'd rather be abused if it means he's learning more is kinda crazy. Chill before you get mora tentacle surprise'd in the mail

[tantamounttoflirtation]

One thing you have to admire about Hannibal is his dedication. He took one (1) look at Will Graham, decided he would look good covered in blood, and then proceeded to spend the next 5ish years trying to make that happen as often possible.

[oveliagirlhaditright]

Things that sillily make me happy: the fact that in the official Buffy chess set they released, Buffy and Angel are queen and king chess pieces.

And, I mean, it just makes sense that they would do this, of course. As it looks like this set was based on early season two, as Spike and Drusilla are the king and queen pieces for black.

But Buffy and Angel being king and queen pieces works so well, since they're paired together, of course. And equal to each other... and a battle couple. And more than anything, this is great because the queen's the most powerful piece on the board and Buffy's the most powerful character in the series, of course. And her being more powerful than Angel just tracks. Because she canonically is. And this makes me think of the many times where she saved him and he was the damsel.

Anyway...

[tardis--dreams]

I was so concerned with the horrors of making a doctor's appointment and the horrors of finding a job that i completely forgot about the worst horrors of them all. Finding an apartment.

[likeabxrdinflight]

very strange getting a message from the mom of a current student of my middle-school-teacher-turned-friend who is organizing a little retirement gift for her. like. yes I do know she's retiring. we spent the better part of two hours on thursday talking about it over margaritas and mexican food. of course I'd be happy to write a short message to put in a little book of messages from former students but also please know that it's going to be filled with references you won't understand and I will be addressing her by her first name.

[anotheruntitledsong]

i did like the hidden palace but (SPOILER if anyone hasn't read it?) i'm genuinely so annoyed at how Arbeely is handled like... I wish i could be sad but i'm just fucking irritated. I was overly invested in him and that's def why but i just feel like they did him dirty

[true-blue-sonic]

You know, because being a hedgehog from the future, I always wondered if Eggman sees Silver as a threat since silver only comes when things are dire. Do you think Eggman would try to use Silver to get info on the future or perhaps try to dispose of him first, so he doesn't warn sonic and co.

I have wondered that before as well: you would indeed say that Silver arriving means that Eggman was going to win, but now might not due to Silver's influence. But the way I think Eggman works regarding Sonic and co. is that Eggman just goes do whatever, be it Emerald-gathering, evil-monster-freeing, base-building, and so on, and only during those things or afterwards do Sonic and co. notice he's up to something again. They don't actively seem to chase each other down before they can do anything, so to say: Eggman goes do His Evil Stuff and only once he begins actively causing trouble do the heroes intervene. They don't try to stop him while he's just keeping to himself (even though he's 100% planning evil things in that time), and in the same vein, Eggman doesn't seem to actively try to bring harm to Sonic's friends. You'd say it's easy enough to find out where, say, Tails is currently hanging out and then just bomb the hell out of him to rob Sonic of his best friend and most helpful companion, but Eggman just... doesn't. I figure his reasoning is that it wouldn't be fun that way, or that it would be too easy a victory? Or he knows that harming any of Sonic's friends will bring upon him a vengeance no-one knew Sonic could contain...

As for Silver specifically, I do think he could be a thorn in Eggman's side specifically, because his presence indeed means that Eggman's chances of winning are greatly diminished now. But Eggman absolutely strikes me as the kind of person who still believes himself to be capable of coming out on top despite literal time travel at play to stop him, so I doubt he's too impressed with Silver and his actions. It's just a bit annoying that we don't have any stories with Silver in a central role again, so we can see if his first action is to go to Sonic and friends to warn them, or take the fight to Eggman. He does the former in the Forces prequel comics, so unless Eggman is somehow able to find out where Silver is to intercept him the moment Silv enters the past, it might not even possible to dispose of him before everyone is warned. But I do quite like the idea Eggman would capture Silver to make him tell all about what the ruined future is like, if only so he can gloat about it! Silver would be beyond peeved and angry, though that's not stopping Eggman. As it stands I doubt Eggman would either capture or kill Silver unless there's a clear reason for him to do so/they cross each other in battle for the latter, since he seems sure enough of himself to deem victory inevitable despite having the literal protector of the future try to put a stop to it. And I don't think Silver is itching for that to change anytime soon!

[maddy-ferguson]

Sam.levinson cannot write

which makes me sad because i loved season one of euphoria i really did. i hated assassination nation though hated it did not like malcolm & marie either and season two of euphoria is what really cemented him as an enemy of mine so you would have to pay me to watch the idol

[telemiel]

i am genuinely incapable of interacting with or existing around other people without fucking everything up and i'm so tired

[maerrine]

man i am a little bummed about how this means that all this time we thought dazai was struggling for the first time was actually all just faked though. i hope we get to see dazai out of his depth at least once before the end of the series.