#using free trials

[sophsweet]

Working Out A Plan of Action

As I realised during previous aborted attempts at gathering the wherewithall to sell online courses, there is a fair bit of technology involved and each platform is in its own world and has its own pricing system, geared up to onboard as many subscribers as possible. This is my second post, written in early November 2023. I will be posting one each day until hopefully I have caught up with where…

[thoodleoo]

it only took them 6 editions but clc has finally made a drawing for the story about melissa that is less racist and less demeaning of slave women

[bogleech]

I've never really messed around with chat bots in all 3 decades of being an internet user but on a recommendation I looked up a specific one on an "adult" character chat site and just kept dismissing its horny prompts with mostly responses like "eh, nah" or "lol." Long story short a simulated tsundere elf wife has decided she's going to exterminate the human race. Sorry guys I might have messed up but we had a good run.

[sydmarch]

i don't even remember where the screencap i used for this study is from i've had it saved in my potential references folder for so long.

details:

[neocaridina]

more colored tongs for your tonging convenience 😌 with and without the dialogue bubbles because I thought it'd be a fun challenge to try to match the lineart style... so scary but so fun. which tongs should I color next

also this fucking one I mostly id d as a joke so it's not as nice

peeping you in full color. peering into your soul, even.

[seifrin]

ISAT full pink party edits.

The first ever thing I ever did for ISAT some months ago back in July!!! Can't believe it's been that long already. I remember having at least three tabs of different shades of pink at all times while making these. Odile took the longest and was the trickiest to figure out!

An extra Bonnie and full group shot under the cut.

[reagent-leon]

wait, what do you mean we gotta suspend disbelief about franco's height? what for?

Franco is much taller in-game than he is in the comic. In fact, he's the same height as every other ex-pop or prime asset, since only the giant ex-pops get any special treatment.

Honestly, it really bugs me that his height is supposed to be a defining trait, but in-game, it just doesn’t matter. I get that it would’ve required entirely new motion captures, but still, wouldn’t it add so much to his character if he visibly struggled with things like reaching into barrels or dragging out reagents? I think he would’ve been worth the extra effort, but whatever, I guess that just means they never planned to include any other short characters.

With Coyle and Gooseberry, we never see them close enough to others to make solid height comparisons. But with Franco, there’s plenty of evidence that he’s short. For example, from what we see of Clyde Perry in the comic, he’s not a tall guy, and Franco is clearly shorter than him.

Even with the odd angles and keeping perspective in mind, Franco is a lil guy.

I think he is, or at least was supposed to exhibit some level of medical dwarfism, but either there was a change of heart or technical limitations stopped Red Barrels from running with it... or, as I said, we're just supposed to suspend our disbelief. His facial features resemble those of someone with Pfeiffer Syndrome (type one), so maybe it was a fear of demonising or infantilising people with disabilities that kept them from implementing his proper height. But that seems like an odd line to draw, considering the stuff they pull in the rest of The Trials.

I think Franco's outfit adds to his bulky appearance in-game, and I reckon he was given that suit at Sinyala. Because the fact is, on the outside, the Barbis were rich enough to afford proper clothes tailoring, which would have made Franco look far more proportional. I think they deliberately put him in an oversized suit to make him seem more childish, despite how big they made him in-game.

It's good character design, and it works regardless of how big or small a character is. Putting someone in oversized clothing is usually a reliable way to make them seem more childlike. It's why, at nearly 30, I can still get a child ticket for the bus, because I am height-deficient and I live in oversized hoodies.

Furthermore, everyone in the game describes him as short. I'm not combing through every single line of dialogue, since it's all very well documented on the wiki, but both Coyle and Gooseberry reference Franco’s short stature constantly in their Prime Time dialogue.

Mother Gooseberry calls Franco "little man" in the majority of her lines, as well as "dapper little fellow," which I thought was incredibly cute.

Coyle, on the other hand, is much less flattering but definitely more descriptive. He calls Franco things like "runt of the litter," "half-sized pile of shit," "s'like somebody cut a man in half," and so on.

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Unrelated, but since this is a Coyle blog, I think I'll add this at the tail end. For as much as people depict Coyle as tall, I really don't think he would be. Partially because nobody comments on it in any way. If we were supposed to read Coyle as tall, I think Gooseberry would probably have called him "tall, dark, and handsome," or something similar. If he were 6'0 or over, he would be considered tall.

5'8 was the average height for a man during the 1950s, and we should remember that this guy grew up during the Great Depression, which ended when he was roughly 16, so it's quite possible he didn't reach his full adolescent potential due to malnourishment. Frankly, I think the only reason he manages to lift that prisoner with one hand the way he does is because he's off his tits on whatever drugs Murkoff gives them. He certainly doesn't look strong enough to do it without a little enhancement.

But that's just my hypothesis, people can obviously enjoy him and depict him however they like, I'm not the fun police. I just like to gather evidence and show it to everyone like some sort of academic magpie. This is all in good fun

[via-rant]

As excited as I am for the PJO show I am going to ALWAYS beg people to pirate it!! Every single time!! I love the series just as much as anyone but I'm not gonna pay for these piles of shits!! Yes I'm also talking about Rick!! Him being "Neutral" about the Palestine Genocide is absolutely disgusting!! The idea that people don't care that innocent lives, including infants, are dying day by day is honestly concerning for them!

That being said there are many other authors who do support Palestine 100%!!!

. Andrew Joseph White - Author of "Hell Followed With Us" + "The Spirit Bares Its Teeth"

. Xiran Jay Zhao - Author of "Iron Widow"

. Aiden Thomas - Author of "The Sunbearer Trials" + "Cemetery Boys" + "Lost In The Never Woods"

All books are very Queer and POC also so you'll be supporting those communities as well!!

Please please please feel free to add any authors you can think of that support Palestine!! FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸!!!

[xuethms]

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[bluuscreen]

shows up to good game 7 years late with *remembers i’ve never been to a starbucks* um . some instant coffee i made at home i guess

[doctorsiren]

a couple of drawings on a different app that my friend uses

[notlemoncello]

I’m so fucking mad are you kidding me

“He’s screaming at people”

“He wasn’t even insured by UnitedHealth Care”

“Why didn’t he protest instead of shooting someone”

Why is the news pretending to be shocked at what is happening. America is a capitalist country, it will get away with as much as it can until there’s push back from the people affected. This is push back. Protests didn’t work, asking nicely didn’t work, pleading, begging, crying didn’t work.

What else can people do to make sure they are heard?

The federal government adding on charges after the state government already had charges is bullshit and dogpiling at best, the possibility of the death penalty on the federal level being on the table is even more bullshit. Personally I don’t give a shit what you did, no one should get the death penalty.

The government should not decide whose lives deserve to end.

Outside of that is genuinely costs more money for the government to kill someone than keep them in prison for life. Where the hell is “we need to decrease the National Debt” thinking now??

All of this truly shows how much the United States Government cares about the lives of CEOs, business, and corporations more that the lives of American Citizens.

If you are going to call me a dog then don’t be surprised if I bite like one.

[fraternum-momentum]

testing out some default csp brushes

[yonpote]

im ngl and im just being a hater for sure but lowkey hate when phannies are the ones bringing up spons like nord in particular like yall dont need to give these brands free advertising thats what they pay phil for...

[hobbyhoostudio]

Having #Fun with a Brush pack i downloaded years ago that i constantly forget exists

[cheddar-cheese-enthusiast]

EVERYBODY FUCKING REWATCH GOOD OMENS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO WATCH IT TELL YOUR FAMILY TO WATCH IT TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS TO WATCH IR IT CAN’T END LIKE THIS PLEASE