#well. you see. i am very very tired

[mousewithabowtie]

I'm not sure if this means anything, but the cover page for the book this fellow is reading on the train in "Dithyramb" (the poem "The Waste Land" by T. S. Eliot)

looks very similar to the tree from Ivy's dream sequence in "Nightmare"!

I wonder if it's a deliberate reference, and if so, why this specific poem?

[ebonytails]

Hey everyone! this is where the zebra is currently with the design.

It has knee braces!! I will most probably be drawing the zebra usually with them on, but it’s no requirement, for example if anyone else wants to draw the zebra :-]. I always like to make sure an animal design has official colors underneath any clothing and accessory anyway. I think this will be final! thank you everyone for your feedback!

As a reminder, aside from why the zebra was requested for this flag, this is also just a zebra with the disability pride flag on it. It’s just a deisgn to fit the flag, with input from other disabled people in our community. It doesn’t mean other animals can’t have designs with these colors, too! I don’t mean this design to be the only mascot for all disabled people. It’s just a silly series i do of pride animals, and at the time, during disability pride month, I wanted to see what everyone wanted me to start off with for this flag!

the goal with my pride animals is to take requests and make people feel happy and seen.. that’s all <:-)

[touchlikethesun]

i’m trying to break out of it but, when it comes to their relationship dynamics, so far no fic has managed to top the one skiing au where bokuto and akaashi try and convince kuroo and tsukki to be in a poly relationship that i followed religiously back in 2015, like. (almost) no other fic has managed to tap into what i find so appealing about that group’s whole dynamic, their humour their earnestness their chaos as four, the way akaashi and tsukki balance kuroo and bokuto’s energy (except everyone knows the real trouble is tsukki and bokuto), and like the individual dynamics are incredible too, every pairing just worked so well, even ones i wouldn’t have considered before like kuroo and akaashi. like how in 100k words did this author manage to develop every relationship just so damn well??? there should be way too many moving parts, at least one of the dynamics should have fell flat or fell to the background but none of them did ughhhhh oh my god it’s so good i just need like. a dozen more fics exactly like it rippppp like i’m watching s2 (again yes ik) and all i can think about when i see the four of them interact is “wow that author really nailed their dynamics, what they wrote is exactly how those four would be in 10 years time” god fanfiction is incredible

[giddlygoat]

idk man where’s all the fat wrinkly short narrators. please just show me the old man narrators. im not talking middle aged. he must look at the very least 62. crusty dusty old with joint problems and a hairline on its last gasps. please god im begging i just need to see some more fat old guy narrator designs

[ganondoodle]

serious question, are there ANY (wired) headsets made today anymore that have seperated plugs for audio and microphone??

usb ones always cause trouble and the only other ones i can find are those with combined audio+mic into one plug, which i dont have the ports on my PC for.............

i tried looking through adapters but the only ones i can find are those that combine seperate ones, id need the reverse (if thats even possible)

(visualization bc i feel like i am losing my sanity trying to explain what i mean, am i stupid? did i halluzinate the two jack/plug thing???? do only cheap garbage ones have this??? is that one of the gaming chair things??? like oh you want a GAMING headset- that means either combined or usb haHA???)

[pyrepostings]

whumpee who's only given soft water to drink/bathe with.

[naivety]

very weird to frame your abuse apologia as being aware that the writers intended to illustrate a mutually harmful dynamic and not an abusive one. when the writers in question also wrote the line 'once you put it out there, they [the audience] decide what it is' because nothing you ever create has any innate definition. when the writers in question decided to racebend major characters and then showcase them being harmed by white or nonblack characters in a repeatedly racialized pattern when they Did Not Have To Do That and then genuinely or disingenuously decide to dialogue about their directly or indirectly illustrated racialized dynamic of intimate partner violence within and outside the narrative. like to be quite honest it does not matter what they intended because this is what they made and this is how it Looks to a notably large amount of people. who just happen to be interpreting it wrong? according to what metric? the very metric they say Doesn't Work in their own fictional creation? ok

[averlym]

from this post by @caligulas--aquarium

(if she keeps this up, she might even get a real desk!)

[reinabeestudio]

More familial posting. He's like a squeaky toy to me

(also the reference in the first doodle) ↓↓↓

[lupismaris]

..

[buttercup-barf]

Under the cut are mostly self-insert doodles of decreasing quality. Again, not much directly tied to Team Fortress 2. Might as well toss these out while I have no access to my puter. Much yapping under the cut and in the tags incoming.

Another self-insert, this time less of a "here's me as a tenth class" and more of a "here's my game experiences translated into the class I would take the place of". The Cleaner. Although I guess they could still be wearing either suit. It doesn't matter that much.

That one Convict's Case taunt with Backup would be extremely funny, because the man would be on the verge of a breakdown (he does not want to go to jail so bad you have no idea). The second image- I owe no explanation. You know what I am. You see the pattern with my favourites.

The duality of the man. Resting face versus "just heard you express interest in religion/Russian folklore" face. He's not that hard to make friends with, when you pull him away from all the explosions.

Some doodles of trying to figure his face out. Unfortunately, the more I stare at him, the more I worry that he looks like A Certain Guy With The Last Name "Kazarin", and the fear of never being original in my life caught up to me.

Don't look at me, don't perceive me, I refuse to explain any of my actions to you.

[araneitela]

Me staring at test results: It makes so much sense for her, but if I don't specify or elaborate, then we end up with the fanon take. Ugh, how do I easily explain that if you look at the word 'sex' through a much more old-fashioned lens instead of the modern one, that you'll get a vastly different picture of it?

/takes angycat.png typing to my tags

[9x07]

how many times do we need to learn as people that irony and hyperbole can be harmful because 'jokes' aren't easily distinguished from genuine thoughts and feelings until we stop rewarding people for speaking or posting about violence

like even if you're joking/don't actually believe that/think whoever you are insulting is bad/immoral/fictional therefore deserves it - ad hominem attacks always do more harm to the people who share those characteristic then the individual you intend to cause harm to or discredit

[chiropteracupola]

historically accurate trip to clifton's cafeteria!!!

[progress shots under the readmore]

[llitchilitchi]

calling out acephobia in fandoms and fanworks is so weirdly difficult because there's always Some Way to jargon your way out of it that would never fly with most other identities

[chilapis]

hi lapis how are youuu ^_^ i’m just coming to check in on u and make sure ur taking care of urself !! how was ur week? i hope ur birthday was nice :D i hope this coming week is kind to u also, u deserve it 💘 make sure to drink ur water and get lots of rest, i love u !! ✧～(ゝᴗ ∂ )

Hi Sylvia! I’ve been all right I believe; I hope you’re doing okay as well? I always find it so endearing how dedicated you are to ensuring that everyone is seeing to their needs but, I really hope you practices similar care with yourself as well. You’re such a precious part of this community, and I love you too. ♥️

As for my week, aha… I think I’ve spent the majority of it in aid of my peers. The few people whose company I actually appreciate and wish to spend my remaining two years at this institute in, are, uh. barely prepared? As in, a good portion of the syllabus is completely untouched and now they’re ruining their sleep schedule trying to power through it, the exact same way they did last time. And I? Am horrified? The public law exam is tomorrow; and by tomorrow, what I really mean, is 14 hours. The night before the exam is so important, and one must ensure they’re well-rested, but no. I’m doing my best to help them since all my work has been compiled and ready to go for quite some time now, and they repay me by. lightheartedly treating me like a teacher? They even go so far as to call me “ma’am”, but I’m. not sure that’s enough anymore. I think I need to be paid salary accordingly at this point (jest)

It doesn’t help I’m quite worried for myself too; it becomes so much easier to be worried when it isn’t a matter of just passing or failing. I need to score high; I’d prefer to score the highest but for the sake of my overall total grade (which dictates what type of degree you get, actually, which then dictates your prospects of not only scholarships but then also which institutes offer you scholarships) I need to score high. Even a mere pass is the same as failing for me in my eyes and that is terrifying. I’m confident in my abilities though, I promise. I believe the fear that I’m experiencing is completely natural and expected in this situation and overconfidence would be more concerning if anything.

My birthday went so smoothly though; I was blessed with the company and affection of such wonderful people both online and offline, and I think that, combined with how sensitive I already was from the relief of my contract exam, led to me feeling so overwhelmingly sentimental, and grateful for so many things as well. Including you, and so many others in this community. So, thank you, so, so much; from the bottom of my heart. <3