Just remembered it’s leap day so happy bday Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III

*insert that one famous post about celebrating fictional character bdays*

Was looking through my camera roll and found the picture I took of the game file image of my most recent play-through of A Hat in Time. It’s bad but I did it with a mouse and a limited color palette in a minigame that didn’t intend for you to do more than scribble on the player character’s face lol.

hey, don’t cry. 4 bottles of beer on the wall, okay?

hey. don't cry. 99 bottles of beer on the wall. okay?

Conquered much of the world by yeeting their offspring into the sea. Kill people by dropping said offspring on their heads. Makes sense to me.

palm trees are lawful evil and I kind of respect them for that

It’s also important to acknowledge just now necessary it is for us as humans to have spaces where we come together to partake in an activity for the sake of positive social interaction and community. Funding and supporting amateur theater is not dissimilar to funding and supporting things like libraries, parks, or local businesses. It’s about promoting time with other humans, and helping each other. We’re a social species. We’re meant to help each other and support each other and spend time together.

The ever present idea that something is only worth doing if you’re good at it and/or you can make a profit from it is an incredibly detrimental one. It discourages people from trying new things, as well as from engaging things that they might enjoy, even if it’s something that they will never really be “good” at. It discourages engaging with others who enjoy the same thing, because it becomes shameful to enjoy something that society considers worthless. Without that engagement, not only are people getting neither the practice nor mentorship that would aid them in becoming better, but it also destroys the potential for a community.

Think of book clubs, where you don’t have to be good at analysis to enjoy sharing your reading experiences with a group. Think of embroidery, quilting, or knitting circles, groups of people getting together and spending time working on an activity while talking to each other, where even if you’re not skilled at the craft, your participation is all that’s truly necessary. Think of karaoke, trivia games, craft parties/nights, social dances. There are so many activities intended to be enjoyed without being good at them. Many of these require the support of the participants.

All this to say that it’s not just about supporting people who are bad at things. It’s about encouraging people to do things they’re not innately good at, and about promoting community.

The thing with amateur local theater is it is almost always bad BUT keeping it alive is the most important thing

I don’t think I ever posted this meme I made

Weaver and Goldenrod, plus my siblings’ spidersonas, Frantic and Silk Spider

Goldenrod and Weaver’s alter egos, Megan and Drew

I finally got to see Across the Spider Verse a bit ago, and it made me want to redesign my old spidersonas. I basically completely overhauled the original designs.

The girl is Goldenrod. She was stung by a radioactive bee.

The guy is Weaver. He was bitten by a spider like most spiderpeople, but he has organic webshooters and telekinetic control over his webs.

Did anyone else see the Monopoly Go ad that’s been present on a few different apps before that one line was changed from “smash your friends” to “shut down your friends”?

My most recent dnd character, Oda

Puddle getting into trouble yet again when trying to study birds

A little drawing of my pokesona and her many pokemon hanging out and watching a movie. Bet you can’t spot all the little references around the room.

are these my only options

What if… what if Natalie was in love with Emelie this whole time? Maybe I’m overthinking things but the way she talks about Emelie makes it seem like she was the one she loved instead of Gabriel.

Ask and ye shall receive

Corrupted Teal Pearl