recently i’ve come to realize that i actually enjoy being a girl who is kind of permanently unkempt-looking because she just flat-out refuses to partake in most beauty rituals. like i used to look at other women and be like wowwww so sparkly and neat, not a single hair out of place... and now i’m like what freaking ever i will walk around with unshaven legs and an unshaven upper lip and my curls frizzing all over the place and my skin just the way it is without any paint to conceal anything and i’m happy like that and i don’t feel wrong or subhuman for it anymore. like to be clear i never did anything about it in the first place so it’s not that i’ve now abandoned practices i used to keep, it’s that i used to feel bad and gross and want to somehow work to achieve what seemed to come to other girls naturally and now i don’t feel that way at all. i’m sure people find it unpalatable and unacceptable and i know i could be ‘pretty’ for real if i tried but i don’t care and i won’t try

Needing a Sua perspective from the ALNST auditions to Round 1. I never put much thought into what happens to the cast post-Anakt Garden graduation (do they immediately go to the auditions? Is there a period of time where they dont see each other until they recognize each other at the audition? Theres a considerable amount of time between the auditions and their Alien Stage season, did they see each other often between then or...? etc.), but regardless, imagine being her and having to choose between sabotaging your own audition so you dont have to go the the Sing, Win, or Die Show or putting your in your all in hopes of winning and spending just a bit more time with this girl you love because you know itll likely be the last time you see her. Imagine...

TW for talks of SA and abuse

I kinda realised, there is a very high change that Sanji, his brothers and also Rejiu before them were all born out of SA.

We know Judge doesn't respect consent nor people's bodies, and that Sora was submissive and didn't love him. Considering he forced the surgery on her... he might have forced himself on her when it came to needing her to have children

Adding this to the never ending list of reasons to hate Vinsmoke Judge.

Oh, yes, definitely. Honestly, it's not my thing to talk about this because it's a very sensitive topic and I don't want to address it inappropriately accidentally but I believe you're right. It's quite surprising that Sora decided to be with him, even. Like, willingly. Maybe the relationship started well and then the manipulation from Judge came, but having in mind the environment I'm pretty damn sure it was an erranged/forced marriage and Sora did everything in her hand to make it feel like a happy home. Which it wasn't. Never. In any way. But she would never tell Sanji that, of course. It seems to me that Sora didn't want any of that and probably was sexually assaulted by Judge and quite obviously abused too. She just didn't want Sanji to see. And again, this is not a topic I address much, but after reading some stuff about it and actually thinking about it, it wouldn't be surprising at all to me that Sanji had gone through similar stuff regarding SA. There are pretty good fics out there about it that explore Sanji's character really well. I've honestly always considered it a possibility. But anyway-- The point here is that Judge sucks and I hope he dies painfully and rots in hell forever.

do you have any tips or tutorials for anatomy and poses? you always make it look natural and fluid!

hiya! I'm not really a professional so take this all with a wee grain of salt, but beyond the two common tips of "practice" and "use references" that I would second, I find it's always helpful to keep the skeletal structure of legs in mind when coming up with poses for cats! Simplified, a quadruped's legs look something like below- keeping these joints etc in mind, you can then push poses while keeping limbs (vaguely) on model!

I usually start a sketch by laying out a pose, planning where I want to put these Z-shaped legs, as well as aspects like a character's head, muzzle, ears, and tail. Think about expression here too- is your character feeling tense or relaxed? Shy or confident? Grumpy or cheerful? Try to accommodate for what you want to get across in posture, stance, and tail position.

Then, build over that guideline and add details!

Mmmmmm thinking about Nine the fox walking around with his two bodyguards (Alpha Grim Sonic and Chaos Sonic) again

The fox and his most devoted halberds who are also possessive bitches

No but like but like I need you to understand

Chaos Sonic who was originally revived to take Sonic's place, to fill the hole in a frienship Nine came to believe as fake, and yet clearly held onto so dearly. Chaos Sonic, who was supposed to be the same as before, except made to be Nine's devoted best friend who would never betray him.

Alpha Grim Sonic who Nine reportedly modeled after the hedgehog he (foolishly) thought of as a friend. A robot copy of Sonic who would not talk back, who would not think, who was only made to serve and protect Nine.

Chaos Sonic, whose time spent with Nine turned programmed allegiance and care into some form of love (obsession and possessiveness)

Alpha Grim Sonic, who was not supposed to think and feel. And yet, with time spent serving Nine and opposing Shadow, he begins to feel and to think (a budding soul forming within his metal frame and existing beyond his programming). A robot created to protect and serve, whose feelings for his creator and master begin to grow over time.

When did his internal drive shift from playing the role of Nine's best friend? When did he begin to resent Sonic for what he did to Nine? When did he begin to want to see Nine happy and safe and accomplished (rather than just simply alive and able to complete his goals)? When did he begin to crave Nine's attention and to make him stop thinking about Sonic?

Wasn't he programmed to be no more than an unfeeling robot, a set of algorithms designed to allow him to fight, protect, serve, and strategize only as needed? Why does he want to hurt Shadow so much (is it really just out of the drive to protect Nine, or is it to make the hedgehog pay?)? He'd follow Nine's orders to the ends of the earth, but why does he worry about Nine when they’re separated? Why has he started to covet Nine's smiles and bouts of happiness? Why does he feel annoyance when Nine converses with Chaos Sonic like he's also not there? Why is he starting to understand why Chaos Sonic resents Sonic, beyond the fact that Chaos Sonic has always fancied replacing him? Alpha Grim Sonic has never wanted to replace the real thing, never understood why Chaos Sonic would, but he's starting to understand jealousy (in the way one begins to feel things they cannot put words to).

Chaos Sonic would tell you it's because he and Nine are best friends. Alpha Grim Sonic would tell you that it's because Nine is his master. Yet, deep down, the two have begun to want to be useful and important to Nine. They want to protect him and see his goals through past any loyalty programming. It does not matter whether such an outcome was inevitable or not (based upon their programming or the holes Nine made them fill in his life), only that they believe that they'd choose this even if Nine tried to let them go.

And Nine... Nine who creates distance between himself and the two robots almost instinctively, as if he's trying not to grow attached (ironic, given the roles he placed the two in, the holes in his life he made them fill after he believed that Sonic had backstabbed him). And yet, just as much as he insists that Alpha Grim Sonic is cold and unfeeling and programmed to serve or that Chaos Sonic is just like that (given the personality programmed into him and his similarities to Sonic) and was programmed to follow orders, he finds himself beginning to value the two as more. He should see them as tools, he tries to think of them as tools. And, yet, over time, the two become irreplaceable agents of his will. He can’t allow himself to believe they really care about them, but he wants them to know that he likes having them around, that no other robot can fill the roles he programmed them for, and no real mobian could be as effective as them (even if it's embarrassing to admit). They become...a comforting presence, especially when he's stuck in the Grim post canon, practically alone, closed off from being able to see Sonic again

Do you get me do you get me?

whenever i really like a blorbo.

the highest honor i can bestow.....

Thinking about how the ice worm and the shadow leviathan both have bug-like features and appearances.....

based on irl events where I lifted my very tall friend after she said she doesn't remember the last time someone did that. she was in a state of vague confusion/shock for the rest of the day

not shaving is morally correct send post

your the first man Ive seen say he shaves his arm pits

Actually I had a classmate in HS who shaved himself entirely and he'd make fun of the rest of us for having arm hair. GNC king

Continuation of my last post.

She has lost the boots.



What if there was an old man dying from cancer and his last wish was for his "daughter" to shave "her" legs ... ?

did that last ask send or no. whatever tumblr said it didnt so im sendinf this again ┐⁠(⁠ ⁠∵⁠ ⁠)⁠┌

anyways saw horses and immediately thought omg this is so horseboything mutual quirkeduptransguy core

WOAG……….. I appreciate this So Much you have zero clue

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told a random lady about Clover and said “I’ve always wanted a disabled pet” and she was like “idk that sounds like a lot of work” ?????? excuse me????

Yet another moment from Underverse 0.7, but with Killer added in because I love my little boy. They're very faint here, since those were the rough initial sketches I had yet to flesh out, but that's Dream (behind) and Cross (in front) standing on the right there.

And yes, if you can see it, my initial sketches can be rather awkward or bad before I move on to the next stage. Learning not to care how good the initial sketch is was tough, but it's nice. As it turns out, having the vague pose skecthed down is much easier to deal with than having it in your head, no matter how awkward. Who could've known?