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frownyalfred · 23 days

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Tips for writing those gala scenes, from someone who goes to them occasionally:

Generally you unbutton and re-button a suit coat when you sit down and stand up.

You’re supposed to hold wine or champagne glasses by the stem to avoid warming up the liquid inside. A character out of their depth might hold the glass around the sides instead.

When rich/important people forget your name and they’re drunk, they usually just tell you that they don’t remember or completely skip over any opportunity to use your name so they don’t look silly.

A good way to indicate you don’t want to shake someone’s hand at an event is to hold a drink in your right hand (and if you’re a woman, a purse in the other so you definitely can’t shift the glass to another hand and then shake)

Americans who still kiss cheeks as a welcome generally don’t press lips to cheeks, it’s more of a touch of cheek to cheek or even a hover (these days, mostly to avoid smudging a woman’s makeup)

The distinctions between dress codes (black tie, cocktail, etc) are very intricate but obvious to those who know how to look. If you wear a short skirt to a black tie event for example, people would clock that instantly even if the dress itself was very formal. Same thing goes for certain articles of men’s clothing.

Open bars / cash bars at events usually carry limited options. They’re meant to serve lots of people very quickly, so nobody is getting a cosmo or a Manhattan etc.

Members of the press generally aren’t allowed to freely circulate at nicer galas/events without a very good reason. When they do, they need to identify themselves before talking with someone.

#late night thoughts #are these helpful at all?#obv these aren’t applicable to every gala scene #galas #writing tips #writing guide #these don’t apply as much in Gotham obvs #but that’s because it’s Gotham

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shorelinnes · 27 days

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BDS added this section to their boycott page and I think people really need to read it:

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please remember, pushing unorganized boycotts without carefully fact-checking every company in the list can be actively HARMFUL to the boycott movement.

#a reminder seeing that people were tagging that BDS post with companies that aren’t on the list #if you want to personally avoid a certain company the fine #but STOP promoting grassroots boycotts over the actual boycott list!!!!!

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plaguedocboi · 5 months

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Incorrect sayings that I use so often I’ve almost forgotten that they’re not the originals:

I have bigger fish to fight

We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it

You can lead a horse to water, but if you drown it you have to walk home

Opening a can of whales

You made your bed, now shit in it

Combining the latter two into the phrase “you opened this can of whales, now lie in it”

#the originals aren’t as interesting

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zytes · 6 months

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this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

#misc #I encourage anyone dyslexic to try rotating him in your mind. I can’t do that; which is why I’m asking you to.#also: a bunch of tags are surprised this isn’t ‘shopped #it’s the lighting. backlit by the sun (which is diffused through the water) but also forelit artificially #the artificial light - a flash pack or something - casts a hard shadow under the creatures arm #which normally wouldn’t be possible if backlit by the SUN; you’d see a less-hard/more-fragmented shadow above water #as light sources ‘compete’ in a sense - and since there aren’t any light sources which can outshine the literal sun #it looks a bit weird when the darkest shadow is being cast from any other origin point - which is what’s essentially happening here #I don’t know the mechanics of how light travels through water; but I know the effect is substantial even with relatively short distances #also: it’s been balanced and color corrected by the author of the photo - who made deliberate choices to bring out the full potential #so it’s not like it’s a fresh and untouched export #but the kind of ‘tacked on’ appearance of the creature is a result of the lighting conditions within the image

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sivsii · 5 months

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also we fucked up as a society the moment we started telling teens and aspiring artists to conflate being an artist with building a brand as if the two things are inextricable. the name of the game if you want to share your art is to work a job and sell yourself as aesthetizied content. back in my day we could just POST SHIT. to deviantart! what the fuck!

#art stuff #take me baaaack #Sure there’s discord or whatever but it truly is not the same anymore. fur affinity is dead. deviantart is dead. art instagram as we know i #is dead. tumblr is dying. u can’t post shit on YouTube anymore if it isn’t highly produced and u aren’t trying to be A Youtuber

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chloesimaginationthings · 7 months

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Happy FNAF movie day!

#myart #chloesimagination #comic #fnaf #fnaf movie #five nights at freddy's #mike schmidt #vanessa shelly #vanessa fnaf #freddy fazbear #purple guy #I drew this before seeing the movie #and I gotta say it’s surprisingly accurate #I hope everyone has fun during their viewing experiences!!#these aren’t spoilers btw these bits were in the trailers

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disableddyke · 1 year

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onion not even doing satire at this point

#tweets #the onion #disabled #disability #ableism #medical negligence #oh this blew up #sure hope there aren’t any people being weird in my notes #5k #10k #20k #30k #40k #50k #60k

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revengeromance · 1 month

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“testosterone will make you fat and hairy!!!” PROMISE?!?!??😍😍😍🤤🤤🤤😍😍😍

#to all the fat and chubby tboys and mascs out there I LOVE YOU #don’t ever let a twink tell you you aren’t sexy as hell

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starredforlife · 2 months

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hey you 🫵

make ur personal dashcon for all I care. as many snacks and as much nudity n weed as you want for whichever scenario lol. go nuts show nuts yknow? or whatever we used to say

#star’s polls #polls #okay bless it’s set for a week now lol #tumblr #mutuals #reblog n Lemme know!!!.#uhhh I think I said I’d wanna do a pool party and s’mores n a horror movie….yea….#if you’ve seen this already vote again I fucked up 😭#added weed bc I forgot most people aren’t straight edge lol

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sashthesloth · 22 days

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I love the little squad of shades who follow Mel around the Crossroads when she gets back from a win

#hades game #hades 2 #hades 2 spoilers #hades #my art #melinoë #I love walking around and having a little line following me they’re all so cute #I get sad when I do the chaos trials because they don’t count as victories so the shades aren’t there

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dozydawn · 10 months

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vintage fishbowl charms

#charms #charm bracelet #fish #fishbowl #1k #sealife #shaking my head so people know i understand fishbowls aren’t good

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newttxt · 1 month

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crisis of disbelief

#one piece #trafalgar law #zoro #luffy #‘what ship is this’ sure #lulaw? luzo? law…zo? or is it zolaw. none of these sound like words anymore #well i guess bc they aren’t. they aren’t real words #‘law and zoro never really saw gear 5’ yeah. law saw his giant head in the roof and zoro was basically dead #they felt That tho #and finally #‘i thought you were taking a much needed rest break after weekly comics’#yeah well. i need a new brush bc my old one kills my wrist and there is a STEEP learning curve for me ://#it’ll get easier right. it’ll look better right. RIGHT?!

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chloesimaginationthings · 7 months

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“I assure you Mike, it's still me”

#myart #chloesimagination #comic #five nights at freddy's #fnaf #fnaf fanart #fnaf movie #mike schmidt #steve raglan #willaim afton #horror #halloween #springtrap #purple guy #promise these aren’t spoilers this was based off the trailers 🙏🏾#I think doing horror comics with fnaf could be sm fun #love love drawin horror #and the rot sets pff

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criticalrolo · 8 months

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are you guys ready to admit that ofmd, good omens, and what we do in the shadows have Extreme SuperWhoLock energies or do I need to wait another year to post this take

#two of these shows are fine. they’re fun. but we have to be so real here #they are giving !! superwholock energies!!#I’m right but if the people aren’t ready to hear the truth I’ll try again next year

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fagtainsparklez · 1 year

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“the writer’s strike will impact your favorite tv show!!!1!1!”

#icarus speaks #like. yeah that’s the fucking point 😭#i don’t want to watch a show if the writers aren’t being treated fairly.#like i thought that was the consensus. i hope shows get stalled and held back because of this #because that proves that striking DOES work and also will better the quality #cause the writers will actually be treated like people 😭

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nonetoon · 7 months

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Hey remember when I used to draw fake minecraft mobs

#my art #fan art #minecraft #mobs #clowns #creeper #snow golem #ghast #panda #dolphin #this took so long if there are typos no there aren’t

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