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Sordid
Sordid means plagiarizing other blogs' rhetoric, introducing coffee and ibuprofen and God-knows-what, in order to keep your older, parochial audience hooked.
Sordid means spending an entire night frantically scouring other blogs, from across the entire dash, for things to take onboard and pathetically twist to fit your idiotic agenda. Because I am still on my mandatory end of posting leave, I could witness it in real time. The number of sock accounts created by the person, in order to do so, is clinical.
Just an example: I was expecting the Rolodex metaphor to pop in that long post. I was not disappointed. She took it onboard.
Sordid means playing with dimwits' minds and introduce logical fallacies such as: "I did not say I had evidence, I said I KNEW". Anything but owning one's shit and simply saying "I was wrong". Being wrong happens to everyone.
Sordid means twisting your underwear in order to demonstrate things like being a sugar baby is not being a prostitute, but simply having 'arrangements with certain wealthy men she knows and that's how she travels the world'. I howled. This is rock-bottom pathetic and she knows better than any dictionary...
....or than one of the top 5 Spanish dailies (a very serious one), for that matter:
[Source: https://english.elpais.com/society/2022-10-17/sugar-dating-the-romanticized-face-of-prostitution.html]
I know many things about human trafficking. There is nothing la-di-da about it, there is nothing glamorous about it. That gay BFF? Either her pimp or the pimp's vigilante. Nothing more, but nothing less. That woman is a legit, unapologetic hooker.
FYI, not having intercourse with the sugar daddy, but accepting money for companionship, can and is still construed by many as prostitution. The only concrete difference is a legal loophole benefitting sugar dating:
[Source: https://boldlatina.com/not-sugar-coating-the-truth-on-sugar-dating-escorting-and-prostitution/]
It is 'light prostitution'. Nothing less:
[Source: https://www.hopeforthefuture.at/en/sugar-dating-a-modern-form-of-prostitution/]
Sordid means finding excuses for the inexcusable. Of course he called JJ - they have a consistently documented collaboration history.
In the process, the *Ur Troll's laborious and verbose demonstration managed to throw everybody under the bus. C, who was compared with her in the guise of an excuse. S, who emerges as an idiot. And the woman herself.
Finally, sordid means calling out shippers, the usual suspects, who consistently rebuked your bullshit for 10 years, now. This is conveniently absurd.
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[240530] GOLDEN DAY
[NEW UPLOAD FROMM HIMARI]
[AM 10:10] Are you guys excited for the album release ? Even though I took part in making it, the waiting feels really long for me too
[AM 10:10] You guys all seem curious about the production, it makes me really happy! I filmed a vlog about the entire process but I don't know when KQ will upload it :(
[AM 10:11] As usual it was so much fun to create, especially because we tried out slightly different styles, although it was a little complicated using different instrumental layouts. I learned a lot from our seniors
[AM 10:11] There were a few projects to alongside this one, lots of university work as well, so I did a lot of overnights in the studio. It's all part of the job though, and the ambiance in the evening is much better anyway
[AM 10:12] Why are you all asking for my USB stick ㅋㅋㅋ Do you want to sell it ?? I have a lot more of unreleased things on my hard drive that I haven't transferred yet
[AM 10:12] Ahh I see you just want to listen to everything on there. A lot is for other artists...or in collaboration with someone so you'd need to ask them first ㅋㅋㅋ
[AM 10:13] I don't know...who could it be ?🤔Maybe it's two artists, who knows, I can't spoil anything just yet or it wouldn't be fun right ?
[AM 10:14] It's true, my work laptop does kind of look like a transformer. I might have to change the setup...not too long ago it overheated so much and I panicked. I thought it was going to erase everything
[AM 10:15] If you guys really want to learn this badly I'll talk to our CEO about hosting a few classes! I think it could be fun, like teaching trainees
[AM 10:15] Oh no, my hair color is temporary, although I really like it. The ears were a little gift from Jongho oppa and they just came in the mail today! Cute right ?
[AM 10:15] Don't worry the cans aren't mine, some of the members had a game night not too long ago over in our dorm. The rest of us played Monopoly...some sore losers will say I cheated, but think about it, do they have proof ?
[AM 10:16] Capitalism is a lifestyle in this group, you have to become a capitalist to beat one. Maybe i did...maybe I didn't
[AM 10:16] The kiss at the university festival ? Don't lie, I know you guys found his shirt ripping attractive too ;p
[AM 10:16] Oh you meant you wanted to kiss me ? ㅋㅋㅋ Sorry Tiny, I don't think he'll like that very much, I'll blow you loads of them on tour though!
[AM 10:16] I have a few things to finish up so I'll see you later my Hirangies ♡ Love you so much, kisses!
#ateez au#ateez imagines#ateez 9th member#ateez extra member#ateez female member#kpop oc#HimaSocial♡
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If Marvel did let you write a series, who and what would you write?
so like the easy answer is I want to be the person who fixes Spider-Man comics, but also... I'd rather die than work on a Spider-Man comic especially Peter. I know I shit on the writers all the time but they've got to churn out a two full issues every month while under editorial's full attention and control while the most insane fanbase is waiting with sharpened pitchforks. Yeah...I'll pass
There's a part of me that's like... what if I was the writer that got to make Johnny Storm queer but I imagine editorial would be on my ass and I'd be sent death threats about it so... nah
There's three characters that I actually have ideas for
Gwenpool obviously she's my fav I'd kill to write a series for her. She's gotten more popular since love unlimited so like come on marvel, you need to capitalize on this give her a print book. I'd want to bring back her MODOK team especially now that she's out, she could do a whole convoluted plan to get the gang back together and then get cold feet and make up a mission that'd go terribly but in the end she'd have a touching moment with the team. Also more of Teddy, he's her brother she should come out to him and now that we know more about her life before 616, I'd love to do a more emotional internal story about her grieving her life in the real world
Felicia Hardy or Black Cat, as far as I know she's never been written by a woman, much less a sapphic. I want to write a love story for her and also unpack her origin story. Maybe something more mature where she kills a rapist, it'd be cathartic to write
Cooper Coen or Web Weaver, he's still a new character but I worry Marvel will only bring him out for pride month. I need a melodramatic mini series or even an ongoing with a slow burn will they won't they for him and Albert Moon (the Silk of his universe). Cindy Moon just had a fantastic ongoing that showcased how cool Albert can be, I want to see him kick some ass in the other universe! I would love to write a story showing why Cooper and Albert broke up and then how Web-Weaver and Silk feel in love and all the drama that would go down with the identity reveal! Comics don't have messy love stories anymore! Queer characters never get messy relationships, they just have little fights then get married to their first real relationship for #allyship like fuck off I want an interesting story and I love writing relationship fights
#asks#i could never write comics though#unless marvel is hiring#but just the collaborative process is not my thing#i'd be a guest writer after publishing a best selling novel or something
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you absolutely already know this, but i adore your work. i think it's hard to avoid the pressure of being surrounded by people we might consider "true artists," but the fact is that, frankly, everyone who makes art is an artist.
before this year, i hadn't drawn a complete piece in nearly three years. the line work i did produce felt abysmal and i was tempted to give up. then, i saw your comic and i thought, "wow, that's really cute, and it looks like a fun style to emulate."
i drew you, pondering me, eating grass. and it WAS fun. i forgot how fun it could be. i can draw lesbian horses, or pony!WWX throwing a chicken, or me eating grass. i can even make shitty memes! and all of it, no matter how good or how bad, is fun again.
you bring a lot of fun to people here. that's something equally as important as people who cultivate fancy line work or expert level digital painting. i'm sure that's something you know, but i hope it never hurts to hear it.
happy first season, friend! i can't wait to see the rest.
As a chronic perfectionist, it's been a long journey for me to accept that 'done is better than nothing' and that the worst critical voice is my own. Sure there's people who've gone to professional art schools, and those with a more than a decade of experience on me, but honestly? Would I tell a child their sonic drawing isn't art? Just because they have no 'experience' or 'technique'? Absolutely not. So I'm no longer saying my efforts should not count as art.
At the end of the day, art is what we choose to make it. We have the power to create whatever we want. And we are going to use it to have fun! We never lost the love and fun for creation we all had as children, we just told ourselves it wasn't enough. But it really is B*)
#ask#non mdzs#Thank you so much for this very heartfelt message B'*)#This kinda hit hard for me cause this blog isn't actually my first attempts at art (started with the classical florals and life drawing)#but it stressed me out immensely. All I could see was flaws and it made the process miserable knowing I wasn't going to succeed#So I stopped trying. I didn't draw for *years*#The point of Poorly drawn mdzs was always 'it doesn't matter how it looks it matters that I just keep going'#and it made art fun! I was making comics for ME and no one else. The bar was so low and I really could only go up from where I started#I think art block might be 50% fear of failure and 50% the weight of expectations. *That's* why art is perceived as 'hard'.#I'm gonna be fully honest here; your art is GORGEOUS!!! I'm glad you didn't give up B*) Though I understand the feeling.#I have greatly enjoyed chatting and collaborating with you! Thank you for so so many things#I hope to see more of your work again in the future!! I hope you keep finding the joy and fun in the act of creation!#is it not so amazing we can make something out of thoughts in our heads?#Lets all remember that art let's us draw ourselves eating grass and realize how wonderful that is
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thought I should collect my vague fma/mp100 thoughts here to make it easier to have them all in one place !
basic plot/character stuff
ed and al are both talented young psychics who got their powers when they were pretty young. ed got his powers around the time their dad (a CRAZY powerful psychic) left, and al got his shortly after their mom died :(
they thought they could use their powers to bring their mom back as a spirit, but it went. very bad. instead, an evil spirit took advantage of them and started fucking Eating Their Life Forces. al freaked out and astral projected out of panic, but his entire body was consumed so now he's. stuck like that. ed managed to exorcise the spirit, but not until after his arm and leg are devoured too
their motivation is to get rid of evil spirits that take advantage of people and hurt them like this, which is what takes them to roy mustang's door
roy mustang is a fake psychic pretending to have pyrokinesis (he just has a flamethrower behind his desk) because I think that's funny. he's running an exorcism business like spirits and such, except he has a larger crew -- mostly his friends he can call up to do odd jobs for him, like fixing the leaky pipes that make noises that make people think their house is haunted or whatever. he's also the only exorcism business that's willing to hire a teenager, so that's how the elrics end up working for him
in addition to mustang's crew of non-psychics, he also has hughes, who is tragically a ghost. there is definitely some tragic back story here that I'm still working on hashing out, but they've kind of come to terms about it now. he still haunts his family, who know he's there, and he agrees to help out mustang with Actual Spirit Issues when the elrics are unavailable
the elrics' quest to deal with manipulative evil spirits leads them to encounter the sins, who are all very powerful evil spirits. one of the first ones they deal with is greed, who they mostly exorcise, but he manages to just barely survive, dimple style. he's looking for ways to bring himself back up to full power
enter: ling yao, recently awakened psychic who is also looking for ways to become more powerful. he keeps over-exerting his psychic powers and exhausting himself, which is how the elrics come across him mostly unconscious. he's very excited to meet another esper, but he makes the mistake of asking why al doesn't possess ed, since he knows that can enhance someone's psychic powers. the elrics are both Very Sensitive about that kind of topic and tell him to fuck Right Off
bad idea, because then he goes and finds a spirit of his own. both he and greed approach their mutually beneficial consensual possession situation for self-serving reasons. both of them look at each other and think "yeah I can definitely manipulate this guy into making me more powerful" [fast forward a couple months to when they've become Extremely attached to each other] oopsies
lan fan is a telepath. ling did not know this, so he tried to act soooo normal about being possessed around her. that didn't work for long, jackass! she got so fucking angry with him when she heard a literal devil on his shoulder, and even though ling stopped her from destroying greed, that evil spirit is on THIN ICE.
scar's family was killed in a psychic terrorist incident (think kimblee if he was part of claw). he's one of those really late bloomer espers -- it wasn't until this traumatic event that his psychic powers awoke, and he hates them because of the link to the event. now he's on his vengeance based quest, going after psychics that abuse their powers
things I'm still working out the details for
mustang was involved in some high profile fuck-up. kind of like separation arc reigen except uhhh people Died. hughes was likely one of those people. no one has enough proof to outright prove he did it, but he is definitely linked to the event, especially because he was a pretty public psychic figure at the time. in reality, it was the fault of the sins, but it's harder to find evidence when it was evil spirits doing it
olivier + the rest of briggs are an anti-psychic terrorism government agency (kinda like joseph) and initially scar is one of their targets, but they end up recruiting him bc they have a common goal
eventually scar starts working at spirits and such (olivier's assignment so he can keep an eye on mustang) but he fucking hates it. oh my god I cannot emphasize how much he hates it. imagine reigen serizawa and mob at spirits and such except none of them can stand each other. that's mustang, scar, and ed having to work together.
mei is also a psychic! she kind of latches onto both scar and alphonse (separately) because she needs some help killing someone. they have very different reactions to this.
the someone she's trying to kill is father, a super powerful psychic who's been orchestrating much of the psychic terrorism, as well as directing the sins. he's like if toichiro had a specialty for spirit wrangling like matsuo
miscellaneous au details
ed and al's auras (and al's spirit form) are mostly gold, ed's leaning more coppery and al's more of a green-gold. ed's kind of has the look of fire crackling around him. ling's aura is a blend of red and purple and has a kind of watercolor/bruise look. it's more vibrant and has more purple when greed is possessing him. mei's is mostly pink with some red.
mob psycho spirits range from completely abstract to mostly humanoid and frequently have multiple forms in between. hughes looks mostly humanoid most of the time, but can go simplified and silly when gushing about his family. al has a more powerful form that looks like the full suit of armor but he doesn't like using it very often, so most of the time he's a long blob that's just kind of armor shaped (like when the armor is simplified for silly moments). greed at full power looked like the ultimate shield, after being weakened he looks more like a dimple-like blob that resembles the face in ling's mindscape. when possessing ling and both of them are using their powers, ling gets lines on his face like on the ultimate shield (like dimple's cheek spots!)
other spirits: pride looks how you'd expect. horrible shadow spirit. envy bodysnatches a lot. wrath has been possessing a politician for Literal Decades. it's no good. I'm not sure about the other sins
people's feelings on possession range from the elrics (Fuck No), to hughes and mustang (if necessary to get a job done), to greedling (they like it like this actually)
the rockbells aren't psychics but they live kinda adjacent to the psychic world bc theyre family friends with the elrics + hohenheim, so they know more than most about psychic powers
#this ended up SO LONG. WHOOPSIE.#fma#fma mob psycho au#this is now my masterpost for this au#if more details get worked out then I'll edit it#but I thought it would be easier to have a post with all of it than having it scattered across dms and posts#speaking of dms tho. for me creating aus is a very collaborative process#so I would LOVE to hear input and ideas and stuff to mold this into the best it can be#especially since I have my favoritism and my blindspots#which means I've thought a lot about the elrics and greedling and scar#but less about like. the mustang gang#I've tried multiple times to write stuff for this and it's never quite come out like I want#bc I hold my aus to too high of a standard I think#I'm like ''my writing must be COHESIVE and tell a STORY that MAKES SENSE''#which then keeps me from writing things just for shits and giggles when it's for a big au like this#alas. I need to work on that.
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i keep seeing people criticising tv shows and movies by being like "i thought x character was bad but im NOT BLAMING the actor i think the actor is GREAT and WONDERFUL i blame the WRITERS and DIRECTORS"
usually this is directed at female characters and characters of colour and like while i understand the impulse to not dunk on actors and actresses who are more likely to be receiving really shitty hate comments just for existing i do think a) the attacks on writers and directors are also really mean and personal sometimes? and also b) this feels incredibly performative
#my peak moment of this is someone who commented on annabeth being black in the percy jackson series#and said it ruined the entire point of her character and made the show basically unwatchable from the get go#and then added “but no hate to leah! shes an amazing actress she's gonna be fantastic!”#and like. fantastic at what. what does that mean#thats an extreme example usually when i see this it's more like#idk like the comment i saw about ghosts cbs which said sam was too cheerful but that rose mciver portrayed her perfectly#and had a lengthy diatribe about how a character being perky and happy was irredeemably terrible writing#and like#how is the actress not a part of that?#what do you think her job is?#her job is not just having a face and saying words in any even halfway decent production the actors are *part* of the writing and direction#film media is a collaborative process#and you can hate the result but like youre rarely gonna be able to single out the one person who caused a thing you hate#and also also. its super obvious that people are just adapting to it being socially less acceptable to bully actors on social media#writers and directors however you can still get away with harassing
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no I don’t do any kind of composition exploration or studies or plan or anything when I’m drawing I just receive a vision directly from the void between the stars and then scribble aimlessly for the next .5 to 10 hours until it looks okay
#news from the cupola#process? explanation? No and Fuck You Very Much#more whinging about the expectations people apparently have of me this morning I guess#grandma pestering me about why aren't you getting an arts job has gotten to me I guess#it's interesting to think about because I can prove that for some people there's a sort of enjoyment from the actual Challenge of the job#and that they genuinely do have a a drive to do their best and set themselves to tasks that they don't already have a passion for#whereas on my end of things? if I don't already have love or at least enjoyment and trust built in from step one I just. Can't.#can't focus can't collaborate can't sit down and put lines on the page#so y'know#do not poke or prod at the artist he is trapped in the little aquarium of his own mind and he will become upset#just be gentle and let me swim in circles in here until the art happens. a fish cannot really be trained.
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leftist commune haters will say how dare you imagine a future removed from capitalism. how dare you have an initial idea that may not be perfect. as we all know it is pointless to even begin to imagine something you do not know everything about or learn new things later
#‘leftist’ as a loose term here as it’s not a real political ideology#i just keep seeing posts ragging on THE IDEA of commune living#sorry that your life sucks so much you ran out of hope but not all of us have#and i don’t claim to know everything about how it would all work which is why it’s a collaborative process#nor do i agree with every leftist communepost bc some of y’all are truly saying dumb shit but#but uh. capitalism is not the only way forward#nor is it ableist to try and imagine another way to do things like. there can be manufacturing and intercommune trade#so it’s like. suck my peen#kirby.txt#okay to reblog
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Also I think I'm having a weird time with my art bc usually I enjoy being ambitious but I think I'm coming at it from too much of a critical expectation than I am from an exploratory, playful place of where can I go with this
#I'm not tapping into my curiosity#just like#oh#ohhhhhh#controlling expectations#ohhh#i said that in my head as in expectations that are controlling to me personally#but then I realized it's also me trying to control meeting other's expectations#OHHHHHH OH MY GOD#oh my god???#i love venting on Tumblr it's literally so therapeutic wtf#i enjoy subverting people's expectations by making something cooler than they thought I would#or challenging myself in a way not explicitly suggested#but I've been trying to pander to other people's interests#not bc I'm like insecurw#well not insecure in the way people usually are abt art#i just want to connect with others more so I was trying to be collaborative towards their interests mixed with mine#but I was still coming at it from this weird like#half survival mode where I'm trying to get good enough to make money with jr#and half trying to control meeting other's expectations or things that they enjoy#when I really need to honor feeling that ownership and playfulness and exploration in the process as well#ohhhhhh my gos#tumblr tag venting is so good for you#im realizing things in the Tumblr tags
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USAmericans
Read the Project 2025 manifesto RIGHT NOW
It's MUCH worse than y'all have been hearing
There is so much here you'll have to look at it for yourself, but the climate policy alone is nightmare fuel.
The republican coalition wants to essentially end funding for green energy, dramatically promote and expand fossil fuel industries, and eliminate funding and regulations in all sectors promoting climate change mitigation. Task forces and offices related to clean energy and lowering carbon emissions will be eliminated and replaced with offices for promoting fossil fuels.
They want to LOG NATIONAL FORESTS TO "THIN" THE TREES TO STOP WILDFIRES.
THEY WANT TO FORCE OREGON AND CALIFORNIA TO LOG THEIR NATIONAL FORESTS AND TREAT THEM AS FOR TIMBER PRODUCTION
There are specific provisions in Project 2025 to essentially destroy the Endangered Species Act, causing it to defer to the rights of "economic development" and "private property." The plan includes delisting gray wolves, cutting the budget so that a "triage" system is used to determine which species will get protection, removing funding for research, removing experts and specialists from the decision-making process, and preventing "experimental" populations of animals from being established.
This is so much worse than I expected it to be and there's much more past that: They want to deregulate pesticides and remove much of the EPA's ability to regulate pollutants as well.
Also included in the manifesto is that we should
withdraw from nuclear weapons nonproliferation agreements, build more nuclear weapons, and resume nuclear weapons testing
The manifesto comprehensively outlines the scorched-earth elimination of abortion access, down to ensuring doctors aren't even trained to perform abortions. There are plans in here to disrupt abortion access GLOBALLY, not just domestically.
Not only that,the Republicans plan on reframing family planning programs around "fertility awareness" and "holistic family planning."
I can't even describe it all. I'm trying to give screenshots of the most important things but there's so much.
The foreign policy is a nightmare. They plan to push fossil fuels onto the Global South and promote the development of fossil fuel industry in the "developing world."
It is aggressive and antagonistic towards other nations, strongly pro-military, proposing that we INCREASE (!!!!!) defense spending, improve public opinion of the military and military recruitment, and increase the power to fund new weapons technology.
Just read the Department of Defense section. It's about greatly increasing and strengthening the military-industrial complex, collaborating more closely with weapons manufacturers, removing regulatory barriers to arming our allies and to inventing new military weapons, and recruiting more people into the military. They include provisions to develop AI technology for surveillance. And of course, continuing to support Israel is in there.
Elsewhere it proposes interfering in foreign countries with creepy pro-USA propaganda campaigns, even establishing international educational programs where faculty have to pledge to promote USA interests.
There's a line in here about getting rid of PBS because SESAME STREET is LEFTIST for God's sake.
HOW are people claiming democrats have the same policies. I feel like i'm losing my mind.
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my comic from the @neverturnbackzine! truly one of my favorite zines i've been a part of :]
some extra insight/fun facts about the process of this piece below the cut 💥💥💥
posting pieces from collaborative zines is always something i struggle with because i look back and think of how i would do things differently now, but i learned a lot working on this comic and even developed some style techniques that i still use!
Fun Fact 1: the panel where shadow Fucking Disintegrates That Guy is technically traditionally drawn! i couldn't get it right in clip studio so i just started frantically scribbling in a notebook and got it eventually lol
highly highly recommend scribbling stuff out in a notebook, scanning it on your phone, and then dropping it into a canvas to edit later if you ever have trouble sketching something.
Fun Fact 2: a lot of the overlay/background effects were made in Kid Pix Deluxe 3D. i created a whole collection of various textures/abstract effects for this comic that i've been using in my art since last year. you can even find them scattered through my team dark zine lol. here's a few of them:
similarly, the background at the bottom of page 2 is actually a warped photo i took of a bunch of headphone wires. this is the original:
Fun Fact 3: i made this comic during a very busy and wild period of time last year so this is what the final panel looked like for a while before i fully finished it LMAO
ok yay thanks for reading bye
#ah yes the comic that i kept showing to my friends for notes and asking “hey guys is this even REMOTELY comprehensible”#very fun to work on! learned a lot :] for context i finished this in july of last year#fern's sketchbook#eyestrain#sth#shadow the hedgehog
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Windbrook Save 2.0 (In collaboration with @cowboycid and @bobnewbie)- Feat. a family by @oshinsimss
DISCLAIMER:
While this is a CC free save file, it is pack and kit heavy. To give more context, this save utilizes ALL EPs, GPs, and SPs (except My First Pets) as well as ALL KITS (except Bust The Dust and Poolside Splash) While you may not own every pack or kit that I used, the save file is still playable. Everything missing will be substituted.
What's new in 2.0
Willow Creek has new homes, rentals, and one new retail lot
Newcrest has been built (restaurant, gym, retail, and generic lots)
Magnolia Promenade has been built, while somewhat finished, still needs work
Every lot that's finished (including commercial) and families have descriptions, stories, jobs, etcetera
New townies from @simsontherope and @cowplant-snacks
Families from @bobnewbie
A special family, The Westfalls made exclusively by @oshinsimss
Special collaboration with @cowboycid
Other worlds are still empty, I do plan on building new worlds
SCREENSHOTS AND MORE INFO BELOW
SPECIAL THANKS
First and foremost I want to thank my good good friend @cowboycid for collaborating with me on this project. I'm so happy we met when we did because I was starting to lose light. You inspired me to keep going, and for that I appreciate you DOWN. You're a real one sis, no tea. Hugs and kisses for ever.
I also want to thank @bobnewbie for coming through with families. You don't understand just how life saving they were. I didn't get a chance to use all of them, and my original concept for the save fell through due to time constraints, but I'm thankful to have had access to the diverse array of families you made for the save.
A huge thank you to @oshinsimss for taking the time to create a beautiful family, The Westfalls, exclusively for Windbrook 2.0, I love them so much.
Also a big thank you to @cowplant-snacks and @simsontherope for their townies. Without them, the townies would just be... ugh, you know. So, thank you for having them available on the gallery.
I also want to thank @anthonydaydreamer for just showing up for me through this whole process. Like, you just get it boo! Hugs and kisses!
Finally a quick apology to those I intended on sending preview copies of the save. Time was not on my side near the end, things took more time than I thought. Honestly, I needed to get this project off my computer ASAP. I really hope you guys understand. Big hugs and kisses.
Thank you everyone for all the kind words and support over these past few months, your words kept me going, even if I didn't feel I had anymore left to give. This save is a love letter to you all, the simblr community.
Thank you, honestly, truly.
*terrain replacement in screenshots by K-hippie, you don’t need it, it’s just for screenshots + updated download link to include The Westfalls made by @oshinsimss for Windbrook 2.0 - please find more info here*
*updated download as of 10/11/23*
Download (SIMFILESHARE)
TOU: Don't upload any part of this save to any platform without explicit permission, thank you.
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The thing I love about Hbomberguy’s latest video essay on plagiarism is it really gets to the root of why someone plagiarises, which in turn reassures the audience of the soundness of their own creative process and that of the creatives they love. He spends so much time praising and analysing the difference between derivative works (non-negative) and plagiarised works that it reassures and broadens the knowledge of other creatives and of the audiences consuming their works, which in turn helps assuage any unconscious reactionary feelings of “But this other creative I love does something slightly similar”.
As someone who writes, and as someone who went through the churn-em-out of the modern university degree system and all the plagiarism anxiety that comes with that, the topic of copying and mimicking other creatives is a heavy and ill-understood topic in so many spaces. The education system, at least in my country, went from encouraging rote-learning and copying by rewarding those who best memorised answers previously learned (e.g. exam answer schedules, memorising the wording of pre-practiced essays) to encouraging original thought in extensively-written about topics for essays. It’s very hard not to feel like you’re plagiarising when you’re one of 300 first year law students writing about a a topic from one very in-depth source that you’ve studied in class and three smaller ones, and Turnitin has put in your mind that the MOST important thing you can do for this essay is not to pass it, but to reword it well enough not to get caught up in this plagiarism detector. And I can recognise my behaviours in what Hbomberguy identifies - I remember minute-before-the-deadline essays where I was guilty of padding out my biography with sources from my sources, and can think of phrases or techniques of writing I’ve read in books that I sometimes worry might come through in my writing in a way that feels like stealing.
Plagiarism anxiety is real, and it’s fed by a lack of understanding around what plagiarism is and where it comes from. Hbomberguy is so right for complimenting a bunch of lame youtubers for the enthusiasm with which they openly bounce off of other people’s ideas. This collaborative method of creating where ideas are taken and passed on due to love of the craft can feel derivative eventually - but taken within a body of work where the creator is riffing or paying homage to and not merely regurgitating others success is at the heart of where any meaningful success and love for the medium lies. Creators need to be coming from a place of genuine enthusiasm and respect - it’s when they dont, when they’re looking down on others, that we see these behaviours emerging.
And that helps identify the urges within ourselves, and know more firmly whether what we’re doing is tribute or theft, including the many not just acceptable but positive ways of referencing back to sources and inspiration. It helps us tell when we ourselves are genuinely trying to pay homage and when we are treading the more murky waters of unfair attribution. So thanks Hbomberguy for dumbing down this topic in the most relatable but inaccessible-by-length way possible, as per usual.
#continually impressed with the way he manages to add to conversations tbh#hbomberguy#breadtube#video essays#james somerton
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have you heard that jordan peele said steven yeun's character is the one that has the most in common with him. have you thought about how most of his cinematic career has been built around discussions of race and the traumas that come from racism. have you thought about how any media handling real and personal topics is a sort of emotional self-disembowelment on the part of the creator. have you thought of the glory and horror of being Seen. have you screamed
Have I? HAVE i. Have I thought about how Peele has discussed being objectified and tokenized on set, especially early in his career? Have I thought about what it's like to suffer real-life trauma in a space created for make-believe? Buddy, I haven't thought about anything else for days!!
I think one thing that makes this movie so visceral to me is that it's an exploration by a great popular artist on the human cost of making popular art. The link between the auteur and the cult leader--both are people consumed & defined by stories, people who are compelled by a narrative and feel an urge to spread that narrative to an audience.
And I am really impressed by how hard Peele seems to work to reject the cult leader in himself as best he can -- to make art that enriches the lives of ALL THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT. Every interview is about how collaborative and present he is as a director. Obsessed with this Q&A for many reasons but this moment sticks with me:
KEKE PALMER: There would be moments where we’re going through different parts of this script, this story, from when we first rehearsed to when we were actually on set, or when we had an idea that happened that morning. I would be listening, my head would be down, I’d be listening to what Jordan’s saying, I’m like, man this is deep. And I look up and there’d be just this one little tear falling. Man, this brother’s deep.
JORDAN PEELE: I’m not afraid to cry as a director.
KP: And he’s chill! He’d be like, “That’s what happens” and tears are falling. I’m like, “Are you all right?” But he keeps going and he’s like “Yeah, yeah. So that’s the thing.” And then he just walks out.
To me, that reads as a person who is NOT JUST super smart and deep and creative etc but who is also aware every moment of how lucky he is to be doing what he's doing, and who is not ashamed of his own reaction to that gratitude. What's to be ashamed of? It's incredibly fun! He is having an amazing time! He's hanging out with people he likes and respects and coating actors with goop in the esophageal tube! What a job!
I wonder if, to be that thankful and that aware (and that collaborative), you have to have experienced the flip side; if you have to have been Jupe, at least for a little while. I wonder if the process of -- to some extent -- commodifying your own suffering (as capitalism practically demands that artists do in order to survive as artists) leads, almost inevitably, to a moment where you think, "I survived this horror and became a Star because I am the main character of reality: I am more special than other people, I have a special ability to communicate, I have a special destiny." That is a powerful story and a seductive one, but if you don't leave it behind, it will eat you and the people around you alive.
It seems to me like an extension of what Peele is exploring in Us--the notion that your contentment is entangled with someone else's suffering. Why you? Why not the person with all your qualities who for whatever reason never ended up where you are? Especially for creators with marginalized identities, right? "Am I occupying a space that should belong to someone else?" You can avoid that question by deciding that you have special individual qualities that make you the Chosen One, as Jupe does. Or you can accept that the question will always haunt you, that luck (LUCKY THE FINAL HORSE??) has no logic, and you try to spread your luck out and open your space up to as many other people as you can. Which you see Peele doing all the time! Gah!!
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With all of the new CritRole stuff coming out, like Re-Slayer's Take and etc etc, I do wanna say: if you really enjoy the coverage at Encyclopedia Exandria, the Critical Role wiki at Miraheze, please, please, please know that the regular volunteer pool at the wiki is literally like twelve people. Our resources are so limited, and as the scope of Critical Role Productions increases, so too does our scope as a wiki.
I can say as an admin (though please know that this post is in my capacity as an individual, and not an official wiki correspondence), we're currently thinking of ways to make onboarding simpler and learning the more esoteric elements of editing easier, but please do understand that there aren't "qualifications" to edit. It's an open wiki, and if you want to make updates, we welcome any and all good faith editors.
If you're uncertain about something, you can state what help you need in the edit summary. If you don't know how to format references, just add them in whatever format you know how, and someone will come re-format it eventually. If you don't know how to do proper wiki formatting, don't worry about it, someone will eventually wikify your addition. If it's a small thing, it's very appreciated, even the small stuff is important. If it's just typo fixing and clarity fixes, we very much value editors who are focused on that as well. If you want to propose an edit but aren't sure how to do it, you can post to the talk pages that every article has.
If you are interested in editing, but don't know how? Just do what you can, someone else will come help you (especially if you indicate in an edit summary that you need some extra help). It's an iterative process, so don't worry about trying to be immediately perfect. It's always a work in progress, so don't worry about trying to be immediately complete. It's a collaborative process, you are not doing it alone, and we need the help.
But, genuinely, if you have ever thought about editing or contributing to Encyclopedia Exandria, even in a small capacity. We always need more editors because our existing pool is very small.
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Shadow High series 3 my new beloved
I didnt even like most of em until i saw them in person, but the knowledge that they'll probably never be in the show has my brain in a "well its free realestate" kinda mood
Random list of information cuz ive been plotting out friend dynamics and background lore
-i like to pretend Rainbow High/Shadow High are actually Rainbow University/Shadow University cuz im in art college Right Now and i think it makes more sense with the whole dorm room situation. And also major makes more sense than focus IMO
-I changed Pinkie's major from film to just undeclared. I think she eventually does land on Film. She just has a lot of interests! Her dream has always been to one day direct films, and I think she comes to love them even more while developing ideas her with the group as she winds up in a Director/Producer position for most of them. BUT also every time she takes a class in a different program she cant help but fall in love with that way of making art too. So she has a hard time picking for a while and changed her major a couple times before landing on Film.
-Pinkie and Berrie bond a lot over a shared interest in vocal synths (tho Berrie knows more about them than her).
-The two made Pinkie's vtuber model together!
-the fandom wiki says PJ is from germany?? Idk how canon that is tbh but ive decided to embrace it i guess
-Rooney's canon name is Scarlet Rose, but i thought it was kinda lame especially when Rosie Redwood is also in this line sooo I renamed her! Stuck to the color name puns tho. Mar Rooney. Maroon. Haha
-Speaking on her though i love that shes from texas and likes writing scifi mystery type stuff and that being said i just Know deep in my bones that she was a Voltron Legendary Defender fan and Keith was/is 100% her favorite. She has a continued fondness for mothman specifically cuz of this.
-PJ and Rooney actually talk about fandom and shows/movies ALL the time. They dont have a ton of overlapping interests, but where they do? The two literally never shut up.
-Rosie is such a random character, like outside of her design she feels very poorly considered. So I scrapped the cosmetology thing and made her an illustrator instead! I think it works better with her love of making art in nature. I can see her being really into illustrated guide books. I think shes a bit snooty when it comes to art too. It takes being friends with other artists to become more open minded.
-I like the idea that Rosie is mainly friends with Rooney and Berrie ontop of that. The three of them often tag team storylines and how theyd interpret them into different mediums. Rosie will draw up a bunch of concept stuff while Rooney writes up a pitch bible and Berrie will start making shit move and throwing in her own ideas on camera angles and character designs.
-as an animation major Berrie was required to take a sound design class early on, which is where she met Oliver! Hes very laid back, and likes to go with the flow, but functions a little like the "mom" of the group. Often reminding the girls to take breaks, drink water, stop looking at their screens lest they get eye strain etc. He's multi-talented tbh but Music is his one true passion and he likes how the girls are always giving him collaboration opportunities.
-Oliver and Rosie like to talk sports a lot, both having played a bunch when they were younger and throughout high school.
-Lavender Lynn is Oliver's number one "person who needs constant reminders to settle down" she is in a constant buzz of trying to get the best shots and is utterly obsessed with the process of artistic documentation. Everything must be documented.
-the whole school loves her for this actually, she has a whole side gig where other students hire her to help photograph their projects. She saves everything she earns from this for her future dream plans to visit paris. She has it set really, many of the artists who she helps photograph now will remain steadfast clients of hers forever onward.
-PJ and Lynn actually took a print media class together at one point. Which didnt at the time spark an everlasting friendship. But it did give PJ an easier in to ask for Lynn's help documenting a project the group was working on. One of Lynn's first times photographing them work happened to fall on a day where Rosie had planned to trick everyone into going on a nature walk sans devices... Lynn wound up really appreciating this outing and decided to continue hanging around the group even after that project had ended.
#shadow high#rainbow high#my art#fanart#i had to write down all my ideas just to get them outta my head#now im free
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