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flintandpyrite · 9 months

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3/4 of the way through the weaving step of this kuguri-sashi sampler. It’s so satisfying and genuinely relaxing, and because there’s no fitting to do or pattern to follow (besides what’s right in front of you) it’s so portable and easy. 10/10 idk what to do with this when I’m done.

#sashiko #boro #kugurisashi #my projects #embroidery #for people looking I bought the sampler needle and thread from snugglymonkey shop #they have an online shop that I love #buy independent!!

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repotting · 5 months

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a pet peeve of mine is stuff proudly labelled vegan but it's farmed w slave labor. like how is that vegan then.

we made this without exploiting or harming any animals!!! (but the human children forced into dangerous and underpaid agricultural labour to make this product don't matter i guess???)

like how are you gonna try to sell me child abuse chocolate and tell me it's vegan like come on

#this isn't a dunk on vegans my frustration is with major corporations that use slavery but claim veganism for marketing #im not vegan but i try to limit my complicity in child abuse as much as i can manage #anyways stop buying chocolate and coffee not independently verified to be farmed without slave labor it's just genuinely not necessary #speaking as a person who LOVES chocolate and is extremely poor btw like it's still not worth it #op

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warningsine · 16 days

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GIRLS5EVA • Summer Dutkowsky

#girls5eva #girls5evaedit #summer dutkowsky #gloria mcmanus #busy philipps #wickie roy #dawn solano #sine's gifs #does Summer know that Bette Davis "tried being a lesbian” and that Crawford tried to seduce her multiple times? the audiobooks probably #didn't cover that <3 #also it would have been topical had she mentioned something about tatu--larry sounds as gross as ivan.#she could have commented on the hypocrisy. the girls pretended to be gay to sell their first album abroad.#meanwhile in local interviews they'd say 'we are normal and have boyfriends.' one of them is openly homophobic supports putin and has run #for office.#anyway i know the series has no such intentions and sum is supposed to be a good/supportive sister but #that doesn't mean I don't think she would benefit from dating a lady now that she is independent/her own person #(preferably gloria but honestly any lady would do)#it wouldn't be hard to buy given that she hasn't had the opportunity to explore her sexuality what with the purity rings and upbringing #//#i wanted to add more moments but eh

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capncococharms · 10 months

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Twitter is down and I need that stupid site to promote my shop this weekend.

Well Tumblr, today is your lucky day because everything is 10% off in my store!

I sell stickers, pins and an acrylic standee! Buy my stuff now at http://popnpak.net!!!

#indie artist #cute #pop art #stickers #art #acrylic #illustration #sfw furry #anthro art #anthro furry #independent artist #small artist #smallbuisnessowner #twitter #10% off #buy my stuff #twitter sux

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nelkcats · 1 year

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Amity break the silence

What? what made this city so special?, the Justice League wanted to understand

After years of unsuccessful investigation, the Justice League managed to contact the reluctant people of Amity Park, who took themselves as independents, claiming that they did not need heroes since they had defended themselves long before the League existed and the government accepted their political independence in exchange of giving them nothing.

The League did not understand this, why were they forbidden to pass? Why did all their reconnaissance missions fail the second they entered? (Amity is a small town after all, they do recognize each other, this was never going to be helpful) after years of trying to ask the government itself the League was offered a bit of information.

The villagers invited them to see a tradition in the town, something private, just so they could understand a little what was happening. They forbade cameras and information release but they were advised to bring a magician and a curious enough member to the event, of course they were refused to interfere in everything that happened.

The League was surprised by this information but they agreed; when they got to the place Constantine was almost hysterical by the amount of death aura everywhere, the Amity Parker's denied and motioned for him not to say anything. This was directly the veil to the afterlife after all.

In the center of the city, 91-year-old Dash Baxter was smiling, and saying goodbye to his family, the League tensed at this, but the old man only dismissed their concern "It's my time" he whispered affectionately, and smiled at everyone who was reunited "I shouldn't keep him waiting so long."

Slowly and calmly, the old man sat down in one of the armchairs in the old park, right next to a flower-filled but nameless memorial grave, with a smirk he looked at the teenager who had appeared next to him the moment he moved closer to the grave "Did you finally come for my Fenturd?" He questioned mockingly.

The League was shocked at the suddenly emergence of a brilliant teenager, his appearance screaming "other world" but his demeanor calm and humane ; with a sad smile and a hand extended to the old man the boy spoke "We've had our good times Dash, but time always runs out, you're the last of us right?"

"Yeah, it was a good life you know? Even if I had to see Kwan and Pauli holding your hand first" the old man commented looking fondly towards his grandchildren, who were holding back tears "Do you know where I'll go now?"

"Well, I was hoping you'd tell me, but wherever you're going, I know I'll walk you there" the teenager stood up from the bench, taking the old man's hand gently.

"Yeah, I guess so, Kwan and Star are waiting on one side and Pauli on the other?" He questioned sadly, as if he was torn between impossible decisions, which he probably was.

"Yes, Paulina is beyond where I can reach her, will you go with her or will you come with us? Even if you decide to stay, you'll see her again when you fade away, so don't be so quick to decide, ¿eh? I know you're impatient."

"I don't know, it's still a pretty tough call, but before that" he looked at the League and then at the teen, assessing "I need to say, you're a good hero Phantom"

"Uh, that's something you haven't told me in years, back when you were a fan" the boy blushed a bright green, ignoring Dash's mutterings about remaining a devoted fan "Why bring it up now?"

"Because the new heroes need to learn that there are moments where it's not just about saving, but also saying goodbye, their circumstances aren't the same, but even they will have to say goodbye to their cities at some point" he sighed, his exhaustion was easily visible, reflecting in the old age of his face.

"You're being a bit harsh Dash" Phantom chided, though not entirely disagreeing "I was only given the privilege of accompanying you all, I don't think they will get the same treatment"

"Maybe I am, but you could have not done this you know? You always had the choice to run away from Amity, say goodbye, never look back; instead you stayed behind all the years, watching everyone you knew go extinct, how everyone ages while you continue the same until of your acquaintances only I remain, and even with the pain that everything causes you, you took the hand of each one of us, you accompanied us, you met our children, you were part of the lives of our grandchildren, always the first to arrive and the last to finish crying"

"Maybe it was out of selfishness, maybe I wanted to follow them to the other side too, hoping to find a peaceful end."

"Maybe, that doesn't mean that you never left Amity to her fate, even with all the threats to the world everywhere, you stayed here and I think that no one deserves a rest as much as you but you refuse to do so"

"Maybe Amity is all the world I need," Danny shrugged, "and rest would take it off my hands when I'm not ready to let go yet."

"Always the humble" the old man sneered "fine, have it your way"

Very few of the League guests could hear the conversation, but Superman seemed on the verge of tears as they watched as the old man closed his eyes satisfied with his last words, his breathing slowed and his heart stopped beating.

Slowly the teenager bent down to kiss the old man's forehead, keeping their hands together as a feeble spirit rose from the aging man, Phantom took the newly formed shadow's hand and motioned for it to come forward to his side, with an endearing expression in his face.

The last thing the heroes could see were the guiding lights illuminating Amity Park houses where both spirits were passing, until both simply faded from view.

"Oh" for the first time, Constantine seemed to be at a loss for words "That's why you didn't want us here" if anyone had paid attention, they would know how touched he was.

"That was Phantom" the old man's daughter smiled, wiping away the tears that had stubbornly remained in her eyes "Amity's first ghost, the only hero, who accompanies each one of us until the end"

"He lives in Amity?" Constantine questioned, still in shock.

"Yes, you could say, he lives in both Amity's" the woman replied with a small laugh "On the other side of the veil, where all the spirits that once inhabited this place are, and here, protecting us from everything, is a good boy"

"But, he's just a boy" Flash whispered, wanting to deny the existence of anything like ghosts, but Constantine's sad appearance or Zatanna's gaze didn't help his case.

"Don't let his appearance fool you" denied a girl next to the woman "Phantom has existed long before the League, when heroes were dangers and children dreamed of reaching Mars, did you want to know why we stay here? Why did the government agree to leave us alone?" She pointed to the spot where Phantom and the spirit vanished "For him, they put a bounty on his head long ago, so when they begged for help with their strongest threats, he refused."

"Why would they ask him for help?"

"Because he was the first hero, but he preferred to save Amity before the world" pride could be heard in the girl's voice "He made a deal with the government more or less, they leave us alone and in exchange if a universe level threat falls right here, he will take care of it"

"I don't know how helpful a kid would be," Flash muttered, still hesitating, but he was heard.

"Don't underestimate it, your strongest enemies are nothing more than mindless thieves to us" a boy from the crowd crossed his arms "to him, they are like children playing with plastic weapons"

"I understand" Constantine ended the conversation "thank you, for letting us see- all this, it's beautiful; someday do you think he will also take hands with someone from out of town?"

"I don't know, but if you die here after staying with us for a while, well, maybe he'll agree to accompany you too" the old man's daughter spoke again, the woman's eyes were warm, gentle even to him, a damned soul. "He already thinks you are good guys, or the barrier wouldn't have let you in"

"Was there a barrier?" Zatanna was in shock, she hadn't even felt a bit of it, it was impossible.

"Yes, all over the city, but that doesn't matter, are you satisfied with your information?"

"We are, we'll stay away from Amity" Constantine nodded, paying no attention to the protests from the paranoid heroes behind his back or the complaints about having more help on planetary threats.

"Thank you, and Constantine? You're one of the good guys too, remember not to forget that; when the time comes for the veil to part for you, I'm sure the Ghost King will pray for a peaceful end to your soul."

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squidcandy · 1 year

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horrible boyfriend chronicles 14: summer bird and the empty nesters he left behind

#enstars #ensemble stars #kurokei #keito hasumi #kuro kiryu #myart #souma kanzaki #isara mao #anzu enstars #I think it’s really funny how souma is becoming more independent and kurokei are becoming worse #guys who are delusional about a guy who is not even a year younger than them #every week without souma that goes buy they bulk purchase merchandise to cope #at some point Keito starts talking to the nuis #once every two days. a phone call. : kanzaki come over for dinner #the first time souma turns them down because he has a test krk go into shock #their apartment has a guest room just for him too #sorry I love akatsuki so bad please talk to me about my akatsuki headcanons #also I think it isn’t clear but this is in the future

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samstree · 10 months

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thinking about jaskier who finds good fathers irresistable. the sight of any man gently taking care of his children will have him go awwww and head over heels fall in love. but only. with men. who. aren't. geralt.

geralt: hmm did i mention, very casually, that i'm going to take care of ciri now. you know, ciri, my daughter who i adopoted during a literal war, and fought literally every bad guy in the world to protect. ciri, who i, a good father, love and care for deeply--

meanwhile, jaskier, looking at a passing farmer letting his daughter do the piggyback: dilf! dilf! dilf! dilf! 😍😍

#geraskier headcanon #geraskier #jaskier: aww look at that guy buying a plushie for his daughther because she's scared of monsters #geralt immediately: look at me also buying a plushie for ciri because she's scared of monsters :3 #jaskier: huh wait is she not too old #geralt (realizing ciri is now 19 and an independently working witcher who fights monters for a living) : ...so she is

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godzilla-reads · 3 days

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It is a beautiful Independent Bookstore Day and I am a grieved goblin on a book-buying ban 👿

#godzilla reads #independent bookstore day #indie bookstore day #booklr #book blog #not doing well yall #I need to buy books but I can’t

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bluedawnflower · 10 days

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Honestly I wouldn't be mad if Watcher decided to instead post 1 episode per season and various bonus content exclusively to a paid service like Patreon, and uncensored versions of their videos to Nebula. If they want more creative freedom (which they should have, btw) there are other ways to go about it than making a subscription service solely for your channel and making 95% of your new content exclusive to it. Other creators already follow a similar model of having good and interesting bonus content that draws people into paid services. GMM with Rhett and Link comes to mind, since they have the Mythical Society, where the main draws are Good Mythical Evening and the exclusive merch that you can get by being a member. This is a model that doesn't alienate your audience and can be incredibly profitable if you make it worth the cost and advertise it well.

#watcher #anyways. I'm still thinking about this #'you all are such hypocrites what happened to sipporting artists?' dude im an artist and i think this is an awful idea.#some people in their audience are flat broke #others are teenagers who are too young to buy a streaming service independently #and some people just find it insulting that this would be the only way to consume some of their favorite media? when it was free???#NOT TO MENTION THE INTERNATIONAL FANS.#ugh yeah i just. hate this move and even if they backpedal I'm probably not gonna be watching them again #sorry i loved puppet history and ghost files and mystery files and dish granted etc etc #but this is such a disasterous move that i cant justify staying interested in them after they make this shift

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csphire · 8 months

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Purples, Blues, and Gold

Words: 1,800

A prequel to Rosemary, Lilacs, Lilies and Bergamot

Astarion is at a loss on how to go about picking out something new for himself when given the chance. Floundering a bit he reaches out to his love for help and receives some supportive guidance. Just a short and hopefully sweet fluffy one-shot that's been living rent-free in my head since buying him an outfit at the Facemaker’s Boutique.

Bodies scattered the floors and blood soaked into the rugs at the Facemaker’s Boutique. The staff and owner were still rattled by the murder attempt. But at least Figaro ‘Facemaker’ Pennygood was so thankful to still be alive that he offered a discount to them all on the spot. The last thing Astarion expected was for their defacto leader as well as his lover to actually take up the offer so readily. But in their early days, she was not above picking up rags and anything else not nailed down for a bit of extra coin to buy one more healing potion or spell scroll.

With a soft clap, Anna declared, “Well now that bit of unpleasantness is all sorted out, how about we all do a little shopping?”

He watched as Gale and Karlach gave one another a tired but agreeing shrug. They both made a beeline to pick out some long overdue fresh undergarments to start. Astarion however felt rooted to the spot for so long that she noticed, drew close, and offered her hand. Stopping just short to give him the chance to decide if he wanted the contact or not. He stared at it for a moment before thinking to take it in his, give it a nervous squeeze, and side-eye the others. His lips pursed tighter as one of his brows cocked high in quiet alarm.

In a discrete murmur, so low only he could hear she guessed, “Star… has it been a while since you’ve picked something out for yourself?”

After a soft embarrassed clearing of his throat, he admits in his own way, “To say I’m out of touch with the current trends would be an understatement. What do you think I should get?”

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roughentumble · 6 months

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btw i dont understand why becoming a citizen of another country is so hard "oh you have to have a job there bluhbluh" ok well what if i just want to live in a house that is there. and i have money saved up. why cant i do that huh

#unless you can and ive vastly misunderstood how living abroad works #but im PRETTY sure. you need a permit for that.#and the permit is only given to people working or going to school #like girl i want to go there and bring my friends but i cant if we all have to go to school and work.#what if i just magically become independently wealthy huh??? you wont just let me live there and buy your tayto chips??? disgusting

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uranusguided · 7 months

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Hey my publisher finally got my book series, The Silent Trilogy, up on Apple Books! Check it out!!!

My publisher calls Silent Trilogy 'X-Men meets Good Omens'. That's not wrong but it is a series about abuse, colonialism and the importance of love in ways those aren't.

In more detail: the Silent Trilogy is an urban fantasy series set primarily in Hobart, Australia. It tells the story of the dainisa, a not-so-hidden magical community, focused primarily on their non-binary Princess, Torao Yamaguchi.

Desperate for her child to have a better life than she did, the leader of dainisa Amaya Yamaguchi sparks a revolution to claim Australia as a magical continent where dainisa can live in accordance with their own laws, not those of humans. However fighting power is a complex thing in a world built to function on injustice, and a pretty siren desperate for revenge could ruin it all…

Narrated through the eyes of a human who doesn’t quite get it, the Silent Trilogy is about the narratives we build of history. It's an exploration of trauma, the ways people learn to live with it, and how bigotry works. Also there's angels and demons messing things up. More info on the website!

I finished this series a long time ago but I'm still very proud of it!! It's a niche story I had a lot of fun with. I wrote this NB protag before I even came out myself so that's always cool. And every time I have to reread a part of the series I have a really hard time stopping cos I enjoy my own work so much lmao. So hopefully you'll enjoy it too!!

(it's also on Amazon if you prefer kindle, and if you don't wanna support either, well, chuck me a couple dollars on Patreon)

#support indie authors #silent trilogy #booklr #support independent books #original fiction #uhh i think that covers the tags i was meant to use lol #no shade to xmen or good omens btw those are literally two of my fave things #i'm very pleased by the comparison #writers on tumblr #idk please reblog #and pls buy my books if you can!!#auslit #australian fiction #tasmanian fiction #tasmania #loveozlit #ozlit

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stuckinapril · 2 months

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I thought you liked physics ?

yes I do. I love physics. I love it bc I was raised by a brainiac engineer mother who taught me to see math as fun from a very young age. and sometimes it pisses me off bc I don’t understand concepts immediately and my ego is HURT but then I humble myself and learn it and I’m back to adoring it again

#I did an independent study in a biophysics lab for a semester which was cool #I do orgo research now but I think so much of being a good researcher is integrating methods from different disciplines #and this will probably apply for when I’m a doctor too #I was never an ‘ewww I hate MATH’ person like I literally took advanced physics & calculus classes willingly bc it was so fun #which is why I was so mad when the whole girl math trend happened. what is girl math. what do you mean #I just despise the trend of girls being corralled into less math based fields bc of this. I am never buying into that narrative ever #ask

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todayisafridaynight · 2 months

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everyday i constantly think of masato's wheelchair and if that's his only one/main one no wonder he's so pissed at everyone

#snap chats #someone pointed this out to me like last year so im stealing it sorry cause I Think Of It Constantly #the handling of masato's disability will forever annoy me esp with how vague it is but esp his chair #one day ill draw masato with an appropriate wheelchair. maybe then he'll be happy for once #in a way i guess it could tie into how restricted or trapped he felt since the type of chair he's shown is more like. a hospital one #and not one youd really use as a regular user- like in that vein it is a bit of storytelling in that he can ONLY go out with help #since hospital chairs are SO much different from home chairs ESPECIALLY in regards to mobility and independence the user has #AND NOT TO MENTION HOW UNCOMFORTABLE THOSE CHAIRS ARE get his ass a proper cushion P L E A S E #like it portrays the idea that its unfathomable for him to go anywhere on his own and so in that vein . Interesting Storytelling #theres a lot of implications going on here if im so honest and again it makes for Really Interesting Story Telling #however i refuse to give rgg credit like that when it comes to disabilities. ... they havent earned that from me yet #see this is why the vagueness of his condition annoys me because he's shown to be independent enough to roll himself to his elevator #and presumably get himself dressed but he cant have a proper chair ?#because ik there are people who have expressed they have conditions where even writing is tiring #so if his condition was in-line with that and it was hard for him to push himself in his chair then i could buy it #obviously the issue lies with his lungs but i just want to know the full extent yk...#to wrap this up tho ive been thinking of character design in rgg and how we dont give credit to it enough #sooooo if i make a second post ten minutes from now thats why cause i keep forgetting to spam my thoughts on here LMAO #ok bye

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andromedasummer · 2 months

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Rooster Teeth 🤝 Newshub

Warner Bros Suddenly Shutting Them Down Out Of Nowhere

#rt #rooster teeth #obvs newshub is more important because theyre like. the only other tv news channel in nz apart from tvnz and the māori channel #we are losing all our journalistic variety to overseas companies wanting money #buying our independent news outlets just to shut them down

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booigi-boi · 5 months

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All I'm gonna say is I get Paul for getting drunk on like half a beer

#starkid #hatchetfield #paul matthews #this is like an autism thing isn't it?#When I thought I couldn't relate to Paul any more lmao #It's independence day here so I was like “I'll buy a cider for fun”#and I drank 3/4 of the tiny ass can before I couldn't anymore cause I started feeling uncomfortably dizzy and tired #I'll stick to mixed drinks and just Pepsi after this lol #everything is moving in slow motion I hate this #not important

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