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galeweather · 1 year

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BRIDGERTON APPRECIATION WEEK • DAY THREE: favorite pairing ↳ KATE & ANTHONY + dear-ao3

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aye-of-newt · 6 months

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#I had so many mansplain options to choose from I had a hard time picking one #but episode eight really teed up the perfect home run #blue eye samurai

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inkskinned · 7 months

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the thing about art is that it was always supposed to be about us, about the human-ness of us, the impossible and beautiful reality that we (for centuries) have stood still, transfixed by music. that we can close our eyes and cry about the same book passage; the events of which aren't real and never happened. theatre in shakespeare's time was as real as it is now; we all laugh at the same cue (pursued by bear), separated hundreds of years apart.

three years ago my housemates were jamming outdoors, just messing around with their instruments, mostly just making noise. our neighbors - shy, cautious, a little sheepish - sat down and started playing. i don't really know how it happened; i was somehow in charge of dancing, barefoot and laughing - but i looked up, and our yard was full of people. kids stacked on the shoulders of parents. old couples holding hands. someone had brought sidewalk chalk; our front walk became a riot of color. someone ran in with a flute and played the most astounding solo i've ever heard in my life, upright and wiggling, skipping as she did so. she only paused because the violin player was kicking his heels up and she was laughing too hard to continue.

two weeks ago my friend and i met in the basement of her apartment complex so she could work out a piece of choreography. we have a language barrier - i'm not as good at ASL as i'd like to be (i'm still learning!) so we communicate mostly through the notes app and this strange secret language of dancers - we have the same movement vocabulary. the two of us cracking jokes at each other, giggling. there were kids in the basement too, who had been playing soccer until we took up the far corner of the room. one by one they made their slow way over like feral cats - they laid down, belly-flat against the floor, just watching. my friend and i were not in tutus - we were in slouchy shirts and leggings and socks. nothing fancy. but when i asked the kids would you like to dance too? they were immediately on their feet and spinning. i love when people dance with abandon, the wild and leggy fervor of childhood. i think it is gorgeous.

their adults showed up eventually, and a few of them said hey, let's not bother the nice ladies. but they weren't bothering us, they were just having fun - so. a few of the adults started dancing awkwardly along, and then most of the adults. someone brought down a better sound system. someone opened a watermelon and started handing out slices. it was 8 PM on a tuesday and nothing about that day was particularly special; we might as well party.

one time i hosted a free "paint along party" and about 20 adults worked quietly while i taught them how to paint nessie. one time i taught community dance classes and so many people showed up we had to move the whole thing outside. we used chairs and coatracks to balance. one time i showed up to a random band playing in a random location, and the whole thing got packed so quickly we had to open every door and window in the place.

i don't think i can tell you how much people want to be making art and engaging with art. they want to, desperately. so many people would be stunning artists, but they are lied to and told from a very young age that art only matters if it is planned, purposeful, beautiful. that if you have an idea, you need to be able to express it perfectly. this is not true. you don't get only 1 chance to communicate. you can spend a lifetime trying to display exactly 1 thing you can never quite language. you can just express the "!!??!!!"-ing-ness of being alive; that is something none of us really have a full grasp on creating. and even when we can't make what we want - god, it feels fucking good to try. and even just enjoying other artists - art inherently rewards the act of participating.

i wasn't raised wealthy. whenever i make a post about art, someone inevitably says something along the lines of well some of us aren't that lucky. i am not lucky; i am dedicated. i have a chronic condition, my hands are constantly in pain. i am not neurotypical, nor was i raised safe. i worked 5-7 jobs while some of these memories happened. i chose art because it mattered to me more than anything on this fucking planet - i would work 80 hours a week just so i could afford to write in 3 of them.

and i am still telling you - if you are called to make art, you are called to the part of you that is human. you do not have to be good at it. you do not have to have enormous amounts of privilege. you can just... give yourself permission. you can just say i'm going to make something now and then - go out and make it. raquel it won't be good though that is okay, i don't make good things every time either. besides. who decides what good even is?

you weren't called to make something because you wanted it to be good, you were called to make something because it is a basic instinct. you were taught to judge its worth and over-value perfection. you are doing something impossible. a god's ability: from nothing springs creation.

a few months ago i found a piece of sidewalk chalk and started drawing. within an hour i had somehow collected a small classroom of young children. their adults often brought their own chalk. i looked up and about fifteen families had joined me from around the block. we drew scrangly unicorns and messed up flowers and one girl asked me to draw charizard. i am not good at drawing. i basically drew an orb with wings. you would have thought i drew her the mona lisa. she dragged her mother over and pointed and said look! look what she drew for me and, in the moment, i admit i flinched (sorry, i don't -). but the mother just grinned at me. he's beautiful. and then she sat down and started drawing.

someone took a picture of it. it was in the local newspaper. the summary underneath said joyful and spontaneous artwork from local artists springs up in public gallery. in the picture, a little girl covered in chalk dust has her head thrown back, delighted. laughing.

#writeblr #warm up #this is longer than i wanted i really considered removing that part about myself and what i went thru #but i think it really fucking bothers me that EVERY time i talk about being an artist #ppl assume i just like. had the skill and ability to drop everything and pay for grad school.#like sir i grew up poor. my house wasn't a safe space. i gave up a FREE RIDE TO LAW SCHOOL. for THIS. bc i chose it.#was it fucking hard? was i choosing the hard thing?? yes.#but we need to stop seeing artists as lazy layabouts that can ''afford'' to just ''sit around and create''#when MANY - if not MOST - of us are NOT like that. we have to work our fucking ASSES off. hard work. long and hard work #part of valuing artists is recognizing the amount we sacrifice to make our art. bc it doesn't just #like HAPPEN to us. also btw it rarely has anything to do with true talent.#speaking as someone with a chronic condition i hate when ppl are like u have it easy. like actively as i'm writing this my hands r #ACTIVELY hurting me. i haven't been posting bc my left hand was curled in a claw for the last week #this isn't fucking luck. after a certain point it's not even TALENT. it's dedication & sacrifice.#''u get to flounce around and do nothing with ur life'' is a narrative that is a direct result of capitalism #imagine if we said that about literally any other profession.#''oh so u give up 10 yrs of ur life to be a doctor? u sacrifice having a social life and u get SUPER in debt?#u need to work countless hours and it will often be thankless? well i wish i was that lucky''#we should be applying that logic to landlords ONLY #''oh ur mom and dad gave u the money to buy a house? and all u did was paint it white and rent it? huh.''

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trueloveistreacherous · 1 month

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This is the first of 20 shows Girls5eva has booked throughout the Midwest and Southeast. Boy, it's hard to believe I'm even here, given the start I had in life. One day there will be a biopic, and yes, of course I'll play myself. From birth, goo-goo, gaga, to death. I think there's a bomb on the yacht! Renée Elise Goldsberry as Wickie Roy in season 3 of Girls5eva (2021-present) created by Meredith Scardino

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jestroer · 3 months

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It's finally my time to post one of the pieces i did for @hermitshippingbigbang! This one goes to an amazing piece of fanfiction by @violet-fire-cat, Spring Blossoms! :D

It's an amazing Ethubs fic, inspired by Stardew valley, and it was as fun to read as it was to work with! Totally go check it out! :DDD

#hermitshipping #ethubs #hsbb 2023 #bdoubleo100 #ethoslab #court jester's art #god this fic is so good fr i had the time of my life working on the pieces for it and it was so hard to choose even two cause there's just #so many great moments #its awesome go read!!#hermitcraft #court jester's fanfiction appreciation moment

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ahappyphjl · 4 months

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favorite solo videos: dan // dpgdaily's dnpaw - day 6/7

#had such a hard time choosing these oof i like so many others equally as much :(#mine #dnpaw #daniel howell #dan howell #danisnotonfire #dnp #dan and phil #dpgdaily

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brainmoss · 2 months

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Horseshoe Overlook

By the fires

#red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 #videogame imageset #imageset #horseshoe overlook #Javier Escuella #Sean Macguire #Leonard Summers #Lenny Summers #rdr2 uncle #Simon Pearson #Reverend Swanson #Orville Swanson #i always go ham when i take out the camera in rdr2 and then i have so many to choose from sometimes its hard to pick just one ahah #for the same ocasion i mean #like i only caught sean telling the story a bit after he started so then i had to stay in the same spot to get the pics before it ended #and lenny has so many expressions throughout it! I wanted to include some plus the pics look cool i think #orange glow and smoke

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sharpesjoy · 2 years

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People disappear all the time. Most are found, eventually. Disappearances, after all, have explanations... Usually.

em’s 3k celebration — 🌻 for @danieljradcliffe ; favourite outlander shots

#*mine #emsi3k #outlanderedit #outlander #perioddramaedit #perioddramasource #weloveperioddrama #cinematv #cinemapix #tvedit #so hard to choose #i had many more #this show is beautiful

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jazzzzzzhands · 6 months

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Inktober 2023 Year 8

Day 26: Remove

Wood-nt it bee Nice to simplee rem0ve all thos n@sty feel~ings? Sads n Mads? G0ne!!

I-i-i c@n Rem0v3 them frum ur BrAin! Just laik this!! :-)

#inktober #inktober2023 #jazzink #dr habit #smile for me #s4m #ooh i love dr habit!!#hes so funny!! and silly!!#i was looking at so many references!#i love the squarish style that he is drawn on the walls #and i also like his normal form #i liked his doctor suit but had a hard time of choosing hair tied back or not #and this is just how he came out!!#hes very goober!!#i would hug him!!!

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illgiveyouahint · 1 year

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this brings me joy: Bokura no Shokutaku - Episode 2

Just having you here is enough

#bokura no shokutaku #our dining table #asianlgbtqdramas #lgbtedit #mygifs #*sparksjoy #may siiri's surgery go well and thank you for her translation as always of course #also this episode had so many wonderful scenes that it was kind of hard to choose #also I literally started tearing up several times while making this #and staring at those gifs for a bit too long

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queen-lance · 10 months

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I just wanted to come home... I wanted to come home so bad.

Words by @electraheart2012

#my edits #richard rider #nova #marvel #marvel comics #marveledit #comicedit #gotgedit #queenlance post #aaaand I don't think I'll tag any big blog #this is the first edit I do after my year long posting hiatus and instead of focusing on erasing backgrounds - something I'm good at -#I decided to do this. I went through my edits tag and like my first 3 or 4 posts had no text and then I did two with text and was very happy #with them. AND THEN every single one after it has me complaining ''why is choosing fonts so hard''#I will do another Rich edit later (I even have some PNGS!) maybe when I'm finally on my break #ANYWAYS. I just have too many thoughts about Rich and the idea of coming home and this popped out unplanned out of nowhere

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good-beansdraws · 1 month

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Yaaay, I got to do an art swap with @kyanako5972 -- here's her wonderful oc Claire Inez, featured in her webcomic SWAP Ensemble 🎶 Claire was a blast to draw, I hope I could do her justice!!

Failed versions include trial song background that just looked lame/unreadable, and the original singing pose that just looked off for some reason...

#ocs #waahhh thank you for doing the swap pal -- shes so cool ;--;#i always love seeing her pop up on your blog -- i was so excited to finally sit down and draw her :D #*offers you a cute little claire to bribe you to not Stab Me for my milgramblrgram attacks*👀👀👀#i was fully prepared to do a clarinet-playing-pose but it felt kinda static for a trade piece😭#so i figured dancing was a good mix of something fun and still musical 😎 she deserves the spotlight!!#i love all of her outfits -- i picked this one but it was hard to choose from so many cute ones haha #im impressed how many there are across the comic :0 #and hairstyles!! i liked drawing hers more loose here but there were so much fun ones!!#i couldnt get her pose/face to look right in the original sketch and i wanted it to be perfect >:[#i also loved your recent dance sequence art and had to step up my game if i was going to match your dynamic poses haha!#🎶🎶🎶#claire inez #swap ensemble

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queersturbate · 2 years

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I got permission to color some panels from @alkalinefrog's Change comic [x, x, x] based on @translightyagami's fic Change or the one where L and Light get married!

#so many links and tags LMAO #i got permission to do this so i will explode anyone who does this with no permission #also don't repost this anywhere or I will you guessed it explode you with my mind #ALSO james i hope this coloring is correct for the most part #i was studying change for like 20 minutes like a crazed theorist #it took me forever to find what color L's suit it simply because im an idiot #ANYWAY #thank you alka for letting me color this it was a blast and so hard to choose which panels i wanted to color #i had so much fun doing this #!!!!#death note #light yagami #lawlight #l lawliet #alkalinefrog #translightyagami

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viatrix-glow · 12 days

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new di x warrior cats

name explanations and more info below :3

basic stuff

-each agency is a clan, not each unit. 14-15 clans would be silly and then we would have some clans with 5 cats and some with 2.

-starpro -> lightclan. i couldn’t call them “starclan” for obvious reasons. light is somewhat synonymous with star, so i’m going with that.

-cospro -> nightclan. i don’t think the cats in warriors know the word “cosmic”, but cosmic implies cosmos implies night sky, so we’re going with night

-rhyth lin -> rippleclan. ripple is sort of a synonym to rhythm….? this one was hard

-new di -> fortuneclan. this one is a stretch but neither “new” or “dimension” have synonyms that really fit a clan name. fortune is something that relates to multiple characters in new di though

-starclan still sort of exists, but the cats do not believe in them the way they do in warriors. they are more of a nursery tale than anything, and select cats (ex: tatsumi) believe in them, but it is not written into their code. medicine cats can still interpret signs, but they do not necessarily think of them as coming from starclan.

-medicine cat forbidden romance is not a thing here

-intermingling of clans is ok and common

-there’s like. other cats in their clans besides just the enstars cast i assume

cat names/why i chose them

fortuneclan:

knights

-tsukasa -> scarletstar (scarletblossom) . he is the leader of fortuneclan because he is one of the new di reps for the summits. both scarlet and blossom were chosen bc of his last name (scarlet is a red color… kinda similar to cherry…. and blossom for the cherry blossom).

-leo -> lionheart. ok this one is kind of cheating because lionheart is already an existing warrior, but…come on….

-izumi -> silverspring. sora describes his color as silver, and spring is in his first name

-ritsu -> frostmoon. his first name means cold moon according to the wiki so i just rehashed it

-naru -> goldenroar. since she doesn’t like her first name i didn’t want to use “storm”, and her last name can be read as “thunder” but that’s a little too close to storm? so golden for her hair and roar for her last name

switch

-natsume -> sageeye. a sage is similar to a wizard, and eye is in his first name . also the “dovesong” mentioned is wataru :)

-tsumugi -> bluewing. he is a bluebird. warrior cats probably wouldn’t straight up call a cat “bluebird” so i put wing there instead. deputy cause he’s the vp

-sora -> skyspring . sora means sky. spring is in his last name. i could have used “stream” instead to differentiate him from sena but i think spring is cuter

mam/df

-madara -> tawnystripe . tawny bc it’s like kind of close to calico if you squint. stripe(s) is in his last name

#my art #enstars #ok so maybe we WOULD have 5 clans bc guess what was announced today #a new agency. and a new unit (or fucking 5? idk)#BUTWHATEVER #um i don’t know why i did this it was a joke at first but #then i started getting really into choosing names….#like originally it was just gonna be switch but then i was like hmmm… what if the agency is the clan #i’ve been reading so so much warrior cats i’m about to finish avos and then i’ll be caught back up to where i was #when i started this rereading journey last year #so like i have to apply it to my other interests #i’m proud of the names i chose i think they’re fun #yes leo’s is a cheat but idc #i hope someone else will appreciate this it’s mostly just me doing stuff for fun #i want to do the other units/agencies too but that might be a while cause yall this took #like a week . granted i’m busy rn but god damn picking designs for cats is hard!!#that’s why so many ended up being tabbies i just can’t resist they’re my favorites i’m definitely not biased #but also realistically tabby is a pretty common pattern so it’s fine #my fave design is naru’s btw i wanted to make her really pretty and i think i did ok #ok i’m going to bed bye #also forgot to mention i wanted to keep the names as close to canon warriors as i could so i had to find words similar to things that #the cats in warriors would know #sage is pushing it i don’t think they use sage in medicine . they def don’t know what a fortune is either but i don’t care

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ascendingtostardust · 10 months

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Danny for Modern Drummer (x)

#I love him he’s so beautiful gorgeous sexy #I could get the layout of this set just right so sorry about that #there were so many good little moments it was hard to choose #I had 10 gifs at one point #danny wagner #my gifs

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lvstharmony · 6 months

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beyond grateful for the people that are surrounding me in my life, just as i am grateful for the people i’ve parted ways with, for without them, i would not be the person i am today.

#i have left so many people throughout my life #and #if someone would ask me if i’d regret any choice i’ve made i would say no #i regret hurting people yet i wouldn’t change a thing if i could #without the suffering the sacrifices and the lessons i would not be the person i am today that i can finally say i’m proud of #whenever i read the question “would you want to be your friend if you’d meet yourself?” deep down my answer was no #i was a good friend and i always tried my best to be there for everyone #but i was so blinded and overwhelmed by my pain that i tried so hard not to project on others that it was exactly the thing i’ve done #i was extremely caring sensitive loving and selfless but my ”bad“ traits were just as extreme #my emotions were so overwhelming that they were scattered all over the place that it didn’t allow me to have any control over them #i used to be so terrified of being alone. all i’ve felt was a great loneliness that was residing within me #until i’ve gathered the strength to leave an entire friendgroup with people that meant the world for me #they weren’t good for me anymore just as i wasn’t for them #since that day i’ve grown a lot i became a better and healthier version of myself #i learned how to be alone and to find the peace in it and in myself #all i’ve had was Allah swt. and He is all i will ever need.#without the hardships in terms of friendship i wouldn’t have been able to learn how to be alone and love and enjoy it #without it i could not say that i could easily give up the people in my life #i could if i had to bc i have Allah swt.#but i’ve learned how to choose and to choose the right people #i don’t need you and never will but i choose you bc i want you in my life and i think that makes it so much more special #i can finally say that i love the person i am today and can’t wait to see myself grow even more as the cycle of growing is never ending #I still have so much to learn and I will let it come to me with open arms #an open mind and an open heart #above all the most precious gift i’ve earned is to learn how to have tawakkul.#everything that happens every trial that is afflicted upon us has meaning #and it’s beautiful.#being able to pick out the khair in everything is the biggest blessing #alhamdulillah for the things that bruised my soul alhamdulillah for the things that mended it #alhamdulillah for everything bc truly; Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear.

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