A minor finger cut = The unleashing of major sexual tension

A discovery

English added by me :)

God these slopes are slipping

@courtney-deserved-better

man, it's a little disheartening to see how much the idea of 'content creation' and creation for the sake of the algorithm and a more desperate push for visibility in an increasingly hostile environment is perpetuating bad practices within the art community.

young artists, inexperienced artists, I have a plea for you. it's completely fine and okay to trace art you like as part of your growth and exploration! It's fine! It's normal! We've all done it! it's immensely helpful to see through the eyes of another artist and understand what makes their art appealing to you. it helps build confidence. it's fun to see results that you like and can inspire you to draw more. it's a great tool when used in conjunction with normal practice and should never be discouraged as such. (and I'm not talking about tracing reference material made for the purpose of being heavily referenced here, I'm mostly talking about other peoples' published works.)

what's not fine is to publish that exploration under the guise of it being your own art. at least ask permission. at least give credit. if something has inspired you enough to want to replicate that work fully, at least lend that person some basic respect.

An Unsexy Post About Censorship

Sooo...gumroad is shutting down NSFW content sales because of Stripe and Paypal. This is also why Wishtender has been down as well, if you weren't aware. And why Patreon is also cracking down on anything remotely kinky.

(If you're wondering why your favorite FICTIONAL sexual content isn't allowed on most platforms, it's payment processors.)

Please be extra kind to anyone who works with NSFW content right now, whether it be art, writing, audio, photos or video. Whether it be tasteful erotica, or the kinkiest BDSM porn you can think of, we're all in the crosshairs right now.

And, judging by trends from these past few years, this is only going to get worse.

Support NSFW creators where you can, whether by tipping or buying our content (where you still can) or just helping boost content on sites where algorithms want to drown us out.

Call representatives where you can and complain about payment processors acting as arbiters of what YOU are and aren't allowed to pay for and enjoy.

This may be about porn right now, but censorship of this caliber doesn't just stop with porn. Any transgressive (read: non-conservative) media is fair game.

Fight against it where you can. Support creators where you can.

Art is important. Reflections of our sexuality are important. We don't want a world where people aren't free to make or see the things they love and enjoy.

They make me insane

(Based off of slippery slopes by @courtney-deserved-better)

Armand's red flags in 2.02

You know how people kept accusing Lestat of isolating Louis from his family? And then Louis actually kept visiting his family, so if Lestat was isolating him, he did a really shit job of it?

Yeahhh. Armand shows us how it's really done.

Disclaimer: Armand is my favorite, precious boy, and I will defend his right to be as fucked-up as he damn well pleases, but he is indeed very fucked-up. So don't come at me accusing me of being biased in favor of Lestat (and even if I was, so what? this is Tumblr, not BBC News). I love Lestat, I love them all, but Armand is my trash son and if he isn't horrifically fucked-up on the show like he is in the books, it's a massive betrayal of the complexity of his character and the logical outcomes of his background. He hurts, and like any creature in pain, lashes out because of it. He knows how to do all kinds of diabolical shit, but he doesn't know how to be a person, and that's why I love him (trying to remember who the Youtuber was who said, "No one's a hero, everyone's a victim" about this series because they were so right).

First off, Assad is truly phenomenal at creating this effect:

If you don't suspect Armand of the shit he's about to pull, it's not your fault. This is how he is. Part of it is real innocence, in a way, or perhaps an inverse of innocence--he doesn't realize this shit isn't normal.

So it's very striking to me how Armand laid the foundation for his relationship with Louis so subtly and early on. He approached Louis in the park while he was alone, Claudia nowhere to be seen even though his invitation was for her as well. Claudia would ask questions. Armand wants to dangle the carrot before any questions are fired off. By the time anyone in the coven actually speaks with Claudia, she is already sold on them all. There is no time for her to form suspicions. With Claudia on board, Armand has free access to Louis. She feels at home with the coven, so she's not watching Armand too closely.

Then at the Delacroix mansion, Armand warns Louis against the rest of the coven. He says "a few of" the coven members are unforgiving, though he doesn't say who, which would be useful information if Louis is to defend himself (spoiler alert: it's all of them), just tells Louis to close his mind to the others. So Claudia is with the rest of the coven, while Louis is available only to Armand. Armand does not give this warning to Claudia. The only person she can hear it from is Louis, who she won't believe. They're now spending time apart, weakening the link between them. Armand knows he can seduce the hell out of anyone he desires, and once he does that, all he really needs is to break the filament binding Louis to Claudia and he's got what he wants.

He also warns him not to contact Roget again, which is probably good advice, but what Armand knows that Louis doesn't is that Lestat is alive. And Roget is the one person in the world Lestat would be able to contact if he could. So in the unlikely event that Lestat gets the chance to call Roget, Louis will not hear of it.

In just a few sentences, Armand has managed to distance Louis from Claudia, Lestat, and everyone else in the coven.

And how does he do it? By making sense, basically, by preying on Louis' preexisting (and sensible) fears about the coven. It makes sense for Louis to be on his guard. But Armand has set it up so he appears to be "different" from the rest of the coven, the only one Louis can trust, while issuing vague warnings about everyone else. And while Armand in the book is a pretty hands-off leader with the TdV, don't think for one second he can't do anything to protect Louis and Claudia himself. Here, he's acting like he has no sway with these people. He does. No matter what he says, he does.

So yeah. I'm really impressed with how smart the writers are being about this so far.

not enough appreciation for countdown #15 wherein jason meets alternative universe bruce who killed the joker (not stopping at this, he went on to eradicate most of gotham rogues gallery in a murder spree similar to that of red hood) and the utter disappointment that jay has in the person that this version of his father has become as bruce discourages him from helping donna in crisis. "we're both dead, batman." – what a raw piece of dialogue.

"go on, then, "jason." you're dead anyway. may as well make it official." "we're both dead, batman. any fool could see you've been dead inside for years."

the definition of what is life-saving healthcare is the same across the board for absolutely everyone and what it means is a surgery that directly saves your life. it has never been defined as any and every kind of medical intervention that could potentially stop someone from harming themselves and it’s really not difficult to understand why this should be the case

PSA: my blog is NOT for people who believe crystals can cure disease, mental illness, chronic conditions, disabilities, etc. or people who believe crystals can substitute modern medicine and be effective in the slightest. yes, this includes people who say crystals can “help with depression/anxiety/etc”.

Slippery Slopes fanart? in THIS economy⁉️😨 @courtney-deserved-better

I’ve had this acc for a year or something already so why not make my first ever post about the fanfic that permanently altered my brain chemistry (and also made me love Alenoah 😜)

ALSO I FEEL THE NEED TO MENTION THAT I LOVE HOW SIERRA IS WRITTEN. I adore her so much in this fic 😭😭 Like its basically the ONLY version of her I accept

ANYWAYYYY eat up 😋

Im going 2 be soo fucking for real right now. The way the FR staff has been going thru the TUMBLR TAG and monitoring it the same way they would the actual site is grim as hell. Reblogging someones post abt religion buttons to say that theyre at risk of a DISCRIMINATION CLAIM is fucking batshit. Making vague posts abt how tumblr users have the staff blocked is CHILDISH . This is NOT the main site and the mods need to mind their fucking business unless asked something DIRECTLY

My own personal mannequin

My interpretation of Alejandro's wedding dress by @courtney-deserved-better 's fic Slippery Slopes! Heavily recommend to anyone who's watched TDWT, and if you haven't? Just binge watch it so you can binge read it! ;)

I loved the idea of him wearing what was originally Heather's dress, but as I was drawing I took some slight liberties. Let's just say the staff had to tweak it due to his bigger size or something, but I'm happy to say I feel like I slayed his look. I loved making it more unique to him and wanted to give him gold jewelry since I felt it complimented him better, even if he took home silver in the end >:].

Also? I made a hidden heart with Noah and the eel motif in the background if you can tell what it is. Very cute.

Art Process Under The Cut!

References and Flat(-ish) Colors. They've got the same goddamn faces in their show reference models it was driving me nuts. Also Heather in the corner made me giggle so much as I was drawing, she looks so miffed lol.

And the sketch that Made Me Realize... that I accidentally made Alejandro's hands so goddamn big for no reason... Oops! Mr. Yaoi ass hands.

we were meant for more than darkness

"Thank god I have no idea what you're talking about." He took a sip of his wine. "When you start making sense I am going to panic."