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Why go with the whole destoying the Ring thing when they could have just given Arwen a big dog and watched Sauron run to the other side of the void screaming like a little bitch
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Penultimate drawing of this series because I'm tired, but I had to pay homage to these two, especially after the manga's latest developments...
Also, did you know that Bengal, the region where Soma and Agni are from, was one of the major exporters of textiles WORLDWIDE, especially of fine muslin and silk? And did you know that the British occupation destroyed this production, importing the raw matierals in England and then selling back to India the finished product for exorbitant prices? Check Cathy Hay's video "Peacock Dress 2: Unpacking a dark history" for more.
#Hsgsgsja this is so good#I miss art for bb#And yes they did do that :)#Fun fact: they also starved Bengal during a world War bc they needed extra food incase Britain was bombed. Which they didn't end us using#Comparison: Bengal then was bigger than most countries today and had a population of millions
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Science fiction is full of first contact stories, but is there a such thing as LAST contact? Decide exactly what that means, and write about it.
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Everyone's soulmate has the same fingerprints as you. One day, you find someone's phone. It unlocks.
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You possess the ability of persistent lucid dreaming. Accompanied by a strange person, together you build a world you revisit every night. One day you see them at a coffee shop. You immediately recognize each other.
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The town council died in a freak plane accident. An audit by the interim council revealed 20% of the town’s power is siphoned off to a structure with priority over even hospitals. They send you to investigate the building in the middle of nowhere.
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You live in a world where every person is allowed to kill one person in their lifetime. The target can try to defend himself if he can. If two people want to kill the same person, they are allowed to team up with each other. Half of the population of earth wants to kill you.
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I have way too much fun with these things.
A gift for the lovely Yin, as it was inspired by the meditation scenes from her fic 60 Months. Happy birthday, darling! I really hope you like it though I definitely can’t ever do any of your fics justice, nope.
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Basic Angst Starters
because sometimes what’s left to the imagination is much more terrifying.
“Are you feeling alright? You don’t look it.”
“I just heard something… Something bad…”
“Why didn’t you tell me about this?!”
“What’s all this blood?!”
“Will you tell me what the fuck is going on?”
“Don’t give me that look! It wasn’t my fault!”
“You should probably sit down for this.”
“Please tell me you forgive me!”
“I can’t live without you!”
“Oh god, It was a mistake coming here… I’m sure of it.”
“What the hell happened to you?!”
“Where have you been?! I’ve been waiting for hours!”
“You promised you wouldn’t do this anymore!”
“I knew not to trust you!”
“What’s that in your bag…? Is that–? Tell me it’s not!”
“Is this what a dislocated shoulder feels like?!”
“How could you do this to me?!”
“Wake up! Wake up!!! You’re having a nightmare!”
“I feel weird… what was in that drink…?”
“I don’t want to leave you, but you’re not really giving me another option.”
“Please… you’re scaring me…”
“Ssh, I heard something again. How aren’t you hearing it? It was loud… and getting closer.”
“Are you okay in there? You’ve been so quiet.”
“I came as soon as I could! Did he/she get to you already?”
“I don’t know whether I want to do this. I don’t know whether I CAN do this.”
“Do you remember anything?”
“You have to tell me who did this to you!”
“No, no, I’m not alright. I’m definitely not alright.”
“What’s your fucking problem?!”
“Are you crying?”
“You’re freaking me out! Please calm down!”
“I’m leaving. And I’m not intending to come back.”
“You… are dying?”
“Did you drink the whole bottle while tripping? Seriously?”
“Do you have a deathwish or something? Jesus!”
“Ever been held at gunpoint? Want to know what it feels like?”
“Stop screaming! Shh, calm down! You have to keep quiet!”
“When’s the last time you slept?”.
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Kelsang’s Death - Abandoned(?) WIP | The Rise of Kyoshi
This is a rough sketch of how I envisioned Kelsang’s death at the hand of Jianzhu and Kyoshi’s first Avatar State rampage to look like.
I originally planned on finishing this before The Shadow of Kyoshi dropped but that obviously never happened lol.
As of right now, I don’t plan on working on this scene for the foreseeable future… so anyone is welcome to use it however you see fit :)
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Leaf Embroidery Technique
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Also the take “katara is a homophobe or is traditional and het because she hates toph for not being feminine” or “katara doesn’t like toph at first because toph is masculine and not a traditional woman” is also grossly racist and sexist. She was angry at toph yes, but that has absolutely nothing to do with toph not being “traditionally feminine” and everything to do with the fact that Toph was at that time, a runaway from a rich, privileged home where she didn’t have to lift a finger to get what she wanted in her household and it showed when she ran off. like—I feel people purposely miss that point to frame Katara as some homophobic, gender conforming, “traditional” woman (which are dangerous stereotypes people always subscribe to dark skin women to prop up light skin women as being more accepting/progressive, etc).
Like literally let’s look and dissect her relationship with Toph at first. So much of y’all are drowning in lesbian4sokka’s racist takes that you can’t see that Katara was fed up like any reasonable person would’ve been.
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DIY Embroidered Jeans - Tutorial
My Friends!
Hopefully you are aware of the recent case of art theft that happened to me. If not, read here.
In response to that situation, I decided to create a body of work inspired by the theft. I’ve been embroidering the ass pocket of my jeans with various messages.
BUT - you all have inspired me to want to do more! So many of you have messaged or posted stories of your own experiences with art theft by brands and corporations. You/We have been having great conversations about how we should all be navigating these old-as-time concepts in this brandish-new-digital-age. I love it.
Simultaneously, you have asked me to sell these jeans. Now, you know I’m not going to do that BUT I have an idea. You should make a pair for yourself! There is nothing more satisfying than making something AND you get to decide what the message is.
PLUS, the series will be WAY better if you all build it with me. What do you say? Are you in?
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN!!! LET’S GET STARTED!!!
First, find a pair of jeans or pants in your closet that has butt pockets. The best case scenario is that you find your stretchiest jeans (the demo jeans are 91% cotton and the 9% poly/elastin blend). Let the upcycling begin!
What You Need
Jeans from your closet
Darice Wood Embroidery Hoop, 4-Inch
DMC 1768-22 Chenille Hand Needles, 6/pkg, Size 22
(you only need 1)
Dritz Deluxe Seam Ripper
Gingher 3.5 Inch Stork Embroidery Scissors
(you don’t need to buy them - any scissors will do) but they are hella cute so in case you want them I linked to them.
Dritz Mark-B-Gone Marking Pen, Blue
(This is your magic disappearing ink pen!)
A 6″ ruler
DMC silk embroidery floss in whatever color you like
STEP 1: Remove the back left pocket
Grab your seam ripper and use it to remove the back pocket. Here’s a great video of how to effectively use a seam ripper if you don’t know how.
STEP 2: PREP YOUR POCKET
Decide what your message is going to be (This is the hardest part of the entire process! Find your voice.)
Figure out how you are going to lay out your message and use your magic disappearing ink marker to create some lines.
Use your marker to draw your message onto the pocket
Then separate your 4″ hoop (use the pin at the top to release some tension so the two hoops separate)
Now make a pocket sandwich! Inner hoop, pocket, outer hoop - then press!
The hoop creates tension and keep the fabric in place so you can stitch easily. Use the pin to tighten the hoop until the tension is that of a drum.
Now you prep the floss. Pull an arms length of floss. Each piece of floss is comprised of 6 strands. You can use as many strands as you like but I find 6 to be bulky so I use 3. Select your number and then slowly separate the floss.
Floss your needle. Make a knot at one end. It’s not like sewing…you don’t knot the two ends together. You have a short tail and a long tail.
YOU ARE READY TO STITCH!!! Stitch like you write. If you were going to write a P you would likely start at the top and make a straight line down. Think of the needle as your pen and the floss as your ink.
Start by bringing the needle up from the back until the knot catches.
Then you push the needle to the back and pull it through (not too tight and not too loose). I try to keep my stitch length to a quarter of an inch or so. Whatever stitch length you use…keep it consistent. Or not..fuck it! It’s your art…play around with it!
From here on out you are bringing the needle up through the back and circling back to your last stitch.
When you bring it back down…be sure to SHARE THE HOLE with your last stitch. That is how you avoid gaps. Share the hole people…share the hole. ;)
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BOOM! You did it!!!!
Now go run that pocket under water until the blue marker is gone. You can either lay it out to dry OR if you are impatient like me you can grab a blowdryer and blast it with hot air until it is dry.
You are now ready for the LAST stitching step! You have to stitch that pocket back on your jeans.
Now choose a color to stitch your pocket back on. I wanted to draw attention to the pocket so I sent with a bright orange. If you want to keep the focus on the words or image you created then select a color that mirrors the color of your jeans.
To stitch the pocket back on, I use one strand of the floss. So separate the strand, floss that needle, and knot one end. EXACTLY like you already did to embroider the design.
Lay your pants down so you can get your hands into them. Place the pocket back into it’s natural position. Bring the needle up through the back of the jeans and the pocket starting at the bottom point. Pro Tip: Be sure you aren’t stitching through the front of the jeans too…you want to be able to wear them on both legs ; )~
Now stitch!
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YOU ARE A FUCKING UPCYCLING, DIY, EMBROIDERY, CRAFTIVIST!!!!
LAST STEP: Put those sexy jeans back on and wear them with pride! YOU MADE THOSE! Now if you want to opt in to including your jeans in my series, I will need you to take an epic ass shot and post it to Instagram (or just email it to me if you don’t want to post it).
Please set up the shot so that it’s as close to this pose as possible:
Tag me @BadassCrossStitch and use the hashtag #reBUTTal
*High fives to @evesimmance and @nikkitrudell12 for coming up with the series name! Great minds y’all*
If you want to email me the pic instead please make the subject line: reBUTTal and email me at [email protected]
I’m doing a TEDx talk in August and this is going to be a part of that talk. =) The more…the better!!! Get your squad together and get stitching! Plus this a great warmup for #BadassHERstory!!!
I love you all. Thank you for having fun with me!!!!!
xo
Shannon
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Slightly based on something I did with @fire-queen oops
But mostly just a rewrite of Zuko's confrontation with Ozai from Day of Black Sun (and also an alternate ending?? You'll see)
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"Father."
Ozai's golden eyes narrowed as Zuko approached. "What is it, my son?" There was no love for Zuko in his voice; it was painfully clear that he had never loved him. And Zuko understood that now.
"I just want to talk."
"Alright. Let's talk."
Zuko laughed. A cold, humorless sound. Later he would find the time to be disturbed by how much it sounded like Azula's laugh. "You misunderstand. I am going to talk, and you are going to listen. I'm sure it'll be hard for you. You don't have much experience with listening, least of all to me. But you will listen this time. Do I make myself clear?"
Ozai nodded, seeming almost amused. Zuko could tell his father didn't take him seriously. That would change soon enough.
"See... you miscalculated. You made Azula in your image. You made her manipulative and violent and cruel. But what you shaped me into is infinitely more dangerous than she will ever be."
Ozai raised an eyebrow. "Oh? And what might that be?"
"A survivor. For the past three years I've been doing whatever I had to in order to survive. Stealing... that was easy. Lying has never come naturally to me in terms of skill, but morally? I'm okay with it. Killing... now that was the hardest. But I've gotten used to it," he growled. He grinned, an almost predatory look, at the shock that crossed Ozai's face. "You thought I was too soft to ever take a life. But you didn't account for one very important factor. You never stopped to consider what I'd do if I were truly desperate."
"What is the point of this, Zuko?"
"I've come to kill you," he said simply. Casually.
Ozai laughed. "You think you can kill me? Even with your bending you wouldn't stand a chance."
"That's where you're wrong." Zuko drew his swords. "Bending might be your strength, but it's never been mine."
Before Ozai could react, Zuko was holding a sword to his throat.
"I'm the monster you created," he whispered in his father's ear, right before he slit his throat.
That was when Sokka, Aang and Toph burst into the room, just in time to see Zuko standing over his father's lifeless body.
Zuko turned to face them. He approached them, swords in hand.
But he didn't attack.
Instead, he did the most unexpected thing he could have possibly done. He knelt down in front of them, placing his swords on the ground.
"On behalf of the Fire Nation, I surrender."
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Zuko can have a little murder. As a treat.
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