a cup full of something

Hi guys.

I had an accident and while most of me is physically ok, I did break a tooth. Front tooth. The 1.

It is a big sudden cost (next to moving houses)and it may go in realms of 700e.

I may get partially refunded by my insurance, but it would be of great help to get some comissions going.

I can offer some simpler comissions atm as in the same instance my tablet got smashed as well and things will not be as polished.

Hey yall, my friend and TCM community standby @carp-from-space (aka ace-of-swords) got into an accident and could really use some assistance with sudden medical costs. They're open for simple comms right now so please send them some well wishes and pass them a couple bucks if you can spare it!

"New kind of guy just dropped" as a sort of adaptive mental defense against the urge to get mad about people being wrong on the internet

there's scorn there for sure, not totally virtuous, but also I think a little kernel of appreciation for the sheer absurd diversity of human thought which I enjoy

related: my spouse described the idea of "making up a guy to be mad at" as important epistemic technology. Similar to that one Onion headline "Heartbreaking: Worst Person You Know Makes A Good Point"

oh yeah, I hadn't thought to compare those to each other but they're totally of a kind

(it entirely possible these tools are limited mostly to my aging online social bubbles but I like to hope that there's some amount of broader acquisition of, like, "internet discourse antibodies," happening online)

I love the phrase "discourse antibodies" so very much and now that I have a word for them I want to collect them like stamps.

*checking your antibody levels* oh you’ve been exposed to some discourse alright

My default assumption whenever I see people pitching fits about how characters or ships or the color of the wallpaper or whatever else they don't like must be evil, is that they are a teenager.

They are a teenager who has never used anything other than an algorithmic feed on a social media app to find fannish content, they don't even know where the settings page is, and they're having a real bad time. They have to get up early in the morning, school is awful, all their clique-y peers have been mean to them about their weight, their teachers are impatient, they just got seven hours of homework and their last class was gym. And they are eternally frightened that they're secretly a bad person and their only current recourse against this is to be like, at least I know that pineapple on pizza is a sin.

Approaching things from this angle has never steered me wrong. Even when the person in question is not literally a teenager, they're still pretty much letting their inner kid drive the bus right now.

"A four year age gap is abusive!" okay champ. Screen time's up. Let's get you a protein shake and a nap.

baking with my mama

made me really happy so i drew them....

"diet plan" obviously the harpies are going to descend upon me and tear the flesh from my thigh as divine punishment, thus rendering me bleeding out and dying and also exactly at my goal weight. easy peasy

RadenWA is honestly a hero for these

they're got even more than these, too!

soon may the wellerman come, your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb

the reviews are in

me and my homies support real artists who put their passion into their pieces instead of a machine who rips off the hard work of talented peeps

LOUDER LOUDER LOUDERRRRR

Hamlet as a D&D paladin.

Keep reading

some gems of insight from the reblogs (@aspiring-protagonist​ and @moderndayathena​):

Weren’t you listening? He’s praying. GOES HARD AS FUCK

THIS!! THIS SCENE!!

Everyday I come across people who say ‘oh he was a procrastinator, oh he could have killed his uncle at anytime why didn’t he’

And everyone who says that is Missing. The. Point.

So turns out…..you guys are not gonna believe this…….but it turns out. Reading real books. Is good for you actually.

Let me be completely clear - I’m not being a sarcastic ass. I’m just realizing all over again, in real time, for myself, that reading a real life published book makes your neurons feel like they’re getting a spa day. Like I can feel my brain getting juicer and wrinklier with every page I turn. This shit is no joke, this is like hard drugs if hard drugs were good for you and made your brain feel revived and alive.

@7redmoon nothing against some good fanfic, I’m a fic author myself, but there’s something very necessary and mentally nourishing about reading a published book that isn’t just a recycled version of the same cast of characters you’re already familiar with.

@911boofer I hope it’s okay I snagged these tags bc YES!!!!! This is what I’m talking about!!! Diversify your palettes, my friends, it’s so so good for you!!

It's true, though. As someone who loves to give away days to a deep dive into fic, you need a well-rounded diet. There are brilliant fic writers out there, both talented hobbyists and award-winning bestselling professionals indulging in some fun, but as stated above, we're all using pre-fab characters/worlds/plots to fiddle around with ideas that interest us. Original fiction draws inspiration from all that comes before it, but still attempts to create something new. It's all the retellings and reboots vs. a new movie.

More than that, even though people like to say "I read fic that's better than anything published!" that's... not widely true. Sometimes it is! But fic is a thing that can go up without editing, without any kind of checks. It can be bad and ungrammatical and typo-riddled and nonsensical, and that's okay! Because fic doesn't have to be in any way good! It's for pure experimentation and fun for the writer.

Traditionally published works, however, are meant to make money. They have multiple sets of trained eyes that try to make the final result the best it can be. Sometimes the final work falls short of that goal, sure, but there are steps to at least try to filter out some of the worst elements, which means you're ingesting and internalizing fewer bad habits, which is crucial when you're trying to figure out how to do this writing thing.

To reiterate, reading actual books means:

Anecdotally, reading a really good book has always made me feel creatively sated to the point that I then feel like I need to release some pressure via writing.

TL;DR: Read widely. Read voraciously. Writers do not live on fic alone.

Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it's a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.

Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can't. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it's okay to not be strong.

Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they're capable.

Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.

Some children are constantly reminded "you're the child, I'm the adult" in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.

Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person's experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.

huh. so i just found out "Torment Nexus" was invented for that one specific meme. i genuinely thought it was from an Orson Scott Welles novel. my ignorance is an unending source of surprise and delight

um. Orson Wells. H.G. Scott Welles. H. George Orson Orwell. Philip Bradbury. stop making me keep track of white men names

in my defense all of these are separate individuals famous within classic sci-fi circles:

at some point this is not my burden

this tweet is an instant classic

but the dynamic is honestly more like :

Sci-Fi Writer: companies will invent new and more terrifying Torment Nexuses for as long as it is profitable and they are allowed to do so.

Tech Company who has invented a new Torment Nexus: a great way to market this would be to reference the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus. gives it that nostalgia factor

and the terrifying thing is that for a certain percentage of consumers, this works

I've also never shown this to tumblr dot com

yeah

nothing more beautiful than finally understanding how to draw your own OC's hair

the pipeline of fixating over some thingy

[image id: On the left, a drawing of a nondescript character smiling and throwing up peace signs, labelled "First fanart of a character you liked". On the right, the same character is seated in an elaborate dress, with feathered wings, in front of a birdcage covered in sparkle. This drawing is labelled "30th fanart of the character. This is how you know you're cooked". /end id]

alright alternate route for people who have problems (i understand)