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how does being punched in the face feel like

#writing things

[buckybitchinbarnes]

as a bi person, the bisexual flag brings me infinite joy and always puts a smile on my face, however as a person who has a Passion for Graphic Design, that undersaturated shade of purple infuriates me when it's used digitally

like, on an actual flag - which was its original purpose - it looks great!

those look fine! lovely, even! with the semi-transparent fabric, the way it catches the sunlight, it looks beautiful!

but now look at how it looks digitally

the pink and blue are so vibrant compared to the sad, lonely lavender!

and let's look at this statement from Michael Page, the creator of the bi flag:

(sidenote: he created this flag in 1998, so if his takes on bisexuality is different from yours, it's okay to notice that! a lot has changed since the 90s when it comes to lived experiences and the way we describe them. but, it's also important to respect his thoughts about this and the way he presented them, even if today, we'd probably not say that bi people "blend unnoticeably into both the gay/lesbian and straight communities.")

so in pantone colors, the pink is 226 C, the blue is 286 C, and the purple of the flag is 258 C.

but...here's the deal

Michael talks here about how the key to understanding the symbolism is to know that the purple blends into both the pink and blue. and on a physical flag, I think you can see that!

but digitally, it absolutely does not blend. it clashes badly, and looks oddly separate from the other two colors.

which got me wondering...what purple do you get if you actually blend 226 C and 286 C?

oh! oh, my god.

look at that! look at how nicely it fits between those colors!

look at it next to the original color scheme! look at how much more vibrant the purple is!

and friends. this is just blending through rgb! you get even more purple variations when you use other color spaces!

let's compare all of them:

(top: original, lab. middle: lrgb, lch. bottom: rgb, hsl)

look at all of the different purple options you can get just by combining these two colors!

if you want almost too-vibrant saturation, you can go hsl, if you want something more relaxed that's closer to the original, you can go lab or lrgb. and if you want to split the difference, lch is bright and violet, while rgb is there with its saturated but darker purple.

anyway, I guess I don't really have a point here? this isn't so much an informational post as it is Me Getting Weird About Colors, but I think it is a useful lesson about how colors look very different on screens compared to how they look on objects in real life.

and sometimes, I think it's okay to compensate for that.

out of all of these, this is my favorite bi flag:

it's the one where the colors were blended in lab color space. for me, the lighter, softer purple is close enough to the original bi flag purple, while also feeling like a smoother blend of the blue and pink

but that's just me! and it might not even look the same to you, since every screen is different, because technology is a nightmare!

anyway, thank you for coming with me on this colorful journey! I will now retreat back to inkscape and make pained sounds about inkstitch gradients until something tangible pulls me back into reality

#bisexuality

[buckybitchinbarnes]

What do you mean this isn’t what happened at the landsmeet?

#dragon age

[buckybitchinbarnes]

redrew that one cutscene from memory

#cod

[buckybitchinbarnes]

I’m sorry. I’m just. Everyone shut up about the ethics of celebrating/mourning billionaires who die in outrageous ways. This is now the funniest thing: an article mentioning that James Cameron once visited the site of the Titanic

Cameron had previously traveled to the Titanic wreckage, including on Sept. 11, 2001, in a submersible vessel.

You are well known movie director James Cameron. You make a box office hit about a sunken ship. You visit the sunken ship in a once in a lifetime experience. It is amazing. Awe inspiring. Soul changing. Your submersible surfaces. The radio crackles to life. You are about to hear that you missed a Pretty Big Event

[buckybitchinbarnes]

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2014), dir. Joe & Anthony Russo

#cinema! #caws

[buckybitchinbarnes]

there’s just something about the weight of a hammer in your hand. feels so right

#thor

[buckybitchinbarnes]

fags are allowed to say dyke and dykes are allowed to say fag in the same way that youre allowed to run up and slap your sibling on the back of the head

#abby

[buckybitchinbarnes]

leitmotifs never get old to me like holy shit dude there’s this melody that corresponds to this one guy and if you hear the melody it means the guy is there. holy shit. and sometimes it refers to ideas too not just guys. has anyone heard about this

#prev tags #you’re so right this is the golden standard for video game music

[buckybitchinbarnes]

there's only one thing worse than an awful book, and that is an awful book with ONE tantalisingly compelling element

[buckybitchinbarnes]

[DAZED FROM BLOOD LOSS] hey not to kill the vibe completely but i think i am in love with you

#joce

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Ben Affleck (2023) Neal Adam's Bruce Wayne (2010)

#ben affleck #bruce wayne #batfleck

[buckybitchinbarnes]

im a blorbo apologist but also they did every bad thing they did and i will get mad if u ignore that. complexities

[buckybitchinbarnes]

i looooove characters who are sacrificial lamb coded. characters who have never lived for themselves. characters born to be a tool, a weapon, a sacrifice, all of the above. a character raised by the heroes to save the world, at any expense, even their own health, even their own life. a character raised by the villains to end the world, at any expense, even their own health, even their own life. characters who are denied personhood so they can be used as tools instead. characters who never even had a chance to be people because they were shaped into something else from the moment they were born. characters who were born to die.

#raven

[buckybitchinbarnes]

Well, well! Nicky Valentine walks into my office for a change.

#nick valentine

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Freddie Mercury posing on his car

#freddie mercury

[buckybitchinbarnes]

Consider

#bdoubleo100