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baejax-the-great · 27 days
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Things I've learned about Ajax this week:
Heracles was his fairy godfather who blessed him with invulnerability
His myth of invulnerability predates Achilles'
Subsequently one of the earlier myths regarding his death was that Paris shot him in the heel with an Apollo-improved arrow
Other myths involved the Trojans simply burying him given they couldn't hurt him otherwise. If you can't stab a man into the Underworld, maybe just dig him door, shove him in, and block the way behind him.
His body being interred rather than cremated in the prevailing myths of his death by suicide might be a nod to that older version of his death
His method of suicide--burying the hilt of his sword in a mound of earth and then throwing himself on it--may also be a nod to earth being the only thing that can kill him. In this case, it killed him by wielding a sword.
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spllwys · 14 days
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i'm going on exam season lockdown as of today, which means no more gifs/edits/anything else because i spend way too much time on them for an engineering student in the trenches lmao. posting this not because i think anybody will notice or care, but so i can hold myself accountable and get embarrassed if i break the pledge. see you on june 3rd for a ghovie creativity extravaganza
edit: besides the ghovie trailer 😭 i cant restrain myself from that one
#actually june 4th because i will be drinking on june 3rd from the moment i close my semiconductors paper#cold turkey on gif making KHBJDGVSCDH RIP#genuinely its such a relaxing thing to do that i find myself prioritising it#and unlike other chill activities it gives me the illusion of productivity#i really need to be getting that from my work and not silly bands#anyway. see u#also in my 4 years of making edits like this in many different circles i've never once felt the need to mention a like/reblog ratio#and i'm fully of the opinion that people can do whatever the hell they like and i never expect interaction#i'm grateful for what i do have#but what primarily motivates me to do this is people sharing their love for whatever is on the post#in the tags or elsewhere#i'm not talking praise or thanks or anything to me i mean 'i love this song' or 'papa looks great here' skdcvkdgvs#'this is my favourite band' u know? it's sharing passion with other people and having them share theirs with me#and in all the 4 years and many many fandoms this (ghost/st) is by far the worst for interaction like that#i'd say ghost especially skhjcsd#and this tag rant isn't a request or a 'please interact more!' or anything like that it's just#a reason as to why i'm a bit discouraged that i'm chatting about to nobody#oh yeah and especially seeing photos posted with no source and no edits get 5x the notes you'd get#the quantity of notes doesn't matter to me but the discussion and tags do#just checked my notes in the middle of typing this and someone rbed some papa ii gifs with#'hope he's steady on his feet the way i would run into him'#KDSGKDSD that's what i'm on about 😭😭😭😭😭#makes me smile knowing something i posted made somebody feel joy abt a silly band and then shared that with me through the tags#i'm aware i've been here for just over one month so shouldn't be making judgements just yet#but sometimes i wish there was more of that
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pinkinsect · 23 days
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i also need shidou backstory so i can compare the two. i made a post forever ago about how "kaiser and shidou are two sides of the same coin with 'freedom' engraved on it" and im not entirely sure what i was cooking with it but i want insight into the ways they react when their freedom is taken.
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obessivedork · 4 months
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Fallout 4's biggest crime is that I & 99% of the OCs I'm interested in creating and playing would never in a MILLION years agree to name a kid Shawn. I don't have anything against the name or people with it, but it is very much not one I would ever pick or say yes to when there are other names to pick from unless my partner had a REALLY strong sentimental reason. Even THEN I would negotiate and see if we can't have it as a middle name rather than a first name.
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petiolata · 17 days
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"Getting no feedback is so discouraging!"
You know what's even more discouraging? Seeing authors you know are loads better than you also get no feedback.
At least if it's just you, you can say "well I must not be very good yet, but I can get better!".
But if you see the Nobel-Prize-in-Literature-winner-level writer of smut over there also getting crickets on their fics, then you know you're just fucked.
(Maybe my fics don't deserve love but there's *definitely* do!)
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muzzleroars · 8 months
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Plsssss give us explenations on how each brother reacted to Lucifer's fall and the aftermath or aftereffects of it! :O
i think lucifer's fall really changed the landscape of heaven as it signaled the end of an innocent era as well as cemented god's failure in his own mind. like i mentioned here, no one in heaven had known pain, they had not known fear, anger, hatred, or understood the meaning of death. they had known nothing but security, and that was entirely robbed from them. importantly too, they learned what it meant to lose and to grieve, to have psychological scars they would carry forward with them. and externally, heaven became a much stricter place, where god's law and dogmatic adherence to it was enforced against dire punishments as the norm. the whole host faced corrective measures, though michael had bought their salvation by binding satan. it was a deeply traumatic time for almost all involved, but the archangels, in their particular closeness to the events, got some of the worst of it.
i talked plenty about michael in the linked ask, but lucifer's loss and how god had him handle it has formed everything about the angel he became. he suffered an untold amount fighting against the mentor he loved, grieved before the fall even occurred and yet burning with anger, consumed with the holy wrath of god in a way he had never felt before or since. michael fought with cruelty, ruthless against lucifer but only as the avatar as all he knew he was going to lose because of this. if michael hates lucifer, it is not because of god's hatred for him but instead because he left them, he placed this unbearable crown on michael's head. after the war, the change in michael was instant and palpable, his demeanor shocked into flat stoicism with little humor and even less words. he spoke for some time only in commands and admonishments, with a rare commendation if an angel had truly earned it. he thinks about the war every day still, and a part of him is forever trapped in it to dictate his every move.
gabriel, like i mentioned the other day, is in the unique position of having been briefly approached by lucifer before his fall. that haunted him in the war, his body moving on instinct through a haze because he knew that something in him had marked him for the other side. his faith is weak. it made him fight as terribly as michael did, to prove to himself, to lucifer, to god that he has a faithful heart, that he was made well and strives to be the perfect servant. gabriel suffered the worst wounds with how reckless he was, almost seeking to mortify his flesh in the horror of war to fulfill his true purpose and repent from ways sought by lucifer. when lucifer fell, he was frozen in indecision, desperate to chase after him and michael yet unable to make himself move. what if he was misconstrued in his intentions? what if he truly had terrible intentions? he could do nothing, almost numb to the deafening silence in the whole of heaven. afterward, gabriel wished to be an example as an angel, feeling he not only had to improve himself...but also somewhere feeling he must protect everyone left by being an example they could look to. much of this isn't conscious, but gabriel strove in his brilliance to protect himself and all those left. in spite of this, his heart still bleeds for sinners and for those condemned to hell, sympathetic to them no matter how much he tries to drive that failing out.
raphael realized the full extent of what he had to do, seeing the terrible wounds of war as he stitched up hundreds of angels torn open and bleeding out onto the floors of heaven. his emotions got the better of him because it, a burning anger lodged in his breast for what lucifer had instigated, for how he forced pain, disease, and evil into the world. this is what argument begets, this is what disobedience breeds, and raphael saw angels die before him in a failure of body he couldn't yet understand, still trying to heal them even after they stopped breathing. nothing is worth this suffering. yet in his infinite good grace, raphael was shocked by lucifer's loss - he thought god could punish him, correct him, heal the error in his heart that made him do this, but instead he was. gone. like so many were gone now. raphael was left with the unshakeable fear of loss, that people he loved and who made up his life could be taken from him, never to be seen again. it reinforced his natural inclination toward peace and geniality, desperate to make heaven a place where no more conflict would ever be seen to save anyone from such grief again. so. you can imagine how he felt when god disappeared and his family completely fell apart.
uriel fully understood the burden he would have to carry through lucifer's fall and he, like michael, is quite haunted by what happened to his former teacher. i think honestly this made uriel understand, VERY early on, that god isn't what he seems as he privately directed uriel to twist the narrative he had already written. his records, meant to be the truth of history, were perverted so soon after the beginning of creation he could only imagine what might happen in the future. it made him incredibly contemplative, dealing with his grief and buckling faith by retreating in heavy philosophy and what many would probably consider mental gymnastics. there is simply no way to square a perfect creator with an imperfect creation though...unless, of course, god is unloving. he hates, and when he hates, he becomes wrathful. so much more powerful than their small existences, he could wipe them all out in an instant. and so through lucifer's fall, uriel views god as an unloving father that any of them might lose favor with for the most arbitrary of reasons....for the reasons he created them for. so uriel retreats quietly, he writes and writes all the time, he makes god's kingdom look more perfect than it is. and those initial feelings were very much cemented when humanity faced the flood and the watchers too were banished.
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magnusbae · 9 months
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me, incredibly burnt out, unmotivated and unable to finish any of my current wips or projects:
my brain, in the shower, conjuring the most complex project I've ever considered to this day that would include learning something massive in order to even make a prototype: 👀👀👀👀🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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cynthrey · 2 years
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Here goes nothing XD
I present you Champions AU. A fun little au @lunarsands and I have been brainstorming about for a while now, set in the Happy Ending world from Scott’s Season 1 finale, where he isn’t the only one able to remember the previous world, but so does Sausage thanks to his dimension hopping abilities. What could happen when two former enemies turned allies find themselves in a world where they are the only ones to share the memory of a world they no longer belong to? 😉
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meliohy · 4 months
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Is anyone interested in doing an OC art trade?
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aromacaque · 8 months
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Update on my youtube that I'm crossposting from twitter:
My life has been very hectic and busy this year and I apologize for the lack of updates, but I haven't wanted to give out an expected time frame for my next video because I'm unsure if I'll even be able to make the deadline and I don't want to make false promises.
I won't get into it as a lot of it is personal, but I've been barely scraping by for a plethora of reasons and unfortunately haven't been able to prioritize my videos. When I make the time for them, I'm far too tired from everything else to write anything decent and the quality drop is noticeable.
Maybe I'm being a little too hard on myself or too much of a perfectionist. Maybe it's better for me to get a video out, even if it's mediocre to my standards, but I know I can do better if I'm just given the energy and resources.
I'm really really sorry for the wait.
I would LIKE to get it out by November and I would LIKE to upload once every two months, but I can't make any promises right now.
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magentagalaxies · 2 months
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the saga of my newly fucked up sleep schedule is apparently not over!! even tho i did get a normal 8 hours last night i was in a show today and when that wrapped and i got back to my dorm at like 4:30-ish i decided to take a quick nap which turned into me waking up at almost NINE PM
on the plus side i'm fairly sure i lucid dreamed a couple of times during the nap so that's a plus
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botanicalbasil · 8 months
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I don't typically like to get into personal things "on main", but I just weighed myself and!!!! Since I moved in with my dad, I've gone from 105 pounds to nearly 115!!! I'm incredibly happy that I've been able to gain a better (if still on-and-off) relationship with food and I just wanted to be able to tell people about it :•)
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freakadr0id · 2 years
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Oh my goodness. This is it. My final post for my favorite Tang moments of season 3. There isn't a ton in this one since this is kind of just the last few things I couldn't fit on the previous posts, but I do have quite a bit to talk about regardless. So, without further ado, here is part 3 of my favorite Tang moments from my rewatch of season 3 - Embrace Your Destiny-Part 4: Destiny Fulfilled:
[pt 2]
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How hard do you think Tang was freaking out when he got to sit next to Nezha around the fire? I'll bet he was nerding out to the Nth degree.
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I've already made a post about this but I going to say it again because GOD THIS SHOT DRIVES ME CRAZY!!! Where's our man Tang in this shot?!!!! OH, WAIT...
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HE'S BEHIND THE F***ING FIRE!! This is the last group shot of the show and yet they hide Tang from it completely! WHY?! Idk why but I can't help but think that there is some significance in Tang being put behind the fire. I MEAN LOOK! IT'S PERFECTLY COVERING HIM IN THE SHAPE OF HIS CHARACTER!! Granted, this is something very subtle (and subtlety isn't exactly LMK's strong suit), but it really feels like this has to mean something, I just can't figure out what. Seriously, this has been bugging me since I first noticed this. Am I crazy here?
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I love this little moment! MK just casually steals food from Tang, and we all know that if there was one thing Tang wouldn't tolerate, it's his food getting taken. Yet, in this shot, the only thing he does is yell "Hey!" at MK. It shows how MK is comfortable enough to take food from a man whose whole shtick is being obsessed with food, and Tang isn't truly upset. It feels like yet another small family moment between the two of them.
It makes me so happy that Tang is the one to end the season. He is the first voice we hear in the show and it's nice that he is the last voice we hear at the end of this season. Clearly, this was intended to be a potential ending for the show, but it ended up continuing anyway. I sincerely hope that when the show does end, it ends with a voice-over from Tang as well. He is the storyteller of the show, after all.
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I can believe I've gotten to the end of season 3 with these posts. I initially started my 'Favorite Tang Moments' collection based on a random screenshot I took when I paused the show in 'On the Run' during my rewatch. When I got to 'Amnesia Rules' I thought it would be fun to show off my favorite Tang moment from that episode, and after that, I just couldn't stop.
I've decided to go back and do this same thing with seasons 1 and 2. It's been a while since I've watched those seasons anyway, so why not share my favorite Tang moments while I'm at it? It'll be a bit until I start doing that, however, since I want to get some other stuff done before I go back to these posts. Don't worry though! I'll still post more Tang-related stuff. I have some thoughts and theories about this season I'd like to share, and I'll start posting those occasionally now that I'm done with the season.
Here are my other Favorite Tang Moments
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snekdood · 3 months
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here's the thing about writing villains-
you're never going to get ppl to stop writing villains who want to control everything, who are evil for evils sake, who are manipulative and liars or whatever. who are just bad people who seem irredeemable- most peoples idea of a villain is whatever they fear most.
and just because there might be stereotypes about certain demographics surrounding these ideas doesnt mean they are inherently bad to have in your writing in general. the reason those stereotypes exist is because people wrongfully assume that a certain demographic is a certain way either through their own fears or from propaganda/conspiracy theories they're cooking up or have consumed-- which are all built around fear.
its normal to fear someone who wants to control everything. the problem comes in on whom you're projecting that on to and whom you think wants to do that. it's prolly not a good idea to make a villain- who wants to control the world and all of its money- jewish. its probably not a good idea to make a villain- whos a controlling manipulative abusive liar who will do everything to get their way in spite of who they hurt- someone with npd. it's probably not a good idea to make a terrorist-y type villain a muslim or of middle eastern decent. it would probably be a good idea to try to avoid adding stereotypes surrounding whichever demographic you're concerned about your character being misread as to your villain if you're already worried they're gonna be misinterpreted by uncharitable people online.
in my case, im making a vampire villain who wants to control everything. it would probably be really fuckin dumb of me if i added a bunch of jewish stereotypes to him along with that, considering theres a lot of antisemitism in how a lot of vampires in different forms of media were conceptualized and a whole ass conspiracy theory that jewish people already do control everything.
i dont think "wants to control the world" or even "secretly does control the world" is necessarily a bad place to start when creating a villain, it's all about what you do after that point. and its also all about keeping in mind different stereotypes/conspiracy theories/tropes/etc. around that idea that have harmed different people. it only becomes antisemitic if you draw the character the way antisemites draw jewish people, or add a bunch of conspiracy theory fueled ideas to the character, or add a bunch of jewish iconography around the character, or just make him in some way readibly jewish or just straight up make him jewish. the more you educate yourself on stereotypes/conspiracy theories/harmful tropes/etc. surrounding whichever demographic you're trying to avoid making your villain be misread as and actually avoid trying to make that character that way, i think the better off you'll be.
remember that those stereotypes/conspiracy theories/tropes/etc. all exist because someone wanted to make whichever demographic into a villain. those fears already exist in peoples minds, they just want a place to put them, and a lot of people will find a scapegoat to place them on to. it's not that those fears at their basic level are wrong or bad to have or wrong to use as a jumping point in your writing, it's that people sometimes project those fears on to other people, typically marginalized people, and again, for propaganda's sake or bc of their own fears of other people or whatever. if you avoid projecting those fears on to demographics targeted by said fears and thus avoid making your villain of said demographic in every way that you possibly can, the better off you'll be.
people will be uncharitable and read things in bad faith no matter what you do. if you're a creative, you already know the internet spends no time (and hardly any actual critical thought) in dismantling something they've deemed problematic, likely because they dont even like the thing they're critiquing but need to make it seem like its somehow a Moral dislike of the thing. ya gotta ignore it and have faith in at least some of the people viewing what you create to actually hear what you're trying to say. you also gotta take into consideration actual constructive criticism of what you create, because you might have a blind spot in this regard. try to avoid listening to people who seem off the bat antagonistic and demanding bc they likely dont even have a justified reason to be mad at you over if they're acting that way. if they have something they want to say to you bc they actually wanna change your mind, they're not gonna approach you apathetically, dismissively, passive aggressively, as if they know everything and are above you and are the most moral person in the room- people like that dont actually care if you change whatever it is you're doing and just want a self-justified reason to be mad at you that makes them look good for critiquing you, if they did want to change your mind they would try to approach you in the least confrontational way that that particular individual can manage.
ultimately, listen to people actually effected by these things so you know what to avoid and figure out how to not hurt them.
#i am by no means an expert on islamaphobia or antisemitism or anything. i dont think anyone is but the closer you are to being#effected by whichever -isms i think the closer u are to being an expert. so if anyone effected by said -isms more than I am thinks#im wrong about this i'd like to know. if im doing something harmful I want to know. so- unironically- please tell me if you#think something about what ive said here is wrong. i want to avoid hurting people and can only do so if ppl tell me how im doing it.#otherwise- if no one has any real genuine concerns of what im saying here-- i said what i said.#tldr; villain who wants to control the world? probably fine to make.#villain thats readibly jewish in many if not most ways and you made his motive controlling the world? most definitely *not* fine to make#whether that 'readibly jewish' means he's stereotypically jewish. he seems like someone who is plausibly jewish. or that his jewish-ness#is informed by a shit ton of conspiracy theories- doesnt make a difference. dont make a villain thats read as jewish in any capacity#with that motive. i'd only trust someone whos jewish + a good writer to be able to execute that in a productive & harmless way.#writing#the question isnt 'is writing a villain whos horrible in these ways bad' necessarily. its more like. whomst are you ascribing those motives#i mean obviously if you make a villain thats indistinguishable from how an antisemite might but just say hes not jewish... theres prolly#a problem. but thats why i say you need to actually EDUCATE YOURSELF on the shit surrounding x demographic so you know what to#avoid. the difference is you actually care enough to try to avoid it. shitty ppl are trying to find a way to do it w/o getting caught.
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reallyhardydraws · 11 months
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alright, that's it for the spam of old art posts, thanks for bearing with me 😌🙏💖🌈
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sleepsucks · 2 years
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what kinda stuff do you play on the piano??
absolutely nothing lately because i haven't had a keyboard with me since the last time i moved & i wouldn't have the motivation or discipline to keep practicing anyway but when i was I was mainly just either trying to practice beginner classical tunes ( like Bach's prelude in C major idk ) or noodling around on it with random basic chords
here's a vid from back then of a very clumsy rendition of All Star
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