#I'm just...pretty determined

[somerandomdudelmao]

Oh god I'm so absolutely exhausted, I can't even see straight anymore kgngjffb

On the bright side, even though I didn't draw anything, I completed a 3d model for the location of the next animated episode. So in a way, the creative karma was kept up to par👍

#for the context 👆 #yes #our backgrounds are 2d but we still need 3d as a draft/reference/size consistency #and no I'm not good at 3d haha #I'm just...pretty determined

[bonefall]

a field guide specifically about the creation of the clans and stories about the early clans would have been SO COOL but no we spend an arc with clear sky

on that note tho are there any cool legends the clans share about the beginning of the clans in BB?

If the writers go 5 minutes without saying Clear Sky smells nice they will die

COOL LEGENDS BB!CATS HAVE ABOUT THE DAWN ERA:

Generally, stories from this time are heavily mythologized. It is the era of legends and high fantasy, with its founders being remembered as abstractions more than real cats.

So ideally I'd love to tell arcs where every appearance of the founders in StarClan is like seeing angels. Monstrous, powerful beings that are more elemental than feline. Then, suddenly, you get to go back and see them before their appearances were twisted by generations of fantasy.

The Red Squirrels and the Gray Squirrels (Pishkaf om Chakchak) A ThunderClan myth, especially popular after the exile of SkyClan. The story goes that the wretched gray squirrels once decided to persecute the humble red squirrels. So the red squirrels appealed to Thunderstar to save them, but Skystar decreed that might makes right, and refused to manage the gray squirrels in his territory. It's treated as a kitten story, a parable about the importance of managing one's territory and defending things with low threat level.

Bumble Mumble and the Rogue of Rot The Clan cat version of a tower of babel story. It's the story of an unnamed rogue who steals the kittens of Turtle Heart and Bumble Mumble, killing Turtle Heart in the process. In response, Bumble lets out a mournful wail that strips the Rogue's words away and scrambles language forever.

Sun Shadow Steals the Sun The story of One Eye's defeat, slowly morphed into a cute tale about why you can't stare at the sun. The legend goes that One Eye was unbeatable, wearing a pelt that could not be scratched, even as all the founders united to defeat him. Sun Shadow realized that the only thing that could defeat him was the power within him, and so he challenged him to "show all of his might." Through this, his flesh was burned, but he gained a power above all. He guards this now as the sun itself, but would have to give it up to the next person who defeats him in a staring contest. So don't look!

Snake Claw's Serpents Newest one I'm still working on; but once upon a time, in his hatred of serpents, Snake Claw slew all of them from the deadliest adder down to the most defenseless slowworm. But without snakes to fear coming into their burrows, all the prey hid there, and all the cats of the Clans went hungry. He begged StarClan to return the serpents, and they agreed-- but he would need to craft them again, from memory. He spun his hate into love, but each one still came out endearingly wonky. It's why a grass snake has no venom, a slowworm's tail can fall off, and some adders are green. And most importantly, it is why "Snakes" (serpent in Clanmew, "Sis") have scales despite being "Worms." He forgor.

That last one's still changing though, I think it's very cute but I also want to make sure to put Snake as a character rework before the fun legend I want him to have, lmao.

#Snake was probably just particularly good at catching adders and they made the story up #With a name like Snake you have to be at least a little interested #Nominative determinism and all lmao #Since there's no slash in BB I have a lot of room with him #I'm thinking he might end up connected to RiverClan tbh #I'm half tempted to make him a composite with Petal's adopted kid Birch. Have that be an old name #So Birch and Alder are Red Claw and Snake Claw #I think I'd be able to do it since there's no shortage of random background characters in BB #BUT ALSO it would make him pretty young when I want him to be Thunder's age #But RE: I'm not held back by sticking close to canon for this arc so it's not AS big of a deal to shuffle the timeline a bit. #clan culture #Better bones au #BB!DOTC

[polteergeistt]

I'm genuinely crying over iii he so pretty

#BROOOOOO #THE TUMMY BROTHER #i want to kiss it and bite it i want to vore this whole man all of him i want in my mouth and oesophagus and stomach and intestins #i want to teeth him like chew toy #fuck determinants bc i said so he HOT AS FUXK JEVUS #he's so handsome teehee #i have disastrous daddy issues i cannot do this anymore i'm going to lose my shit #i want him to just. squeeze me. and not let go. and just carry me around casually. and do his thing #mannnnnnnnnnnnnn #pretty hairrrrr #i'm going to eat aluminum #sleep token #sleep token iii

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tuvok & T’Pel listening to their son’s wise words...he’s got a lot to say. A beautiful (as always) commission done by @spocksjuul!!

#I love everything about this v_v the STYLE?? impeccable. The POSE?? Brilliant. The lil baby cheeks?? pinchable. #its so flowy and so detailed at the same time.......!! #Elieth's determined little face...he's really gonna need you guys to listen CLOSE ok? #I love how the hair and ears are stylized!! and for some reason Elieth's lil hand on his dad's chest...CUTE!! And his other one waving out #towards the crowd of people no doubt intently listening in v_v #I just love this it always makes me smile whenever I look at it #If spocksjuul's commissions are open you must commission her...that's the law I'm pretty sure #Tuvok/T'Pel #[REDACTED] family shenanigans #st voyager #T'Pel is so gorgeous here...she's working that side profile to DEATH!! #also ALL their outfits are so good!! #and one last appreciation for Elieth's lil determined baby face....his cheeks are so kissable and I want to hold a finger out to him #so he can crush it in his vulcan-baby grip v_v and I'll just be going 'awww so cute you want some applesauce?' the whole time #spocksjuul drew a baby that is SO holdable and I'm forever in debt to her #Tuvok #Elieth #T'Pel

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital illustration of Link from the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. He is visible from the chest up wearing topaz earrings and the top from the Gerudo vai set. He is looking down and to the right with a small smile. End description.]

New earrings! (botw is my favourite dress up game <3)

#yes i absolutely opted for the topaz earrings over either of the circlets because i wanted pretty earrings for link #and now i'm stocking up on gems so i can get the other earrings eventually #i get so sad when i have to use the less pretty armor sets :( i just want to put link in the nicest outfits #do i need the voe armor that bad? no. am i determined to get the the voe armor? yes #rip to the important armor sets that i'm putting off getting #link #link botw #my art #legend of zelda #botw #breath of the wild

[happi-tree]

it's that time again! happy wip wednesday! surprising nobody, i am still pushing the swiftli agenda. taylor swift is really truly going through it but hey at least he's enjoying the view!

#taylor cannot determine romantic attraction for the life of him but he does recognize that Boys Pretty. thank you for your time <3 #i'm also coming to realize that i enjoy making taylor suffer. just a little. for funsies 🥰 shfhkavfkhs #anyway. the sillies. goofballs of all time. them!!! <333 #dndads #swiftli #happi scribbles #fic

[nametakensff]

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#my period is over so i'm seizing the hormonal clarity of pre-ovulation to get my shit together lol #i have a schedule for fic writing #got my timers and timetables all set #i just finished another 1k of my s/teddie fic and i'm determined to keep up the momentum #i'm refusing to let what i'm pretty sure is now a legitimate bout of depression slow me down 😤 #absolutely still up for some prompts!! #i'm gonna go for a walk and get back to some more of my DE wips as well #and i'll deffo post some more wavs this week #i've been sitting on some out of pure lack of motivation to upload but yeah! expect those soon #let's fucking goooo this week is MINE #nttalks

[hannibalismos-jaaneman]

reasons why i just KNOW john richard papen is the pretty boi of the greek class and most probably all of hampden (spoilers, read at your own risk):

he's from california so he has that accent shut up.

he gets attention. now listen, we see him accompanying literally every single one of these nerds yet he's the one who gets recognized, every fucking time. he's literally been to a college party with camilla and judy but he was the one who got taken home while no one even tried to hit on judy and camilla (pretty sure because they were just getting all up and personal with each other so everyone kept their distance i'm allowed to dream shut up-).

he swoons over charles and francis too so... we've seen him call charles charming and he does end up with an older woman by the end of the book, BUT... he never got any attention from any one of their college friends, ik not appropriate but what in the living fuck is appropriate about this book anyway, he doesn't even get noticed by any girl at bunny's funeral... not even SOPHIE! but.. whatever i guess.

he's literally objectively prettier than bunny i don't need to justify that.

francis.. he's a redhead but that doesn't make him less pretty, actually that makes him prettier. people just find richard more objectively attractive. ik we all have this wrecked image of richard in our heads because that's how we decided to look at richard but just imagine richard's features being an absolutely stunning cross between achilles and remus lupin *sighs in gender envy*.

just the fact that he made it into the class.. hear me out. these nerds, including julian, are all about the aesthetic. and richard appearing outta nowhere could not be reason enough for them to just pull him in their "tight-knit circle" as we go about describing the greek class to be. the fact that richard's somewhat proficient at greek, is stupid AND pretty is reason enough? yeah (as i said, a cross between achilles and remus lupin).

julian calls him for dinner (i don't think i need to explain this i think we all know why he did that *ahem* *ahem* pulling the shit he must have pulled on henry to attract him *ahem* *ahem*) which is viable enough for my claims lmao.

i'm biased do what you will lol.

#raj shitposting #ik i'm dreaming but let me that's the only thing i've got for the ptsd this book has given me #ik this is all trash but i just.. couldn't with the way we treat him.. #like we just associated donna's features with him because his narration's from her pov but still #also.. donna's from i think boston so it makes absolutely no sense to think richard looks anything like her.. the aesthetics don't match #if he weren't pretty he wouldn't've ever ended up in the class anyway #and we all know all of them were pretty so it just makes sense he got in on such a short notice because he was determined and attractive #or should i say a little bit of a major thot as well? #so yeah.. lousy argument but i will stand by it till the day i die.. even beyond tbh #richard papen #henry winter #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #francis abernathy #julian morrow #tsh #the secret history #donna tartt #literati

[ruinakete]

♡ ・ LETTERS TO THOSE WE MOTHER ━━━ an introspective, drabble series dedicated to zephia & eremiya

. a few days after apping zephia, i reread the script of NMotE and fell in love with eremiya's character. the potential, the archetype, and most of all, the backstory she was given. though i disliked how it was thrown messily into the script, i had no doubt that she could be a character i'd enjoy writing. which, then, led me to wonder how similar and different she and zephia were. and i must admit that i grew obsessed with the idea of them interacting with one another ( though, at first, the thought definitely stemmed from a flickering, romantic piece i wrote for them. pardon my insanity it was a voice test for eremiya,, ).

thus, i created this! letters to those we mother, is a drabble series where i hope to do an in-depth exploration of their characters, both in who they are, what they are, and the potential was created for them. though this is self-indulgent, i hope to entertain whoever reads along, whether in succession or standalone.

thank you, TOA, for letting me have the opportunity to explore writing styles within this setting, as these two would never tolerate one another otherwise.

further information ( synopsis, table of contents, disclaimers, schedule, set-up; all to be updated with each drabble posted to the dashboard ) beneath the readmore!

. SYNOPSIS. what happens when fodlan shatters the mirror separating an archetype? what should unfold when these two sides, cut from the same lengths of glass, find their hands touching, skin-upon-skin, without the safety of a reflection?

zephia dahut kurosawa, a mage dragon faithful at the feet of her lord, and eremiya n. ahava, a bishop condemned to obey the voice of her lord, have crossed into each other's territory and, thus, will embark on the reluctant path that mothers must retrace once their children have grown into young adults. a lifestyle they would have walked, separately, lest their corruptions never been birthed.

neither of these beasts have savored the taste of motherhood the way fate planned them to. so, what now? will their faith create permanent cracks in the mirror? will a dragon's realism and a bishop's pessimism meld together into the flawed glimpse of another; optimism?

this, only time would reveal.

. TABLE OF CONTENTS. as of planned, currently.

i. origins.

ii. cradles & fires.

iii. tbd.

iv. tbd.

v. tbd.

vi. tbd.

. DISCLAIMERS. neither zephia or eremiya are characters that will be redeemed in this series. instead, i hope to explain their conditions and explore the consequences to which they must be condemned. with this in mind, understand that these two muses are bad people and will not change automatically in the first drabble. the journey of self-introspection is a long one.

. SCHEDULE. estimated to be 6:00 pm on the 23rd day of every two months. ( ex. if the first drabble is posted on february 23rd, at 6:00 pm, then the next drabble would be posted on april 23rd, at 6:00 pm, and so on ) a brief prologue that contains a recap, teaser, and important information such as content warnings and writer notes will be posted at 9:00 pm on the 18th day of every two months.

. SET-UP. likewise, the order of drabble posting will switch between muses. this is with the hope that zephia and eremiya will have equal related posts to archive properly. the first drabble, origins, will be posted on zephia's blog, while the second, cradles & fires, will be posted on eremiya's blog. in that order ( zephia, eremiya, zephia, eremiya, etc ) the drabble series will be completed. none of these drabbles will be reblogged by either blog, simply linked. however, this post will be shared between blogs, just for easier access.

. final words from the mun. again, whether you read one or two or all drabbles in this series, i hope you enjoy it! if i missed any content warnings and need to tag any themes or spoilers, let me know and i'll correct the mistake. otherwise, that's all from me. see you on the 18th / 23rd, concerning the series, and may the day treat you kindly, reader! ( and ps. yes, i did choose the 23rd because the number is my birthday number MKSEWKMSDJN )

#☽ ━━━━━━ ❝ a bleeding dragonstone; her heart crystal ・ 【 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 】 . #the specific tags for this series will be created after i finish drafts . godbless #if you couldn't tell im actually so excited to start these ... been obsessing about this for a month my goodness #the first “chapters” i have planned are pretty .. violent / rough so i need to redesign a few scenes before i'm completely proud of them bu #+ just being able to put them in a setting that determines everything about where their “second life” goes is soooo fun #any questions can be tossed at me via dms unless you'd rather just smack me in the face w a ping :pray: #also . all mentions of other muses will be asked before the drabble drops i prommy! <3 #anywho! before i begin rambling! i scurry away to go be productive

[classicjdog]

hangman/swerve texas deathmatch has a death grip on my fucking brain

good shit hanger, you did it again

#i gotta give this match some time to simmer #let the recency bias wear off #then i can really determine exactly how much i liked it in comparison to my other favourite matches this year #(namely hangmox texas death at revolution & mox/oc at all out) #but god damn what a wonderful bloody beautiful violent ugly work of fucking art #ol hanger's pretty good at this deathmatch shit huh #i wanna go on & on & on about this match but i can't find the words i just wanna yell & scream lmao #anyway if anyone who follows me hates blood & gore and stuff sorry for appearing out of nowhere to put a whole fuckload of it on your dash #i'm just excited

[redwinterroses]

Happy Easter!

#I'm wearing a dress today for only the second time in about 10 years #and i feel really pretty so that's a huge plus #easter isn't as big a deal to me as Christmas is #(...mostly because spring is the harbinger of summer and i loath them both lol) #but it's still a lovely and wonderful celebration of my faith and I'm really looking forward to church today #I'm even singing a real choir piece with the choir which i haven't done in AGES #singing yes. choral pieces not as much #my faith journey over the last year or so has been rocky to say the least #just in the last two weeks there have been two... incidents with my dad in particular #but i feel like I'm growing toward the sun like a determined dandelion and my roots are deeper than ever #and what better time to celebrate that than Resurrection Sunday? #... anyway i may be getting deep on main but at least it's in the tags lol #not mcyt #redwintertalks

[lucky-clover-gazette]

i removed the "could be platonic or romantic" tag from the adaptation fic bc these bitches are gay as hell and it's way too interesting a dynamic to ignore

#vio is going to have an existential crisis about having like a crush on his evil shadow self #and the ethics and implications of that #shadow's not actively self-aware enough to worry about it #but after vio's crisis i'm pretty intent on them regarding each other as entirely separate people #just cut from a common cloth #i think they both value their own individuality and see it as an act of rebellion in a way #especially in vio's case #idk this is the complicated part of them as a ship but i do actually want to try to unpack it #if you and your partner were both modeled after a guy you both hate and feel fundamentally disconnected from is it that weird #it's almost kinda like being Of Link is a shared traumatic origin story that connects them more than any kind of blood relation #there are sets of ideals and expectations imposed on them both except shadow's are imposed by ganon and vio's by the goddesses #but who they are is in SPITE of that? idk #i am beyond determined to make it not weird please just listen-- #fs #four swords #vidow

[dragonanne]

Am I actually getting closer to finishing draft one or am I just swimming in an endless sea of "almost there" no matter how many words I write? 🫠

#i'm over it guys #i just want this draft to be finished #i'm determined to finish it by the end of the first week of November #but wow #i genuinely feel like a swimmer who never gets closer to shore no matter how hard and far they swim #UUUUGHHHHHH #pray for me pls #i've pretty much resigned myself to this being a 100k book too #I might be able to trim some off of the first few chapters that desperately need cleaning up but will it be enough to save it from that fat #dragonanne writes a thing #jade torch book 2 #novel wip

[tvrningout]

i see or hear alternative/punk rock content and arata screams at the top of his lungs to let him out

#sorry to be talking about yet another muse but i won't lie!! arata pops into my brain kinda often!! #i'm in my creating/revamping oc's era rn i guess asdf #bc maybe i could just kinda?? scratch all his original stuff and maybe the original stuff for all his bandmates too #refocus him a bit somehow #i'll always be attached to stand out!!'s original dynamic but i also think it'd be nice if i maybe left some of those connections open #for others to take? like you have a muse who would be the front man of a band?? or the drummer?? lead guitarist?? #cool bc arata's a bassist!! play with him!! be his bandmate!! #also just thinking about him being the driving force behind the band -- he's the reason they get together #which was partially the concept before but not completely #i think this time i would want to focus more on the idea that arata pretty much loses stability at home once his parents divorce #his sister doesn't live with him anymore #so he's determined to build a new family even though he doesn't realize that's what he's doing #this band becomes his world not just bc he loves music but bc it's all that he feels he really has -- it keeps him sane #i dunno y'all asdfg i like the idea but should i bring our silly lil bassist back to bug everyone? am i doing too much :' ) #also i'm back!! gonna try to get some things done now that it's quiet <3 #get ready to ramble | ooc

[transingthoseformers]

Btw, i saw a fic that gave Mandroid's full name as Atlas Meridian and at first thought it was canon. Please tell me it isn't. Tfwiki doesn't have anything after Home, part 2.

(I haven't seen the second batch, really i've barely seen anything because cartoons never come with subtitles, especially pirated ones. But i have pretty good idea about the first drop's events, the second one's only what i've accidentally "overheard" on tumblr. As far as i know it isn't even being translated to my native language either)

Okay so I know his last name is Meridian, but this is the first time I've seen any indication of a first name??

I always as a rule use subtitles, it's hard for me to watch a show without them because sometimes words can get a little jumbled for me, but not once did I see anyone refer to him with his first name??

They've only referred to him as "Dr. Meridian" or "Mandroid", afaik, so the first name Atlas might be some creativity via that mentioned fic's author.

#maccadam #transformers #i cannot accurately determine whether atlas is his first name or not #tfe mandroid #dr meridian #which i rather like his last name #it's just pretty #i personally don't see anything wrong with the name atlas but I'm getting the vibe you do #transformers earthspark #earthspark

[rotationalsymmetry]

Ok, you know what? I do 100% agree with the complainer there.

There is a widespread genuine belief that health is largely under people's individual control and if you're not healthy it's because you're Doing Something Wrong. (This is an ableist belief.) Not everyone who shares posts about things people can do to help with their personal health believes that, but it's also not obvious to anyone who doesn't see into anyone else's brain that people posting or reblogging that sort of thing DON'T believe that and logically, some people posting/reblogging are doing so BECAUSE they believe that nobody will be sick for long if everyone just does the right thing.

There is especially a predominant culture on the mental health recovery/positivity regions of tumblr that recovery is possible for anybody and that a positive attitude is a necessary and helpful condition for recovery.

3 this bleeds over into victim blaming really easily and is hella discouraging for people who don't have a realistic prospect of recovery (or think they don't) including I gotta say for people who have non-mental health shit that they don't expect to recover from and it's annoying as hell. And you know what? I've had lifelong mental health issues and while they're overall better than they have been in the past, that doesn't mean I've "recovered" it means I've learned how to live with my fucked up brain better. In spite of the fact that I keep running into assholes who assume if I'm looking for more mental health resources I must be "at the start of my journey" ffs and this is ableist. The idea that people will get better quickly, inevitably, within a short period of time after they first start trying is ablist and just not based in reality.

4. there is also a culture that makes it almost impossible to talk about this -- have a dialog about this -- without being dismissed as being overly negative, having poor reading comprehension, or being told well of course this didn't mean you therefor your complaint is invalid and meaningless.

5. there may be a case to be made about when it is and isn't appropriate to disagree with other people's posts on social media, especially when you're not mutuals or otherwise some foundation of trust and basically liking each other. But nobody ime ever talks about it in these terms. They say "bad reading comprehension" (also ableist btw, some people actually do have poor reading comprehension mostly related to either difficulties with accessing education or medical conditions/disabilities that they don't control, and don't expect to see an improvement in that any time soon, and could use some patience and understanding around that and not "you suck for having bad reading comprehension (and by implication just aren't trying hard enough to be abled)" and yeah I get nobody really thinks that the people they're accusing of "bad reading comprehension" can't help it but even if that is the case there's a lot of collateral damage here) and argue that the responses are INCORRECT, factually and/or morally, not that whether the response is right or not it's impolite. This is not a useful fault analysis because people generally don't say things that they think are factually or morally incorrect. so the message that comes across is "you can call someone ableist or whatever if other people think you're right, but not if they think you're wrong" which kind of implies that the nature of oppression can accurately be arrived at by sort of polling what most people think? Which is clearly not correct.

treat people like people dammit.

#This is about the same post I reblogged ratlier but I'm not going to keep reblogging it because I'm pretty sure that is obnoxious as hell #People always keep coming back to power and social shaming is a manifestation of power #You cannot tear down the master's house using the master's tools #And you cannot create a just society by using tools of power to determine who gets the last word #You have to actually listen and realize you might be wrong and stuff