#be better than yesterday

[soulinkpoetry]

I’m only in competition with myself. Trying to do better, be better. Someone who I can be proud of.

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#trying to do better #be better than yesterday #I’m in no competition with anyone #soulinkpoetry #poetry #thoughts #she writes #feelings #poets on tumblr #writers and poets #poets corner #poets community

[notbecauseofvictories]

I'm re-reading the Discworld series for reasons, and honestly the most relatable part of reading these as an adult is how many of the protagonists start out being tired, used to their little routine and vaguely disgruntled by the interruption of the Plot. Sam Vimes wants to lie drunk in a gutter and absolutely doesn't want to be arresting dragons. Rincewind is yanked into every situation he's ever encountered, though he'd much rather be lying in a gutter too. (Minus the alcohol. Plus regretting everything he's ever done said witnessed or even heard about fourth-hand in his whole life.) Granny Weatherwax is deeply suspicious of foreign parts and that includes the next town over; Nanny has leaned into the armor of "nothing ever happens to jolly grannies who terrorize their daughters-in-law and make Saucy Jokes"

Only the young people don't seem to have picked up on this---and that's fortunate, because someone has to run around making things happen, if only so Vimes and Granny and Rincewind have a reason to get up (complaining bitterly the whole time) and put it all to rights. Without Carrot, Margrat, Eric, etc. these characters don't have that reason; they're likely to stay in the metaphorical gutter and keep wondering where it all went wrong or why anything has to change.

............well, that's not quite true. You get the sense that Vetinari knows how much certain people hate the Plot. And as the person sitting behind the metaphorical lighting board of Ankh-Morpork, he takes no small pleasure in forcing the Plot-haters specifically to stand up, and say some lines.

#I finished guards guards just yesterday and I forgot that vimes and wonse were set up to be mirror images #both boys from the shades of very different natures; who made good (ish) in wildly different ways #also it's interesting reading this books from an adult perspective; my mind isn't blown that these books exist #anymore; plus I've read so many good books since #and they're not perfectly constructed novels! especially these early books; #there are plenty of spots where I can feel the narrative get thin; where there's more handwaving than I remember #but each book IS better and tighter; the jokes are funnier and the irony sharpens; the footnotes are better utilized #the characters are getting more interesting and complicated as opposed to set-ups for jokes. #it's an illustration of someone getting better at their chosen field and that in itself is more impressive than I was anticipating. #discworld

[bequeerdodopemonkshit]

"Just because you lost me as a friend, doesn't mean you gained me as an enemy. I'm bigger than that, I still wanna see you eat, just not at my table." -- Tupac Shakur

#just a remainder #I'm trying to be a better person than I was yesterday #tupac quotes #tupac shakur #I'm not your enemy little buddy #but if you're looking for a fight #i'm your huckleberry

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

Heroes of Millennium (HoM) AU

Act 1: What was left behind. - Part 1 (page 1-5) -here- -> Part 2

#heroes of millennium au #hom au #danny phantom #dp #jake long #american dragon jake long #adjl #YEEEEEE BABEY WE GETTING DROPPED RIGHT THE FREACK IN!! NO LONG INTROS JUST STRAIGHT UP MEAT HERE BABIES #CAN YOU TELL IM EXCITED EVEN IF I STIL YET TO ACTUALLY DRAW PART 2??? only rough sketch draft still but fuk it #i have 40 pages of rough comic im allowed to be excited of having that much??? never drew comics for shit before #i feel a need to apologize for my jake's dragon 'redesign' but i actually like it so i wont lol #i would apologize for falsely saying i would post it yesterday haha i overestimated my speed and typography took much longer than i hoped.. #still prolonged 48 hours is better than not posting at all ;D #if you are confused and have questions dont worry its by design (sorta) lol. everything will be answered wit time...long time

[pappelsiin]

arthur !!! 

#arthur #arthur pendragon #merlin #merlin bbc #i genuinely think this one's better (if we ignore the lineart brush ;-; that one hurts) than the piece i posted yesterday #despite being older #which is wild if u ask me #i see so many things i'd like to fix but also no energy for that #bradley james

[ecoplasma]

i am LOOKING

#genshin impact #scaramouche #wanderer #i yelled about this on twitter yesterday #big fan for many many reasons #only big downside is the missing veil on the hat #also tfw this is a sketch but it looks better than the 20h+ painting i'm doing rn melting emoji

[imjustapoorwayfaringgeek]

Day 2

"Has he done this before?"

#sorry i was feeling lowkey awful yesterday #and most of this day #so i finished this one a little late #but it turned out better than i expected #asoiaf #fan art #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf fanart #asoiaf art #my art. #eddard stark #ned stark #cersei lannister #nedsei #i don't ship them but i like this scene #it shows ned's kindness #February 2024 Romance Drawing Challenge #i think we all thought about the same scene for this one lol

[legionofpotatoes]

My annual invocation to play The Pathless to anyone that will listen

#someone in my tags mentioned shadow of the colossus yesterday and bingo #many games have tried to ape its aesthetic but none have zeroed in on the game design DNA in sotc better than the pathless #the ethos of minimal GUI in a functional open world with an intricate traversal system and bonkers boss fights #wrapped in a mythic parable that doesn't overstay or overexplain itself one iota. and it looks incredible. and sounds astonishing #and! you get an eagle pal with cute petting mechanics! she snuggles you if you hit the sweet spot even. 10/10 #the pathless #my shots

[skunkes]

#better nyalons than yesterdays ^_^ #a doodley #ears far too big but it felt right in the moment ykwim

[siren-of-agony]

Answers to "please stop"

No.

I can't.

I won't.

I don't want to.

I don't know how.

I will soon.

But then how will you learn?

We're almost done.

It's almost over.

Ask me again!

Oh well, if you're asking that politely…

Fine. For now.

Only once I've come up with something more fun.

Only once you've come up with something more fun.

Or what?

I know you can go a little bit longer.

You know I won't.

I love it when you beg.

I hate it when you beg.

I'm so bored by your begging.

Not until you're too weak to ask me to.

But I don't have anything better to do.

I wish I could.

Alright! See? All you had to do was ask nicely.

I'm not doing anything.

What, exactly?

Just once more, I promise!

Just once more, I promise! (🤞)

You're doing this to yourself.

You wanted this.

You want this.

You know you made me do this.

Are you ready to give me what I want, then?

I will once you give in.

What will you give me in return?

Why should I?

You know there is only one way to end this.

You know there is only one way this will end.

(Answers to "it hurts")

#whump #whump dialogue prompt #whump dialogue #whump prompt #whumblr #i had 2 ppl request a part two to the it hurts one #and i couldnt come up w enough stuff i liked #so here #have this instead #I wrote this all down yesterday when i was trying to fall asleep and i kept coming up w new things so i just kept unlocking my phone and #writing stuff down #i thought i had way less than last time but it's actually much more #granted i rly leaned into the differences just slight wording changes make #also i feel like half of these would do so much better with some sort of term of endearment stapled onto theme #them #so when reading them just imagine some of them with a darling or a sweetheart or a honey tacked onto them bc that's how i imgined them #also if these writing prompts end up on kinblr again and someone accuses me of forgetting safe words just know i'm gonna break into your #house and put mustard in your shoes

[lunumochi]

"And I'm here whether you like it or not Initiated operation of your own extermination Now it's too late for you to stop"

#the arcana #the arcana game #lunumochi art #my art #quaestor valdemar #the arcana courtiers #valdemar #a break from all the human Val headcanon lore for you #this was supposed to be a sketch i got too invested in and ended up spending hours on yesterday so you can have it- #glaze always fucks up the texture but it's better than feeding the ai I suppose

[napping-sapphic]

If anyone ever wants to live out that romance trope where the love interest dramatically goes to comfort someone during a storm while they’re afraid please let me know as it has been storming for ten minutes and i have been crying for six of them

#wlw #wlw mood #sapphic #sapphism #lesbian #ughhhh #i hate this #i hate this a LOT #i was anxious all day yesterday in anticipation #then couldn’t sleep waiting for it #and now it’s HERE and it’s awful #i normally do a lot better but there are a lot of factors involved this time #promise im okay btw!! #a few tears (a lot of tears😓) but i’ll get through it lol #also ​sorry for all my storm posting lately #there’s been a lot lately and we don’t usually have to deal with them this early in the year #so im a bit more antsy about it than normal #im gay and i like sleeping

[heartbreakfeelsogood]

cuteness overload ♡ x

#fall out boy #patrick stump #fob #i'm done with this video for now i pwommy #i'm really mad because the one thing i did differently today made these look so much better than the gifs i posted yesterday #which means yesterday's could've been better!!! i'm rambling #point is i luv how these and my last post came out #my edits #my gifs #fobedit

[insignificant457]

Jamie’s believe sign was in a copy of the beautiful and the damned, which is the book ted gave him in 1x03, that he threw out without thinking twice…he remembered the title and found it years later…Jamie tartt who can’t spell for shit and is probably dyslexic tracked that book down and started reading it because Ted picked it for him

#ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #jamie tartt #he really is the best character on this show sorry I don’t make the rules #also him putting the money in Nate’s little box and adding a little extra… #it’s about making up for lost time it’s about doing better today than you did yesterday

[lunarharp]

pretty & cute witch men

#witch hat tag #orufrey #i'm not drawing as much or as well as i'd like to be doing. i'm trying to get through a comic i've been really wanting to do #but i'm just finding it so hard. disheartening. btw the 2nd one relates to some official art of qif wearing a dress like the girls #and the 4th one relates to how i've been drawing EXTREMELY SMALL for years. idk how to explain it but i always clicked 'fit to screen' #and so all my art EVER has looked bad when you zoom in bc it's already like size 1 zoomed in to the MAX pfhgguguhfpfhGHAHHHHH #i was so confused allll this time why brushes always look different for me than what they're supposed to #'wow this brush is so jaggedy..really rather jaggedy...calling it the Jagged Cai Special..bringing it out for those jaggedy moments.. #really quite jaggedy i must say...' and it's literally not jaggedy #but now i have to get used to how all those brushes that i'd gotten used to indeed look how they're supposed to finally. Alarming #I have simply been working out absolutely everything by myself for years and that's why my technical progress is slow #ppl say my progress is fast and i certainly have improved much since i began doing all this but #like..it took me a year and half to start using a program where i could Colour In The Lines aka the..whatever it's called. whatever.. #just on my lonely confused solemn journey to express gay love better than yesterday.. -_- *picks up my pack n continues through the snow* #btw thank you sm for people's kind words enjoying my narumitsu art & fic over the christmas & new year period <3

[moeblob]

Hello, can i have a modern sylvain pls??? PS: i love how you draw scrimblos

Finally another Wheel Spin and thankfully modern equals I get to draw someone with fish somewhere on their outfit. (Overlay layer my friend how I missed you)

#fe three houses #sylvain jose gautier #also shout out to literally everyone yesterday who backed me up and supported me on making sure i wasnt in pain #regardless of how others told me to take pain meds cause hoo boy #i do feel better today without the pressure of being a disappointment by taking care of pain as need be #esp since im making sure to not overuse it - like im still obeying the times in between the doses and not doing more than allowed #and so yeehaw managed to speed run sylvain aka it took 25 minutes and i know this bc i set a timer for 30mins #just to make sure i didnt overdo it from aiming to please too hard while still recovering #truly wheel rng and desktop timers my beloved #they really help me lmao................. i .... need the motivation to start too so setting a timer makes me have to start #instead of putting it off and off by scrolling here or staring at a blank canvas pondering nothing