#building solid foundations

[plaguedocboi]

Y’know. I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen a big-budget parody in theaters. Do y’all remember when parodies were a thing? Like Spaceballs and Austin Powers? I don’t think I’ve seen one since Vampires Suck in 2010. Why did that genre of movie just totally disappear? In the age of endless nostalgia bait and remakes and sequels and giving every Glup Shitto their own series, why aren’t we capitalizing on making fun of stuff? Especially given the absolute shit quality of cinema recently. In a better timeline there would be a film studio dedicated solely to making parodies of Marvel movies.

#I guess it’s in part because you need a solid foundation to build a successful parody off of #so maybe everything just sucks so bad now it’s not even worth it

[cator99]

First attempt at doing something like whatever the fuck this is

#i put a solid effort into creating a somewhat complex interior but due to having made this after deciding i didnt feel like building a #foundation...... it did not hold up very well #also this clay dries incredibly fast so i have that working against me at any given moment #epic fail

[dancingwillows]

daughter of shadows, come here, come home.

#ffxiv #ffxiv oc #ffxiv gpose #gposers #roegadyn #verrry happy now that i finally nailed the face i wanted her to have for so long #it's been a joy revisiting her lore and building on the sparse foundations i've started #her past isn't quite as solid as i'd like yet but that's half the fun of it #her hellsguard background also offers so much room for creativity i love it #marya tag

[thatgirlonstage]

You’ve got to be very careful with doing a deliberate misinformation on your fantasy lore bc it’s easy to just end up confusing your readers — give people too many layers of lies or wrong information to peel back and they’ll simply stop keeping track, whether because they got lost or because any revelations were so often later refuted that they stopped caring — however if you do have the skill to strike that balance it’s both enriching and very funny to have guys in your world who are Just Wrong about how stuff works.

#writing #I’ve been thinking about world building recently in terms of like #who are the flat earthers of this universe. who are the guys with bugfuck easily disprovable conspiracy theories and why #who is fantasy Dan Olson making videos about #idk I think it can tell you some interesting things bc #conspiracy theories are often manifestations of existing #prejudices or paranoias or social/political/economic/religious anxieties #that have just been dialed up to eleven #so a) it’s entertaining to invent the full funhouse mirror reflection and enjoy its absurdity #and b) if you can take that reflection and figure out how to ease the dial back to like. a four. #then you probably have a solid foundation for some of the more insidious and pervasive social issues in your fantasy society

[functionalasfuck]

Is it weird that I think Sand and Ray are going to be the ones with the happiest ending? This episode really cemented it for me because they’re so honest with each other in comparison to all the other characters. And they have weirdly really good communication skills. To the point that I think when the hurt each other (and because of the genre of the show, it’s when not if) it’s not going to be because someone is going to be egregiously at blame. It’s going to be because they’re human.

Now the other couples…

#are a train wreck waiting to happen #Boston Nick and Top have spent the last 4 episodes building a house of cards #so it’s so weird seeing Ray and SAN’s relationship having a solid foundation in comparison #what even is this? #ofts #only friends #only friends the series

[cowboyviolence]

I agree with the general sentiment on this website that you should utilize your local library but what they don't tell you I sometimes your local library sucks ass

#weirdest collection ive ever seen #they dont have some pretty popular books but they do have... the sequels to those books? #like the first in the series isnt checked out its just straight up not in the catalog #and they also just dont have a lot of what i consider classic works of literature? #i get theyre not as popular but what kind of library doenst have those #its a huge building but the actual place for books is really small and pushed to the side to make room for random displays #i feel like they just buy whats popular at that moment and dump everything else which i guess makes sense #but it means they dont have a very solid foundation of books #idk it just sucks when you go to the library with a list of books and you get to check out 0 of those books #its just not worth it to go if theres nothing there for me :(

[howaitora]

There's something really strange about having no culture. Don't get me wrong I have lots of bits of cultures, and they are put together into a really beautiful and elaborate puzzle that is maybe it's own culture, but in the end, I never feel like I really belong anywhere. Because these cultures are not mine, maybe they used to be, but I will forever be a foreigner, no matter which heritage I look at. There is no place to me that's home, only people.

#maybe that feeling is less intense for people who grew up in cities and not towns #maybe its less intense for second generation immigrant children #whos parents already build a solid foundation in their new place #maybe if i were better adapted socially it wouldn't feel like this #doesnt change what its like now tho

[thedreadvampy]

realising how much of my expansion beyond rock and metal into a wide range of genres is because:

Slipknot crossed over with the edgy/gothier end of 2000s hiphop

Disturbed are just like. The BIGGEST nerds for 80s British pop (they're not alone in that, it's a whole numetal Thing, but I think like a solid 10% of the 80s pop I listen to I first heard as a Disturbed cover)

Lady Gaga was the top 40 artist it was Okay For Edgy Alternative Teens To Like In 2007

Being an Alternative 2000s Teen was in many ways very musically stifling cause it was incumbent upon me to perform disdain for anything deemed too Pop.

I was somewhat rescued by my own gayness (when me and my gay goblin friends discovered CAMP!!!! and got semi-ironically big into Katy Perry and Rihanna and of course Gaga) but mostly I was so aggressively self-policing my music tastes and deciding what to listen to based more on my assessment of where it fitted socially than on whether I like. Liked it.

Catch 13 year old me studiously typing "punk" and "metal" into Limewire and listening to whatever came up. Catch 15 year old me assessing whether the fact that Rihanna is making music videos about murder in black lipstick means it's ok to like top 40 pop. Complicated by the fact that honestly half the biggest Alternative Teen bait acts of the 2000s were pop as hell, and that as above, numetal acts were nerdy musicians with a broad range of tastes outside metal, and it was very complicated for me. It probably took me until I was like 20 to really start to get a handle on what I personally liked musically, rather than what fit my persona (vividly remember being in a goth club when I was like 18 where they closed out the night with Leonard Cohen's Closing Time every time, and thinking like oh man am I allowed to like Leonard Cohen then? having been listening to Leonard Cohen since I was a literal infant.)

Once I let go of the sense of having to like the Right Music, I very rapidly developed very eclectic tastes and music became a really big part of my life. although my friend did recently still describe my music taste as "two genres - heavy and gay" so that 2000s alt teen is still in there big time.

I think it's a normal thing about being a kid. You're developing music taste basically from scratch and there's a world of music out there so it helps to start out with a narrow focus and build a solid few acts, albums or genres you really like and work out from there. But I do regret how much good music I missed out on first time around because even though I liked it I wrote it off for being rap or being too pop or too upbeat. But the good thing about music is that it doesn't go away! I'm still discovering a lot of music that I heard 50000 times when it was on the radio but never really listened to at the time. It's fun!

#red said #also i do think the fact that my family didn't really listen to music radio did change the ways i developed taste #it was talk radio or music my parents or us kids already owned so there wasn't like. a time i was listening to new music where #i wasn't also performing Teen Coolness for other kids. i mostly heard new music in the art room at school or in cafes or on coaches #whereas i know a lot of people who built their foundational music tastes really on from what was on the radio when they were kids #lot of people i know reminisce about hearing certain songs in the car to school etc and for me that's not music that's BBC Radio 4 #idk i think it's really interesting that like. early developmental stage of music tastes #cause it's different for everyone. for most it's a patchwork of your family's music what your friends listen to and what's on the radio #as well as stuff you stumble on or seek out of of interest #and the balance is different for everyone. i think it says a lot about your experience of childhood #and i also think like for myself I'm often quite judgemental of child!me's basic and limited tastes #because i was pretty judgemental of myself at the time for not knowing Enough Music #and as an adult I'm like nah that's a pretty vital part of development. like you don't get mad at a baby for not knowing what words mean. #you have to start somewhere! when you're 14 you've only had 14 years to listen to music and for most of that time you weren't choosing it #and you probably haven't been going out to gigs or record stores off your own back. you're going with friends or family's recommendations #so like as a teen i knew my parent's music. i knew my brother's music. i read Kerrang! and listened to stuff my friends suggested #but it took time to build up that solid foundation to go 'what i like is a hefty beat/ bass and a lot of energy. i will find more of that.'

[voidcoretxt]

ouuugh. how do i even make a seasonal recolour mod for another mod

#been working on a recolour for the stardew brewery port for solid foundations that matches eemies dutch farm buildings #and. man. the og mod had seasonal recolour compatibility but the port got rid of it for some reason............ #i could literally just go in2 the fucking folders and replace some pngs w that i cooked up and thatd be it #but its not 2018 anymore and entoarox framework doesnt seem to work now (since the mod needed to be ported to sf) #sooo. im fucked ? #ill figure it out. maybe. #last time i tried to mess around w modding i failed miserably tho.............. #ohh the misery #voidcore.txt

[squish--squash]

I think it would be interesting if there was like, a documentary or smth like a deep dive focused on the phenomenon I like to dub the "monkey's paw" of the internet which is where a content creator quickly rises to fame/quickly becomes popular but are then pitted against so much slander, controversies, hate, and/or discourse that it either ruins that person's content creating career or damages it to a degree that will never be fixed

because it keeps happening. over and over I've seen content creators suddenly rise out of the depths and gain masses of followers only for it to topple like a poorly-played jenga tower only a few years later due to controversies and hate. meanwhile, other content creators build a following in a slow, steady way where while they might not be that known, the people who do know them support them wholeheartedly.

And I want to know WHY this keeps happening. I have a lot of theories on this (jealousy of success breeding extreme hate, sudden fame clouding judgement and leading to poor decisions, the lack of trust the apprehension more and more people are having towards newer famous people nowadays, etc) but it would be nice to once day get more than just these theories on why this keeps happening, and if this "trend" will ever stop or just get worse as time progresses

#one of the biggest reasons I think this happens honestly is because of this: #the ccs that build followings over a span of years and years before achieving 'popularity' have a more solid community #that's been built on a strong and steady foundation of mutual trust and respect #there's less of a gap between the creator and the viewer. #meanwhile the ccs that blow up early don't have this luxury for the most part. they become popular so fast and so rapidly #there's not enough time to establish that strong foundation that the 'smaller' ccs already have #and there's a large gap between cc and the fans as the cc is idolized and the cc can't keep up with the sheer number of fans to establish a #truer connection with them. like sure they'll get fanart and fan content and whatnot. but it doesn't feel the same #so when a 'smaller' cc makes a mistake they're more likely to be forgiven bc of that stronger community and connection #but when the quick-to-rise cc makes a mistake? combining what I said earlier with the sheer amount of people who hate the cc #just for getting famous quickly... best case scenario there's just mild discourse and 'antis' yelling they knew the cc was the devil or smt #worst case scenario.... well. we've all seen stuff like that happen on multiple occasions. haven't we?

[turbo-overkill]

TFP Optimus is autistic, has ADHD, and quite possibly other stuff, and everytime I see someone criticize him in a way that's even slightly ableist, the list gets longer. Leave him alone. You can legitimately criticize him without resorting to "well he doesn't show emotions and is therefore bad" and "TFP would have been better if they'd completely changed his entire personality and took away everything that made him interesting and gave him the potential for character development"

#yeet talks #tfp #transformers prime #transformers #tfp optimus prime #optimus prime #the issue doesnt lie in him as a person but in the writers who put down solid foundation but didnt build on it

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

build your home upon the rock...

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall. — Matthew 7:24-27 | New American Standard Bible (NASB) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Cross References: Job 22:16; Proverbs 10:8; Proverbs 10:25; Proverbs 12:7; Matthew 7:28

#obedience #Jesus' Words #wisdom #hearing #building upon the solid rock #foolishness #disobedience #building on shifting sands #Matthew 7:24-27 #Gospel of Matthew #New Testament #NASB #New American Standard Bible #The Lockman Foundation

[hamletteprinceofdenmark]

c!tubbo has never done anything wrong ever in his life but also he has done things so so wrong and I love him anyway, do you understand?

#it’s about a character fucking up but in a way that makes sense and is built on a solid foundation of character and world building #like they fucked up but what else were they meant to do?? #dream smp #tubbo #c!tubbo #same for c!wilbur #like they’re a Mess but by god are they well built Messes

[rebelliouswhirlpool]

For the absolute first time in my life I would like to thank Past Me for Actually Writing Pretty Solid Notes For Once

#pokes my scrivener files for souls #this is pretty detailed actually #like if i were to go through with doing this which is looking likely #that's actually a pretty solid foundation to start building off of

[allergic-alien]

what if i stopped being lazy and really put my pussy into everything.

#i've had nonstop self indulgence since *checks watch* june. no. april of this year #i think im almost ready to get serious and start building solid foundations....... #x

[fooltofancy]

having a staring contest w the back of the garage while i drink tea and sort of watch kiel pile large bits of tree into the back of his car down in the yard like "hey, that's my house."

rn it is just a box full of other people's furniture and wedding paraphernalia, but someday it's gonna have a deck off the back, and be full of MY furniture.

#someday #the hardest part is done. #the building is there #all of the other hard parts still to go #plumbing electrical some reframing for more windows and a second door #better framing for the loft space #insulation #plumbing is the scariest tbh #also just making sure the foundation is solid and zoned for living in #typed loving in; might cry #a lot of beaurocracy i don't have any idea how to even start cracking #txt.me #tired and unnecessarily melancholy today #money is so much i cant even imagine being in a place where i can even start the things i need #framing the garage door out too hhh that's gonna be something #ugly little box i love you