#but I will find it unsatisfying

[junemermaid]

the thing about threesomes is:

I just want each character in them to see both of the others as equally amazing

none of that "blorbo and their two admirers who at best cordially tolerate each other"

or that "these two are only friends and romantic love is superior so I don't have to pay them any mind"

I don't need every side of the triangle to be the same but I need them to be equally meaningful, and treated as such by the story

#propaganda from big throuple #the writing life #fandom #june rambles #I don't dislike V-shaped triads but they often fall victim to this #a triad is three relationships! #not just your otp with bonus content #or I mean #do what you want #I'm not the boss of you #but I will find it unsatisfying

[anna-scribbles]

had a conversation last week with a 10 year old girl about the s5 finale and i can’t stop thinking about it. she said nathalie is the best because she loves adrien enough to lie to him about his father so that he stays happy. completely convinced that emilie was resurrected at the end and shocked when i suggested otherwise. i’ve been dying to know what the children think happened and it’s so interesting

#anna rambles #ml s5 #ml season 5 #ml #i personally don’t think that adrien’s gonna find out anything in future seasons #which to me feels unsatisfying #but it’s interesting that (from my sample size of one child) maybe the kids would see that as a good thing #it felt to me like the show was framing it as a good thing at least #so it would be interesting to find out how more of the (young) target audience perceived it #bc i feel like most of the adult fans i’ve seen online assume that adrien will find out or at least would find it unsatisfying if he didnt #when i asked if she thought it could’ve been amelie at the end her jaw dropped and she said ‘no because he’s always down there talking #about how he’s gonna bring his wife back! he says it all the time and that’s what he did!’ #& i was like. girl yeah you’re right😭 that is also what i thought when i saw it😭 #anyway I need to talk to more kids about ml. for science

[cheridraws]

seasoning city’s worst dressed

#I fucimg love the fisherman outfit it looks so so silly #chdoodles #mob psycho 100 #mp100 #serirei #reigen arataka #serizawa katsuya #hmmm #welcome back to: I am unsatisfied with how I draw serizawa #I’ll get the hang of it eventually. it’s just annoying me rn bc I can’t find a way I like to draw him yet lol #dw I’ll figure it out #anyways. sorrs for no posts. here’s a sketch

[year-of-the-rabid-dog]

Palestinian Artists/Record Labels on Bandcamp

{ELECTRONIC}

00970

377

Bilna'es بالناقص

BOUNCYDUCK

BRUT_FORC.e/TRAUM.a

Cyber Witch

Double Dunks

Loris

NaJazz Project

Sea Level Records /تسجيلات سطح البحر 

Toumba

{EXPERIMENTAL}

Dirar Kalash

Dunums

Garden of Gethsemane

Irritable Syndrome

Mamzera

Maya Al-Khaldi

Never A Land Without People

Phonodelica

Raymond Haddad

{FOLK}

Akram Abdulfattah

Arhan Afndy

Gazelleband

Marwan Abado

Rim Banna

Samah Mustafa

Sounds of Palestine

{INDIE/ALTERNATIVE}

Bassam Beroumi

Discoverer

Eddie Violet

Haya Zaatry

Mafar

Maysa Daw

Shadi Zaqtan

{JAZZ/RNB}

Drink Sage

Majazz Project / Palestine Sound Archive

{METAL}

Bahal Amma

{RAP/HIP-HOP}

Asifeh

ERROR

Exist Records

Moody Kablawi

Shabab

{FUNDRAISER/SOLIDARITY PROJECTS}

"A Better Tomorrow for Palestine" by naru records; profits made will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians

"Archivio Futuro x Gaza" by Archivo Futuro; profits made will be donated to the Gaza Emergency Appeal by the UNRWA

"By the People, For the People" by House of Afandi Records; profits made will be donated to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund

Dunums & MANAS' Self-Titled EP; profits made will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians

"For Palestine" by Paralax Editions; profits made will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders

"For Palestine" by Toumba; profits made will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders

"For Those We Lost" by Lowlives Collective

IAFG - Vol. 1 by IAFG - International Artists For Gaza; profits made will be donated to Gaza Freestyle

"For All" by MidnightRoba; profits made will be donated to the Gaza Emergency Appeal by the UNRWA and Medical Aid for Palestinians

"ت​ر​و​ي​د​ة م​و​ل​ا​ل​ا​ة - ح​ر​ي​ة" by 1; profits made will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians

"Rap Across the Wall-Palestine" by Musicians Without Borders; profits go towards workshops organized by MWB to help platform lesser known Palestinian artists and provide music programs to Palestinian children (Bara’em Ghirass)

"RE-INSTITUTIONS" by BALLAMONA; profits made will be donated to Save the Children: Gaza Emergency Appeal

"Resist to Exist" by Avon Terror Corp x Exist Records; profits made will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Palestinian Medical Relief Society

"The Olive Tree" by Turquoise Coconut; profits made will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians

#in light of that really dumb conspiracy post that's being circulated #i wanted to posit to everyone that if you're unsatisfied with spotify as a streaming service #and were looking for other ways to donate/support palestinian musicians #bandcamp is a much better platform for finding lesser known artists! #free palestine #ceasefire now #fundraising #music #bandcamp #palestinian musicians #independent artists #independent labels

[forestofsprites]

meg my best friend meg!!!!

(click for better quality + prints here!)

#girlfriend meg is also applicable #i love her!!!!!! #i do have another meg painting that i’d been working on but i just can’t get it right #painting middle aged men is easy. i am soooo objective #but unfortunately when it comes to people i find waaaay so very beautiful ??? absolutely useless women lover moment #i could keep working on paintings until i’m 24 hours in and utterly unsatisfied #ANYWAY #MEG!!!!!! #spn #supernatural #meg masters #meg masters 2.0 #spn fanart #supernatural fanart #meg masters fanart #my art

[satorugojoswiife]

don't think or talk about gojo for one (1) day challenge (FAILED)

#i really miss him and started thinking too much about 236 again 😭 #also been thinking since 251 leaks dropped and #im really sad about megumi :( #i really hope he bounces back and ends up being okay in the end #because it would actually be such an unsatisfying character arc if #the character thats spent nearly the entire story always trying to basically throw his life away #ends up actually dying in the end :( #like i want him to get to find a reason to keep going and live life #but i mean gege and unfufilling character arcs kinda be going hand in hand recently (imo) #ofc its not all bad and there are some good ones!! #but yeah....i dont wanna be too negative tho!! like its not all finished #so who knows what could still happen #fie.txt

[they-call-me-haiku]

the magnus archives s02e32 // the magnus protocol s01e02

#idk why this episode reminded me of the hive episode but i just found out why #it's not a direct connection by any means but i do find the parallels interesting #women who are horribly insecure and unsatisfied with themselves #find something that completely disfigures them but at the same time gives them a twisted satisfaction #tmagp #tw body dysmorphia #tw body horror #tmagp spoilers #tmagp parallels #the magnus protocol #the magnus archives #tma #the magpod #the magnus pod #the magnus institute #jane prentiss #tmagp daria #tma hive #tma jane prentiss

[annberr-arts]

tskym comic

this was a mini comic I made for a HQ exchange like MONTHS ago but I forgot to post here (follow me on twt so you never miss a thing)

#berry arts #haikyuu #haikyuu!! #tsukkiyama #i think when i first made this i was really unsatisfied with it #but looking back on it.... #i like it and i find it to be very nice #tsukishima kei #yamaguchi tadashi

[kathaynesart]

What advice would you give to someone who really wants to get into writing/drawing comics, but doesn't know how or where to start? What would you recommend? Even if/ especially if they already have a decent history in writing and drawing

SHORT ANSWER: Don’t do what I’m doing with Replica haha! I’m breaking all my own rules with this comic but maybe we can use it as a good example of what not to do in my rant below…

LONG ANSWER: (below the cut)

Hoo boy… there are so many avenues this question could take. I assume you don’t necessarily mean entering the comic industry as a professional (there are far more experienced people you can ask about that). But simply drawing your own comics? I'll try my best to break down some of the basics I've picked up over the years. Note these are just my opinion and there is always room for other methods...

1. ASK YOURSELF WHAT KIND OF COMIC AM I DOING?

The first thing to consider is what is your intention with this comic? Do you want to tell a story centered around a preexisting fandom or tell a completely new story you came up with? What genre do you want to focus on? I'd recommend finding something that really sparks your interest, because you're going to be working on it for far longer than a regular art piece. Plus if you like it, someone else is bound to like it as well!

2. ASK YOURSELF DOES IT NEED TO BE A COMIC?

This may sound silly... but often times I find people fail to take into consideration whether or not the story they are telling works best with the medium they are considering. Had I done Replica as a fan fiction, I would be much farther along with it... but with comics there comes a wide range of subtle visual cues, parallels, and symbolism I can use that I wouldn't be able to show through writing. The written word also has many strengths that comics lack... it just comes down to what you want to be able to show in your story.

3. KEEP IT SHORT AND SIMPLE

If this is your first time doing a comic, I recommend not overextending yourself with some grand epic that is going to take you forever (like Replica haha.)

Example: Years ago a close friend and I did a webcomic called Perpetual Flux that we were unable to finish. It went for about 2-3 years, was over 110 pages long, and yet we had only managed to get about 3 chapters into what would have probably been a +30 chapter story. We came up with this huge epic we wanted to tell and while it was a story we still wanted to finish, it just became impossible to continue as our lives and availability changed.

So start small! And take that experience you gain into bigger, future projects. Obviously I have not learned my lesson with Replica, but at least with this project it's something I can do on my own time and is supported by a wonderful community who keep me inspired. Speaking of which...

4. FINDING AN AUDIENCE

If it’s a story based off something with an existing fandom then half the work is already done! You just need to start interacting more with people in that fandom, and I mean really interacting. Talk to other artists, join Zines, leave comments, and share other people’s work. It can foster a community and help you be a part of the fandom so that people will be interested in what you have to share.

If it’s a new story you’re going to have to create your own community. Nowadays it’s easier than ever to get your work out there, but the competition for eyes is much steeper. What I find that works is rather than starting the comic cold turkey, draw out some highlights from your future story. Moments that have yet to unfold that might wet a random viewer's appetite for more. Kind of like… a trailer for what’s to come. Keep dropping those little crumbs of interest as you prep your comic to garner some interest and that way when you do start you may already have some followers who might share your work around!

5. CONSISTENCY IS KEY

Get into the habit of drawing and writing regularly. I know it can be a hassle and the last thing you want to do is make it a chore, but like exercising I find that the more I do it, the easier it is and the better I feel about it. Nowadays I feel weird if I'm not at least writing some script or drawing a few sketches towards my comic/projects every day.

Also, if you can make sure to update fairly regularly (something I also fail at with Replica haha, but at least I try to post little things here and there when time allows). It's important to let your followers know that you are still there and you care! It also helps keep you at the front of their minds. My fellow Apocalypse AU creators Cass and Tapakah0 are GREAT at this as they post a ton! It helps garner a strong community and a lot of continuous excitement! I wish I had that same energy and time but you'll have to make do with my old-lady pace of things, bless you all haha.

6. GRAPHIC DESIGN

Obviously as a writer and artist you're used to doing both... but with comics there's another aspect that can come into play. Graphic design! Whether it's your title, your font choices, the word bubbles, or the way you break down the panels, these area all things you should take into consideration. For example, every webcomic has panels, but they can vary tremendously in style. Because of Tumblr and the nature of the scroll method I chose to forgo the typical "comic book style" for more of a... loose storyboard feel where I care more about the angle of the shot within each panel rather than how these separated images link up to one another. Where as with Perpetual Flux, it was laid out on actual comic pages so we had to take serious consideration into how they fit together within each page. IngunnSara is also a great example of this more traditional method of paneling and it's gorgeous and difficult and they have my utmost respect for pulling it off with Hamato Wanderers! So I recommend looking to some of your own favorite comics and see what jives with you.

7. FIND A STYLE THAT WORKS FOR YOU

Also failed this with Replica haha, but to be fair I went right into it with the intent on learning the style as I went. But I recommend having some grasp on the style you want to use and whether or not it's a viable to be drawing over and over again for your comic (for example, if you make it too detailed it will take you far longer to draw!)

8. FORGET ABOUT PERFECTION

Perfection is a lie. There is no place for it in art, especially if you're just doing this for your own pleasure. Don't strive for it. Don't worry about it. Don't compare yourself. Just keep doing what you're doing and keep learning from it. You'll get much farther!

Ok... hopefully that helps a bit. I'm sure there's plenty more to talk about but I feel like I've talked enough for now. Thanks for listening to my TED Talk and lemmed know if you manage to get your comic off the ground :)

#Also uh... if you used to be a PFlux fan... so sorry about that... maybe someday we'll continue it but that won't be any time soon #And if you're curious and want to search for PFlux... don't lol #please #we were young and stupid #and the site doesn't exist anymore #I think it's still on Tapastic or something but you will find yourself with a very unsatisfying ending #q&a #replica #kind of #mostly just ragging on myself #learn from my mistakes kids

[add1ctedt0you]

What's your version of Jiang Cheng Gives Up? *chinhands*

Hiii! My version of jc gives up is very boring: he gives up on wwx and their shared past and moves on.

An overexposure to yunmeng bros reconciliations has brought me to one conclusion: I don't necessarily need them to reconcile. (Not because: 'jc/wwx is so toxic!' or 'jc/wwx deserves better than that selfish asshole!'. Like, I always roll my eyes. They are two horrible human - fictional- beings who deserve each other!).

But imo, post-canon jc has two priorities:

Jin ling

Himself

First point: he needs to be there for jl. Not only politically! But emotionally too. jl is going through a rough time jc too experienced: a loved ones betrayal. jc knows what it does to you. And listen, one of the things I love about jc is how he is trying his best. Always. In particular when it comes to people he loves. ('but he did a lot of things wrong', thank fuck! He is a traumatized character who behaves like a traumatized character. This scene explains so much about jc imo: jc knows that not having an adult in your life who believes in you is shit. So he tries to give space - in his way- to jl, while fighting his urge to protect him, because the last time every one of his family member was on a battlefield, they died.) So yeah, he is going to try being there for jl, in his imperfect way. And that brings me to point two.

jc has to recalibrate himself, to be there for jl: what he thought were truths, are revealed to be lies. All his life was a lie.

That's my favorite jc's speech. It's visceral, it's painfully honest. He is literally saying to us his state of mind: he is feeling guilty, wronged and confused.

'who am I?' hits hard, because who you are when you have built your life on lies?! Should he feel guilty?! wwx has made this huge sacrifice for him, but he has hurt him too: what should he feel?!

So, because I interpret jc as someone who overthinks, I want him to lose his mind over his doubts and start a journey of healing (or, what realistically someone without therapy can manage).

I want him to look at Lotus Pier, his home, and think: 'dang, what I have managed is incredible'. I what him to realize: 'what wwx made for me was an huge sacrifice, but my feelings are valid too'. I want him to be, not happy, but satisfied, when thinking about his life. And I don't need him and wwx to reconcile, because I like the bittersweet taste their broken relationship leaves in his mouth.

So, my jc gives up is: he learns to live with himself and jl, peacefully.

#Spriteofmushrooms #I also think jc will be sect leader until his last day. #It's fundamental to his character imo #I am a sucker for characters bonded by duties #Also probably I find yunmeng reconciliations so unsatisfying because I disagree with their interpretations of both characters #wwx is always described as this healthy person who accepts his past and moves on.. Denial isn't acceptance. #wwx is still 23. The world against him. #jc is almost 40. Years of leadership and endurance have shaped him. #Character shaped by their trauma and on a self-discovery/healing journey is my favorite trope to write. I like to leave things open-ended #Because healing it's awful. it's made of up and down. And it requires a lot of time #Tbc I still read fics about them. Now only sugar_shoal fics. They are my favorite! Their wwx is my favorite wwx! #Uh I got off track. sorry. :-/

[mossiestpiglet]

I want to make clear that the reason Izzy’s (possible/probable) death would piss me off is not because he’s my special little guy and I don’t want bad things to happen to him. I’m completely okay with my favorite characters dying if it’s a good narrative choice. I’m pissed because it would be such a bad choice for the message within the story (a character’s road to self and community acceptance culminating in death is hack shit) and it would be a horrible tactical choice given Con’s popularity to lose him before any possible third and final season.

#it would also be especially cheap and unsatisfying given the pacing of the ed and izzy reunion #I want to believe it’s a faked death scenario but I’m finding it hard to hope #ofmd s2 #izzy hands #ofmd season 2 #ofmd #ofmd s2e8 #ofmd s2 speculation #ofmd speculation

[pinkish-purple]

Just a small opinion thing on stuff i read people say about Side Orders story.

I think people vastly overexaggerate when they talk about Side Order's story, going as far to say that there is no story at all, which is simply not true.

While the story doesn't introduce any new concepts or offer shocking relevations, it odes touch on a bunch of smaller elements from the earlier games:

• We got information on what Agent 8 was up to in the time between S2 and S3

• The interactions between Pearl and Marina

• The introduction or Acht as an actual character

• Sn insight into Marinas past while living in the domes

• An actual explanation of Sanitization as well as Marinas efforts to find a way to help sanitized victims

Additionally it touches on Marinas fear of change and how she has overcome it in the time since the Final Fest by accepting it as a part of life.

I just think that people had higher expectations for the story, probably due to multiple factor. Octo Expansion had set the bar quite high, but the marketing also had a big role to play in this. The first teaser we got with its very abstract concept art has set an expectation for themes that were not delivered in the DLC, such as themes of cloning which were already teased with the Judds (and maybe with Marigold?). The time between anouncement and release fostered an atmosphere of wild speculation, which only created a set up for disappointment. While this issue is one that isnt exclusive to this case, it can't be overlooked.

While the DLCs story doesnt hit the same highs as OEs, to say that it doesnt have any story at all does it a disservice. Side Order revisits story beads and concepts from S2 and OE and ties up loose ends, similarly to Return of the Mammalians. In hindsight this makes sense as S3's role in regards to story seems to be the end of am era, to tie up loose ends and pave the way for new stoey lines in the future.

#splatoon 3 #side order #side order spoilers #side order spoiler #<- spoiler tagging just in case #this is in no way meant to attack anyone who was unsatisfied with side order or anything #i just find it unfair to say the story was nonexistent when there very clearly was something

[frazzledazzlin]

today i *auto tune baby crying

#GRIEF #it had been a while since drawing made me cry LMAO #I could've drawn better i swear but its . 6am #i need to make myself sadder with remembering capital gains ending every so often #gotta get epic at expressions of extreme grief this is barely an emotion to me #i can do better *breaking tables in half* #oooohhhh i can draw sadder stuff just need my expression charm backn. #unsatisfied.... #thsc #the henry stickmin collection #reginald copperbottom #theyre in separable yet i do this and cry about it myself #need to find more heartbreaking instrumentals of songs to draw better #half the time im wiping my own tears bro #scriboozles

[icewindandboringhorror]

I find it kind of silly that so many of those "time based life rule" sayings are like ~deep serious guidelines~ of some sort, but then there's that one other Well Known Rule that's just like "hrmm can I eat something off of the ground or not"

#the duality of human condition.. two biggest concerns in the modern era are attempts at self fulfilling productivity #and also 'if i drop my sandwich can i still eat it :(' #Also while capitalism is often linked with/the source of hyper productivity culture - note that I do not mean the images in that context #'meaningful to you' does not have to mean 'productive within a capitalist system'. The point is not 'every waking hour of every day #must be spent in the most societally productive grinding mindset hyper efficency mode possible' but more like #if you've always wanted to learn french ever since you were a kid and you think it would be fulfilling to you (just because you like it #absent of any larger purpose like using it for a job/monetizing it somehow/etc.). and you've just spent like 5 hours straight on tiktok #or something mindlessly scrolling the internet. maybe someimtes it'd help for your own personal fulfillment in the long #run to try to - the next time you have 5 spare hours - work on learning french or something that is actually significant to you #as a person and that you'll be glad you worked towards. instead of weeks and weeks passing by and feeling you have nothing to show for it #or etc. AAANYWAY. The images/rules themselves are also NOT the main point of this post. More just the juxtaposition of them together #and the fact that 3 of them are serious seeming while one is so mundane it seems silly in comparison. #BUT even though they're not the main point . I still didn't want it to come across as if I was like promoting or buying into capitalist #productivity culture propaganda or etc. I don't find productivity tips like this inherently bad as long as they're kind of divorced from #those ideas. I think it's still important in life to have goals even if those goals exist outside of the typical expected framework. #I mean that's actually part of why a culture of chronically exhausted overworked deprived people is damaging because if you #'re forced to spend 85% of your waking time working at some job that is perosnally meaningless to you that brings you nothing that #youre only doing under threat of starvation and houselesness and etc. then of course you don't have much time for hobbies or things you car #about and of course you'll feel more aimless and personally unsatisfied and like life is not fulfilling or interesting. #Productivity and efficiency is GOOD actually. as long as it's able to be directed in ways that are actually meaingful to the community or #individual and bring some sort of feeling of fulfillment or progress or accomplishment and working towards a person's personal ideas #of happiness whatever those are. rather than just working away aimlessly so some guy you don't know can buy a 20th house or etc. etc. #ANYWAY.. lol.. Me overthinking things perhaps.. probably not as likely #that people see the silly little cat images and go 'WOW EVIL you must be a capitalist grind culture lover' like its pretty clear #thats not the point... but... just in case... lol.. I loooove to over clarify things that don't actually need clarification

[whats-your-initiative]

You know I find it a bit odd when people complain about evil choices in RPGs feeling unsatisfying. Destruction is an inherent part of evil so of course there will be less content for you to interact with, evil does not create it can only corrupt and destroy. Would you be satisfied if you couldn't kill with impunity? Because the natural consequence of such an action is to be left with nothing to rule over but ashes.

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #pathfinder kingmaker #pathfinder wrath of the righteous #idk what else i can think of rn but this was mostly inspired by me seeing people complaining killing off the tieflings felt unsatisfying #like the lich path in wotr has it's own companions so i can see that as being an argument for why bg3 should have some more evil ones #that's an argument i'll accept but to say killing a bunch of people feels bad is a bit silly when you yourself are not evil #so therefore do not find destruction for it's own sake satisfying #that's not bad game design it's good you design

[seri-tonin]

He can't be dead I still need to fix him !!!

#genuinely confused as to whether or not aventurine's dead #cause on one hand topaz and jade sure seem to think he is along with most of the fandom #but on the other hand i feel like this would be a really unsatisfying place to just cut off his story #also didnt acheron say something about removing whatever it was that the harmony was doing that was gonna kill him #also he told his child self that he would be going where their parents and sister were (ie dying) for a long time #why would he have said that if he wasnt certain he was going to survive this #its not as if he was in denial or hadnt already been planning on dying then. #idk. guess well find out in 2.2? or maybe sooner if we get a companion mission for him when he releases #hsr #hsr spoilers #aventurine #aventurineposting #seri speaks