#but now it feels SO SIGNIFICANT

[cissa-calls]

Thinking about Edith’s relationship to the pen as a writer and overall tool. Her father gifts her a pen, which she accepts with love, but then voices her preference for the typewriter. Specifically to make her writing more handsome and not tied to her recognizably “feminine” handwriting.

But in the end, it’s that very pen that is her escape, her emancipation from Crimson peak as she stabs it into Lucille. Lucille had intended the use of that pen to be an ironic, sickly final word on Edith’s life as she signed it away. A tool of creation, Edith’s love of writing and future ambitions, instead used as one of destruction for those very dreams. But instead, it because of that tool, used by her feminine hands, that gave her that split second chance at freedom.

Edith used the pen to get the metaphorical and literal final word.

#the significance of the pen is something I noticed only on my most recent rewatch and now it feels SO obvious in its importance #crimson peak #crimson peak spoilers #edith cushing #lucille sharpe

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

I've been reading Exodus lately and I've just gotten to the portions where God gives the first commands to the people via Moses (twice), and then goes on to give detailed instructions about the tabernacle and how it should be built, and I'm just... we think art is unimportant?? we think things only mean as much as their functionality?? we so easily fall into the trap of believing that beauty means nothing, that it's cheap and only worth whatever mindless distraction it brings, that it's barely more than a cheap sensual thrill, that buildings should just be practical and plain and cheap, that everything should be functional but ultimately disposable, that paintings and dresses and mugs and curtains and carpets are just pretty but have no real value, that beauty is fleeting and vain and therefore shouldn't be thought about too much, if even looked for at all... we fall into these traps so easily, and we forget that there are chapters upon chapters of painstakingly detailed plans to build one portable worship tent, and those plans have been handed down through thousands of years of human history, because beauty and art and skill in craft is important

#I have to go get ready for work now but I will come back to this #and don't even get me started on the parts about God calling specific craftsmen *by name* #he called them!! by name!!! he said 'this man is good at his job. he creates beautiful work. he will build my temple and make it beautiful' #and even more--God inspired him!!!! it was a calling of GOD for him to create beautiful carvings and tapestries and candlesticks!!! #look even if you're not jewish or christian or religious at all you have GOT to see what it means that all these incredibly detailed plans #for building this tent-temple are extremely important #because even if you don't believe in God and don't think that this is all significant bc he personally gave the instructions #and then helped preserve this record of them so we could still read them today #you do have to see how important they were to the people of that time who first wrote them down #and the extreme care that was taken to record all of those detail #AND the fact that it's been preserved for so long and we can still read all the care that was put into creating this incredible piece #of artwork and worship they made #gurt says stuff #I just. gahhfhhfj. I'm feeling emotional about chapters of the Bible that I can't even fully force myself to pay attention to #bc there's so MUCH and I'm bad at visualizing this stuff and I tend to zone out while listening to it #but the fact that it IS that much!!! that there SO MUCH DETAIL and it goes on for SO LONG that I even struggle to pay attention!!! #that this was THAT IMPORTANT to the people who wrote it and to God!!! as an artist and someone who has always cared about art #this means so much to me ok #christianity #bible verse #bible thoughts #exodus #art #theology

[bericas]

always an angel, never a god | the treatment of girls and women on teen wolf

#twedit #twvid #twladies #ok hiiii i made a gifset version of this a while back but i think a video captured my Vibes better. so. i made one<3 #also i didnt have enough space to include the older adults and now i do<3 #i tried to include All of them but. i remembered the cop in pressure test when i was done. and honestly i feel ok with her missing<3 #wouldve left kate out bc shes my enemy but that was bothering me too much so she made it like ive done enough! #theres no significance to the order in the second half other than i tried to include more major characters in the lyrics section #and i tried to have them fit the lyrics too obv #the first half though i ordered them in how doomed i Personally think they were

[godofidea]

I'm so normal about Him

#Trigun #Trigun Stampede #vash the stampede #hand farts #this took me 3 goddamn hours and made my chronic arm pain so much worse but I HAD TO I LOVE HIM!! #I literally haven't been able to hold a pen for more than 5-10min w/o significant pain for like... 5+ years now. I can't draw anymore reall #this is the first full drawing I've done in well over a year at least #but I've had this picture in my head for weeks and finally had to get it out!! shitty arms be damned!! #sorry for the inaccuracies for his prosthetic arm and bracelet thing. i simply couldn't handle adding more details if I wanted to finish it #all of the hearts are freehanded btw! i just like doing space fillers #this has been a post #i couldn't figure out how to do his crossed fingers in this simpler style either so feel free to stone me or w/e #tristamp

[slavhew]

Hello!

If you're not too busy, would you mind listing some of the things you think count as death flags for Mr. Spender?

There's the obvious fact that he's the "old" mentor to group of young protagonists, but what else do you think would count?

OHH BOY ok so I'd think I'm a crackpot for this but since we're talking about Zack "Foreshadowing" Morrison. I have some thoughts

No harm in leading with the (chronologically) first thing that jumped out at me:

This one IMMEDIATELY made me antsy whenever I came back to it after my initial read, and considering Zack has referred to it on twitter in the past as one of their favorite jokes it's definitely not been forgotten about.

Second, the sheer amounts of near-misses, jokey or not, of Spender narrowly avoiding specifically lightning

Again, not much, but it's weird that it happened thrice, latter two of which had real gravitas rather than an one-off joke.

And third, Spender himself. He's repeatedly shown himself to be kind of a self sacrificing idiot, as well as prideful to a fault. Granted, it's both him and Mina trying to take on all the responsibility of saving Mayview and its inhabitants from their fate.. But Spender is exactly that right measure of doesn't-value-himself-enough (chest footprint aftercare or lack thereof), having an obscene amount of power (enables his loner act + pride) and poor judgement that has the capacity to put him at great risk. And it has!

Spender has not only shown low enough self-esteem to view himself as the de-facto scapegoat for the safety of the town, but also prideful enough to make very bad calls that end up in people, often himself, hurt (COUGH FORGE INCIDENT COUGH)

This is all conjecture, but it's definitely enough to make me worried about him :') Even if all this doesn't mean he'll necessarily die he's definitely getting (even more) seriously injured at some point. I love the guy but he's so far doing a horrible job of convincing me he wants to live bad enough to circumvent at least that

#not art #admin answers #paranatural #pnat #richard spender #pts-fic-notes-and-blog #before i continue on with tag ramble i just want to say tysm for leaving an ask! #none of my friends read this so ive been stewing on these thoughts for some months and i loved finally sharing them #this isn't exactly proof but the hijack possession seemingly being the final nail in the coffin for his and isabel's relationship. #idk it feels significant to me. thats one more tether to support kinda gone. someone who knows him well enough to know he's unwell #he seems not exactly content but fr incapable of not burning bridges as he is now. and considering how rashly he acts he REALLY needs those #to not do stupid shit all the god damn time with no buffer other than Lucifer. who for his measured approach to rick's hotheadedness #has honestly shown himself to be pretty lenient and kinda bad at controlling spender's more (self) destructive tendencies? so he dont count #to be clear i love spender to bits but he is dumb as rocks and has all the self preservation of a fruit fly. it needs to be said #also the lightning man... idk its WEIRD like especially on the reread its the thing that most consistently threatens him! it repeats #sure he gets chewed by a bat and banged up by forge but?? he somehow always comes back to lightning. catnine has it out for him #its something i didnt even really put together until i continued reading the flashback chapter AFTER getting this ask and went OHHHGNHF #which the only reason lightning is such a non issue is lucifer's powers. which belong to his sunglasses and not to the spirit in him #so its not like they can't be taken away he's just got a really good excuse for having those on all the time #TAGS GETTING SO LONG. ANYWAYS. i hope this is comprehensible lol

[reksink]

Sliver & Harrassment, With an Insectoid Scav As a Bonus

#rain world #rain world no significant harassment #no significant harassment #rw nsh #rain world sliver of straw #sliver of straw #rw sos #scavenger rain world #rain world scavenger #my art #fanart #'Insetoid' in quote because I headcanon Scavs to be avian/birds #Their exoskeleton is false and it's just a set of really hard scales hehe #Their tails also store most of their fat similar to that of insects hehe #Man it feels great to finally post my SOS & No Sig design #I've been working shopping them for quite awhile now and it feels nice to finally have designs I'm happy with #I'm not 100% satisfied but that just gives me excuse to keep working on them hehe #The fashion I developed for iterators it really fun and I just love drawing their cloaks OMGA #Also for the curious NSH miaou is an OFF reference #He is green Zacharie to me

[alexiethymia]

you like her as a ‘friend’? you sure about that buddy, you really sure about that?

#skip and loafer #skip to loafer #iwakura mitsumi #shima sosuke #I actually wish that she ended up calling him sato-chan haha #it's the pouting and sulking face at the end that really gets me though #he and yuzu-chan have the same struggles #in that they probably don't just want to be valued as 'just' a significant other #so it gets complicated now that he's found this person who sort of grounds him and lets him settle #and he doesn't want to lose that #so he just goes with the flow #mitsumi deserves more than that though #she deserves to be fought for #so I really do love the development where she takes the call and have them go back to being friends #proving to shima she values him more than just as a potential boyfriend #more than the person she fell in love with she just loves him #on the other hand shima's feelings seem like that they might be wishy-washy #but between him and mitsumi it's actually him who's been overthinking their relationship #I like that hint of anger that he feels at being told at what he's supposedly feeling #which proves that it is something more #just the fact that being with mitsumi makes him feel that the world is less cruel than it should be #like wow that's deep #but he's still not yet there at the point where he should be fighting for his feelings and for mutsumi #otherwise he wouldn't have so easily agreed with her about returning to being friends #he still has to deal with his issues first #but I wonder when he'll realize that the loneliness he'll feel when mitsumi falls in love with someone else will be different from the #loneliness he thinks he'll feel if his friendship with mitsumi weakens #this mutual pining thing is just my jam favorite trope for a reason #these are like a few examples there was even that time he bought her white gift specially but was embarrassed at admitting that to her #and the fact that he was disappointed in the first place that he only got giri!!

[sincerely-sofie]

Sofieeeeeeeeeeeee Sofie you gotta play Slay the Princess do ittttt I am gently prodding you with a stick because its cool and very good (but like also don't feel pressured I just think you would enjoy it from what I've seen)

(Referencing the tags of this post from the sideblog)

#Dragos my friend you have single-handedly snapped my resolve #okay so here’s the deal #I could watch walkthroughs + discussions of the game immediately #or I could wait to purchase the game and risk my lack of gaming stamina to play it myself later on #I know that the varying routes individual players take often end up feeling significant to them #does anyone have any opinion on whether I should walkthrough now or play it myself later? #slay the princess #stp #stp fanart #stuff by sofie #sofie answers asks

[tangledinink]

I can imagine the first cycle after moving. Probably Leo because Donnie likely has internal scarring, so leo goes through the process of laying his eggs, panics, his brother can't help, and finally, *finally* they ask for help. It's not willingly. It's not for fun. It's purely necessity. It's purely because there's *literally noone else* and the idea of telling anyone at all is so scary that the way they do so is in a note. Splinter sits them down and basically walks them through "You're safe, you're fine. We can handle this however you feel most comfortable, including getting you both on blockers if you prefer" and they just.... sigh. For the first time, there's *someone else* in their circle, and it's willing and it's warm, and it's *safe*. There will be tears.

Yes, except I'm not convinced that either of them could stand to tell anyone. Even if it was literally life or death (which it has been before,) I'm not sure if either of them could bear to give up that information. Donnie is finally, finally away from the people who hurt him when he got found out last time, and even though logically, he knows that it's different here, he's absolutely petrified of the thought that the same thing will happen again and it won't be over anymore. He's still horrified by the idea of anyone else knowing about Leo when he's gone to such lengths for so long to protect him, and Leo is likewise terrified in the same way. They've spent years with this being their more closely guarded secret, and that's going to be really difficult to give up.

But it's really not a secret they'll be able to keep for long.

They're in a completely different environment, with far less space and privacy. They're both stressed as hell and Donnie WAS on birth control and taking all sorts of vitamins and supplements to make sure he didn't eggbind again and now he's suddenly not and it's not only messing with his body, it's fucking scary. It literally keeps them both up at night. Neither of them know how to wash blood out of clothes or sheets. There's no private en suite bathroom they can sequester themselves away in. They're both literally making themselves sick with anxiety trying to deal with this, and they're used to handling this on their own, this is routine for them, but they're not used to all of this.

They'd probably metaphorically limp through a few cycles before their family puts it together and gently confronts them.

Venus probably figures it out first. She's pretty smart, and incredibly observant, and after all-- she quite literally experiences the exact same thing. April may not lay eggs, but I think she'd be able to get the idea after a bit as well. And while I think Splinter would realize something was wrong pretty quickly, Draxum would probably realize what was wrong first. Splinter has April, so he has a little bit of experience in this realm, but Draxum has Venus and so he has far more experience.

And so when they do sit them down and talk with them, it's going to be really scary at first. And then they get to, "you're safe, you're fine, we can handle this however you feel the most comfortable. It will be okay. No one will hurt you."

And then there's finally other people in the know, in the circle, people who will actually help them. And yes-- there will definitely be tears.

#leo in particular will probably panic at least a little when theyre confronted #because its been what? almost four years? #almost FOUR YEARS of him keeping this a secret at any cost #almost four years with no one else in the universe aside from his twin knowing #and now the spell is broken #but its okay #and they might panic and cry for a little but then they calm down and its... actually ok. things will actually be okay #april will take to big-sistering them so hard #and lowkey just? having venus exist in the household will be incredibly helpful #(she was honestly so baffled that everyone else didnt realize what was going on right away. it wasnt obvious????) #mikey tries to spoil them the same way he tries to spoil venus whenever she feels nasty #(but has to adjust a bit to respect boundaries because. donnie will bite him...) #likewise raph tries to take care of them the same way he'd take care of casey #(ie by leaving offerings at their doors and staying the fuck out of their way. just overall letting them do or have whatever they want) #their family will take care of them and keep them safe and things will get better #its honestly a huge relief when they get caught in some ways because leo can finally be like #and donnie got really sick one time and almost died and im scared itll happen again PLZ can we make sure it doesnt happen again #donnie in the background like >:0000 that leo just fucking OUTTED HIM LIKE THAT #but to leo 1000% worth it if it means donnie wont get sick and die #(as if donnie is actually realistically at any more significant risk of that than leo is) #(quite frankly theyre BOTH at risk of it at the time because of how stressed they are. lowkey a miracle neither of them eggbound yet smh) #also donnie def has internal scarring lmao;;;; poor bab. makes it a bit rough... #menstruation #tw menstruation #cw menstruation #gemini au #asks #anon #csa implied #cw csa implied

[ichthyorelationships]

an idea i invite anyone else to write about / run with lol....

the premise that The Change gets all messed up for alberto, say it's something that can happen from stress, &/or happens rarely and you just have to wait for it to resolve itself....used as some parallel to struggling through some emotional turbulence / upheaval / questioning / Realizing Things, etc etc

#luca 2021 #pixar luca #alberto scorfano #another idea i've failed to write for & so invite anyone else to run with: ciao alberto but what if he peaces out by swimming off lol #ends up in a coastal town maybe an hour's swim from genoa. but not Getting In Touch w/anyone for a while b/c plausibly he thinks that #giulia may not be a fan of him now by extension; just being too embarrassed asf to reach out to luca kinda lol....luca off doing his own #thing just fine & alberto not wanting to write him now like b/c i Ruined Everything again ahaha.... #and by ''not in touch w/anyone for a while'' who knows. months; a few years even....might stumble across news of him b/c like. #say more sea folk are coming to land / more humans know abt them & not many places are as [harpoon]ly from the start anyways #portorosso exceptional in that way....maybe where alberto settles down they're like legendary but also considered Good Luck anyways lol. #anyways like some people know of him who might; say; swim down to portorosso. have their own teen who knows a teen who mostly lives on land #most convenient re sparking [wow could they mean Our alberto] if he doesn't go so far as to take up an alias lol. but why would he.... #that difference in that massimo might figure that however alberto was surviving before; he could continue to do so now; but even though tha #is some comfort it's still Not Actually Enough....feeling way more Parentally towards alberto than his biological dad like that; obv #and anyways re: this [The Change gets messed up] idea it's more of an inconvenience lol but one that could still have some significance #like if he first finds out the issue exists via hopping right into the ocean; failing to change forms; never being human form'd in water b4 #thee worst....crash intro course to the experience of drowning. observation of How Humans Swim / being able to grab any part of the boat... #and besides That unpleasantness it's like; hey. where's my nonhuman form at #or; of course; being in sea form even while dry....especially if he's still dealing with Nonsense on land. which is presumed. #&/or if there's an upswing in nonsense b/c of Other ways you're Othered...ofc we can consider like; tfw you're a gay fish & maybe that's no #something that on its own would be like Aah until it's like well a) i kinda wanna do things that would make this Visible and b) i've learne #that humans also Have Issues about this kind of thing.... #appropriately my tablet was also all thrown off. no pressure sensitivity; input sensitivity overall was rough #but i would've had to restart my laptop about it lol like eh i'll just work around it

[batfossil-fr]

I’ve been really thinking of reopening my art shop soon… I’ve been taking some practice doodles (hence all the posting lately) while I shake off my rust and I’m finding things I enjoy working on again. I miss trying my hand at more dragons/OCs and colors. my shop’s so broken rn lmao but that’s a problem for a later date it’s just nice getting back into art

#my mental health is starting to improve a bit #took a couple years but I found some meds that finally work better for me #ofc things aren’t 100% but I was really in a pit for a while #like ‘did not leave my house in months and slept 14 hours a day’ kind of pit #so. any improvement is better lol. but nah I’ve been making real improvement and im doing better. a lil shaky sometimes but that’s expected #diagnosed with chronic fatigue too. which is unfortunate but not unexpected. i am indeed god’s sleepiest soldier #i feel like a raisin slowly rehydrating but considering i was in a desert before any hydration is welcome #just learning how to enjoy things again overall #one thing I just couldn’t get myself to do (and enjoy) was art. doodles here and there but nothing to post #and it’s kind of funny because I feel like that downtime actually gave me a chance to think about what I wanted to work on #even when I wasn’t actively practicing #just paying attention to things I guess. enjoying art styles #i genuinely think my experimenting with stained is helping me learn colors #i spend hours in the scryshop im glad it’s paying off lmao #i want to tackle bigger things but i just gotta ease myself into the hang of things again #for now im having fun and that’s coooool. thank you all for your nice comments #i read all tags while kicking my feet and giggling. thank u all #that’s the update on Me tho. more to come hopefully #starting next month/julyish I will have a significant amount of time to dedicate to drawing which i intend on doing #so who knooowwwsss #rambles #funny enough coloring has become my favorite part of the process now. it used to be lineart. now lineart annoys me LOL #i also feel like i kinda lost my ability to write which has been frustrating but im focusing on art first #anyways that’s a whole different tangent rant over

[wheretheresawyll]

never forget what they took from you (the tiefling party scene where zevlor waits for you to arrive and fills the sky with stars to symbolize all the lives you saved)

#and they cut volo's song too! #i thought it was just a bug #the tiefling party feels so bland now. like the ea version felt...bigger? more significant? #have no idea why theyd cut this scene in particular #bg3 spoilers #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 zevlor #zevlor

[lavenderjewels]

I love when the manga does close ups on Gojo’s eyes and you can just see the emotions brewing under the surface that he’s trying to contain

#chose these two since they’re both including megumi 😭 #jjk 230 #jjk spoilers #gojo satoru #fushiguro megumi #obviously this isn’t a thing only specific to gojo #but since he’s more reserved in his emotions it’s more significant when we see glimpses of his true state/feelings #which is sometimes conflicting or coexisting with how he’s actually acting #im trying to get myself ready for Gojo to eventually die but it’s so much worse now after watching him in the anime 😭😭😭😭 #id in alt #also yes I’m rereading jjk even though it’s just about to be animated

[monstermonger]

Bruh. FINALLY. MY PRINT SHOP IS LIVE!!!! And just in time for some deals goin on, it appears. neat.

Yall...... it genuinely felt like the world was telling me "Just don't make a print shop jeez" for a while..... I kept running into ridiculous roadblocks for over a month...

But it's FINALLY DONE and i can stop stressing about it. I went with inprnt :") If there's a piece you'd like that I haven't added on the shop, just let me know and I can very easily add it.

Alright, shameless self-promo post done. I'll probably quietly link to here in some pieces from now on, so it's less intrusive. Hope yall have been well, thanks!

#random rambling #IM SO HAPPY THIS IS DONE WITH #literally been thinking how i need to put an official shop together for uh- years #ok now that i feel like i sufficiently advertised it with a post #i can get back to posting art #soon #i have a pretty significant backlog #print shop #prints #dragons #fantasy prints #dragon prints

[roobylavender]

obv the movie is titled zoey 102 but the most annoying thing about it was that we didn't even really get to see quinn and logan in their relationship. like the focus was almost always on their conflicts with regards to the marriage but the first real moment between them where it wasn't about that conflict was when they had their first dance and quinn teased him about the oyster shuckers. and it was such a small moment but i loved it and i want more insight into their daily life and the everyday teasing and uplifting and idk like again obv the title is zoey 102 but i don't think most people would disagree that it fully being a movie about quinn and logan would have been so much better. like the zoey and chase plot took up so much unnecessary space and their sudden bout of closure didn't even make sense bc they had one conversation prior to it after over a decade of mutual non-communication so why was any of this more important than quinn and logan. esp logan tbh. like quinn kind of had the liberty of a few moments to herself where she expressed her worldview in her own way but logan had close to none up until the proposal and yes i do love that he's quinn's number one supporter but i also wanted to know what that was like outside of the context of the wedding if that makes sense. like how he exists in their day to day relationship. there were glimpses of that in the final wedding sequence but i wanted so much more and i know the idea of a spin-off is so delusional at this point but the cast do apparently want to do it and i for one would love an exclusively quinn and logan spin-off where zoey and chase can be side characters ig 🙄 so.. why not!

#zoey 101 #zoey 102 #quinn x logan #quogan #i was very wary of the idea of a spin off at first but now that we know dan schneider is completely divorced of the project #i feel more inclined to want it if it's possible #granted i do still think the cast needs to work out their issues with alexa bc that was still shitty #but with the way the timing of jennette mccurdy's book worked out i have this feeling it contributed to their maybe #reevaluating their relationship with him. like they reunited with him barely a few years ago so it was surprising to see him not involved #in this movie. but the fact that production started only a few months after jennette's release really feels significant to me idk #like obv i don't want to make excuses for the cast but when you're a kid doing that work and parents are largely controlling you bts #i think it's fair to say you may be less inclined to want to admit that your experience working on a show was fucked up #bc it's scary to think it could have been. and from the response jennette got i feel like it was a huge catharsis for a lot of people #so who knows. maybe her book was what they needed to recognize that how he treated them was fucked up too #or at least that's what i hope. but anyway. erin and matt are super super sweet and their chemistry is phenomenal and i want a show

[tubbytarchia]

Hey, just wanna say that I love your "blabber" posts, especially when you answer asks. I understand why someone would feel like they're being annoying but I just want to be another person to tell you that you're not, and if anyone doesn't vibe with your thoughts then they can indulge somewhere else. You seem like such an incredibly open-minded person with a very big heart. You're clearly so passionate about what you do and you love to share what you know. Even when you've disagreed with something or felt hurt (like feeling envious of others, like you say), or felt that you've done wrong, you always respond with such heartfelt thoughts. You always make it known that YOU KNOW what's up and how you're dealing or planning to deal with it rationally. You're clearly working hard to better the parts of yourself that you're not happy with and that makes you an amazing person in the truest sense of the word. Interacting with people and expressing your thoughts seems to make you happy and so you do that. You do what makes you happy and that genuineness shines through your text posts. Don't stop doing that.

what am I supposed to say to that

#??????????????? #blabber #I hope that drawing incapsulates my feelings well enough idk what to say to that #you read me like a book and now Im a lost puppy but instead of being abandoned on the road Im in a warm embrace next to a fireplace #this in itself makes me feel a bit bad because Im such a fuckly wired person that Im afraid receiving such love makes me look like a beggar #ofc thats only at myself!! I hope no one who's shown me love ever feels bad about it to any degree #that's just little shakly who needs to rewire herself a wee bit still but hey. Nothing that significant comes easy and I'll work towards it #I think the best solution is to just not say it. Just stop thinking that Im annoying or a beggar because Im among my people who understand #I shouldnt feel the need to excuse these things and hopefully one day. Baby we'll get there!! #thank you so much kind anon what the hell