#easier to read

[royalarchivist]

Tubbo: I swear to God, Chat - I promise you, if it's the last thing I do, I am going to break up Fit and Pac.

Mike passed the crown of #1 Hideduo hater to Tubbo, and Tubbo took that title very seriously.

[ Full Subtitle Transcript ↓ ]

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Pac: I have a date with Fit tomorrow! You know the news, Tubbo?

[ Tubbo's Homophobic Arc ]

Pac: I got a date with Fit tomorrow!

Tubbo: You're - no... You're kidding..

Pac: Yeah, for real! Look - Mike shaved my hair you know, and gave me a new outfit so I can be like, sharp for tomorrow. ...You guys like it? You like it, Sunny?

[Judgemental silence]

Tubbo: That's so cool man, what he hell. That's fckin' sick.

Pac: Yeah, thank you! I knew it, I knew you'd- Oh, thank you, Sunny! I knew you guys were gonna love it, you know? I knew it.

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Tubbo: I swear to God- I swear to God- We need to add homophobia to the QSMP, I swear to God- I swear to God-

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Tubbo: Guys, I have to do everything in my power to break them up. What do you mean "no"?! This is awful, Sunny! This is awful!

Sunny: But why Pa?

Tubbo: THEY WERE NEVER MEANT TO GET TOGETHER! The stars told me so! They were never meant to actually get together!

Sunny: WHY PA

Tubbo: It's just wrong, Sunny! It's just wrong! I dunno how to explain it to you. It's just wrong!

Sunny: But it's loveeeee

Tubbo: ...If that's what you want to call it.

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Tubbo: HOW IS THERE GONNA BE ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN THEM FOR ME NOW, SUNNY?!

Sunny: You're telling me you've never been in love Pa?

Tubbo: Listen, it's just not right.

Sunny: But I like bodyguard Fit and driver Pac :(

Tubbo: I like them too! They're my best friends! But they can't be together.

Sunny: I think you are projecting

Tubbo: PROJECTING WHAT? HUH!?

Sunny: I will find you someone, Pa.

Tubbo: I DON'T WANT SOMEONE! I DON'T WANT SOMEONE IT ONLY SERVES TO DISAPPOINT ME AND GET MY HOPES UP AND LEAVE ME- LEAVE ME NOTHING BUT A SHELL! A SHELL OF A MAN!

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Tubbo: Sunny - They're gonna hurt each other, Sunny- they're gonna hurt each other! And how will there be enough space between them for me now?

Sunny: Why would they do that if they care for each other?

Tubbo: People that care about each other, Sunny, hurt each other all the time! ALL THE TIME!

Sunny: But I care about you, and I don't hurt you.

Tubbo: No, that's different! That's different! The love that we have for each other is unconditional. Ok?

Sunny: Pa, I think you're just scared.

Tubbo: I'm not scared, I'm logical. All flags look red when you're wearing rose-tinted glasses.

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Tubbo: [In response to Sunny talking about Aypierre's agreement to build her a statue] You already have a statue! [Sunny hits him] Ow!

Tubbo: What about the one Fit and Ramon made you for your birthday? [Tubbo has an idea] See? Do you think Fit would have time to do stuff like that if he's too- if he's too preoccupied with his little shag buddy? I don't think so! I don't think so!

Sunny: Wait.

Tubbo: See? You see what I'm saying? You see what I'm saying!

Sunny: You have a good point now

Tubbo: See? You under- yes, exactly! We HAVE to break them up! They can still be friends! Fck it, friends with benefits! But they cannot be together. We cannot let them.

Sunny: OK I'M IN

Tubbo: [Claps] I KNEW I COULD COUNT ON YOU! I knew I could count on you!

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[Looking at fanart of Pac, Fit, and himself]

Tubbo: We- we have to split them up. We have to fckin' split them up. Oh, but I'm in this one! Oh, that's so-[Realizes it's him crying as a third-wheel] SEE?! SEE?! THEY KNEW! THEY KNEW! THEY FCKIN' KNEW! THEY FCKIN' KNEW!

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Tubbo: [In a thick "red-blooded American" accent] Wha- I just don't understand why they have 'ta keep shoving it down our throats! Goddamnit! I JUST WISH IT WASN'T MY SMP! [He hits his desk and laughs]

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Dono: Streamer becomes homophobic 'cause he can't get any

Tubbo:

Tubbo: Sunny, I'm just gonna need to brb for a moment.

Tubbo: [Stands up from his desk, walks away, and screams]

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Tubbo: I swear to God, Chat - I promise you - if it's the last thing I do, I am going to break up Fit and Pac.

#Tubbo #Hideduo #FitPac #QSMP #Edited #Subtitles #January 8 2024 #I have a Hideduo edit I'd like to share too but it's a bit different #I want to get it done before tomorrow but aaaaaa I'm running out of time #Hope you guys like this compilation! #I like this font wayyy more but it's more time consuming to do it this way #I have to use Legacy text for it and it's just a pain #it does look way better though #easier to read #and accessibility is what I always aim for #That's the last time I'm transcribing subtitles my neck back and hands hurt. aghhhh #Tbh some of Tubbo's comments here are so sad #poor guy #also ''They're gonna hurt each other!'' oof #Portfolio

[songuserbox]

#easier to read #kendrick lamar #userbox

[blackjackkent]

OK, new mouse added, screenshot software redownloaded, let's continue the Nautiloid adventures. I also kicked my resolution down from 1440p to 1080p in the hopes that it might make some of the dialogue text screenshots a little larger.

Let's get the hell out of here.

The only other interactable object in this room is the "Eldritch Tablet," which sounds like something of a mindfuck in itself:

To the north end of the room is what appears to be some kind of possible exit.

The dragons are still flying around outside, the Nautiloid's tentacles flailing wildly in all directions, unearthly screams sounding on the wind. Hector does his best not to look in any direction, but continues going straight forward and letting pure adrenaline drive him. If he thinks too much about what's happening to him, he will absolutely lose it.

A rustle of movement behind him, the sound of footsteps, and he lets out a sharp cry of fear and dismay as the githyanki woman from the prison leaps into his path, a gleaming sword gripped tightly in both hands.

"Abomination! This is your end!"

He wants to object, to plead, to run, to panic - but before he can do any of these things, there is a sudden burst of blinding-white pain through his head. He staggers, eyes rolling back, as imagery flashes through his brain. Dimly he is aware that the woman's sword has dropped, that she seems to be clutching at her temples as well as a sudden energy surges between them.

"My head. What is this...ngh..."

Narrator: Your head throbs and your skin tingles. Visions rush past: a dragon's wing, a silver sword - and a flash of your face seen through the strange woman's eyes.

For a few terrifying moments, he feels as if he will lose himself there on that strange bridge of flesh, but slowly the pain ebbs and he is able to straighten up. The woman is looking at him warily, the sword now lowered, and an entirely unexpected expression slowly working onto her face - relief, even excitement.

"Tsk'va. You are no thrall- Vlaakith blesses me this day! Together, we might survive!"

He backpedals a few steps from her, his eyes narrowed, hands ready to go for the battered quarterstaff on his back. He can hold his own in a fight - but he doesn't trust himself in his current condition, manacled by fear as he is. His voice emerges in a hoarse croak. "Who are you?"

She glares at him, as if irritated at his slowness in understanding the situation. "Who am I? your only chance of survival."

"What made you think I was a thrall?" he asks, eyeing the sword now on her back with considerable caution.

Her scowl deepens. "We carry mind flayer parasites. Unless we escape, unless we are cleansed, our bodies and minds will be tainted and twisted. Within days, we will be ghaik. Mind flayers."

He feels the panic starting to rise in his throat again. He remembers reading of mind flayers in some of the older tomes at the monastery - terrifying creatures that consume the mind and personality of their victims for psionic energy. No one he knows had ever seen one - at least not before that ship roared out of the clouds above the city south of the temple...

"We are turning into mind flayers?" he asks shakily. "There must be something we can do!"

She shakes her head gruffly and turns away, pulling the sword from its sheath again. "We can do nothing until we escape - that must be our priority." She points down the path ahead of them; several of the monstrous winged creatures that surrounded the ship are now feasting on some of its fleshy construction, making squealing, slurping sounds of excitement.

"First," the githyanki woman says, "we exterminate the imps. Then we find the helm and take control of the ship." She rounds on him again, stabs a finger at his chest. "We will address the matter of a cure for this infection once we reach the material plane."

Hector nods blankly. He is desperately grateful for some sense of direction in this terrible place. (Where even are they? If not the material plane, then where?) He reaches for the memories of long hours spent training in combat in the monastery's training halls; it is a point of stability to which he can focus himself now. He does not know what is going on - but he does know how to fight. His masters saw to that from his boyhood.

He nods again, more firmly, and she turns away, charging outward towards the imps with a githyanki shout.

"Htak'a!"

#bjk plays baldur's gate 3 #hector carlisle #ok first companion acquired! #i'm def kind of learning a new “skillset” on how to liveblog this effectively #i think what i'm leaning towards is just typing the text out rather than trying to screenshot it; saves on image count for the post and als #easier to read #but i'm open to suggestions as i go on ways to make this read easier/more enjoyable :D #also once they get somewhere safe hector is definitely going to sit down and have a panic attack

[artificial-condition]

Look I just started Gideon the Ninth and I think I’m gonna like it but I’ve had a rough day and I just want murderbot

#my comfort books :( #I forgot exit strategy at home #they’re such different styles #Gideon the ninth so far is dense #murderbot is more simplistic in its language so far #far fewer words per page #easier to read #which is not usually an issue with me #usually I like more dense reads honestly #I love fantasy and sci fi and have a bachelors in English #but I need comfort and comfort right now is murderbot #I need to cozy up to it in the way that secunit cozies up to bots #my thoughts #murderbot #Gideon the ninth

[soracities]

"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."

Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]

#q #lit #quotes #typography #essays and articles #id included #ismatu gwendolyn #youve been traumatized into hating reading and it makes you easier to oppress #threadings #m #x

[nicos-robin]

a weird pet peeve i have is when people post manga scans on here but post them left to right not right to left because it makes it so hard and confusing to read.

#like please. i know it’s what we are used to but it takes only a few more seconds and not that much more effort and it makes it so much #easier to read #this isn’t about anyone I follow or on my dash btw this is just me griping about stuff I see in tags #ange rambles

[fonulyn]

since I've seen it talked about in several places recently:

if you are going to do a whump- or kink- or ANY-tober or other similar challenges please please please don't post them as one fic with 31 chapters unless it actually is one coherent fic. if they're 31 completely separate fics or ficlets then please just make a collection for them or just post them as separate fics. it doesn't matter if they're only 100 words or if you think they're too small or insignificant to post alone, they're not.

and why this?

because if you post all 31 of them in one fic the tagging is absolutely useless. if I look for things to read on ao3 I'm gonna look at the tags, and if the tags include something that's a dealbreaker for me, i won't even click on the fic. I might not even SEE the fic because I've filtered out the nope-tag! so I'm gonna lose out on reading 30 perfectly nice fics because of one fic that my nope-tag applied to.

ao3 is about archiving. it's about clear tagging and being informative. there is nothing informative about it if the tags in the fic apply to random chapters while others have nothing to do with it. it makes so much more sense to have each work as an individual fic with its own individual tags and warnings, so readers can make informed choices.

of course, you do you. I can't police what other people decide to do. but personally, I find it incredibly frustrating to weed through 31 chapters to find the ones I actually want to read. so I don't. I automatically scroll past all works posted like that. and I know some others do, too.

there is absolutely no shame in posting short things on ao3. there is no minimum word count. no one is going to look at you funny if you post a small ficlet on its own, I promise. it's just going to make some readers very happy when they can actually find the things they want to read.

so, please. at least consider the upsides of posting each work as their own fic.

signed, one very frustrated fandom grandma.

#ao3 #fanfic #fandom #I'm not trying to dictate what others do #so if you still wanna keep posting #completely unrelated works as chapters of one thing #then go for it #i'm not your mom #but please at least consider the alternative #and how much easier it'll be for people to #both find it and to make informed choices #of what they want to read

[beybuniki]

they should go on a fishing trip pt.1

#DONT COMMENT ON THE BACKGROUND I KNOWWWWWWWWWWWW #anyway this is day 1. they take a bus. the bakugo household has fishing gear so ´deku is wearing bakugo's onesoe (?) and bakugo is wearing #his dad's. and notices he has grown :') #anyway they take a BUS and don't feel like doing this at all it's awkward for so many reason #also trying to relax after everything is neurologically just really hard they might be hyperivgilant dik #and there's so much they never got to unpack bnut they have to and they have to start somewhere and with someone #deku makes that flower crown while bakugo preps everything and they both look at it and are thrown back into their childhood 🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️ #and at first they just sit and wait for the bavarian fish to bite (rody should make a cameo tbh) but then bakugo breaks the iceeee. #and he starts with their moms because their moms have been such a stubbron connection between these two :') #and deku answers with the usual 'good :) how's your mom :)?' and to everyone's surprise he actually opens up #and tells deku about his mom's insomnia because she watched her son die (that shit was live streamed tpo 10 bnha tweets btw) #idk i love to think of their moms being a very easy subject to connect through i think it's easier for them that way to be more vulnerablei #and then some fish biteeeeeeeeeeee #but like 3 small ones so they have to gather berries and mushrooms and make stew (dw there's an aldi this is bavaria after all) #but yeah day 1 is a bit weird like it's just them in the woods with no distractions #which is so different from whatever went on during their 1st year of high school #don't read this i will throw up i just need this somewhere this is my public scrapbook #bnha #deku #midoriya izuku #bakugo katsuki #the flower crown on their knees makes this a bit homosexual but fishing is always homosexual im not fighting against that #au: #fishing

[ryssbelle]

Drew a bunch of Marinettes in a bunch of different artists styles it was a lot of fun!!

Artists who's styles I mimicked: @buggachat @hamsternamedmarinette @ladybeug @sabertoothwalrus and @anna-scribbles all epic artists 🤟😎

#my art #marinette dupain cheng #miraculous ladybug #miraculous fanart #style mimic #sorry for the @s btw #yall should go follow those artists if you dont already also #this was sort of inspired by a post the three artists on the top row made #i think they all got together and drew with one another #which is really cool #but i was genuinely confused because i mimic styles a lot #and ive seen others do it too so i was just like #wow they really know each others styles really well #until i thought about it and read their posts some more #style mimicking is really freaking fun and i think its really good practice #and a good way to explore other ways of doing things #like you really have to learn new techniques and get out of your comfort zone #also anna scribbles i could not find a recent pic of marinette in her main outfit #so thats the only marinette i drew in different clothes cuz i couldnt find a more recent ref of you drawing it #anna scribble marinette has privileges thats the others dont #but ye #i also threw my own style in there as a frame of reference to what me draw like #ive drawn marinette before just not in a loooong while #sabertooth walrus was the hardest for me to mimic cuz they have a broad range in their style #so its like which sabertooth do i wanna be in this pic #Buggachat has such a distinct style thats very clean and consistent which is amazing so they were easy #being easy or hard arent bad things either it also has to do with like styles meeting up with one another #buggachats and mine arent too too different in some shapes and aspects #so yeah itd be easier plus they drew marinette like 3 sec ago so i have more recent of a ref #as opposed to sabertooth who i have a recent ref of ladybug but not marinette so we got two diff styles in one

[rottendecomp]

Turned on high contrast (custom colors) + 115% text size on my laptop... peace and love on planet earth <3<3<3

#YAYYYY #i need to figure out how to fix my phone now... #like its been in high contrast forever #BUT I WANT IT TO BE BETTER #i dont want white text i want yellow or red... #easier to read

[ruporas]

in a mood (ID in alt)

#vashwood #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun #trigun maximum #doing straight up nothing with the bestie. really good activity of doing nothing #i mainly drew this just so i can test how itd be not drawing their faces bc i Love drawing their faces a little too much. #maybe ill throw them in a more intense situation next time i try it bc it just ended up focusing on wolfwood and his silly newspaper #he's reading the news... cruel happenings all around no mans land... have to keep up to know where to go next and where to avoid #but theres also some guy in the same room being distracting as hell. i think they can coexist without bothering each other but theyd #be so painfully aware of the other person... both of them usually have tended to their own space after all for years. ww especially i think #would be easily distracted with vash's presence bc he's spent 2 years thinking about him already (for his mission...) #and thinking about vash is a Little easier than dealing with his personal anguish #though it can definitely overlap too. and sometimes its not that bad. sometimes its just vash's hand feeling unexpectedly nice and gentle #ruporas art

[royalarchivist]

Wilbur: Yeah, I'm- I'm- I'm glad that I've actually done something right, Phil. Normally- normally on SMPs I'm- I'm always a bit of a- you know, a bit of a- a bit of a- a bit of a um, what's the word... uh... what's the word for like a-

Phil: Homosexual?

Wilbur: NO????

Bonus:

#Wilbur Soot #Philza #Wilbur #QSMP #Tntduo #I suppose #Phil #Happy early Pride I guess #The audio for both their streams sucked so I went ahead and fixed the audio and added both their POVs to this clip #~ You're welcome ~ #Was going to do a longer transcript but how the hell do you even transcribe that laugh / noise Wilbur made LMAO #The image is Smajor's resub message compressed to make it easier to read #Edited

[particlewaveform]

#reread all of dungon meshi in 2 days im fine 🙃 anyway lost my shit at this #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon #arco talks #edited it so the first pic is brighter n easier to read

[redysetdare]

A character looks straight into the camera and says "I'm not interested in romance" and people will still say "No, it's not confirmed they're aromantic!!!" "They could change their mind!!!" "it's a challenge for them to overcome!!!" "They'll have character development that makes them fall in love"

It's like they are given the most blatant answer to a character romantic orientation and they actively ignore it. all the while all it takes is subtext for people to speak as if it is fact for a character to be any other sexuality.

#text #yes I'm calling out the hypocrisy within queer readings of a text and how often people dont see aromanticism as queer #and thus they will hear a blatant omission that a character is aromantic and still say it is not enough #mean while a character saying 'im not interested in the opposite gender' is rightfully taken as the character being queer #the queer community hates aspec characters because they don't match their perfect idea of sex sex relationships as being peak queerness #aphobia #aro #aromantic #aspec #aroace #im sorry but n oit isn't a difference of opinion if you blatantly ignore a character outright saying 'im not into this' #like y'all complain abt ppl turning gay ppl straight but will defend ppl erasing aro identities all the time #fandoms will throw a fit if you ship gay characters in straight relationships but ppl shit aro characters and we r told to shut up #im so fucking tired of this bs #I will keep complaining and keep calling this shit out #until it is drilled into ur skulls that you are being APHOBIC becaue WHAT? You want to REALLLLLY SHIP a character? #Because you'll die if you dont??? #fuck man just say you hate aspec ppl and move on #it's easier than dealing with your 'im not aphobic ur being unfair i supposed aspec people really' bs

[soracities]

"As an educator, I don’t just want you to feel what I feel. I don’t want you to consider me correct because I said it beautifully. I want to sharpen your critical thinking skills and your world-making capacities. I absolutely do not leave emotion out of that! Emotions are as central as the written, verbal, numeric, social, ecological knowledges we are able to gain to navigate this world and the next. I am just… extra cognizant of how much I can lead viewers to feel with me without further thought. The videos of mine that go most viral are ones where I show the most emotion, whatever that emotion is: hopeful, cheery, despondent, grieved, furious, combative. We love emotion. We live such isolated, stifled lives.

The challenge of reading is to navigate the narrative without the overtures of overt feelings. There is no face to latch onto, no music that sways you. Words on a page especially cannot compete with screen-time. They’re not meant to. The boredom opens up space in your mindscape to your own thoughts, opinions, and feelings."

—Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings on Substack

#q #lit #quotes #essays and articles #ismatu gwendolyn #youve been traumatised into hating reading and it makes you easier to oppress #threadings #m #x #on books and reading

[sinlizards]

i love love love the way you paint back lighting!! do you have any tips/ a step by step for the way you do it?

ended up making a whole painting just to break it down and explain my general process for subjects lit from behind so heres that + a timelapse!

main thing for drawing anything with a strong light source behind is to make the main subject Darker and more desaturated to convey that the light is behind them rather than to their sides (face cant be properly lit if the light is behind). Also making the Main highlight the brightest hue in the image helps to intensify it. I tend to use teeth/eyes as a good comparison point

some people have a tendency to make the sclera white out of habit but darkening that+ the rest of the whites helps the image read as Darker compared to the brighter highlight

#art help #i wont make this any longer than this already ended up being but if u have any more questions please feel free to ask! #ive been doing a lot of these breakdowns recently #the sclera thing also applies to how i pick colors in general! establishing whats supposed to read as 'white' in art makes picking #the colors surrounding it easier #also careful of how dark u make an image it can strain ur eyes to work on something like that for a long time