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#i keep seeing these posts about enjoying the process and not the goal but thats so hard when it comes to these highly stressful situations
petscrub · 1 year
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idk a personal rant about my stupid brain
the issue with my own art, and my experience with making art, is that it doesnt feel like its coming from a very authentic place. and i honestly dont know how to change that, as someone with identity issues, comparison problems, low sense of self/esteem, lack of willpower/consistency... i go in circles trying to figure my “style” my “passion” etc... i think growing up on the internet, specifically things like instagram being the worst, my motivation for art started stemming from the idea of posting and sharing it somewhere, from seeing others and thinking, i have to make my own and catch up, from receiving validation, etc. there are definitely times where i make art for myself and anyone who would happen to enjoy it, and i do enjoy the process, but i think most of the time the intention gets so clouded by outside ideas and factors like “appearing” a certain way, gaining a following or audience... im really tired of it. i think its a toxic cycle and motivator and it has stopped me from being consistent and determined in areas that mean the most to me, i go back and forth on things because i see others doing something and i lack the ability to simply appreciate instead of having to pick it up and do it myself. it can be a wonderful thing to experiment in a bunch of different things/mediums, and it does feel nice that i have some talent in a variety of things, but im so exhausted of feeling mediocre and amateur in areas that i wish i could excel at because im truly passionate about them. and ive been doing art for most of my life, and still, the disconnect from myself and my own work is so heavy. i keep narrowing down things that i like, not to necessarily limit myself, but rather to improve in other areas that are more meaningful to me. its also incredibly hard, at this point, to figure out what things i am truly passionate about vs things that ive developed a false passion for based on others/appeal/comparison/wrong intentions. i used to make posts like this all the time but got tired of saying the same thing over and over again, and now i am still in this spot, even when i figure that ive discovered something, that ive decided to really follow through, it still eludes me eventually. lately ive been easier on myself especially the past year, it didnt get bad again until like.. 2 weeks ago. i have been trying to set weekly/daily goals because yes i am passionate in a lot of things but i try to tell myself that its fine, and things can still be accomplished even if it feels entirely overwhelming. so yeah... idk just needed to get this out. i will stick to the goal thing and hope it helps. i just need to quit overthinking/ruminating on all this and actually DO things because thats the only way forward and i forget that a lot.
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villanevehaus · 1 year
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okay. 2 asks in one because efficiency ! i ask the post purchase payment thing because it was also literally 2 am and i was so not present so it sounded a lot more interesting than it actually was. also i had that thing where trixie mattel says klarna in a swedish accent stuck in my head. off topic but second-lee i wanted to inquire on how you keep up motivation to write ?? i wrote so much when i was younger but now its like i have 9 million google docs with 6 words each - letterboxdanon
the first part of this made me laugh so hard out loud oh my god? u rly said this is probably interesting, slam 'send ask'. sidebar i love swedish and am lazily learning it! altho im focusing WAY more on regaining my french now bc im moving to The French Part of canada soon.
secondable ive kind of sort of touched on this in some of the lengthy asks ive answered about my writing process (i think they're just tagged "process" if youre interested) but it feels moreso like a drive that needs to be released rather than a goal to achieve or a task to do. i can probably count the amount of days ive gone without opening docs over the past year or so on two hands, but thats not because im Pushing myself to write or because im trying to #riseandgrind, its really just because i enjoy it and it feels almost already under my skin. i am also a visual artist and i can really only liken that feeling to the push/pull to create a piece until it calms down a bit.
on a less internally-me-oriented note, id say deadlines and variety. sure, my fic deadlines are self imposed, but it helps my brain segment my time and see it as an attainable point in the future. i can work backwards from the "due date" like i already do in classes! variety means kind of like if im not really clicking with fucked up murder cannibals, i can hop over to 50s western sweetness- or maybe an undoing, or cleaning up a document for kofi, or peeking around individual scenes just for fun. reading, also!!!!! one of my favourite ways to think about creativity and creation is that you cant wring out a dry sponge, so maybe youre in the step of the process where you stay still and absorb
they changed docs's ui like 2 days ago and im still propa fumin abawt it, luv
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vivrcard · 2 years
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TAKE A BREAK TAKE A BREAK and if youre vibing with it i'd love to hear about 26 and/or 37
THANKS FOR THE ASK SAARNA listen.. i was doing so well with taking breaks but suddenly it’s all getting far more difficult……. also this replys a long one because of how my thought process typically works and how ive avoided thinking about economical stuff so tee hee this is going under a read more
Is the economy currency based or based on bartering physical goods? What is most valuable? What is least?
there wouldnt have been much time for doing more “meaningless” things like using time and effort to create monetary items (coins, paper money, etc) and people probably wouldnt have put much value on things like this because the goal was survival and that was that. gold isnt going to get you anything in terms of surviving. so that leaves trading and things of that nature. im on the fence about this because i think that, given aitarans views on physical/emotional bonds (they are important as HELL) it’s safe to say that these beliefs had roots in pre split aitaran, especially since aitarans pretty traditional to begin with. so! considering that, it’s also safe to believe that people were doing a fair amount of leaning on each other and so trading wouldnt have been as big of a deal! just giving stuff for free so that everyone can keep surviving. if anything, i imagine that larger scenarios where people give another party a LOT of stuff would end in there being some sort of trade. it could also be a scenario where it was on the condition of ok! i will give you X things of great value but im taking one of your kids (for help on the farm etc) OR seeing if we can get two of our kids to hook up (because mortality rate was incredibly high, lots of people were dying young what with the whole apocalyptic setting, people were really freaking out about whether or not humanity would survive as a whole).
obviously humanity keeps on going and does not die out because we wind up with wthi a solid ~1900 years later (barring timeline resets). i would imagine that over time, people resume trading materials instead of giving things for free. again, though, these are material trades and not monetary. the thing is though! now there are multiple gods because we’re post split! people have become very careful about making sure that all gods are worshipped almost equally (some people pick and choose which gods to worship but religion is a whole nother can of worms). what IM thinking is that different gods enjoy different offerings, so that would mean that some economies would be booming. lets use different minerals as an example. assuming that different gods enjoy different minerals (copper, bronze, silver, gold, hell, maybe something more fun like lapis), i think itd be reasonable to think that there are multiple industries involved with mining, polishing, and selling/trading these minerals so that they can be used as offerings for gods. in turn, these minerals could become a sort of currency, some being more valuable than others. theres probably some sort of conversion rate between all of the minerals depending on what is most commonly found in the mines. obv i have to think more about how many types of coins exist, but im thinking 3-5 at minimum. the other thing with this is! lets say that a business owner is one of the people that pick and choose what god they wanna worship. theyre not gonna care as much about certain currencies because they offer X currency to X god and thats it. so! you wind up with some businesses only accepting X type of coin and no others.
so! i guess in a way you could interpret these coins as indulgences when theyre offered to gods. people essentially just pay the gods to leave them the hell alone and not try to start another apocalypse lmaoooo. this DOES raise the question as to what medriva and vanaam (euvimanite society) do for money. vanaam, being incredibly closed off, probably sticks to trading objects and not money. medriva deals with an entirely different religion for the most part but began as part of aitaran, so they probably have retained some aspects of aitaranian money with some minor differences (ie no offering it to gods, maybe less forms of currency. this also all hinges on the availability of some minerals up north since trade between aitaran and medriva is very very difficult).
ok. whew. question 37. How do people navigate? Do they have maps, compasses, or something else? How are these things made?
i think for the most part people just use maps! probably ones made out of some kind of paper as opposed to tanned hides or something of that nature. some dark magic users have started on trying to create technology that allows you to locate places/things more easily, but dark magic tech is a long ways away from being fully usable because of how few people are capable of using it proficiently
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michaelarowrites · 3 years
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Hi hi!! Just finished reading Honor the Words yesterday - SOOOO GOOD! So much LORE! The plot is THICKENING!!! Im EXCITE!! :DDD thank you so much for this story and these characters theyre always so wonderful (genderqueer yumeko & asuka hello!! New godly powers whaaaaat?!! Literally everything with/about youji & that stuff with the characters taking on more power with their godly aspects?!!?!?!)
Im already looking forward to the next one XD how many books are you expecting there to be in the series? 6 for each divinity? (Also are you expecting to get the next book out next year?) Also also, do you have an approximate for how many words these books are? If not no worries ^_^ im just curious
Im rereading both of them now and oh my GOD i cant believe you mentioned the blood ash cult in book one! I COMPLETELY missed that! XD On that note, im looking forward to seeing Akane again! Maybe she'll become an ally oooo... And learning more about Shiori's childhood with the blue dragons.
YOU PLANT SO MANY SEEDS AND I LOVE THEM ALL! THE GARDEN THIS ALL TURNS OUT TO BE WILL BE AMAZING!!
(Akdgskf side note: i cant believe it took me this long to realize the sun moon and star nations are comparable to japan korea and china *facepalm* lol)
I have sooooooooo many thoughts about this world thats mostly just excited questioning about lore and future events XD but theres too many to say or even remember at one time so i hope i can convey it all when i say im LOVING! EVERYTHING youre doing here and i cant wait to watch the rest of it unfold <3333 thank you sooo much!!
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Thank you so much, friend!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the book, and I'm very glad you asked all of these questions =D To be honest, one of the most difficult parts of the self-publishing process is that I don't get comments like I would when posting a story chapter by chapter online, so it sorta leaves me at a loss wondering if anyone is reading/enjoying the story. So thank you very much!
And I am always very happy to answer questions about these books! So here I go, in probably more detail than you ever wanted to have =D =D
- The original plan was to have at least 8 books, one for each divinity and then two that were going to be... something else. But I've been working on the third one and realized that it would just be easier if I don't try to confine the entire arc to one book, so now the series is just going to be however long it needs to be =D Although, knowing me, it's really going to depend on how much I enjoy writing these stories and how much people enjoy reading them =) I always write more when I know people want to read more.
- I am in the final stretch of finishing the first draft of the third novel! (it took me a loooong time to figure out how I wanted to end it, so writing this one took longer than it should have). After that it's the editing/beta reading process. My hope is that it would be out early next year, but definitely no later than the summer of 2022, since summers seem to be when I publish them =P
- And yes! I actually have a very deliberate word count that I shoot for-- I aim for each book to be about 60K words long, although I think Shine the Brightest was a little less than that and Honor the Words was a little longer. But my goal was to have these books be as cheap as possible, and the shorter the novels are, the cheaper they are to buy. (The longer the books are, the more the print costs are, so the higher the flat rate for minimum cost). But also, I figured I could finish writing them faster if they were only 60K words long.
- Hahaha, the Blood Ash cult was planted early in the first book because I knew they would be significant later, but it's definitely something you would miss except on a re-read. So thank you!
- Akane returns in the third book! And you find out a little bit more about Shiori's childhood =)
- And hahaha no a map/general layout doesn't exist yet, but I definitely need to make one, because I keep writing in terrain details and eventually I'm going to have to figure out where all the territories are in relation to one another. (In the third book, I mention that the Blue realms are near the ocean, and I had this mental note of "dang you better remember that and come up with a map later" but then I didn't.)
- Hahaha, no, Masaomi's safe sex practices only prevented the other grand dragons from privately assassinating him and making his kid the new Red Dragon. They probably would have killed him regardless. So there you have it, safe sex protects you from assassinations XD
Thank you so much for all your questions and for your enthusiasm, friend =D I'm very happy to answer more!! Thank you so much for reading! I hope you enjoy how it all turns out!
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inkdemonapologist · 4 years
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Okay but I do actually want to know both the things you love and the things you could rant about from DCTL?
OH BOY UHHHHHH okay lets see, I'm gonna see if I can do the "add a readmore after you post it" thing and see if that'll keep it stable.......
But also, much like Sammy, I am incapable of shutting up unless you strike me in the head with a blunt object, so uh, forgive my wordiness:
THINGS I ENJOY:
- DCTL gave us Sammy's ink addiction and like, if you had asked me before all this "what would you most like to see in a franchise?" I would not have answered "one of the characters drinks ink accidentally and then discovers that he can't stop" but boy that sure is my favourite concept that I LOVE to see handled literally any other way than how the book handled it!!!
- I like what it added to Tom and Allison and Norman!! Like, it's not big twists on their characters or anything -- we already knew Tom felt he was doing the wrong thing, so getting to see his CRUSHING GUILT over creating the machine isn't New Information, but it's nice to see and understand more of him; for all of them I feel a lot more attached to them after getting to see more of them as people.
- Like 90% of the "I LOVE IT" category for me is how the book handled Joey, and Buddy's relationship with Joey. The way Joey isn't a Sinister Mastermind Who’s Just Screwing With Everyone but just manipulative in a more mundane way -- someone who thinks of himself as just the guy with the vision to call the shots; he wants what he wants and this is how he's learned to get it; he exploits people not through devious schemes, but just by offering them something that they want or need and asking too much in return, expecting their loyalty for his favours. And the way he interacts with Buddy, making Buddy complicit with him and keeping Buddy off-balance and insecure while making him a favourite and treating him as Special is just PERFECT --  gives a lot of content to kind of extrapolate off of when pondering what must've drawn the others in and convinced them to ignore the red flags. I was initially frustrated with the idea of Buddy not being an artist and jUST DECIDING TO LEARN TO ANIMATE ON THE SPOT ("I've never done this before but I'm sure I can just do an artist's job" is a weirdly common throwaway thing in media and as an artist iTS A PET PEEVE) but actually the way they use his plagiarism to make him trapped in a lie in ways Joey doesn't even realise ends up being a neat echo of other employees (coughTOMcough), who were involved in much graver sins but suddenly felt they couldn't object or they'd lose their one chance, just like Buddy. There's a lot here that I think is really great.
OKAY THATS THE GOOD STUFF, LET'S COMPLAIN ABOUT SAMMY:
- Uncomfortable Bigotry Vagueness that we all knew was gonna be in this list -- I dunno man, a guy committing a microaggression and getting startled and defensive when he's called out for it doesn't necessarily completely ruin his character I GUESS, but the way this was handled is just SO WEIRD AND VAGUE that it's uncomfortable and it doesn't seem to serve any real purpose. "Is Tom black?" is a question I actually have to ask because the text sort of implies he is while also dancing around it and apparently Word of God said he's not??? which makes Buddy's comment nonsensical???? And I mean, you could go that route, since Buddy wonders to himself if Sammy talks to everyone like this -- HE ACTUALLY DOES!! Even within the text of the novel, he uses "Joey" instead of Mr. Drew, which is consistent with his audiologs in the game -- but that makes the writing suggest "this character THINKS this guy might be racist but actually they're reading too much into it and it wasn't racially motivated at all, he's just a jerk!!" wHICH IS SOMEHOW EVEN MORE ICKY??? Anyway like yeah I guess it's not inconsistent with his character that while Sammy Lawrence may not have any specific grudge against minorities he has probably not checked his privilege or done the work to challenge his own internal biases, but “Your Fav Probably Contributes To Systemic Racism In Ways He Hasn’t Considered, As Do We All When Our Assumptions Go Unchecked” is still a wild thing to wade through in a fun story about demonic cartoons
- but yknow so is T H E   H O L O C A U S T
- Sammy's voice is wrong. I'm actually okay with him being a weird awkward asshole, I already kind of assumed he was and that's part of why I like him!! but there's so many places he doesn't quite... talk like himself? And not just in terms of word choice, like -- so in his monologue at the end, he's described as talking so quickly that his words are "tumbling out faster than he can speak them," which initially seems fine; like yeah, that's a Standard Scene we're familiar with, the person who's been Driven Mad With Insight becoming more and more manic as they try to convey it -- until I tried to imagine it and realised that Sammy doesn't talk like this. That's a really consistent quality I always notice about his voice; whether he's almost giddily excited in prophet mode, or he’s his irritated and overworked human self, or he's violently angry and his voice has that echo effect -- he always speaks very deliberately. He enunciates carefully. There's some circumstances where I'd buy this as showing that he's Not Himself, but I feel like those would kind of need to be in the middle of his transformation, not at the end of it.
- In fact a lot of the scenes with Sammy kind of have this feeling -- that it's not necessarily an exploration of Sammy as a character, but that he is filling a trope or archetype role here. Once he's fully transformed he excitedly describes the process as more of a mental compulsion, which is in contrast to his weird yeerk-infected behaviour when trying to get ink from Miss Lambert. Both of those scenes don't seem wrong on their own because they fit tropes we know -- but they feel weird when you try to fit them together.
- I also just in general am not a fan of the ink acting like a weird yeerk. It can be a parasite I guess but when it starts overwriting and puppeting people and crawling around to enter their body that's just a completely DIFFERENT kind of supernatural story and it’s not what im here for!!!
- THE FREAKIN!!! HE WILL SET US FREE!!!! WHY????????? SAMUEL LAWRENCE WHAT IS HE SETTING YOU FREE FROM??????? Sammy has No Motive for any of what he's doing, other than just Ink Made Me Do It. The whole thing that was INTERESTING about Sammy as a character is the contrast between this frustrated, ornery musician with no specific love for the cartoons he works on, and the manically devoted cultist he becomes. What happened in the middle there? What made him desperate enough to shift his mindset so much? "Something supernatural made him do things that don't benefit him in any way" is a very boring answer to this question!!! Susie was a victim who implies that her transformation has forced her to do things she didn't want to do, but we can still see her motive -- she wanted to be Alice, so she took a sketchy offer to try to get what she wanted. Even now, her violence echoes that goal -- to be a more perfect Alice. What did Sammy want? WHO KNOWS. Even in his ink-addled state at the end, we don't understand what he hopes the Ink Demon will even do for him, and in fact he seems to be responsible for creating the very scenario he's begging Bendy to reverse in the game.
- [sighs loudly into my hands]
- Overall I'm left wondering if the author just..... didn't like Sammy Lawrence? And I don't mean that in the sense of him being a rude jerk -- like, Joey is not a good person, but the author seems to be interested in him and in what makes him tick. There doesn't seem to be that same interest in Sammy. Sammy's role in the story is that of a monster, transformed into something murderous, unable to prevent or choose it. He's not a victim of anyone but the ink, no one had to manipulate him or figure out how his brain worked or what he wanted or what he feared or give him any reason to do the things he does -- ink got in his mouth and overwrote his personality. And we don't even get to see that change, not really. He starts out angry and defensive and continues being angry and defensive up until his very last scene, denying his ink-stealing but not really much else. We see all his prophetic sketches but we never see hints of this in him, we never see him start to act more excited and hopeful, we never see him seek out the demon he desires to please. Why do we never see Sammy struggling between his dismissive angry front and a building religious fervour he can't quite suppress? We don't get to see any of the in-between. There's no interest at all in why or even what it looked like as Sammy became what he became, when, to be honest, I suspect interest in precisely that is one reason he's such a big fav.
- It's funny, in a "cries into my hands" kind of way, when Sammy is just knocked in the head while monologuing and immediately removed from the story without further mention, like...... that sure is the pattern with him, isn't it, he just tries very very hard and never actually gets to matter, but it also fits right in here, too, in this book that doesn't want to think about his motives -- he rambles nonsensically, explaining nothing, gets one trademark phrase, and then is hastily removed so the story doesn't have to think about him anymore.
...................I think that's most of it.
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Y'all............ I'm not ready for Sent From Above.......... I'm just not.... I'm not emotionally ready...... like..... Sammy has to be in that right..... he’s Susie’s boss and she has that big crush on him..................................... I’m not ready
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thoughtsandthecity · 4 years
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Your daily nightmare
I haven’t upload a post for a week and a half. The previous days were taugh for me.  I am talking about the mean reds that Audrey Hepburn talked about in her movie called Breakfast at Tiffany’s which I highly recomend by the way. Attention, we are not talking about the blues. Allow me to use her words to explain. <<The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of>>.
One of those days, my teacher who had been fighting against blood cancer passed away. All the student’s and teachers went to the funeral. We heard really beautiful words of his people and we all said our last goodbye. While I was there listenning to all those speaches about him, I wondered, Did they ever tell him all those nice things about his personality and how amazing he was? Some tears later, I went to eat greasy chineese food. It sounds so disrespecting I know. What’s going to sound more disrespecting is that I actually had fun. As soon as I went home I couldn’t stop thinking about his death and crying. I realised I had went through the ‘’I can’t accept it’’ stage. But now tears were all over my face and I couldn’t stop thinking about my worse nightmare. Death. People tend to hate it because we are scared of what it causes. It takes away our ability to think, talk, see other people we love, listen to music we enjoy, taste flavours again, simple stuff. Or is it not? See? We know nothing about it and that’s the scariest part of it all, its a trip we have to go through alone and we, human beings, hate to be alone in scary things. Its just human nature. What about the people we loose? Are we ever going to overcome this loss? To get over the pain of not being able to talk again to that person? Listen to their laugh, feel the warmth of their hug? The answer is no. We are made up with the ability of memories, we are made up to not be able to forget. We fall in love with life and other people no matter how hard it gets. This person looked so strong to me, he had power and indeed he was a weird but intresting personality. Seeing him so small made me sad, we are really nothing, thats what I kept thinking.
On top of this, I started second guessing my choices about my studyies and the future I am going after so hardly! Things are getting harder as time is passing by and I feel like I’m trapped in a symphony I really was not sure if I wanted to sign for. Classes are getting tougher and reality starts kicking me hard. The thing is I can’t really complain about it there are other kids who are going through it too. Last year of high school is hard year for us all. A year full of fear, doubt, pain, and tiredness. It’s really sad if you think it through because we are being told that those years are assumed to be the best of our lives. So why are we wasting them all in tears, pain, fear and negative feelings about ourselves? Should’t we be out and about exploring the world, making friends, getting drunk, smoking, making music, writting or reading books we love? Anything that makes anyone happy? Shouldn’t we be free? I read a quote saying that we are not tired as we say. We are mentally tired of people coming and go, constantly trying and never succeding, having the same day on and on, being in the same place e.t.c We are mentally tired but we are so young for this. Not even older people should be mentally tired! He never was, he was always young, proud and bold. Some say it’s the electronics, the music we listen, the change of our values. Sure those really influenced my generation. But that doesn’t mean it’s a bad generation.  We are wild ones, people with dreams, plans, goals, believes, our own values no matter how ugly they might look to you.
 I’ve seen many of teens like me losing their faith, their way. What a mess. Do we need to change? Sure. But we don’t know how. Everybody is scared to be kind, gentle and happy because we are used in misery and pure hapiness or good energy are way too unknown to us. I made an experiment. I shouldn’t talk bad for anyone and I shouldn’t mention negative situations to anyone I was talking too. I found it hard, the second day I had given up. Maybe it’s just how we are made. We are beings with a brain that is constantly working. We are processing through things too hard and that’s the problem. We are creating the problem most of the times. And all this mess is something we have to face daily.
 Am I enough? Are they wrong or am I? Am I wasting my time? Is that friend really my friend? Why doesn’t anyone really seems to like me? Why can’t I be like them? Will I ever be accepted for who I am? Why am I so alone? Am I not that smart? Did I gain weight? Does she looks better than me ?  Why did I broke up with that guy? Am I going to date again? Why we never talked again with that person? Am I that bad? Am I such a weirdo? Are they talking behind my back?
I know if  you are my age or close you can relate. Older like to blame it on the puberty. No it’s not really coming from it. It’s life. It’s us realising things, the change, the fear. The thing that we have to leave our childhood behind and  face reality. It’s the natural way of life right? No I’ve talked about normality in an other post of mine. There’s no such thing. It’s the pressure of life. Are we gonna make it till the end, and even if we do, how do you know it was enough? How do you know you you made it? How do you know if the people you met were the right ones? Maybe you could have met better or worse. Untill now I got to my conclusion. Does it matter in the end ? Does it matter if you gained weight? If you lost time trying to get what you want? Does it matter if that boy/girl never saw your value? Does it really matter if you fail? If you don’t pass a test? If someone is better than you? NO IT DOESN NOT. Because in the end all it really matters is, did you managed to live? To fall in love with life? He did, he did so truly. He was the lover. Full of energy, goals, power, believes, passion. I remember him sayin ‘’ When I’ll die, I will be full of life, Because ive lived it to the fullest, every pain , every hapiness, every love I had,will you? Your generation is always stressed. But really, what are you going after so hard that makes you so sad?’’  Nobody ever could answer.
 We don’t really know what we are sad about. We don’t know why we are so stressed about. We are always sad and stressed about something. Our shoulders and back always hurt. Are we that tired caring around sadness and negativity? Aren’t they way too heavy? Maybe he is right. We should stop stressing so much and let ourselves live. It’s not a button I know. But we can turn it into one. It’s all really in the way we are accepting and processing things through. In every situation we can choose to look on the bright side. Your energy is important and so is your time, do whatever you want with it. Make mistakes, its a part of life, take your time to feel sad about it, if you don’t go through it, you ain’t getting out of it. Maybe you will never will, who told you that you should? As I mentioned we are beings with a brain full of the ability to think and think and think. Stay vulnerable, true to yourself. There are things that we went trhough and shaped us, we all have demons, secrets, fears, dreams, passions. 
 Should we predent everything is ok? God no. all im saying is that might it’s worth it to try an other way of living, realise things, turn our frustration, anger , sadness into something better. We have the power of the brain, we shouldn’t take over for a long time. You can stress as much as you want, cry as much as you can but in the end, when you are going to leave this life behind you, are you going to be full? Are you going to be like him, cause I want to feel full, I want to feel like I was never missing out of my life, I wanna die young just like he did.
 Take breaks, make decisions but always keep something in mind. Live every moment as intensly as you can. Even sadness. Can we make it? Can we try? We really should because in the end nothing really matters but love, moments you were there, memories, life and not our problems or our stress, neither our failures, our fights... Dance through your stress pain, drink through it, write about it, even talk about it if that’s what you want. You gotta keep believing, learn to listen to your body and heart. When you are procrastinating and not doing homework it might be because your mind is tired of homework take that day off, come back stronger tomorrow it doesn’t matter! If you felt mentally fed up, go to the nature, go party in a club for no reason, go traveling and meet new people, go start that blog or that hobby you want so much. Life is not about finding yourself you never lost it, you are creatting that bitch yourself and I wish us the best.
Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”
― Marilyn Monroe
Untill next time,
Xoxo 
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Hello! This is my intro post for my studyblr!
I am a current junior in college, majoring in political science with minors in human rights and soon economics! I am making this blog to motivate myself to work harder and to keep track of my process academically. Although I won’t be able to post daily, I am planning to do a weekly wrap up of what I did this week!
My display icon is from Carmilla, one of the earliest vampire story, older than Stroker’s Dracula by 26 years.
Read More for some more info about me, my classes and my goals!
Some Info about me!
I live in Washington State 
I enjoy writing about long policies so expect to see lots of pics of essays in progress
Reading is also one of my fav hobbies
I love seeing organized study spaces and I like to organize my own study space but to keep it organized.... thats a problem
My current classes! (Also my classes for next quarter nice this quarter is ending soon)
Political Economy and the Environment
International Political Economy
Middle Eastern Politics
Next Quarter
Constitutional Law
Human Rights and Resistance 
 Calculus for Life and Social Sciences
My Goals for this blog:
Like I mentioned before, I would love to keep track of my academic progress throughout my final 2 years of undergrad. I would also like to use this blog as a way to hold myself accountable for studying for graduate school for a Masters in Public Administration. I am always open to learning new studying methods and would love to chat with people who are also majoring in political science, people who are in MPA  and just anyone who pops in my inbox or dms!  Thanks for reading!!
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telnaga · 4 years
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pokemon mystery dungeon 1&2 are among my favorite all time games ever, and once i saw they were remaking 1 i finally understood my stance on the status of pokemon as a whole
pokemon mystery dungeon 1 holds up. it holds up as well as it can for a genre that’s... not as much of a thing anymore. the actual Mystery Dungeon aspect of the game might not be your favorite and if that’s the case? good thing the main story is actually relatively easy to complete. it doesnt have any, like... 50+ floor dungeons. those are all in the post game, which is optional incase you still wanna play! and yes, there’s a very extensive post game! there is SO MUCH stuff to do in PMD 1, and that’s because its content is entirely grafted around the simple core system that lends itself to many different strategies, replays, and personal goals, and requires a lot of Invested Time even if you’re just riding through on overleveling.
that sounds a lot like early mainline pokemon!
so what’s different now?
...it’s 3d animation.
i think pokemon has become, over time, entirely about its universal mascots. it wants most pokemon to be beloved by most people. it wants people to stick with it not because it’s an engaging gameplay experience, or even because they like building their team. it wants to keep a sort of... Pet Experience at arm’s reach so that everyone’s drawn in, so they can pet the fennekin. and switching to 3d models was a part of that, and it also just, in my opinion, very much fucked up the feel and pacing of pokemon games.
pokemon started out as a little bit of a strategy battle game, with a focus on personal goals and exploration. all of those facets lend themselves to quick inputs, quick movement, and simple visuals.
now that it’s 3d, it feels clunky. slow. unwieldy and awkward. not to mention there’s little to no room for stylization left. every pokemon, every trainer, is in a default pose, a default perspective, just a different camera angle on a very basic, mundane 3d model. there’s a rule to shapes. there’s a rule to colors. most of the models are so washed out for some inexplicable reason. 
and like, i understand the direction they took. they want it to feel like you’re actually in the world. that way it’s more widely appealing, not just to people who actually enjoy the gameplay before it’s simplified and streamlined to make the game ... give you less play time. and not to people who like creative designs and artwork, either. thats not saying all the newer pokemon are ugly, there’s just... something lost, between the sprites and the models, between the 2d and 3d designs. it’s different, designing something for 3d space. it tends to hinder a lot of functional creativity for the sake of something that feels “real”.
so PMD is my favorite game, to the point where my friends sent me news of its remake, because hey! remake of your favorite game! but looking at what we’ve seen just made me sad. the storybook aesthetic is nice, but... it feels like a weird emulation, that misses the mark, of the natural colored, misty, soft pixel art feel of the original. the original’s visuals could arrest me in their pleasant simplicity, and in their beautiful detail. this one just... it’s just a 3d pokemon game.
mystery dungeon, even more than mainline pokemon, depends on ease and speed of movement, on the active process of Playing The Game feeling smooth because there’s going to be a lot of it - and i’d prefer complex, grid-made, tight dungeons over the much sparser 3d ones made to last longer because each input takes .5 seconds for the 3d animation. i’d prefer more game through gameplay to more game through speed adjustment to make up for neutered content.
i know people who have never played mystery dungeon are going to play the remake. and they’re going to go, “eh. it’s a 3d pokemon game.”
and i realize now that all these feelings i never really could put concretely until now are the reason why i never wanted to play omega ruby/sapphire. it just seems like it’ll be... taking the game that’s still good and enjoyable, and transferring it to a totally different style that’s not. so you can see the characters in 3d.
i think they should make pokemon games that help you feel like you’re in the world! ones that could use 3d models and more immersive movement to that end! i think they should just... make that... its own thing. and not just overwrite the first system
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aelin-godkiller · 5 years
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Hi! I would like your opinion on a Thing. Obviously, don't answer if you don't want to, but I would like your opinion. What are your thoughts on the whole "characters who get the most page time are the author's FAV"? Or like people thinking that an author "punishes" characters? I've never agreed, but I've always been interested in other opinions and yours are always so well thought through. Thanks for even taking the time to read this! (P.S. Love your blog btw!)
Hiiiii so I definitely have thoughts on this thing
Basically, I think the opinion that characters who get page time are the author’s favorites and the take that authors punish certain characters are the most juvenile and shallow literary takes this website has ever produced. 
Like I can’t really say it any more bluntly lol. 
First off, these opinions betray a fundamental lack of understanding of how writing fiction actually works. Here are some points people with these opinions don’t seem to get:
1. Characters get more or less page time based on how important they are to the plot. The protagonist is normally the most important character for the plot, they are generally the person doing the most things to make the plot happen. 
2. The plot, in turn, revolves around the characters and their actions. Ie, the two should ideally develop organically together rather than separately. So that the decisions the characters make affect the course of action in the story, and vice versa. 
Let’s take something like Queen of Shadows. The protagonist at this point in ToG is still Aelin (guess what, it always is lol), and we have the supporting characters of Manon, Chaol, Dorian, Aedion, Lysandra, Elide, and Rowan (those are the major ones). Manon at this point, is probably are second most important protagonist. 
QoS is set up with a few major plot goals in mind:
1. Get the Wyrd Key from Arobynn Hammel
2. Destroy Adarlan and free magic 
3. Destroy Morath 
1 & 2 are plot lines lead primarily by Aelin and her friends. Plot point 1 happens nearly entirely because of Aelin, it revolves around her machinations, and her emotions towards Arobynn are a large part of it. Lysandra is also key here, but as the protagonist, Aelin naturally gets more page time and more emotional space. Lysandra, a new character, does not receive PoV chapters, but this doesn’t mean that SJM likes Lysandra less than Aelin, it just means that for the current plot, Aelin is mover of the action. 
Similarly, plot point 2, which involves more people, like Chaol and Dorian, also affords them page space in addition to Aelin. They are the three characters with the most invested in seeing Adarlan fall, and so they are the three characters who are involved most in this plot. 
If Aelin receive more page time than Manon in this book, which she does, it’s because she has more plot things to accomplish and because she’s the protagonist. Being the protagonist means that you hold and control more plot threads and that the story fundamentally doesn’t happen without you. Aelin is the protagonist in QoS because without her, Arobynn doesn’t die, Aedion isn’t saved, Dorian isn’t free, Rifthold is decimated by a wave of glass, Manon dies, and Kaltain Rompier doesn’t give Elide the Wyrd Key. 
Might Aelin be SJM’s favorite character to write? Possibly! I’m sure many authors come to love their main characters more than others simply because story ideas start with main characters. Main characters inspire authors to write. But SJM has said that she, for example, loves writing Yrene. And that she also loves writing Manon! She enjoys writing all her characters, as I’m sure most authors do. She has said she misses writing Arobynn Hammel bc he’s so fun to write—doesn’t mean Arobynn got the most page time or is a favorite, but she enjoyed writing him a lot. 
Characters get page time because of how important they are to the story. That’s it lol. 
In terms of authors punishing characters…
I’ll just paste a previous rant I had about this, concerning Nesta in Acofas:
“Nesta being a tough-ass bitch and then being depressed is not…in any way shape or form, SJM “punishing” her for being a strong woman. And this is definitely how some people reacted post acowar. It’s…SJM…giving us a more complex picture of Nesta’s character…an accurate one…and one in which we start to see more nuance to her character. Like…the idea that when something bad happens to a character in a story it means that the author is “punishing” them and what they stand for is so fucking cracked that I can’t even comprehend it (this next rant is not directed at you nonnie). AUTHORS AREN’T WRITING STORIES TO TELL YOU HOW YOU SHOULD FEEL ABOUT THE CHARACTERS. They aren’t giving you some lesson in morality. By making Nesta who she is in acofas, SJM isn’t punishing her or lessening her character or doing her wrong. She’s writing a god damn story. A dark, gritty one, sure, but a story. BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN STORIES. BUT IT’S NOT AS SIMPLE AS BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE SO THEREFORE THOSE PEOPLE THAT BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO ARE PEOPLE WHO THE AUTHOR HATES. LIKE THAT IS THE TYPE OF LOGIC I SEE BANDIED AROUND ABOUT NESTA IN ACOFAS AND IT’S SO INFURIATING. Bad things happen to Nesta because THAT’S HOW PLOT AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT WORK. Step one in any hero building protagonist workshop is to heap loads and loads of pain onto a character. Isolate them even! (hello hp book 5!) Make them depressed! Make them hurt. Make the entire world against them so that when they conquer the fucking world and the evil in it, it’s that much sweeter. 
Like, SJM is just doing basic ass character plot things with Nesta and she gets shit on for it and told that she is “punishing” Nesta too harshly. Like holy shit if you don’t want to read something tough and difficult and maybe realistic, then stick with the Nessian fluff category on ao3.”
Of course authors might punish characters who are framed as definitely villains. Ie, when Lysandra slits Arobynn’s throat, thats a manifestation of her and Aelin getting revenge against the man who abused them. Everyone in the story accepts this as a fitting end and it’s not something we are meant to judge or criticize. So it’s not that authors never write “punishments” for characters in a way that is clear cut, it’s that when bad things happen to characters who we also have been endeared to and made to empathize with, we can’t interpret those bad things as manifestations of what the author themselves thinks that character deserves. 
Nesta is written as a character who is both very easy to empathize with—she’s abandoned by her father, thrown into poverty, doesn’t have the ability to survive on her own, captured, tortured, turned into something she never wanted to be, traumatized in the process, etc—and she’s also someone who we are able to dislike due to her treatment of Feyre and Mor etc. Nesta, though, is not written as a villain—within the narrative she isn’t going to ultimately be “punished” “beat” or “overcome.” That’s exceedingly clear. She’s a character who really struggles with mental health and coping mechanisms, and so we can see her promiscuity and alcoholism as being representative as that. Rather than punishments for her behavior towards any number of people, we can see these things as natural continuations of her character arc and growth. Furthermore, Nesta is not punished for her behavior by any of the other characters—if anyone punishes her it’s herself (though I don’t think she self-loathes that much). Feyre, Rhysand, Elain, Amren are all judgmental of what she does but they also care, and they continue to offer their support (monetarily from Rhys), and advice. 
Nesta, unlike someone like Arobynn, isn’t violently put down by team good for her actions. Her relationship with her family becomes more and more strained but in no way is Nesta framed as being someone Feyre must “punish.” Help? Yes. Do something about? Yes. (and whether or not we think Feyre deals with it properly is another matter). Feyre refuses to completely abandon her sister. 
Furthermore, the idea that authors punish character is inherently strange because it presumes that characters act in a manner which the author themselves always approves or disapproves of rather than simply acting in character. Also, think about how SJM likes writing Arobynn, if she truly wanted to keep him around for herself she could have, but she made the best and most necessary decision for the plot of the story, not one based on her own interest in writing him. Similarly, she loves writing Yrene’s voice, but Yrene makes up only a small part of KoA because there’s a lot of other stuff going on. 
Furthermore, SJM is a notorious pantser, meaning she doesn’t outline. Her characters lead the plot, and this is why, I think, they feel so real. SJM didn’t write acofas with the idea that Nesta must be punished, she likely sat down with an idea of what Nesta’s plot might be, and Nesta the character directed the writing of it. Obviously I’m conjecturing, but good, well written characters are ones who do things to themselves and others, and who make decisions, based on who they are, not based solely on what the author thinks qualifies as right and wrong. 
Nesta’s actions in acofas are painfully in character. She’s not being punished, she’s just being Nesta. 
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DOM 103 | ASSIGNMENT
Students in these classes can interview a person at the school who they think exemplify their mark. Students must ask at least 5 questions, and post the answers as well as a paragraph explaining why they chose the interviewee and what characteristics they have that make them a good example of their mark. You can interview any mark, not just your own. Subs could interview a sub they think is a great sub, or a dom they think is a great Dom or  Switch they think is great at both sides of their mark.
The reason I chose Clark is because she is everything a submissive should be. She’s a good girl who loves to serve but also isn’t afraid to speak her mind in a respectful way. Clark is always open with her wants and desires and also understands that sometimes she’s not always going to get her way. She follows orders, but not blindly, and she’s motivated to be the best submissive and person she can be. 
What was your reaction when you first got your mark as a submissive?  Honestly, when I first received my mark, I was a little nervous. But not for exactly what it meant to be a submissive. I had kinda dabbled in marks before actually receiving mine and I kinda already knew I was submissive. I was actually more nervous to see what being submissive meant and more so, what being submissive would force me to give up. I was afraid I was going to lose apart of myself because I would have to cater to a Dominants needs. I was afraid I was going to have to give up my dreams and goals just because of my mark.
Do you feel like you would have preferred a choice as a Switch? Or are you content with the mark you’ve been given?  I don’t think I’d make a very good switch. Before I arrived to the institute, I had some friends I would do shows with regularly with and two of them were in a claim together. And I would play with them often and one night, the Dominant told me that, because I hadn’t received my mark yet, I should dabble outside of just submitting. So he had me step into the Dom role one night. It was a disaster. I was lost and had no idea what I was doing. I was actually kind of afraid of the role. So I’m glad I don’t have to worry about it.
Do you feel as though there’s a power imbalance between Dominants and submissives in our society?  Um, sometimes? I don’t think it’s there all the time. Like, yeah, there are Dominants out there that lord over everyone simply because of their mark. There are Dominants out there that use their mark to drive fear into people. I feel like there are certain industries where it’s like it’s a Dominants club and no one else is allowed in. So I think that in some ways there is some imbalance but I think for the most part, society is okay.
From the perspective of a submissive, what is your opinion of the system we live in?  From my perspective as a submissive, including the many years of schooling I’ve had and the history classes I’ve taken and knowing what I know from why our world is the way it is and seeing many different outlooks of the society we live in, I don’t think it’s necessary. I think the system causes more harm than good in many cases. I think that the slave auctions are ridiculous. I think it punishes people unfairly. From what I’ve read and studied, before we entered into this class like system, there were people out there happy and single and living alone without taking care of anyone or needing anyone. I think that if people don’t want to enter into a relationship or a claim, they shouldn’t have to. Am I happy with my mark and my relationship and my possible claim, yeah I am. But I also have friends who are willing to go into the slave auctions rather than enter into a claim and I don’t think that’s fair to them. I think, in a way, the society does more harm than good and I wish there was compromise. Like, yeah, allow people to enter a claim and yeah, allow people to enjoy their marks. But also, if they don’t want to enter a claim, allow that too. I think the slave auctions would be better used as punishments for crimes. Instead of 10 years in jail, you get 10 years in the slave auctions. Instead of life in jail, life as a slave. I think the world would be a lot happier that way.
What are your expectations of a Dominant?  I expect Dominants to treat their submissives or any submissives as human beings. Because that’s what they are. I feel like Dominants sometimes feel like it is their job as Dominants to take care of everyone and make the rules and enforce them and what not. And yeah, that is part of their role. But supporting your submissives and encouraging them to have dreams and pursue them and help them succeed is just as important. I’ve seen so many people in my life where the submissive is a stay at home person who cooks and cleans and takes care of the house while the Dominant goes out to work and brings in the money. And while that may work for them, it would never work for me. I enjoy working. I enjoy being creative. I enjoy pushing the boundaries and learning new things and telling stories. I don’t think I could or would ever enter a claim where my Dominant asked me to stay at home and take care of the house. Is that what some submissives want? Maybe. And if thats the case, then I think their Dominant should support that. But I think it’s important for Dominants to understand submissives goals and dreams and hopes and ambitions and then support them in the same way that it is expected for submissives to do for their Dominants.
What do you think your responsibility as a submissive is to a Dominant?  I think Dominants and submissives have the same responsibility in different ways. Just as I expect a Dominant to respect and support my goals and dreams and hopes in life, I would expect a Dominant to expect the same from me. Yeah, I can cook and I can clean and I can do my best to keep a house tidy. But I think it’s just as important for me to help raise up my Dominant and support them in what they’re doing. For example: Deni is a musician. She’s an amazing songwriter and singer and all around talented human being. And in my relationship with her, outside the cooking and the cleaning and the great sex, I listen to her new stuff. I give her space to write. I let her bounce ideas off me. So yeah, I try to clean up and I give her time and attention but my role as her submissive is to make sure she is heard and she is taken care of when she gets lost in her writing.
Tell me about your usual aftercare routine? What do you prefer? Is it the same for all Dominants you’re with or does it depend on the Dominant?  When it comes to sexual scenes, my aftercare is usually sleep. I like to curl up with whoever I’m doing a scene with and fall asleep next to them. That is, if I know them well. If it’s not someone I know well, I’ll let them know I’m good and call it a day and then go find someone I am close to and fall asleep with them. For nonsexual scenes, it kinda depends on the scene. Impact play, lotion is usually nice. Sensory play, honestly, video games. It gives me something to focus on. Something I need to hear and see and touch. Video games also are a nice after care thing for like, chores and stuff too. I hate cooking and cleaning but I do it because it’s part of my role and is expected of me. So being allowed to do something I enjoy afterwards helps. Honestly, talking does not help. I’m not a big talker. At least not right away. It takes me time to process things. So if something goes wrong or I’m being punished for something, I don’t like when people expect me to talk right away. I need to process before I can talk. I usually only get more frustrated. So yeah.
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comicteaparty · 5 years
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April 3rd-April 9th, 2019 Reader Favorites Archive
The archive for the Reader Favorites chat that occurred from April 3rd, 2019 to April 9th, 2019.  The chat focused on the following question:
What webcomic inspired you to get into webcomics?  Please tell us about your journey. 
lonelytuatara
there were several for me but I think Sakana was one of the biggest inspirations for me! http://www.sakana-comic.com/ since Mad talks a lot about her process with the comic it really helped make it feel less like some kinda magic that I didn’t know how to do and more like something I could try myself
RebelVampire
honestly i find this to be a difficult question. im old enough to remember when internet wasnt a thing. so when it became a thing, there were basically always webcomics. and it was just kind of like...a normal thing to be read on the internet just as much as anything else. i never saw it as a lesser medium as some ppl have experienced. it was just always there along with the internet so it always felt natural to me to read them if they seemed interesting. that being said, if i had to pick the first webcomic that ever made me stick around for a long time, it was Bleedman's Powerpuff Girls D fancomic. Besides the fact it was super popular at the time, i just thought it was really different. like the art popped a lot more than other comics at the time (that i knew of at least), the story was way less comedy more actually serious material, and just in general i enjoyed the story telling. https://www.snafu-comics.com/swmseries/powerpuffgirls/
Iris
homestuck was the biggest one for me, but others like Witchy, Lady of the Shard, and Tuppence for Stardust are also big inspirations
€heshire777
I kind of networked out from online newspaper comics into actual webcomics and beyond, it's kind of hard to tell but I think Skin Horse (http://skin-horse.com/) was pretty much the first webcomic I got into.(edited)
RebelVampire
cause a true hyperlink comes with the http part. http://skin-horse.com/
also please wrap the hyperlink in < and > so the embed is prevented. it keeps the chat cleaner @€heshire777(edited)
yes sorry XD
im multi tasking and didnt notice the wrong tag
€heshire777
S'fine
I know that guy from a different server too
RebelVampire
@Iris please make sure to link the comics next time https://www.homestuck.com/ http://witchycomic.com/ https://gigidigi.itch.io/lady https://tapas.io/series/tuppenceforstardust
Iris
oh crud, sorry. I'm tired and absent-minded this morning
Respheal
I'm a keenspace child apparently, 'cuz my first introductions to webcomics were Saturnalia (https://web.archive.org/web/20070705042710/http://www.spacecoyote.com/comics/sat/) and RPG World (http://rpgworld.keenspace.com/). Both are dead now, although RPG World has a sorta-creator-blessed fan revival (http://rpgworld.the-comic.org/) And then I sorta fell away from them for a bit, mostly, until a friend threw Mokepon (http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/) and The Property of Hate (http://tpoh.smackjeeves.com/) at me and now I'm back xD
kayotics
I started reading webcomics back in the early 2000’s so I was consuming everything that was available, but I think the first one that actually made me think “I want my art to be like that” was The Meek https://www.meekcomic.com/ Up until that point I read mostly video game comics and they were funny but not inspiring me to make a comic. The Meek was gorgeous and interesting in a way that I hadn’t seen before.
varethane
A friend of mine made a webcomic in the early 2000s and I will not link it because it baaad, but that was my introduction to webcomics-- though when I started reading Terinu ( http://www.terinu.com/ ) and Lackadaisy Cats ( https://www.lackadaisycats.com/ ) was when I started wanting to make one of my own
The Meek and Gunnerkrigg Court were also early influences for me
oh, and hero! I loved this comic back in the day http://invisiblecities.comicgenesis.com/story.html
there were a handful of others that are no longer around, like Vampirates and Goodbye Chains and Astray3, all of which have vanished forever
Delphina
Acid Reflux (http://acidreflux.ficwad.com/) was the first webcomic I really got into back in 2000. The humor was a great blend of anime and light fantasy, which is definitely my happy place. The forum/IRC communities were big for the time too (and of course there was no social media back then outside of what people hosted themselves). When I started my own comic, one of my goals was to have a community like that.
varethane
yeah I totally used to hang out on the terinu forums and shared fanart and stuff XD
(and on my friends' forum which shall not be named)
Delphina
Yeah, standards were different back then XDDD
varethane
ohhhh yeahhh.
Nutty (Court of Roses)
The first webcomic I got into was Looking for Group https://www.lfg.co/. I'm a huge sucker for medieval settings, so my influences revolve around core fantasy, like Legend of Zelda and Lord of the Rings, but I also LOVE for my fantasy to not be taken as seriously with a good sense of humor, like LFG, Discworld, Dungeons and Dragons, and even The Adventure Zone. Seeing them create a graphic novel was sort of a catalyst for me deciding to make my own. I hope I do well for myself to contribute to the unique fantasy/comedy genre!(edited)
Brodnork
I actually started making webcomics before I knew they were a thing
When I was super young I made comic strips inspired by Calvin and Hobbes all the time
And when I got a deviantart account I started posting them
I think Calvin and Hobbes was a huge inspiration for my early work
Although I really started taking comics seriously when I started reading Cucumber Quest
https://cucumber.gigidigi.com/(edited)
Cucumber Quest
gigi
Calvin and Hobbes really inspired me to make comedy comics, and I loved the variety of backgrounds that were drawn in it
Cucumber Quest has lovely colours and a well written story, so I looked at pages from it a lot when I started teaching myself how to make colour palettes
magusferox
Anybody here read Kill Six Billion Demons? Epic stuff imo https://killsixbilliondemons.com/
€heshire777
Now I am
mika
i should make a tumblr page with all my favs
rae
for my old comic I put a bunch of my favs in the links section because I wanted more people to read them. XD
varethane
That's what I did too XD
though it's gotten a little bit out of date and I haven;t made a new one yet for my new comic
ErinPtah (Leif & Thorn | BICP)
I keep my active reading list on ComicRocket these days (https://www.comic-rocket.com/users/SailorPtah/), and when they finish...or stop updating...I move them to the on-site reclist (http://www.bicatperson.com/links/references/finished-comics/).
Some of the oldest ones I remember reading are Venus Envy, Catball & Clown Girl, Boy Meets Boy, 1/0, Alternate Delusions, and girly. (So, also a Keenspace child, lol.) http://www.venusenvycomic.com/index.php http://catball.comicgenesis.com/ http://boymeetsboy.keenspot.com/ http://oneoverzero.comicgenesis.com/ http://altdelusions.comicgen.com/ http://girlyyy.com/
ShaRose49
The first webcomic I ever read was Michelle Phan’s Helios Femina, Just cause I was a fan of her makeup tutorials. I started reading it but stopped and then when I started making my own webcomics last year I got into it again, but the story turned out to be not my thing, but freaking gorgeous art. Then I got into Planet Ace, Shiori, and webtoons like UnOrdinary and Spaceboy, and The Villain. Just sooooo good brings back some great summer memories. http://planet-ace.smackjeeves.com/ https://m.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/helios-femina/list?title_no=638&webtoon-platform-redirect=true https://m.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-villain/list?title_no=188266&page=1&webtoon-platform-redirect=true https://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=143025 https://m.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/unordinary/list?title_no=679&page=1&webtoon-platform-redirect=true https://m.webtoons.com/en/drama/space-boy/list?title_no=400&page=1&webtoon-platform-redirect=true(edited)
RebelVampire
@ShaRose49 please wrap the links in < and > to prevent the embed
ShaRose49
Oh sorry!
Do you just stick the link in between <>?
€heshire777
yep
Make sure there's no space though
ShaRose49
Okeydokey!
I’ll definitely do that next time
ShaRose49
Oh can I edit?
I really don’t know discord that well
€heshire777
Hold click/press the message for options(edited)
RebelVampire
i think thats mobile only
on desktop you hit the three dots on the right
€heshire777
ah
ShaRose49
Fixed!
RebelVampire
thank you~!
ShaRose49
No prob thanks for helping me
€heshire777
sure
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earthvsjazz · 5 years
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Too Long Didn’t Read.....
                  A Year In Review
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This Post took over a week to complete...
 I don’t know how to start this....but I have a main idea of what I want to say...but never how to begin...I’m not good at this stuff..
Why don’t we start with this...
It’s been a long year...but it’s gone by so quickly....I find that as I get older, Time goes by faster and faster every year..
I often compare Time  to the spiral wishing well in the mall that you put your change in and you watch it go around in a circle and is it gets closer to the center it gains more and more speed..that is how I perceive time..
I wanted to post this because I want to show myself, not just you how far I have come in the last year....and to use this as inspiration for myself when I get in those periods of blue...not for humble bragging...
So Last year I was in not the best mental state...
Between Work,Family, Sirens and my own Fuck Ups it was not a good time...
I was in the dumps...I didn’t want to live (What’s New) And I got angry...And when I get angry or hurt....I try to show the demons inside that I am better then them..and that I can show them that I can be successful.
Chronic Schizophrenia
https://youtu.be/3Dn3F5Ad8qQ
And Hurt then turns into obsession..
The First obsession was to get YouTube up and running..to Invest time into making videos and trying to promote the show...
So I started putting more and more into youtube...until I became obsessed with trying to get 10,000 Views....
This was before they changed the rules to YT partnership.....
When they did I was not discouraged...
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 I missed the requirement by 27 days.....and after 10,000 views my channel really started to take off...
During that Time...I started a Podcast....
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7vDZuofx6GhZ1DlEQVJmHZqkM9od4fBG
I started Vlogging,...I started making music...I got to meet Doug Stanhope, Kaki King, Joey “Coco” Diaz and Mick Foley all in this year...
I got To See Yanni Live (With The Best Seats I have ever had a Concert) and Got to See Tricot in Orlando...
I had a Road Trip with Matt and Ate Mushrooms on Cast...and Spent Stupid Money on Records this year....
I started to feel better..
I was (Am) Making Goals...and One by One Crossing them off...
I started to get my confidence back...
Let me talk about that for a second...
Here’s the Deal...
I am at an advantage...I have people in my life who look after me...Awesome wonderful friends and family who encourage, who inspire...I have people on my cast who enjoy my show, and give me sooo much confidence...It cannot be bottled, it cannot be sold, And I realize that some people do not have those things in their life...I’m really lucky and blessed to have these people in my life...
I’m just saying that if you are down and out....(I think the word Depression is not a good word...People automatically write it off as soon as they hear it...but everyone understands “Sad”) In fact even a 5 year old can understand Sad...If you find yourself on the “Road to Sadness”, seek out good people in your life. Find people that inspire you...Mimic what works for them...Find Family members or maybe people in your online or real life communities...Seek them out..Learn from them and find out how they can help....People genuinely want to help...At least I think they do...Don’t be afraid to ask...If you were drowning in an ocean and you saw a boat, you would ask for help....
Like Bob Dylan Says
“Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride.
You will not die, it's not poison." - from Tombstone Blues
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In March I decided to double down on my cast and took a Large Hiatus from video games...I lost some people, and gained a bunch more in the process....I realized I never was gonna play the games people wanted (I’m Not Getting a F’N Switch) and I felt that I wasn’t honest with people. I’m not passionate about video games and outside of childhood nostalgia....I can’t play new video games without getting dizzy and I’m not interested....My original intention of the show was to focus on music, and to play music live on cast...But if you have watched me before then you know that I take every episode one at a time, and that I’m pretty much making all of this up as I go...
In that time so much has happened....Thanks to @namineackerman I explored Younow...and In the last 6-7 months I have reached over 4,000+ views on Younow...
Mixer has almost 200 followers...and climbing...This still floors me because it blew up out of nowhere...I went from 20 to 163 in whats seems like just a couple of months...The irony was as soon as I stopped playing video games...My Numbers started to grow...
I put up a bunch of Vlogs, and Music Videos....I wrote music...I did what ever I could to overcome my sadness and get back in the game....Sometimes having a distraction or hobby is just what the Doctor ordered...I’ve said this many times....My cast is way cheaper then Therapy....What works for me,might not work for you...but I think there is sound advice...somewhere in here...
I started playing in My Local Community band...I feel outside of the show. that this has been one of the most important things I have done for Mental health...My Old college professor is the Director, and although I’m not Religious...My Old College Band Room is my Church....and after years of being away...my reoccurring dreams I would have where I was late and unprepared for a Concert, stopped. I think my brain was trying to tell me something...Not everyone has this option...but if people are looking for a solution that isn’t a prescription...Maybe some of these suggestions will help....
In this Year I have got two Paychecks from Twitch... All the hard work...all the time, finally started to pay off...and it has given me so much momentum..I started to believe that I could do this...Maybe not a career..but it could become the platform for me and my friends to show the world that we are funny, and that we just needed a chance, and a little momentum...
This has allowed me to Upgrade some Equipment, Get a Logo for the Show, Start Selling Merch, Get a Fivver Account, Clean up the show...and start playing with the Big Boys....
Now here I am...writting on a blog that I started in 2017 and I’m almost to 100 followers...I had a blog on Blogspot back in 2005-2008....It was called “Turtles, Music and Boobs” No one read it, unless you were an Ex, or a Boyfriend of an Ex...Blogging has become so much more than then, and the tools we have now in Tumblr, I would have killed for 2005....I don’t remember what my exact follow count was back in the day, but I’m pretty sure it was under 30...now as I write this I’m at 81 and climbing...
BTW to All My Adult Content Followers:
I cannot follow you back on this account....I check my tumblr on cast (Sometimes), and in public and I would like to keep this Account SFW..Plus I just got a phone, and I’m trying really hard to NOT watch Porn on it.....Good Luck Everybody....you know that gonna last like a day...
I still want to support you and I’m not judging you...Please....The only thing my show doesn’t have is Porn.... I’ve been watching since a young age..and I get it..It’s awesome...Fun for the whole family...
So I’ve tried to come up with a solution for some of my NSFW Followers...
I made a joke Tumblr for the Twitch cast Last year...
http://www.edsmicropenis.tumblr.com/
I don’t really care what size you think I am....but this is just sitting there, and I don’t have time for this Blog, let alone one we made to giggle on cast...
Point is, I will follow all the NSFW accounts that Have followed on that account...
On Most Platforms like Mixer, Instagram, and Youtube...I pride myself on F4F and this is one platform that I just can’t....but hopefully this will be a temp solution till I can come up with a better one....
  It’s Almost Over....
Thats all I really have to say...I use this blog to Support and Showcase the Show, and I try to come up with Original Content...
The main idea of this Post is “Thank you”
Thank you for Supporting my Blog...My Show....My 5 posts every time I go live, My Stupid Youtube Videos...My Obsession with Asian Wrestlers...For making this the most Successful Blog...I have ever made...for being there...For Not Giving up on me...and Most of all Encouraging me to be the best...
When I saw that I was getting close to 80 Followers...I wanted to do a year in Review...If not for me...but for others,so they can know that if you put your heart into something...The Universe knows...and sometimes helps too.
Thanks and Goodnight...
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another thing which may be not as common or maybe it is, is that the art i work on, is always destined to be like. made to post, right? so i get frustrated with so many things cause im like this is worthless i cant post this its not good enough or I'll end up rushing something to post it to keep up regular posts, and the worst part about that is I'll have so many things ive been working on that I'll rush and want to spend more time on but rather than doing that i just post them and never look at them again. but thats like, abnormal, i feel. and i think instead of having this idea in me where im like okay how do i make this "post worthy" i would be much happier just being like how do i make this more fun for me?
recently i downloaded clip studio on my new compy, and i wanted to test out brushes. so i started working on a scenic piece to test out brushes. so in my head, the "post worthy" goal had been eliminated. this wasnt going to see the light of day, i established. and that freedom was so nice honestly! i ended up working on it over the course of a few days at my own pace and i would just add whatever as i went like bob ross style. I wanted to make little frogs ride in paper boats down a river so i did. i wanted to draw a person sitting on a rock enjoying the nature around them so i did. and it was fun.
and i wrote something down to add to it when i woke up at some point and then forgot about it, i wanted a little dock for the paper boats and frogs, and i realized oh i could just go back and add that. thats fine. Where if i was intending to post it and i already posted it, i wouldn't go back and fix that because it's already "done".
and actually now that i think about this i think this has always been a problem for artists. the need to commercialize your work kind of ruins the act of creation and the process involved. and social media and the internet makes this a lot worse i think. its so much easier to get eyes on your art now, so you end up falling into this a lot faster. im always being told to monetize my work, and its so easy to do so now.
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haeroniel-doliet · 3 years
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Hnghhh why does it require e f f o r t and p a t i e n c e and p r a c t i c e to get good at art????? I need to be good immediately and things i want to see appear at a snap of my fingers.......
Read more for what became an accidental full rant about why ive yet to post anything besides that one thing idkkkk
Aka im TRYING to be good and practice little by little but its BORING and difficult to not get immediate reward.... Also because for whatever reason i really dont wanna watch tutorials so im tryna be all self taught kinda and im OBVIOUSLY making a lot of mistakes like its part of the process but its FRUSTRATING
Basically im on my 6th??? Idk restart attempt at the same fennec portrait and its. Okay. Its at a point where im like nice as long as i suffer over the details here itll be decent ish. Probably.
But its not REWARDING.....
I know i want to do screencaps and character and face studies to get to the point of good art i wish i could be but .... I also just wanna draw like fun fic scenes and silly doodles of characters like some of the cool artists i follow do but i CANT because im not GOOD ENOUGH yet. ;(((((((
Yea i could post sketches or whatver i manage in a night but like who the fuck wants to follow that? Nah... I just idk. I DONT KNOW i dont know what my art goals are (i do, but DO I??)
My brain also obviously doesnt work very well visually which is GREAT so like, any original work its a lot like 'i'll know its right when i see it' but getting next to no other direction and you just gotta be like right. Okay uhhh my anatomy skills are stunted from when i was like 16?? Perspective?? Detail?? WHATS THE COLOR SCHEME
Never mind that i just... Dont understand the program or brushes that well idk why. Krita should be good and im too stressed to experiment different softwares.... BLEGH
i just. Part of me aches to go back to traditional for a bit but i just, dont have the means to make the scale of work i want ro produce with traditional materials yknow?? Maybe i should try just sketching scanning and then lining on computer again idk. At least for some of these face things.
Ok so my GOAL is to always have a very recognizable face. Like. I guess i cant hold myself to photorealism standards because hahahhah id die! But like, i want the face to be looked at and go ah yes! Its that guy! That actress! My friend! Me! Whoever! But like, recognizable. Because i know i CAN thats what i do! Thats all ive been good at !!!!
And like yeah i could hone that, yknow? Work on face studies and mini portraits of all my favourite actors and scenes and shit. Cool right?? Yeahh that could be sickaroni macaroni. People like faces they can recognize and good refined work. I can do that
But i want to be MORE
Id love love love to make like. Scenic paintings. Concept art level atmosphere and color and light and presence and as tory telling yknow?? Id like to substitute the literally colorless fog inside my head into vivid scenes. Id like to try and take the fics that in my head are set in ??? Space with some movement here and there and just idk emotions? Into fleshed out SCENES with backdrops and accurate anatomy and WEIGHT and like, everything incredible that i admire in true art.
But thats hard, yknow? I havent really ever done backgrounds and what i have have been so flat. I dont KNOW how to do that (here i would be willing to have a teacher i think but. Im tired. I cant even seek out a short term therapist for myself how am i gonna find the kind of teacher i want?? Because of course i want them to teach me how to achieve whata inside my dreams and not what they know how to do ykno)
Yeah so i want to try and paint screencaps in the meantime. See if i cant struggle my way to fit this putty of skill into a square box. Like i think i can paint. Digitally? Somewhat idk?? Maybe if i just. Keep trying itll work out?? Start with simpler ones and build up to complexity??
But also. If im juat trying to get myself to love art again, why am i trying to throw myself in the deep end of struggling with something im not good at?? Shouldnt i be just refining what i already know? Like. A character! Standing. Maybe in a cooler pose if going crazy. Refining basic anatomy. How does fabric work? How does hair work? Can i make expressions seem realistic?
Next step, could i make a picture of someone without direct reference?? Like. Could i draw maybe a wee dinluke holding eachother or whatever and like. Just. Do it?? Without doing a version of photoshopping two pics of the actors through art together. Idk.
Also NONE of this makes sense to anyone outside my head and im SORRY
Like i dont even have a resolution at the end here!!! Im just FRUSTRATED!!!
I wanna draw, i wanna have results and success and rewarding experiences. But i also want ro challenge myself and do super complex shit and like really push myself to learn impressive difficult shit and be proud of down the line.
Im so tired. I cant even feel ok drawing without having someone on call with me to alleviate the immense pressure of frustration and anxiety and stress and struggle!!
I just. Wanna enjoy it
Okay fine i need to find a show or smth to 'watch'
And tomorrow? I might whip out a sketchbook thats been last used 8 years ago and. Ignore everything in it hahhaha its bad
But no im gonna. Im gonna draw scenes. With minimal reference
I might make a face collage i definitely wanna for pascal and mar camel
But im gonna put PENCIL to PAPER and get to the roots of MY HAND CAN DRAW just give her a chance, and get your brain outta the game.
Ok so fuck me this rant has to end here or ill never stop
If you read this (i dont expect ANYONE to have) send me like a message or whatever lol imma need to ask if youre ok <3
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Why Dont Republicans Want To Impeach Trump
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Why Dont Republicans Want To Impeach Trump
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The Reluctant Trump Critics
Geraldo: Why GOP want new witnesses in Trump impeachment probe
Shelley Moore Capito, West VirginiaI think the president does own this, Capito told reporters. I did support the president, and I did support the policies, and I think the policies were good for West Virginia. But this is inexcusable. The president was convincing people all along that it was stolen, Capito said today. The facts didnt bear that out. He was using his power to convince them of a result that was never going to happen, which was to overturn the election and to force us into accepting that, into breaking our constitutional duties. She also said that on a personal level, the experience that day had been horrifying.
Richard Burr, North CarolinaToday, Americas core principles were threatened by those seeking to forcibly stop our electoral process and overturn the results of a presidential election with which they disagreed, Burr said in a statement after the riot. The President bears responsibility for todays events by promoting the unfounded conspiracy theories that have led to this point. Burr will not seek reelection in 2022.
Mike Lee, UtahIts unlike anything Ive seen in 10 years in the Senate, Lee said. He called the rioters an angry, lawless mob who should rot in prison for the rest of your lives. He also said he was not pleased by the presidents words.
They’ll Stand By Their Man Even When Doing So Is Bad For Democracy
Former President Trump will once again make the kind of history you do not want your name associated with on Tuesday when his second impeachment trial commences in the U.S. Senate. As with Trump’s first trial , the outcome is not in doubt. But just because we know how it will end doesn’t mean the trial won’t be gripping. Members of Congress narrating their terrifying Insurrection Day ordeals will be a riveting spectacle. And just as we did in the House last month, Americans will get a quick and dirty head count of how many Republicans value democracy itself more than their own political fates.
Don’t get your hopes up on that score. While the political and evidentiary cases for GOP senators to convict Trump and bar him from ever holding federal office again are straightforward, the path to 67 votes is not. Instead, viewers should brace themselves for torturous arguments about how it is unconstitutional to impeach a former president, and some extremely “It depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is” galaxy logic about how Trump did not incite the crowd to insurrection because he did not literally say the words “please go and lay violent siege to our national legislature.” Gathering more than one Republican in a room these days is a plain invitation to this kind of sophistry.
That they still refuse to do so says more about them than it does about Trump.
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Boebert live-tweeted about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s location during the Capitol insurrection Jan. 6 as Pelosi, second in line to the presidency, was being rushed to a secure location. Greene, among other offenses, made in 2018 and 2019 suggesting that she supported executing prominent Democrats.
Some of the senators who endorsed Paul’s motion Tuesday might be tempted to think they can simply move on from Trump and therefore want to avoid an impeachment trial so his entire shameful presidency can be forgotten as quickly as possible.
But they’ve helped to create a disaster much bigger than Trump. By giving in to him at every turn, Republicans helped create the epidemic of conspiracy theories and alternative facts rampant in the Republican Party.
Perhaps most consequentially, they endorsed his Big Lie about the election. It wasn’t just Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Josh Hawley of Missouri who propagated fantasies about widespread voter fraud, irregularities and a “steal.” Fourteen Senate Republicans announced before the attack on the Capitol that they planned to object to counting at least one state’s electoral votes, even though Trump had won none of his more than 60 lawsuits trying to overturn the results and even though no evidence of widespread voter fraud was found by election officials in any state regardless of party.
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The Situation In Wisconsin Looks A Bit Different Than The National Polls
A of Wisconsin released yesterday is a reminder that the national poll results were seeing are a bit different than the attitudes in top battleground states for 2020.
In the poll, 46 percent of registered voters in Wisconsin say there is enough cause for Congress to hold impeachment hearings on Trump, versus 49 percent who disagree. That 46 percent is lower than the majorities weve seen in most national polls supporting the impeachment inquiry.
The poll also finds 44 percent of Wisconsin supporting Trumps impeachment/removal from office, versus 51 percent who oppose it.
Trumps job rating in Wisconsin is 46 percent in the poll slightly higher than his national average in the low 40s.
And in hypothetical general-election matchups, Biden leads Trump by 6 points in the state, 50 percent to 44 percent. Thats compared with Bernie Sanders 2-point lead , Elizabeth Warrens 1-point lead , and Pete Buttigiegs 2-point deficit .
Most national polling shows all of these Democrats ahead of Trump by double digits or high-single digits.
Senate Trial To Restart At Noon Wednesday
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Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will reconvene at noon ET on Wednesday after a day of arguments about the constitutionality of trying a former president for high crimes and misdemeanors.
The Senate voted by a 56-44 margin that the proceedings are constitutional, as only six Republicans joined with all Democrats.
On Wednesday, the nine House impeachment managers prosecuting the case against Trump and the former president’s defense team will start arguments about whether Trump incited an insurrection when a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6. Each side will have up to 16 hours over no more than two days to make their case.
The House managers are expected to start Wednesday by rebutting the arguments Trump’s lawyers made before the constitutionality vote. Jacob Pramuk
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Republican Rep Offers Two Good Reasons Why Joe Biden Should Be Impeached
Joe Biden should be impeached, and Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy has offered two excellent reasons why it should happen.
Remember the flimsy reasons Democrats used to impeach Trump? This is nothing like that. This is real.
If Republicans take the House and Senate in 2022, they should make Chip Roy the point man on making this a reality.
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GOP Rep Says Biden Comment on Constitutionality of Eviction Moratorium Is Impeachable
President Joe Biden is under fire for comments about the constitutionality of the eviction moratorium, after he bucked the Supreme Courts deadline of July 31. Biden caved to progressives who asked him to extend the moratorium after Congress failed to legislate an extension.
I cant guarantee you the court wont rule that we dont have that authority but at least well have the ability to, if we have to appeal, to keep this going for a month-at least. I hope longer, Biden said in response to a question about the moratoriums constitutionality:
Why is the eviction moratorium constitutional, I asked the president. Biden told me I cant guarantee you the court wont rule that we dont have that authority but at least well have the ability to, if we have to appeal, to keep this going for a month-at least. I hope longer.
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The Senate Had No Business Voting On Whether A Former President Could Be Impeached Its Only Role Is To Determine If An Impeached Person Is Guilty
Forty-five Republican senators;voted this week to dismiss former President Donald Trumps impeachment trial before it even started. Although their maneuver failed, it focused the spotlight on a question of constitutional procedure the Senates ability to try a former official. Senate Republicans wishing to duck their constitutional obligation and avoid giving offense to Trump and his loyal supporters;would like nothing more than to engage in debates about process. That way they can avoid talking about the actual insurrection Trump incited;and the damage and death it caused. But like so many legal arguments Trump intimidates GOP officials;into making, the question isnt a close one.
The Senate concluded long ago that it had jurisdiction to try a former officer, expressly voting on the question after the House of Representatives impeached former Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876.;They did so because the Constitution makes clear that impeachment serves two important goals removing a bad actor from office and forever disqualifying him or her from holding or enjoying any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States. That is clear not only from the plain text of the Constitution, but also from the precedents the framers drew upon, such as the 18th century trial of Warren Hastings;in England. He left office in 1785, was impeached in 1787, and was acquitted in 1795 after a seven-year trial.;
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Trump Impeachment Lawyer Castor’s Drawn
Political watchers covering the impeachment trial on social media quickly lost patience with Bruce Castor Jr., the first lawyer on former President Donald Trump’s legal team to deliver arguments in the Senate.
Castor, a former district attorney in Pennsylvania, took the chamber floor to argue that the impeachment trial is unconstitutional because Trump is no longer president.
But viewers quickly got lost trying to follow Castor’s rhetoric and took to Twitter to mock the speech as confusing, rambling and at times incoherent.
Even some of Trump’s supporters gave Castor’s performance dismal reviews.
“There is no argument. I have no idea what he’s doing. I have no idea why he’s saying what he’s saying,” said Alan Dershowitz, who previously said he would be willing to defend Trump in the trial.
Kevin Breuninger
Donald Trumps Second Impeachment Trial Rests In The Hands Of Republican Senators
Impeachment defence slams Dems who ‘don’t want to face Trump as a future political rival’
With a two-thirds majority of senators required to convict the former president, 17 GOP lawmakers would have to join the Democrats
Democratic control of the US Senate could create problems for Donald Trump in the weeks ahead when the former president likely faces his second impeachment trial but not because Democrats by themselves would be able to convict Trump on the charge at hand: incitement of insurrection.
A two-thirds majority of voting senators 67 if all 100 members vote is still required to convict the president, and the Democratic caucus will number only 50 senators. Thus they would need 17 Republicans to join them to convict Trump.
If convicted, Trump could be banned from ever again holding public office. If not, Trump, who won the votes of 74 million Americans just two months ago, might simply run for president again in 2024.
Late Thursday it emerged that Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to push back the start of the Senate trial to give Trump time to prepare. He said he is suggesting the impeachment charge be presented to the Senate on 28 January and the trial to start two weeks after that.
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said he was negotiating on timing but added make no mistake about it. There will be a trial, there will be a vote, up or down or whether to convict the president.
I suspect this is the kind of thing that the Senate parliamentarian is hunkered down with somebody figuring out, Bowman said.
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The Latest From California
Theres been a sharp decline in support for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Melanie Mason reported. The latest UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll finds 35% of voters in the state approve of Feinsteins work. Thats the first time that her job approval has turned negative. The poll also gives early readings on Harris and newly appointed Sen. Alex Padilla.
For the record: Wednesdays newsletter said Fox Business had filled Lou Dobbs slot on the network with former Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow. The new program with Kudlow is not taking Dobbs time slot.
And a quick programming note: Essential Politics will take Monday off for the holiday. Well be back in your inbox on Wednesday, Feb. 17.
Stay in touch
Trump Attorney Schoen Accuses Lawmakers Of ‘insatiable Lust For Impeachment’
Trump’s second defense attorney to speak on Tuesday, David Schoen, delivered a scathing critique of the impeachment process in a speech that accused Democrats of seeking to go after the ex-president in any way they could.
“The denial of due process in this case of course starts with the House of Representatives,” Schoen, a former lawyer to Trump ally Roger Stone, said from the Senate floor.
Schoen’s remarks, which he at times read from prepared notes, were more direct than those made by Castor, who assumed a folksy persona and appeared to ramble.
“In this unprecedented snap impeachment process, the House of Representatives denied every attribute of fundamental constitutional due process that Americans have correctly come to believe is what makes this country so great,” Schoen said. “How and why did that happen? It is a function of the insatiable lust for impeachment in the House for the last four years.”
Schoen played a video montage of Democrats, including the lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., calling for Trump’s impeachment as far back as 2017.
Other Democrats shown in the video included Keith Ellison, the former Minnesota congressman who now serves as that state’s attorney general, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, Rep. Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
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The Republican Senators Who Are Being Asked To Judge Trump Are Guilty Of The Very Same High Crime For Which The Former President Has Been Impeached
Senator Lindsey Graham speaks at his press conference on Capitol Hill a day after Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington on January 7, 2021.
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To Lindsey Graham, who said Donald Trump could count me out after the Capitol attack on January 6 but has spent the last month scurrying back to him, is apparently offended by the impeachment case presented by the House managers. I think most Republicans found the presentation by the House Managers offensive and absurd, he tweeted. And hes probably right: Reporters in the Senate chamber are saying that some Republicans are engaging in performative disinterest, reading books or refusing to look at the videos of the violence, like theyre a bunch of Judd Nelsons who are too cool for school. Some are even refusing to sit in the chamber, as they are required to do.
Why Would They Do This
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We know the Democrats and most of the Republicans hate President Trump.; He stood for the average American.; ;He stood up for Americans and didnt go to Washington to enrich himself but to enrich the average American and bring pride back to America.
President Trump hoped to drain the swamp but he and America never knew how corrupt the cesspool in Washington really was.; Now after doing all he can to help America protect its citizens, increase the economy, allow Americans to keep more of their own money, protect its borders, create peace deals and bring its soldiers home, the globalists and deep state scum despise him.; He was successful and too popular for standing up to the corruption and for Americans.
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So they are going to impeach him with 11 days left in his Presidency:
Democrats Release Latest Draft of Articles of Impeachment Will Formally Introduce Documents on Monday Via Bannon War Room
Why would they do this?
The President just won the 2020 election with the most legitimate votes of any US president in history.; More than 74 million Americans voted for President Trump.; But the Democrats and the Biden campaign stole it.; Weve pointed out millions of votes that were fraudulent and when addressed would easily give the election to President Trump.; The fraud in three states alone when properly if ever addressed would give the win to President Trump:
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Senate Republicans Don’t Want Trump To Testify In Impeachment Trial
Senate Republicans on Thursday said they don’t want former President TrumpDonald TrumpIran president: Country ready to resume nuclear talks without Western ‘pressure’ Trump in advanced talks to sell DC hotel: reportMORE to testify as part of a second impeachment trial after House impeachment managers formally requested the former president;testify under oath next week.
The public pushback comes as his legal team appears to be shooting down the request from the House impeachment managers, dismissing it as a “publicity stunt.”
GOP senators say there’s no reason for Trump to testify after the House impeached him for a historic second time without calling any witnesses,;a move that was different than the 2019 impeachment effort.;
House;Democrats argued they could move more quickly this time because lawmakers experienced the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol firsthand and had witnessed Trump’s speech;just prior;to the riot, where he urged supporters;to march to the Capitol building.
Lindsey Olin GrahamMcConnell: Biden ‘is not going to be removed from office’Biden’s Afghanistan exit: A decision for the long termHeavy fighting reported in last Afghanistan province not under Taliban controlMORE , a close Trump ally who said he spoke to the former president “a couple of days ago,” dismissed the House impeachment managers’ request as a “political ploy.”
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