#i'm glad we're friends

[critterpilled]

[id: a gif of text which reads, "i'm glad we're friends". the text is light orange with a dark, blue-ish outline. there is a thick, rainbow border around it and animated sparkles]

#upload #✨ #🌈 #🫂 #gif #web #webcore #friendship #friends #i'm glad we're friends #web graphics #positive #rainbow #sparkle #mild flashing #words #graphics

[punkrockmixtapes]

Thank you, I’m Sorry - How Many Slugs Can We Throw Against the Wall Until We Question Our Own Morality

#youtube #How Many Slugs Can We Throw Against the Wall Until We Question Our Own Morality #Thank You I'm Sorry #I'm Glad We're Friends

[pocket-notebook]

What do you do when you have two fixations at once? OBVIOUSLY, combine them. Obviously

#do the whole beetlejuice show in this outfit #beetlejuice #beetlejuice musical #beetlejuice the musical #betelgeuse #musicaljuice #rocky horror picture show #fanart #my creepy old guy #he looks so good #like SOO good #like he should wear this for the whole musical good #only problem? i've created such a niche #it's the perfect combo #I can't stop looking at him #he looks so good in makeup #bet it would look even better smeared- #but you didn't hear that from me 😳 #and to the two friends who I send these drawings to first? I'm glad we're in this niche together #my art

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance - The Grid

#kingdom hearts dream drop distance #khddd #the grid #scenery #my gif #the general aesthetic of this world makes most areas feel very samey #i was worried that i wouldn't be able to make this set look varied enough but i think it turned out alright #but i'm glad sora and riku were able to wear unique outfits in this world and that they brought back the lightcycle race #replaying this game made me realize that sora and quorra's friendship is pretty adorable haha #she took one look at that kid and was like our names rhyme we're best friends now let's team up and ditch the other characters #guess i'm a fan of sora befriending computer people because the whole thing with tron/rinzler is really interesting to me #imagine my surprise when i played this game for the first time and saw that sora got through to tron but couldn't save him #and that we don't return back to this world to resolve it #he reached for his hand...

[astriiformes]

Comparing your work to other people's is a great way to kill your joy for a thing so let me be clear and say this is not that, I am just a human person with human emotions and sometimes that means needing to be the tiniest bit petty and then moving on. You know. For your health or something.

There is a very popular cosplayer who coincidentally keeps doing the same costumes as me, and I am just the tiniest bit annoyed about it, because as is the case with many (...most) very popular cosplayers, they have a very specific, airbrushed, conventionally attractive, perfect makeup, etc aesthetic to all their photos that is. Not what I personally value in cosplay, at least. Which is fine! Different people having different approaches to costumes is part of what makes cosplay such an interesting hobby!

But it does bother me a tiny bit that the work I put into my costumes is not necessarily the kind of work that gets attention, and it does make it a little glaringly obvious when it's The Same Characters.

(Also you all know the kinds of characters I cosplay. I gravitate towards them in part because they have weird energy, not super put together attractive energy. But that's only part of my point.)

Anyways. I do not follow them on Instagram because why would I do that, but nonetheless I saw that they're apparently also doing a Laois cosplay now, which I guarantee will get lots more attention than mine. And for the most part that's fine, I love cosplay and I love doing my weird little thing and I especially love that I do in fact know other people that value the same things as me & that we have fun together. I will have a great time in my fun little costume, dressing up with my friends in their fun little costumes and I am looking forward to it. And I do not actually need likes to validate that I am becoming a pretty damn good cosplayer (whose stuff is better quality than many popular cosplayers' because I care more about craftsmanship than I do getting attention). I am even thinking pretty seriously about having Laois be my first ever competition costume if the armor turns out alright, because I think I'm genuinely getting to that level.

But it would just be kind of neat if being a weird little guy with weird little ideas who is into the hobby because I like sourcing historical patterns and materials and thinking about the worldbuilding that goes into costumes and creating neat little "in-universe" ephemera to hand out to people and all the things I like didn't always mean getting overshadowed by Instagram Perfect Attractive People.

Alas. Okay glad that's out of my system I'm normal again. I'm going to make some more chain mail.

#me with my 150 whole instagram followers: what do you mean the people aren't into gremlins who make their own chainmail #i got spoiled with andreas because there are like three andreas cosplayers in the entire world and we're all feral history nerds #who have geeked out together about the character/costume #but alas. i like a popular thing again #actually okay i have one more serious thing to say and that's that i don't even have it the worst #i've seen friends who are way more self conscious about their bodies than me get really sad over this before #and i do not blame them because they are all really talented cosplayers who do not get the attention that they deserve #i wish people got as excited about passion and good craftsmanship as they do. well. you know #anyways. that's why i like my little cosplay circle so much. i'm glad i've found people with the same priorities as me

[robogart]

no you're SO right about the baldurs gate writing & design. I feel like everyone played a different version of that game where the characters were actually interesting and not just like. poorly written twig people. literally none of the party members have any meat on their bones, even the fuckin "muscle lady" who looks just as twiglike as everyone else its so grating

YES the "it feels like everyone played a different version of that game" is definitely where we're at right now! I'm glad you're in the same boat, it's nice to know we're not alone!! ; w ; 🙏💖💖

It's hard with the writing, because on one hand, I'm here for classic character types and tropes - I'll eat the same ones over and over! But of course, it's always with the caveat of if they're executed well (in MY opinion, it's always subjective). For example, we LOVE Astarion in this house (and Gale has been a surprise like for us too) - but SO much of that is because how the actors delivered the characters. And Astarion in particular feels SO well done - Neil Newbon is such an excellent character actor and he FEELS like a character because the actor brings a lot of nuance to the delivery. But if anyone else voiced him, it would feel lackluster. And that's because the writing is not as strong and intentional feeling. Even the way conversations are paced feel rather clunky - and the most "succesful" dialogue is because the actor is setting better breath and pace and emotion than the dialogue and story gives on its own.

So much of the actual character depth to me feels like it is largely aided by the actors rather than the writing itself. Which I know writing that, it feels a bit DUH that's what the actors are there for. But both things can exist at the same time. And I feel bad for always pointing at Dragon Age, but it's an adjacent game in this field and it's crafted Very Well where both the performances from the actors add depth to the already solid writing. Even looking up Dragon Age writers, you can easily find who the main writers were for each character, which is what gives them SUCH a clear voice and point of view. (And I think there are some characters who are weaker in Dragon Age, but I can't argue that they don't ever feel consistent to themselves despite my opinion of their writing). Whereas so many of the characters in bg3 just feel like they were made in an aimless gamer-bro echo chamber without any direction and the only saving grace is by the performance of the actor.

But!! Rambling!! I'm so sorry @ w @;;; I'm just very impassioned by this right now = w =;;;

#i'm so sorry to scream about this anon and ramble! but i'm glad you're in the same feeling as well!! ; w ; #my friend and I will be happy to know we're not alone!! 🙏💖💖

[ohmthipakorn]

i adore jade and uea's friendship so much :( uea being protective of jade and making sure mai has the right intentions and is serious about him, because jade is uea's closest friend who was there for him and supported him unconditionally when no one else was so he wants to make sure mai treats jade as preciously as uea knows he deserves to be treated

#middleman's love #middleman's love the series #they're my favorites forever #i've always adored their friendship since bed friend and i'm glad we're seeing more of it now #and that uea gets to be the one supporting jade #mint talks #*

[zxal]

I will always be loyal to Yuya.

#yugioh arc v #ygo arc v #arc v #yuya sakaki #declan akaba #reiji akaba #my art #arc v art #i was pretty ambivalent towards declan until he said this out of nowhere in s3 and i was like ok you're kind of insane in a way i respect #the vibe i've always gotten from declan is that he's actually pretty kind and polite #but he comes off as mean/sinister because he has a flat affect and rbf #and i think that extends to his relationships too. yuya is like ugh declan doesn't care about any of this declan doesn't care about us #while internally declan is like yuya is such a good friend :) i'm glad we're working together #it just doesn't read externally. at all. #he doesn't express himself the same way as other people even if he feels things just as strongly #so when he suddenly confesses his undying loyalty it's out of nowhere but it's also just how he is. do you get it

[danwhobrowses]

So after four months, Bell's Hells are off the moon

0.5/5 Stars - Some of the locals were nice but activities were shit and needs new management.

But what's this? Aabria with a steel chair!? She's probably cackling looking at the socials right now

#critical role #critical role spoilers #cr3 spoilers #cr spoilers #cr3 #cr3e92 #bell's hells #bells hells #crown keepers #aabria iyengar #glad they got to go off on Liliana though she needed to be told what for #drop them all at the key why don't you though? Not exactly helpful #four months for us but it was like a weekend trip for them - a terrible not fun at all weekend trip #the swap was extremely unexpected yes but we did want to see Dorian #but honestly Lolth what the shit? Are all the betrayer gods scheming? Aren't we all on the same side with Predathos? #to be fair I was dreading more bitter angst so I'm glad the Hells are comforting one another #but as an Ashton fan I wanted more of how they're feeling than the usual 'Imogen Laudna and Orym are sad' stuff #they lost their best friend after all - let Taliesin use his wordsmithery #nothing against the three but they do carry a lot of the narrative because of how intertwined their emotional states are with the plot #and ofc as a shipper I wanted Fearne and Ashton to comfort one another but hopefully next episode #but Orym's sending was tragic the lil guy needs Dorian right now so we better not kill him #big drider fear vision though no thank you no más non merci instant transmission outta there #we're either killing or writing off Opal for Deni$e it feels but poor Aimee is on her lonesome up there #if you see this hi Aabria! Unlikely but still hi Aabria!

[naivesilver]

count on raphael (for @seagull-laugh)

@super8angel // @heavensghost // Hard to Love, One OK Rock // @ijaazatein-blog // I Would Leave Me If I Could, Halsey // Mom & Me & Mom, Maya Angelou

#tmnt #web weaving #rottmnt #tmnt 2003 #tmnt 2007 #tmnt 2012 #tmnt 1990 #tmnt 1987 #SO MANY RAPHS #this is my pal hollie who has recently reached a huge milestone in their life path and I couldn't be ANY prouder #I love you babe you're amazing and I'm glad we're turtle friends after being crocodile friends for so long #may your summer be good #words

[bigassbowlingballhead]

the close friends of it all... it's a great marketing tactic. It's keeping people engaged with their social media presence, and promoting the movie using the actors, without them breaking the strike

like its genius, for amazon. And honestly, it makes me hate it. At the end of the day we're falling for another capitalistic ploy for bezos to make more money.

#look i'm still eating it up #and trying to get into the close friends #I'm not immune #i'm glad we're having fun with it #i am #just something to keep back of mind with all of this #also you can call it jealousy since I'm not in there yet #bc I'm sure that's part of it #red white and royal blue

[pushing500]

Awww, look at Fafo teaching her son how to be a good friend. Ro is going to be such a lovely kid. <3

Debby and Barghest got into a fistfight while under the curious gaze of Buccaneer the drebbbd, Dallas the baby thrumbo, and Asset the ankylosaurus. Perhaps the most difficult fight we've had to face while starting up the ship reactor. (Debby won)

"This piece shows a knife" might be my favourite RimWorld art description ever.

Then Fafo decided to give Ro another lesson, and... Well, I'm sure Kaz is thrilled by his son's newly expanded vocabulary at least.

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#rimworld #gracie plays #The Animist Alliance #art #my art #traditional art #rimworld art #unpolished art #Fafo seems to like doing social lessons with Ro #even though her social skill is only level 4 #At least she's having fun with her kid I guess #Barghest's misogynist trait is annoying #I'm glad Debby won that fight #I wish they wouldn't fight when we're dealing with raids tho #Maybe the real raid was the friends we made along the way #And Candlelight with her art bless her little soul #That plant pot is her pride and joy I'm sure of it #And definitely the greatest most succinct rimworld art description I've ever seen #Have a fabulous day!! <3

[yangjeongin]

happy birthday to my partner in stayblr crimes @yenasolo 💛

#jisung #seungmin #stray kids #bystay #createskz #seungsung #flashing tw #*gif #*ccarly #*seungmin #*jisung #*carly:seungmin #*carly:jisung #coloring on this is kinda a mess sorry i made this kinda fast but. #i wanted to make u Something so i thought why not some seungsungs. that sounds fun. and it was fun #anyway ilysm!! thank u as always for running this blog w me and for otherwise being a great friend i hope you have a great bday :(( #missing u these days i know you're busy af but that just makes talking to u when i do even better <3 get that bread #and i'm so glad we're doing this tgt even two years later thank u for making my life in general better by being my friend #HAPPY BDAY!!!!!

[arotechno]

thinking about my last reblog as representation has been on my mind a lot lately. this is by no means a phenomenon unique to aros nor is it unique to the queer community at large but it's definitely an issue that we have to deal with a lot by virtue of not having a lot of representation to the contrary.

a lot of probably well-meaning writers/artists will "include" aromantic characters in their work, but it's often a side character in a large ensemble cast of different queer characters, and even if the character is referred to explicitly as aro in canon it often rings very hollow when they are an unimportant character or their aromanticism has absolutely no bearing on their existence whatsoever.

don't get me wrong: i am all for representing characters whose story is not ABOUT them being aromantic. i don't need nor particularly want every canon aro's story to be an aro story. but the truth is we don't have many aro stories at all. in fact, most of the time the only people willing to tell our stories is... us, and while i certainly have reservations about alloromantic people writing aro narratives without the proper research, it would be nice if more people cared about us enough to put us in their stories in anything more than an extremely trivial, tokenizing way.

i think a lot of it stems from people's extremely basic, trivial, and oftentimes patronizing view of aromanticism. so many people think they can just say "aros are valid!" or write a shipper-on-deck aro side character who loves their friends and they've, like, solved arophobia or something. most people don't want to listen to us or our stories and so they don't think there is anything deep or meaningful about aromanticism worth exploring. that's a separate rant for another time i think but the point is people will toss in a throwaway canon aro for representation brownie points and they think it makes them a hero. and unless they're written by an actual aromantic or someone who at least has done a LOT of research they tend to be pretty mediocre anyway.

this is probably a hot take but honestly if you made me choose between a tokenized side character confirmed as aro on-page/on-screen and an aro main character with a solid character arc that actually reflects what being aro is like but isn't ever called aromantic in the source material, i would choose the second. obviously in a perfect world we'd have it all. aromantics deserve stories written for and about us and our identities by creators who are unashamed and unafraid to use the word aromantic and represent us authentically. but if people think all it takes to do good representation is to use the word, well... the word isn't everything. aro representation is not an arcade token you can trade in for a prize.

#sorry this is kind of disjointed #but idk someone had to say it and i'm glad we're starting to talk about this! #aro rep is not some one size fits all thing you can squeeze into a meaningless side character... #...and then use to promote your work as having Aro Characters when it's like. straight up a romance novel and the mc has like an aro friend #i don't have a real life example of that one it just seems like it probably exists #i think perhaps koisenu futari made me greedy and you know what GOOD #i want good aro rep and i want it plastered across tv screens worldwide #i'm tired of begging and scraping what little i can off of accidental aro coding #sigh. anyway #aro #aromantic #aro representation #aro characters #long post #op

[humblemooncat]

Mother dearest (@mistressbear) has decided to run through MSQ fully for the first time, so I had to bring along the WoL's biggest hype man for the ride. <3

I'll probably take a bunch of shots of this Raha alt while we're online, so expect to see him. xD

And if you see us running around on Primal, come say hi! <33

#Mooncat ramblings #/showleft #He!! #I'm very glad she's finally set to experience the story #I just know she's gonna love it #<33 #I'll be back on him tomorrow night #in case anyone wants to friend him #The name's G'rraha Tia #We're over on Exodus #And now I sleeb

[wellhalesbells]

Okay while I have absolutely no desire to write Jiuming/Jonas fanfic from Meg 2, I do want to read roughly 80- 100 fanfics about them and AO3 is somehow hitting me with a very disappointing 0.

#meg 2 #meg 2: the trench #hello they are freaking coparenting meiying??? #also totally unrelated but i looked over halfway through this movie and there was a petite lil frog sitting on the pillow next to me #like WHAT. HOW. #i'm glad we're both enjoying the movie little lady but you are an outside animal my friend #also when i set it back outside there was another bigger frog sitting literally RIGHT outside my door like: #heard movie night was a thing here?? #anyway i'm really glad they knew who they were absolutely not allowed to kill in this movie and acted accordingly lol #also i say i have no desire but like....... how are there ZERO FICS?! i don't wanna do it guysss buuuuuuuuuut #these tags are out of hand lol i apologize #uh oh i've found the keyboard again