#im so excited to learn about them all more

[tiz-chan]

Official art of Clive Rosfield, Jill Warrick, Cidolfus Telamon and Torgal from Final Fantasy XVI. 

#final fantasy xvi #ffxvi #i love them #AND WE HAVE A CID!! #gotta keep up tradition after all #didn't expect it to be ramuh #im so excited to learn about them all more #clive rosfield #jill warrick #cidolfus telamon #torgal

[hella1975]

all hate to tiktok for taking 'having a space to more openly and actively talk about different cultures' to mean 'cultures are NOT to be shared and we must be vigilantly defensive of our cultures for fear of appropriation, a word that can be applied to any multicultural interaction'. like of course cultural appropriation is a very real problem but ive seen with the access to global multicultural conversation that tiktok provides it's made people TERRIFIED to even interact with cultures other than their own for fear of 'doing it wrong'. like at some point you have to acknowledge that in the real world of the great outdoors, the majority of people are eager to SHARE their cultures. yes there are ignorant questions and biases but also... how do you think those things get unlearnt? i dont understand how deciding that multiculturalism is an elephant in the room instead of a normal thing that should just be talked about and lived with is supposed to benefit anyone? and kids on tiktok are CONVINCED that it's a time bomb of a conversation to have and therefore must be avoided at all costs but like. people generally LOVE their home and their culture and are PROUD of it and want to share it. how have we made it so that showing genuine interest and a desire to understand something so integral to a person's identity is now feared and borderline demonised?

#thinking about this a lot lately. thinking about how fun it was comparing cultural differences in america #thinking of how when i was homesick one thing i found a great comfort in was talking about my home #and how it differed and i really loved and appreciated it when people would ask me about england #in a way that they genuinely just wanted to learn about it and not to take the piss #thinking about how the kitchen at work has chefs from all over europe. we have an irish chef and a spanish chef and an italian chef #and one of the kps is from eastern europe (i havent actually been able to find out where yet) etc and the way they banter with each other #like usually chefs are Problematic bc their humour is VERY abrasive and usually offensive #but this is one instance where it's actually to their benefit bc they're so unafraid to ADDRESS THE FACT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CULTURES #i feel like the tiktok gen are so petrified of even acknowledging other cultures let alone discussing them #that it's actually sending the conversation backwards. like how does hoarding your culture and pretending it's not there benefit anyone #LET ALONE YOU AND THE CULTURE IN QUESTION. idk it just baffles me a bit that something that started as people on tiktok #genuinely spreading information and talking about the BAD side of this where people DO culturally appropriate or invade spaces that arent #theirs has now become 'for fear of speaking bad about it we will not speak about it at all'. and they'll crucify you if you do. like what #even at uni my best mate is indian and she's too scared to join the sikh society on her own so i regularly go to the events with her #and im typically one of the handful (or the only) white non-sikh there and i get SO welcomed each time #like there's such a genuine excitement to share the culture with someone who is effectively a blank slate #and like yeah ill ask 'dumb' questions or i'll have different experiences (tried a samosa for the first time at one of these events #and the moment that info got out i had like five STRANGERS trying to give me different samosas to try and it was genuinely such #a laugh bc yes they were TEASING me bc 'how have you never had one' but they were also really eager to share MORE as a result) #ugh idk what im saying. i just think it's a shame to watch this happen in real time on the internet #when if people would just go outside and actually TALK to people from other cultures they'd realise 9 times out of 10 the interactions #are actually really really nice for BOTH parties. and actually refusing to talk about this stuff is long-term pretty fucking detrimental #and it also goes the other way!!! like imagine if i - citizen of colonisation motherland herself - didn't interact with other cultures #and didnt ask questions or hear their opinions on whatever shared history we have from THEIR POINT OF VIEW #imagine the kind of shit id be internalising bc i only hung out with other white british people. it wouldnt matter if i was doing it #to be woke or 'respect their culture'. it would still be fucking ignorant. like half my interactions with other cultures #see me as the butt of the joke bc of this like aforementioned irish chef at work VOCALLY slates the english all the time #but it's done in an environment where we're FRIENDS and it's poking fun at each other while still addressing a very serious history. like?? #idk if any of this is worded in a way that makes sense but yeah. i have thoughts #cant believe i got inspired to make an actually serious post bc of the CHEFS AT WORK. embarrassing. no one let them see this

[plan-3-tmars]

just finished reading dungeon meshi (I will never recover) so take some sleepy thistle panels I collected

#im gonna read golden kamuy next #it was what i was reading before i got side tracked with dm but i was only on like chapters 20 something #and a mangaka i rlly like has made alot of art for it and i trust them to have good taste in stuff #plus the arts pretty and i wanna understand it better #so im getting ready for a whopping 314 chapter read #if i finish all of it that will beat my current record of longest manga ive read (rn its beastars w/ 196 chapters) #so yeah im excited but also... #i have a feeling i will not be getting over dm anytime soon #ESPECIALLY thistle's character. my heart #broke #a little learning more about him #and all the theories of what he might represent and symbolise... sigj #its such a good manga. its got a good balance of silly/serious/tense and lowkey horrifying moments #and the characters . oh the characters #PEAK character writing dare i say #actually insane stuff #100% recommend #ill stop rambling now bye byeee #thistle dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers

[glass-trash-bab]

Finally finished these doodles of Willow Mist Bab and Shawn Flynn :] I feel like I've been working on this all month dsjfhds I love them so so much

@geekyfox2

#I made Shawns hair a little too fluffy sdgfs I think hes so cute tho #I was given free range to do whatever I wanted with his outfit and all I gave him was little pouches on his belt. I'm very bad at- #-giving characters interesting outfits dgfjdhf #I need to practice that more #and Jamie is there :] I used an older ref so idk if this is still what he looks like fdkhgfkdg #Hes talking about Raylon learning to sign :3 Jamie's really excited about it #I will draw them more im just busy #glassart #glass art #willow mist persona #shawn flynn #jameson jackson

[pinky-in-blankets]

Hello and please can you make my and your oc interact with each other

Well I was gonna but now I don't wanna.

#{ pinky screeches; occ } #(( ma'am- thats kinda rude. )) #(( usually- YOU draw your ocs interacting before someone else does if they want too. )) #(( if your anxious about it im pretty sure most creators are ok with you ASKING for PERMISSION to draw their ocs )) #(( more often then not they will say yes and be all excited. )) #(( and quite frankly- i was actually planning on doing that very thing. )) #(( but coming into my inbox and asking me to 'make our ocs interact' )) #(( Kinda kills the desire to do so. )) #(( Like No. now i dont want too. like a groundhog on groundhogs day. )) #(( now your gonna have to wait another time if i get back in the mood. )) #(( AND ONLY because i had already planned too draw them anyways. )) #(( if you were someone else- You would've comeplely lost your chance and probably would've gotten blocked. )) #(( Learn from this mistake. dont do that. )) #(( that WAS rude. ))

[enjomo-arch]

happy ramble in tags

#「002」 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥 #rambling in tags #okay but little positive for myself #im very happy how i'm writing ace and really happy of my work of expanding the knowledge i managed to learn about him #all things from the anime and manga and novels and everything i could find regarding his little details #like i put really a lot into him and his muse flows really nicely #i think i do well with his speech patterns and behavior especially regarding troubles and how he overcame them with time going on #im really happy also about my mutuals and so many people were excited and willing to write with my ace #and many told me how my portrayal is shining and i just #can't thank you all enough for that ?? you're all what gives me motivation to keep going and expand more and more #build all the relations between ace and other muses of ya'll #it's been some time since I write him i started in january and i went so long with all of it i managed to build im just #very thankful of everything of ya'll's time and effort and just sticking to me #it makes me very happy ... i can't put it in words other than just thank you for being here and making my experience great

[vagueconfusion]

You're getting a bass this weekend? Sick. What kind if you don't mind me asking?

It's pretty dependent on what ones are available at the store, I'd like to try to get one secondhand (some people say you feel closer to instruments you buy new? But for years I learned and played on a secondhand saxophone and loved the instrument dearly) so it depends on what's there and the price. Hopefully there's something in my price range because I'll need an amp too. I also, uh, have no clue how to play a bass, so I figure I'll start on an inexpensive-but-decent one and see how it goes from there?

I read up a bit and saw good things about some Squier Classic Vibe and Ibanez SR300 for beginners, Yamaha in general too. I'm not picky about the brand right now, I figure I'll get a more nuanced opinion as I learn and figure out what sound I want? One reason I want to go to the store is so I can try to get my hands on some to hear the sound of them, and choose from there.

#sorry it's not a more nuanced answer but alas i am a total beginner #i've been wanting to play music again for years rbh but for reasons beyond my control my saxophones are. out of reach #it's. complicated? or. well. not really. but it is frustrating #but they've been out of reach for years and i dont know when i'll get them back #but i dont want to buy A Third Saxophone so im switching instruments! it was between a bass and a theremin tbh #i also don't know if i want to lean into a more metal sound or jazz sound and that'll determine future bass purchases i imagine #if you know more about basses and have advice would be happy to hear/read it #(also. am hoping that an amp for a bass will work for a theremin in case i decide to learn that in the future) #((it COULD be worse i COULD be building an Apprehension Engine. which was made specifically to score horror movies.)) #i am excited to learn to play bass though. i've missed music a lot and i think if i can get into the habit of playing regularly it'd be good #sorry for all the tags too. lmao. i don't have many people to talk to about this

[commanderfreddy]

i never remember to explain shit anymore i just vaguepost and expect people to catch up but i finally have good news, we've made a lot of progress with my parents' estate (they both ran their own businesses and you know those images of nightmare cable management? well imagine that with bank accounts) and i actually have money now - im taking a trip to Aotearoa NZ with my mate Jules next week (dark sky reserve! lotr filming locations! snow! FOOD!) and then in august i will be moving to nyc to pursue a 2 year masters degree in library science with a focus on rare materials archival studies!! shits happening in my life!! im not just sitting in my house doing nothing all day!! and like i said i have money!! if you're taking commissions lmk bc while im focused on my getaway for the next few weeks i wanna support my friends and their art and when i get back i wanna throw u cash to draw my ocs!!

#fred says a thing #personal #i havent slept (its 8am) but not for sad reasons! i was reading a good book and then i just had a lot of thoughts! #invariably i will be sad again - probably soon! i will definitely see stuff on my trip that i will want to show my parents and have to #experience the strange nature of grief-for-what-never-was several times over during otherwise great moments #- but i will also be happy in the future too! #my therapist says i definitely have ptsd! im learning more about emotional flashbacks and how to manage them! #im a human being and i will continue to be one for the rest of my life! #i hope thats a long time! #but even if that isnt something my genetics allows i was happy now! and people were happy to have me in the world! #im realising that sounds rather alarming but i just have a lot of fears about my genetics considering. you know. the cancer orphaning. #im trying to manage both my health fears and my health itself in a reasonable way! i made a chicken tomato pasta sauce last night #just from ingredients i had lying around and it was pretty good! #i have a ripe tomato i picked from the garden yesterday that today i will fry up with bacon and put on some toast i think #there are so many books i want to read #there are so many books i want to write #in a few days i will be experiencing snow (a rarity for me) and i will probably be handling the cold very poorly and i will feel excited #and uncomfortable at the same time #and for much of my life i will experience a lot of contradictory things at the same tiem #and i will experience times of great boredom and inaction! we all have to stand in queues and wait for buses and go to the dentist #and wonder what might have been #but i will experience them. i will.

[13eyond13]

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#things i am excited about at my new job #it's nice to SEE AND INTERACT WITH PEOPLE EVERY DAY #jesus between covid and working from home that was getting seriously hard for me to achieve #i find the subject matter interesting (it's medical stuff and helping patients which is way more interesting to me than the finance shit #i was doing at my last job where i just like helped financial advisors get richer) #my bosses are kinda young and cool which is nice because mostly i have worked for boomer men older than my dad #i get to people watch and learn new things and it's challenging but not TOO overwhelmingly difficult #it's admin stuff which i kinda enjoy in a dorky sim management job sort of way (i do that kind of shit for fun in video games all the time) #the one thing im worried about rn is that the person who's training me that im filling in for is leaving soon and they're my fave part #of coming to work right now because i just like hanging out with them and they have like this hypnotically soothing aura #and sweet kind personality so im afraid once theyre gone (a) i will suck at doing it all without them and #(b) it just wont be nearly as nice but #i must think positive thoughts and hopefully i can use their mentorship as inspiration too #i spent all last year failing at being a self directed online student and juggling random part time shit so i am SO GLAD #to have full time work and work that isnt horribly boring and lonely like the finance work from home one before it #ps the person who is training me worked for 12 years as a 911 emergency phone operator if you want a picture of how calm and nice they are #like they can make anything seem ok and fine and remain calm no matter what and their voice is the gentlest thing on earth lol #i get free asmr all day basically #p

[wewontbesleeping]

this assignment I’m working on is soo hard bc the topic is like. highlight a surprising impact that a business (the one that you chose for a completely different topic for a different paper) has had on your community. like. am I supposed to LIE? because there isn’t a surprising impact that this restaurant has had on my community?????? what am I supposed to write about ??? it’s a restaurant???????

#Im so excited to be done with this class I HATE IT #and then I have to fucking take the next one next semester #also it’s a new restaurant too #so #like I genuinely am confused on what to do #especially because it’s like it has to be something you couldn’t find out from social media #like I feel like all of this fucking class has just been me being like I don’t fucking understand what you want from me #I don’t understand the prompt I don’t understand the topic I don’t understand the end result #and I’m probably thinking too much about it #it’s going to be fine I have an A so far #I don’t think even if I fuck up royally that I can fail this class #but I’m still like ?????? #I just want to do things right and make them good #but I don’t know how #how do I NOT SUCK at writing #I kind of thought this class would teach me how to write better but it feels more like I was supposed to already know #which was my fear about college #that they expect me to already just understand this stuff #thank GOD for my regular ass archaeology class #it’s like lectures and textbooks and LEARNING THINGS!!!!!! #not being tested on things I never learned but am somehow expected to already be good at

[happyandticklish]

Why does time have to move so quickly jesus christ.

#non tickling #personal #having a crisis at one in the morning because i just realized college is almost a month away now #and obviously im hella excited for that but also #its just a lot of new stuff and my roommates havent gotten back to me yet so i cant even plan that stuff #and im trying to contact people about jobs which is super complicated to do if im also doing classes and work study #and theres still so much stuff i want to do before college like finish a bunch of fics before my time fills up #and talk with my parents about adult stuff as well as learn to cook some stuff #and i need to fix my car and work on personal stuff and hang with friends and try to finish up my D&D campaign #and on top of all that im trying to hang out with my family more because im gonna be moving away so i wont see them #and it just feels like there isnt enough time for anything #i want to slam on the brakes of life for a second to just breathe for a hot sec and then i can get back into things #ignore me ranting lol i just needed to write it all down so i didnt end up spiraling in my head #im sure ill be fine im just having A Moment right now

[orcelito]

goal: Be Less Aggravated by the time dnd starts

#speculation nation #my morning was fine. coding lab took the whole time lol but i successfully coded with GUI!!! #last week the lab was very much them just tossing code at us to replicate but this week i had to actually figure it out #with taking inputs via JTextField & figuring out how to update that #essentially an interesting placeholder string thing but Specifically with a designated spot #i'd like to figure out how to position things better tho. i just kinda adjusted the frame size to make it line up well #bc with a wider frame it was just a MESS. but i didnt have time to learn formatting lol #but i learned inputs and how to work with the JLabels too. which is really exciting #dusting off the cobwebs with getters and setters & setting up instances of objects #but the GUI stuff is all new. bc they had us working with a uhh a thing that just kinda did all the GUI stuff for us in my last class #so i never actually learned how GUI works lol. but im learning now!!! #still very simple text boxes in a pop up window. but it is still Something. #wow i sure did just talk about my coding thing huh #BESIDES THAT i went into work for a bit to do some things. then went home and played more tales of arise. #then went to class. got pissed off. then did manager meeting. and here i am. #trying to practice... mindfulness... trying to not be super aggravated... with mixed results lol #i just need a tasty drink. maybe that will fix me.

[childishzombiejellyfish]

me, every time I have to email or phone someone these days in which I have to call and email a lot: ah, I’m not neurotypical

#trying to balance the exact right amount of information-to-smalltalk ratio #stuttering when i try to make the transition #(sometimes i forget that i stutter when im nervous or excited and then the moment appears and i get stuck and need to give myself #one of those mental bonks with a wrench to get the machinery working again) #(also stim stuttering? it's kind of echolalia or maybe it just IS echolalia im not sure? occurs randomly in sentences) #ANYWAY ive had to call and email so many people and i am constantly trying to read them to figure out how im meant to *fit* #into their notions of politeness/correct way of doing thins #things* #which isn't entirely fair to them either because i think a lot of them are more relaxed than i give them credit for #BUT ive learned a lot of people THINK theyre relaxed about whats Correct Procedure #until they interact with someone who's nd... and then suddenly it all falls to pieces #half the time a cold email is totally fine and half the time you get Nothing back #and you'll never know if you did something wrong... hellish

[frankotalk]

im having so much fun writing cadet because hes just like this every day

#i love the kubrick stare its just the ocd stare to me #also i think in the end making caddy lamb a VN is the right idea because its a little easier to imply things about the characters this way #like you play as cadet so you have access to his journal and you can read it if you want to learn more about him #and when he experiences intrusive thoughts its a lot more personal and you are trapped in his head because he is the protagonist #and it makes the pious route a lot more interesting because you arent in his mind anymore but hes a lot more open about what hes thinking #but you also arent getting the full scope hes just kinda crazy and you deal with this explosive guy who let his anger issues take over #im just very invested in the ways in which i can convey what its like to have this shitass disorder #like making compulsions a thing that you have to actively choose not to do #and even if you consistently dont do them the options never disappear you just always have to say no #or give in and it doesnt make much of a difference #not so much that it ruins the player experience but just to make it apparent that it is an active battle to just be normal for 2 seconds #urgh i really am getting excited about this because it feels like im finally gonna be able to share this story #and actually be responsible for portraying a character with ocd who isnt like. a square who keeps things tidy. or whatever #not that its gonna be a complete game changer or even be noticed at all #i just need to put this story out there for myself more than anything to be honest

[allofuswantgwinam]

idk how we’ll ever have peace in this world when everyone just wants to retaliate with violence for everything. ‘It happened to me so I want revenge and idc if any innocent people get hurt/murdered in the process” I want fucking out lol of this world I am so serious

#I am disgusted by humanity every single day #this shit is FUCKED. it’s fucked. #we are all fucked #the masses do not care about things #the masses likes to live blindly #or “not my country not my problem’ #or as I stated before I keep seeing posts from people in Israel who are like ‘I was blah blah blah by hamas’ #‘everyone should die in hamas bc im upset’ ‘bad things happened to me so it should continue to be a cycle and never get better’ #that’s what they might as well fucming say #and it’s more than just that. everything. people want fucke duo things to happen to others bc it happened to them #isn’t that some fucking shit #and there’s so many things that make me upset #it feels impossible the more I look into things #and observe people and learn #im disgusted #don’t even come for me to argue bc im not arguing #all everyone does is argue with eachother and be mad #im fucking tired of it #until we listen and understand eachother as a whole.. we’re just fucked #can’t convince me otherwise #im gonna keep going and all that bs but I’m absolutely defeated by the world rn #shit is ridiculous in so many ways #im also not saying someone shouldn’t be upset about what happened to them #I just don’t understand why the fuck you would want it to keep continuing #shameful #this isn’t fixing anything. people are dying. innocent people. #im sick of this repetitive bs of a sick world we live in #im only 25 #I am not excited for my future #I do t even wanna bring a child into this world

[rucow]

im trying to learn to like my aries mercury more, so here's one thing i like about it:

i like that i can simply turn my mind off and Not Think, especially about topics that spark no joy. i can empty my head sooo fast u have no idea. being a little stupid is ok sometimes 🫶 but also i like how fast i understand what other people are trying to say. u dont have to finish ur sentences with me, i'll get it. also i like the youthful enthusiasm i have about everything. i talk about everything with a smile on my face, no matter how dark the topic. i simply choose to see the bright side, and even if it doesnt exist, i can choose to make it exist. i dont like gloomy negative people, so i try not to be one. im passionate about spreading refreshing positive energy and i like to believe im decent at it! i like seeing the Good in everything. i like having no inhibitions. im so excitable its endearing (i would hope) and i come across so young bc of it. im doing alright maybe 🤞

#txt #tbh aries placements in general get a pretty bad rep and i dont see a lot of nice words being said about them #every time i see ppl call aries mars/mercury ''good at aggression'' i die a little inside #we're more than mindless violent brutes y'know? 😭 #we're high energy sure !! we get heated easily but not in a bad way #i get sooo excited about topics/activities im passionate about #all fire signs are super super passionate its rly beautiful imo #im an aries mars mercury & saturn (with all of them being conjunct one another in my 8th house) so like... #im not quite as expressive about my energy and my Passions. but its still there ! #ive been slowly learning to be more vocal and open about my energy and not supress it as much :') its been rly rewarding #i feel sooo good when i get to share my energy with others