#improv show I listen to.

[sexiestpodcastcharacter]

Genuine question: why doesn’t F@TT have its own bracket, like WTNV does?

Honest answer: I didn't think the fandom was this powerful.

Also, @fattsexyperson exists.

#Not A Poll #Ask #Anonymous #Like in 2017 the Wolf 359 fandom had me convinced that F@tT was the biggest actual play podcast behind TAZ and my friend was like #''Uh? Critical Role???'' and I was like ''No that's a very distant third I'm pretty sure.'' #And then over the past six+ years I was proven wrong. #Having a limit per-world instead of per-podcast was being kind to F@tT but I also thought I was being kind to TAZ and NADDP and D&Dads #(I didn't realize that I would count all the main D&Dads seasons as 1 campaign.) #I thought Sans would get through the first round or two EASILY and I really hope some people check out Interstitial. #There was one empty slot left in the unscripted bracket and I put a F@tT Bluff City character there because at this point F@tT is the only #improv show I listen to. #Did you notice that nobody submitted a Steeple Chase character? From the current TAZ arc? I think that's wild.

[the-raging-tempest]

To celebrate that it’s been a year since I played Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous. And I still love the world and characters in this game.

#pwotr pals #wotr #pwotr #seelah #camellia gwerm #lann the mongrel #wenduag #woljif jefto #ember #nenio #greybor #daeran arendae #sosiel vaenic #regill derenge #arueshalae #pathfinder wrath of the righteous #my art #it’s been so long #I tried to capture my ‘old’ art style but improve on it #shrug #yes I do be posting when everyone is asleep sorry #listen I know there’s a canon character named Lariel but he and my girl just…. #I didn’t play the angel path and thought he’d never come back lmao #trying to do that cartoonish sketchy style I used to do #even though it feels strange #tagging it even though my posts never show in tags #I always be over thinking and over tuning Lariel so that I hate it by the end #alas

[qc-wiggles]

alone again, naturally

#made this to practise painting!! #there are definitely many areas for improvement but this is alright :) #i referenced liquid nitrogen for this #focusing on rendering a bit looser i guess #but that only really shows in the bg #i made this after listening to mag118 so the fog imagery was not intentional but now appreciated #martin blackwood #wiggly pen #illust #martin k blackwood #tma #the magnus archives #tma fanart #the magnus archives fanart #tma s3 #mag 118 #god this episode haunts me

[dont-offend-the-bees]

What's the best comedy ever made and why is it Wooden Overcoats

#wooden overcoats #literally the people who created that show reached into my brain extracted the very essence of my sense of humour #and distilled it into a 4 season audio sitcom about undertakers #to this day it's the only podcast I've ever listened to in its entirety #(nothing personal I just find my attention wanders from podcasts a lot i lose the thread) #wooden overcoats though? have listened to it like 10 times in its entirety and am currently listening again #i should write more silly chapyard sometime #maybe even finish that spider au one of these days #mr. bees speaks #i tend to downplay how i sincerely think it's the Funniest Thing Ever Made when chatting to my brother #bc he was in an improv group with one of the producers/directors at uni and I think he would get legit weird and jealous about it sbshfhhdd

[nattousan]

when

whe you, when You were just trying to put i n some extra effort to try adn improve yoursel f and it got misinterpreted as malicious n u get yell ed at

#i'm slow as SHIT at carving the wax when making the dentures #equally bc of time blindness and being meticulous #i am VERY aware of how slow i am and have been working my ass off to try and improve #so when i got told AGAIN that i needed to pick things up #i asked my sis who is also a lab tech how she carves her wax #so she vid called me on lunch to show me how she does it #SO TO TRY AND SHOW MY TRAINER THAT I WAS TRYING TO IMPROVE #i go #oh! my sister suggests i do this and that to improve! #and she gets SUPER MAD AT ME #she GROWLS #LISTEN #you can't keep calling your sister for every little thing #(i'd only done this one other time) #I'M your trainer NOT her #you need to STOP being so damn meticulous and just Pay Attention #and i've tried being patient with you but you need to pick it up #and i was just like #*see above image* #she did apologize later but i think she thought i was like.... #trying to undermine her somehow?? #by seeking outside help?? #bc i'm neurodivergent and asking someone who knows how my brain works?? #i know she was just having a bad day probably but having adhd means #Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria #and so i went home like #aheem aheem whimper #nat chats #moi loif #neurodivergent

[ducksinspaceadventure]

Regardless of her flaws, I love Della Duck.

#as a character certainly not in the literal sense #I wish she would appear more often #thank you ducktales for this #my opinion #ducktales #ducktales 2017 #della duck #della is the best #ducktales reboot #ducktales fandom #space #is that she showed her mistakes as a mother and was reckless and did not listen to her brother #yet she deserves special attention #I believe she is trying to improve

[firyfox]

I wish tumblr had a soft block / mute feature or something because I have too many cases of 'I don't dislike this blog because they did anything wrong but I find their posts annoying & I don't wanna see these posts anymore but I don't wanna cut them off from potentially seeing my posts' u know ? Like can we get something just for muting a blogs posts lol

#listen I don't dislike these ppl but I don't wanna see every single birthday of every actor in the show posted in the show tag every day - #- or the annoying 'X character has been dead for (X) days' PLEASE #tumblr #tumblr features #tumblr improvements #original post #blog muting idk

[pocketclowns]

realized i don’t really ramble to you guys like i used to so quick life update in the tags before i go to bed in the tags bc idk how to cut a post on mobile :)

#i’m actually doing really good lately #like probably the best i’ve been in years tbh #but i’m rly excited about the skincare routine i’ve started #it’s only been a few weeks but so far my skin is already showing a lot of improvement! #i also picked up a couple books the other day!! #i can’t remember the last time i read a book until recently tbh #i’m almost half way through the first one i got so i might go pick out another once i start the next one! #and on monday i’m getting a crown fitted for a tooth that’s been broken for 7 years #let me say that again SEVEN YEARS #like i’m so thankful i found a dentist that actually wants to help me #instead of tell me i’m being dramatic when i say it’s causing me pain :) #i love never being listened to lmao #but yeah i’ve been doing a lot to take care of myself and it’s been rly good!

[hibiscussoupbowl]

Im so obsessed with like... how relationships fester and work and how different ppl go together. What set their relationship back and why their relationship works and just studying ppl

Like dissecting what set gwen and arthurs relationship back and that whole love triangle with her him and lancelot

Or why thiam is such a good fucking ship and why it works on so many levels and how this proves my asshole theory (asshole x asshole is the best ship or the ones where they fight all th time, thats an otp for ne right there or emotionally constipated ppl who r monotone)

I have so many relationships in tv shows id love to dissect

And so many more that id love to explain to anyone willing to listen on why certain ships work and why they shouldve/are canon/fanon

BC THEY WORK. THEY WORK

#thiam #merthur #merlin #teen wolf #guinevere #lancelot #i just need someone to listen and converse with to explain AND JYST VE CRAZY WITH ME #why am i cursed with loving old tv shows #like home improvement anyone thats also a great show #not obsessed with it but an example of an old show #this is my new twt and yall are forced to listen to me ramble #or as much as i can force you to listen

[guccifloralsuits]

Okay I’ve decided I’m going to watch PJO through to season 2 (if it gets renewed) but if the show doesn’t get better……I’m afraid we might never get the adaptation these books deserve

#percy jackson #pjo tv show #casting? SLAY #writing & pacing? uhhhhhh #but it is my FAVORITE. so I’m going to see if they can listen to critique & improve #and I’m going to watch until then bc I want them to succeeed SO BADLY #god. these books deserve so much more. the lightning thief deserves so much more than the adaptation so far #why are they changing events so much? why are they speedrunning percabeth? #‘but Rick is involved with the show!!!’ okay? Rick needs to reread his own material

[pocket-prosecutor]

anyway believe in yourself

(June 2022 -> July 2023)

#listen my skill has improved so much during the feverish hyperfixation period #i just kept drawing and before i knew it i was able to draw Miles' hair #i'd show one of Phoenix too but I don't draw him as often since he's usually only partially in the picture lol

[flootzavut]

Me: all I want for Christmas is Joey and Lenny being weird chaotic bastards together

Lenny & Joey: Christmas came early

Me: 🥹🥹🥹

#joey batey #the witcher #lenny henry #blood origin #listen I am more excited about the publicity than the show #I do wanna see the show #Michelle Yeoh beloved #but from the moment I saw that pic on lenny's twitter #I just wanted these two being idiots #and here they are #day improved by several thousand percent #beloveds #Youtube

[spoopy-action-at-distance]

Re: the post I reblogged earlier, a series of Reid Wiseman's cool orbital photos taken on the ISS? Specifically, the first picture that has a bit of a mystery in it? This one:

I think I know what that is, and I am going to tell you how I figured it out (pre-emptive apologies to any South-East Asians who feel the urge to headdesk while reading this post.)

First off, all that green glow? It's on water. Check out a map of the area:

So why are there lights in the sea at night? Well, squid fishing happens at night, and the ships use bright lights to imitate the moon to attract the squid.

Here's a big squid-fishing ship, filmed by a drone off the Argentinian east coast in the Atlantic Ocean. It's got a bit of green going on.

Here's another one, photographed in the Pacific. Also some green here.

Both of those are, however, severely outdone in greenness by this small Thai squid-fishing ship.

Unlike the previous examples, it is in the right place and is, in fact, All Green. Boy, is it green. Look at how green it is. It is So Green.

Before you say that puny ships like that cannot possibly be visible all the way up to the ISS, consider: a) that there might be a bajillion of them, and b) the big ships are also out there in even bigger fleets, and they are bloody bright.

According to the Sea Shepherd organisation, who tracked a 300-strong squid-fishing fleet west of the Galapagos Islands in 2018, "the total luminosity of these vessels is said to rival European soccer stadiums". They waxed a bit poetic about them:

"Suddenly out of the darkness a towering intense white light showed on the horizon. Soon it was followed by others all around us, mostly white but some an iridescent green and others with dimmer yellow light. Looking out from the wheelhouse we seemed no longer to be on the open ocean but in the edge of some great coastal metropolis."

Here's part of a fleet of some 150 ships near Argentine.

And here's that same fleet again, managing to be a magnificent eyesore even at a considerable distance.

Sure, Argentine is pretty far away from Bangkok (though those ships might also be Chinese). But South-East Asia definitely has some of its own night-light activity going on. You can find a handy map at globalfishingwatch.org (go play with it, it's fun). It didn't have night-light satellite data from 2014, but here's a snapshot from August 2022 for comparison.

The map also shows national fishing zones. If I'm interpreting Wiseman's photo correctly, those green lights in it are in the Vietnamese, Malesian and Indonesian waters. So those are likely Vietnamese, Malesian and Indonesian squid-fishings ships (and maybe some other nationalities that maybe aren't supposed to be there; here's that Sea Shepherd page again and an article about the Global Fishing Watch project talking about that kind of thing).

What I sadly couldn't figure out is what kind of squid they're fishing over there. I was hoping it might be the Japanese flying squid, because then I would have a reason to put them in this post. Unfortunately, Japanese flying squids apparently don't live that far down South.

But I'm going to put them on this post anyway, because I just found out about them, and I mean, look at these guys:

Just Look.

They're like if a squid decided it wanted to be a flying fish and instead of making a deal with the sea witch, it went "I can do it! I can! I can!" They're sleek, attention-grabbing and ridonculous. They can fly over 30 metres in 3 seconds. And they're not being caught by the glow-in-the-dark squid-fishing fleet off the Gulf of Thailand because they don't live there, and therefore have nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of this post.

But they're cool.

Finally, a confession: I didn't figure out the lights because I know something about South-East Asian fishing practices (I know nothing, feel free to laugh and correct me), or because did some kind of a systematic elimination chain to eventually arrive at the answer (ahahahaha no). It's because I've watched the Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World nature documentary no less than three times in less than two weeks, and there's footage in it of this massive unnerving squid-fishing fleet, which you'll definitely remember if you've seen it once, let alone three times.

Why have I seen it three times, then? Obviously for very normal reasons. Not at all because the series is narrated by Pedro Pascal. I mean, who would opt to listen to Pedro Pascal talking very seriously about (occasionally horny) wildlife for 4+ hours while endearingly lisping his Fs and THs here and there? Not me, no. I am very normal about him and not at all soothed by his dulcet tones in my time of stress. Don't look at me.

#squid fishing #earth from space #pedro pascal (tangentially) #listen people I am currently gearing up to go to battle with my local health care system #so tonight I needed an all-consuming low-stakes distraction like a fish needs water #and it was either gonna be this or 5682324 rounds of evil sudoku and “can I get past 400 000 points” tetris and a carpal tunnel syndrome #I figured out the green lights in under a minute and then spent five hours researching and writing this post backwards from the conclusion #just like they taught us in science school #and THEN I rewrote the whole thing because tumblr ate the first version #because CLEARLY tumblr needs to know all about mysterious green squid murder lights from eight years back even if it does not want to #In an improved alternate reality Pedro Pascal has a busy side career narrating nature documents #and one of them is five seasons of him yelling about deep sea creatures with the Nautilus researchers #someone really needs to show Pedro Pascal a dumbo octopus and then ask him to explain black smokers in his own words #this is a very niche kind of fantasy and I'm sticking with it

[zichqec]

Hello Zi, I just thought I'd write a little something to thank you for all the things you do for this community, i just saw the 2023 summary and I don't think I can ever thank you all enough for your contribution, the Dream Team is truly the pillars of English ghost and I hope you are all proud of you

If one day my dream of making my own ghost becomes true it'll be all thanks to you. So many dreams have already became reality thanks to your hard work, isn't that wonderful ?

Ohhh thank you so much for taking the time to send this! This means the world to me to hear <3

It makes me so glad to know that my work is helping people! My dream is to see ukagaka fully realized in the English community the way it is in the Japanese community, and for making a ghost to be a normal creative project and not seen as a huge, insurmountable task that only the most determined people can accomplish.

There's a long way to go and a lot of resources yet to make, and sometimes I feel like I'm just treading water when I'm staring at my monitor at 2AM, revising a draft for the 4th time. But messages like this really make me feel like the effort is worthwhile, and that I should continue on, because my planned future projects will make an impact.

So, thank you for this <3 It really is wonderful to see people making so many things, and having so much fun exploring ukagaka. Best of luck with your own ghost projects! If you eventually make a ghost, I'd love to see it!

#sakuraghosttown #Ukagaka #English Ukagaka #Not art #Text post #ZiAnswers #//This really means so much to me #//I see so many people in the UDT discord server start ghost projects and then never complete them #//And I'm trying *so hard* to improve the ratio of started ghosts to completed ghosts #//But it's very difficult for a number of reasons #//I feel like a lot of new devs shoot themselves in the foot by taking on really big ghost projects not realizing just how big they are #//(And not realizing that complicated projects aren't necessarily better than simple ones) #//But a lot of people don't listen to us when we try to convince them to start simple and learn the ropes first #//And then almost inevitably they give up within a week #//It can be really disheartening for me #//I'm trying to work on more resources to show how you can make simple ghosts in a relatively short amount of time #//Because ghosts *can* be really straightforward projects that only take a week or two to make! #//But it's easy to feel like I'm not making much of a difference when I keep seeing new devs struggle and give up #//And it's hard to stay motivated when you feel like you're not making a difference #//So this really helps a lot to keep me going and give me motivation to tackle my next big project #//After reading this I'm itching to get started on what I have planned next #//But not until after new years - I owe myself a break lol #//This ask made my week! Maybe even my whole year #//When my next big project comes out please know that you helped me bring it to completion #//Because I will be thinking about your kind words as I work on it #//Tag ramble

[mummer]

i may be the only man alive who believes barry would be better if there was more homophobia in it

#listen i love the show like it's my everything but #it's very funny to me where s3 was literally so much about homophobia to the point of on screen conversion therapy #like literally very textual about how gang life was closeting hank + cristobal #and then that just got dropped like a hot rock #you did queer horror so well WHYYYYY #and it's like....... it would have still worked really well with what we had????? it would have improved it #to show these characters actually genuinely being driven by real social pressures #instead of. oh the chechen mobsters are actually allies it's not a big deal #like HUH #OBVIOUSLY withholding judgement until we see more but it’s my one big gripe lol #Anyway hank never left that basement. perhaps he never left that closet hiding out from elena #wouldnt it all be a lot more insane if it was textually an internalized homophobia masculinity performance thing!!!! #barry

[happistar]

Okay, I’m genuinely curious what everyone’s preference is since the current fandom has changed so much

#be more chill #bmc #happi asks #<- I mean. I have happi answers I guess I am asking now??? #anyways stuff like west end and off broadway don’t get put on here bc I’m mainly asking abt the albums #but I am tempted to see what version in general of the show they like #bc I think overall I prefer broadway #even tho west end does it right they cut out madeline and I don’t like that #anyways actuallt curious tho #bc old bmc fandom lowkey hated broadway and loves two river #and I’ve seen a shit ton more love for broadway in the tags #which is super cool! #like I love two river a lot #I mean it was the first version I could listen to #but broadway I feel like has really improved some things #but yeah :) #okay done rambling in the tags oops