#posts I created

[attackfish]

As it is Passover again, it is time for the annual debate as to whether the frog plague, which thanks to a quirk in the Hebrew, is written as a plague of frog, singular, rather than the plural, plague of frogs, was in fact, as generally imagined, a plague of many frogs, or instead a singular giant Kaiju frog. This is an ancient and venerable argument that actually goes back to the Talmud because this is what the Jewish people are. If we can't argue for fun about this sort of thing, what are we even doing.

In that spirit, I would like to submit a third possibility, which is that in fact it was one perfectly normal sized frog, who was absolutely acing Untitled Frog Game: Ancient Egypt Edition. One particularly obnoxious frog, who through sheer hard work, managed to plague all of Egypt.

#jumblr #jewish #this tag is jewish and so am i #posts i created

[dirigibleplumbing]

Happy wedding anniversary, Dean and Cas! Here's a portrait of Dean in his wedding cowboy hat and veil from the big day.

#dean winchester fanart #supernatural fanart #destiel fanart #deancas #destiel #dean fanart #spn fanart #spn dean #dean winchester #supernatural #spn #posts I created

[artthatremindsmeofhannibalnbc]

Fábio Magalhães, Untitled (Intimate Portraits Series), 2013 Oil on canvas

https://paulodaregaleria.com.br/en/artistas/fabio-magalhaes/

#hannibal #nbc hannibal #art that reminds me of hannibal #Fábio Magalhães #meat #gore #paintings and mostly 2d art #people are meat #as seen in the murder basement #posts I created #contemporary art #queue

[dervamullrova]

Zuko has a really good redemption arc, but I feel like part of why it's so universally acclaimed is that the writers didn't really have to do a lot of work?

In-universe, Zuko is absolutely a villain, because he is directly working for the imperialist power and is trying to capture the One Dude who can stop it. Ideologically, Zuko is 100% on-board with the whole "conquer the world" thing, he's just slightly less ruthless about it (notably, pre-Season 1 Zuko has no qualms about Earth Kingdom soldiers dying, he just thinks Fire Nation soldiers being needlessly sacrificed is dishonorable). Zuko, as a character, has a long way to go to reach a point where he is willing to fight against the Fire Nation's conquest.

But from the audience perspective:

For most of Season 1, Zuko is basically Team Rocket. He shows up every few episodes, fights Aang, and is pretty easily defeated with no injuries and rarely even major property damage.

He explicitly saves Aang. Like, this isn't even a “they team up in the heat of the moment” thing like in “The Chase” (Season 2), Zuko directly plots and executes a rescue attempt. And Aang is in a situation where his allies are incapacitated, so short of, IDK Iroh breaking him out, Aang has absolutely no hope of rescue. Sure, Zuko did it for selfish reasons, but also if Zuko doesn't do this, the Fire Nation straight up wins.

The worst crime he’s directly responsible for is burning down Suki’s village. And yes, that’s a shitty thing to do, but rendering a few dozen people we’ve never met homeless really doesn’t compare to other villains who get redeemed, who directly kill people or order deaths on screen. (Also, Suki is mad he burned down her village, but makes one angry remark and then is basically OK with him for the rest of the show.)

He’s somewhat culpable for Yue’s death (because he kidnapped Aang so Katara and Sokka aren’t there to defend the fish) and Aang getting zapped/Azula conquering Ba Sing Se, but both of those have mitigating factors. For the former, Zuko had no idea Zhao was after the fish and anyway, Aang might’ve still been meditating when Zhao got there and Katara couldn’t fight off 5 firebenders by herself. For the latter, Zuko helped Azula, but she had the entire Dai Li on her side, so a single firebender really wouldn’t have turned the tides against her.

Or, to put it another way, it’s about the contrast between Zuko’s arc being about an ideological change (Zuko basically has to change his entire worldview) vs. Zuko’s arc being about redeeming himself for his crimes (Zuko fought the Gaang a few times and burned some houses down).

A lot of times, I think audiences decide that a character can’t be redeemed if their crimes are too great (the latter), even if their ideology change (the former) is executed well. (And now we could get into dissecting what exactly a redemption arc is, namely is it just a character switching sides/ideologies, or does it fundamentally also need to address punishment/reparations for the crimes committed? If a story only addresses the ideology change and doesn’t address the crimes committed, does it “count”?)

This isn’t meant as a criticism of the writing. Like, I don't think Zuko's redemption arc is flawed. I just think it’s interesting to think about. How much of the fandom’s basically unanimous praise of Zuko’s arc (to a degree I don't think I’ve seen for any other redemption arc) is because it’s just that good, and how much is because Zuko really didn’t have that far to go? If you took all the major beats of the story, but Zuko killed people in Season 1, would it work as well?

#atla #zuko #posts I created

[lichposting]

I’m really enamored with the dynamic of two characters who work perfectly in tandem, like pacific rim drift compatible level, but they don’t like each other. It’s not even as strong an emotion as hate it’s just a very neutral-negative dislike, but they still act in perfect concert and their individual abilities are fully complementary

#text #alma’s liveblog tag #perso #i have unintentionally created this b/w nes and astarion #like they always share initiative. perfect for exploring bc both are rogues. great for platforming. ultimate sniper duo. #-3 approval. when I click him he says don’t touch me #the posts

[inkskinned]

the thing about art is that it was always supposed to be about us, about the human-ness of us, the impossible and beautiful reality that we (for centuries) have stood still, transfixed by music. that we can close our eyes and cry about the same book passage; the events of which aren't real and never happened. theatre in shakespeare's time was as real as it is now; we all laugh at the same cue (pursued by bear), separated hundreds of years apart.

three years ago my housemates were jamming outdoors, just messing around with their instruments, mostly just making noise. our neighbors - shy, cautious, a little sheepish - sat down and started playing. i don't really know how it happened; i was somehow in charge of dancing, barefoot and laughing - but i looked up, and our yard was full of people. kids stacked on the shoulders of parents. old couples holding hands. someone had brought sidewalk chalk; our front walk became a riot of color. someone ran in with a flute and played the most astounding solo i've ever heard in my life, upright and wiggling, skipping as she did so. she only paused because the violin player was kicking his heels up and she was laughing too hard to continue.

two weeks ago my friend and i met in the basement of her apartment complex so she could work out a piece of choreography. we have a language barrier - i'm not as good at ASL as i'd like to be (i'm still learning!) so we communicate mostly through the notes app and this strange secret language of dancers - we have the same movement vocabulary. the two of us cracking jokes at each other, giggling. there were kids in the basement too, who had been playing soccer until we took up the far corner of the room. one by one they made their slow way over like feral cats - they laid down, belly-flat against the floor, just watching. my friend and i were not in tutus - we were in slouchy shirts and leggings and socks. nothing fancy. but when i asked the kids would you like to dance too? they were immediately on their feet and spinning. i love when people dance with abandon, the wild and leggy fervor of childhood. i think it is gorgeous.

their adults showed up eventually, and a few of them said hey, let's not bother the nice ladies. but they weren't bothering us, they were just having fun - so. a few of the adults started dancing awkwardly along, and then most of the adults. someone brought down a better sound system. someone opened a watermelon and started handing out slices. it was 8 PM on a tuesday and nothing about that day was particularly special; we might as well party.

one time i hosted a free "paint along party" and about 20 adults worked quietly while i taught them how to paint nessie. one time i taught community dance classes and so many people showed up we had to move the whole thing outside. we used chairs and coatracks to balance. one time i showed up to a random band playing in a random location, and the whole thing got packed so quickly we had to open every door and window in the place.

i don't think i can tell you how much people want to be making art and engaging with art. they want to, desperately. so many people would be stunning artists, but they are lied to and told from a very young age that art only matters if it is planned, purposeful, beautiful. that if you have an idea, you need to be able to express it perfectly. this is not true. you don't get only 1 chance to communicate. you can spend a lifetime trying to display exactly 1 thing you can never quite language. you can just express the "!!??!!!"-ing-ness of being alive; that is something none of us really have a full grasp on creating. and even when we can't make what we want - god, it feels fucking good to try. and even just enjoying other artists - art inherently rewards the act of participating.

i wasn't raised wealthy. whenever i make a post about art, someone inevitably says something along the lines of well some of us aren't that lucky. i am not lucky; i am dedicated. i have a chronic condition, my hands are constantly in pain. i am not neurotypical, nor was i raised safe. i worked 5-7 jobs while some of these memories happened. i chose art because it mattered to me more than anything on this fucking planet - i would work 80 hours a week just so i could afford to write in 3 of them.

and i am still telling you - if you are called to make art, you are called to the part of you that is human. you do not have to be good at it. you do not have to have enormous amounts of privilege. you can just... give yourself permission. you can just say i'm going to make something now and then - go out and make it. raquel it won't be good though that is okay, i don't make good things every time either. besides. who decides what good even is?

you weren't called to make something because you wanted it to be good, you were called to make something because it is a basic instinct. you were taught to judge its worth and over-value perfection. you are doing something impossible. a god's ability: from nothing springs creation.

a few months ago i found a piece of sidewalk chalk and started drawing. within an hour i had somehow collected a small classroom of young children. their adults often brought their own chalk. i looked up and about fifteen families had joined me from around the block. we drew scrangly unicorns and messed up flowers and one girl asked me to draw charizard. i am not good at drawing. i basically drew an orb with wings. you would have thought i drew her the mona lisa. she dragged her mother over and pointed and said look! look what she drew for me and, in the moment, i admit i flinched (sorry, i don't -). but the mother just grinned at me. he's beautiful. and then she sat down and started drawing.

someone took a picture of it. it was in the local newspaper. the summary underneath said joyful and spontaneous artwork from local artists springs up in public gallery. in the picture, a little girl covered in chalk dust has her head thrown back, delighted. laughing.

#writeblr #warm up #this is longer than i wanted i really considered removing that part about myself and what i went thru #but i think it really fucking bothers me that EVERY time i talk about being an artist #ppl assume i just like. had the skill and ability to drop everything and pay for grad school. #like sir i grew up poor. my house wasn't a safe space. i gave up a FREE RIDE TO LAW SCHOOL. for THIS. bc i chose it. #was it fucking hard? was i choosing the hard thing?? yes. #but we need to stop seeing artists as lazy layabouts that can ''afford'' to just ''sit around and create'' #when MANY - if not MOST - of us are NOT like that. we have to work our fucking ASSES off. hard work. long and hard work #part of valuing artists is recognizing the amount we sacrifice to make our art. bc it doesn't just #like HAPPEN to us. also btw it rarely has anything to do with true talent. #speaking as someone with a chronic condition i hate when ppl are like u have it easy. like actively as i'm writing this my hands r #ACTIVELY hurting me. i haven't been posting bc my left hand was curled in a claw for the last week #this isn't fucking luck. after a certain point it's not even TALENT. it's dedication & sacrifice. #''u get to flounce around and do nothing with ur life'' is a narrative that is a direct result of capitalism #imagine if we said that about literally any other profession. #''oh so u give up 10 yrs of ur life to be a doctor? u sacrifice having a social life and u get SUPER in debt? #u need to work countless hours and it will often be thankless? well i wish i was that lucky'' #we should be applying that logic to landlords ONLY #''oh ur mom and dad gave u the money to buy a house? and all u did was paint it white and rent it? huh.''

[latepivi]

i got all the achievements in this cult simulator so next step is to draw some fanart??

#cult of the lamb #cotl lamb #cotl leshy #my art #digital #i don't know how to draw animals or furries or anything this was an attempt #leshy noises are my favorite he's adorable #also jfc creating posts on tumblr feels like ass these days #sketch

[felassan]

[source (Senior Reporter at Kotaku), linked Kotaku article, two, 'FC 24's performance link', three, four, @/N7SeveranceDay (source of the last two images, "Account supporting BioWare employees laid off in 2023."), five, six, Polygon tweet, Polygon article]

"BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance" statement transcript:

“BioWare Continues to Refuse to Pay Severance On August 23 of this year, BioWare eliminated “approximately 50 roles at BioWare”. Following the layoffs, seven ex-BioWare employees engaged the services of R. Alex Kennedy to represent their interests, stating that the amount of severance offered was insufficient under Alberta common law. Counsel for the employees has attempted to reach a compromise that would avoid requiring lengthy court proceedings, but BioWare’s lawyers refused any offers to negotiate and settle out of court. The basis of Kennedy’s claim is that according to Alberta precedents and under Canadian law, these employees should be receiving approximately 1.7 months of severance per year of service they gave to BioWare. BioWare has now filed a Statement of Defence, which argues that the seven terminated employees are only entitled to two weeks of severance per year spent in service to BioWare, because of a contract provision that Kennedy says is not enforceable. The filing means BioWare will be taking these former employees to court rather than working towards finding an out of court resolution. The developers involved in the suit have expressed their disappointment: - “We are disappointed that BioWare prefers stalling and intimidation tactics to fair dealing with people who have given years, and in some cases decades, of dedication and hard work to the company.” - “We believe they are using intimidation and stalling tactics to try and get us to drop out. A lot of the more junior employees and those with families, who had more monetary pressure on them, could not risk waiting on a court case that may take many months more to resolve, and have already had to drop out.” - “At the time of the layoffs, BioWare offered us professional assistance in finding new employment, and an additional payment, but ONLY on the condition that we signed an agreement saying we cannot talk about any details of the settlement, and that we would completely waive any right to legal action or even to complain in any way about anyone associated with BioWare now or ever in the future. Tactics like that sure make me think that BioWare knows it is in the wrong.” - “Despite what they publicly announced when they laid us off, this process has been anything but empathetic, respectful, and communicative.” The latest BioWare layoffs were the third round so far this year, and many of the developers affected even in earlier rounds are still searching for work, though some have started to find new positions. Regardless of employment status, the members of the current lawsuit state they remain determined to pursue BioWare in court, regardless of their employment status: - “We strongly believe that if Dragon Age: Dreadwolf does not do as well as BioWare or EA wants at launch, there will be more, even larger layoffs. Therefore, regardless of our own well-being, we believe it is important to hold BioWare responsible and get a clear decision on what settlement amount is legal. We’re no longer part of the development team, so the best way we can help our former teammates now is to hold BioWare accountable and ensure that the next group who is laid off are not treated as poorly as we were.” November 7th marks “N7 Day”, which is a fan celebration of BioWare’s Mass Effect games featuring Commander Shepard and the crew of the Normandy. The developers involved in the lawsuit are hoping N7 Day this year will be a reminder to BioWare of the importance of loyalty to your crew, and hope fans can have a little fun and help express their support with memes and images using an #N7SeveranceDay hashtag. The ex-employees involved in the suit are all based in Canada and have an average of 14 years at BioWare.”

[source]

You can express your support using the hashtag #N7SeveranceDay.

Edit: [Part 2/update] [more on the Keywords topic]

#dragon age: dreadwolf #dragon age 4 #the dread wolf rises #da4 #dragon age #bioware #mass effect #video games #long post #longpost #mj best of #next mass effect #signal boost #N7SeveranceDay #worker solidarity #labor rights #pls note that i did not create any of the images in this post #or the N7Severance twitter account. pls see source links

[krasnyel]

#liu kang accidentally created a timeline where these two lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship #they’re so silly i love them #kenshi takahashi #johnny cage #mortal kombat #mk #mortal kombat 1 #johnshi #krasnyel post #fanart #digital art #artist on tumblr

[attackfish]

Me, at the start of Tears of the Kingdom, young, bright-eyed, full of hubris and naivete: I'm the fucking Hero of the Wild. I eat golden lynels for breakfast. You think a bunch of bokoblins can stop me?

Me: a few minutes later, older, wiser, staring at the game over screen: Okay, new plan. Let's avoid the bokoblins.

#posts i created #tears of the kingdom #legend of zelda

[dirigibleplumbing]

happy birthday, Dean Winchester! have a destiel reunion

Maybe when our story's over, we'll go where it's always spring The band is playing our song again, all the world is green - Tom Waits, "All the World is Green"

#deansbirthdaybash #destiel #destiel fanart #spn fanart #deancas #deancas fanart #spn #supernatural #dean/cas #my art #posts I created #destiel reunion #dean winchester #dean winchester fanart #castiel #castiel fanart #I would've liked to work on the trees a bit more #but I really wanted to get this posted this morning #I've done better trees #but I think these do work well with the rest of the composition so it's okay

[artthatremindsmeofhannibalnbc]

Olan Ventura, Abundant Bouquet with Pomegranate, 2019 Acrylic on canvas

#hannibal #nbc hannibal #art that reminds me of hannibal #olan ventura #paintings and mostly 2d art #contemporary art #still lifes #flowers #pomegranates #fruit #could be a display from one of hannibal's dinner parties #bedelia's anxiety dreams #as seen in will's memory palace #posts I created #baroque vibes #blurs glitches and pixelization

[originalartblog]

A quick-ish 3D render inspired by Dazai's bolo tie because I don't use my skills for fun enough ✨

#''quick-ish'' because i had to figure out how to render gems and that was a whole thing #also this renderer hates metals. that gold looks too muddy but oh well :/ #i also went a little crazy with the post-effects forgive me #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd dazai #bsd dazai osamu #nawy's 3d #<- you all forgot i had this tag because i never use it and never finished the project it was created for #i live in shame

[bonefall]

Anyway. Bi and Mspec Lesbians aren't a hotly "debated" topic or even new to queer culture, it's just the newest thing that bullies who REALLY want to be homophobic and even racist use to justify harassing gay people they don't like.

It's the thinnest possible veneer of progressive language wrapped around TERF and reactionary rhetoric so that they can feel righteous for forming an angry mob against vulnerable targets. If you're gullible enough to fall for the newest wave of bigotry within the queer community, and turn on your allies because they're "confusing" or "invading your spaces," the SAME way they turned on bi/pan labels, trans people, xenogenders, neopronouns, and aroace people before this, then get lost.

#No patience. Wither and rot. #These motherfuckers dogpiled the legend who leaked the no fly list because it identified as the wrong type of lesbian. #They will attack the people doing DIRECT ACTION over dumbfuck label discourse. Deeply unserious people. #Embarrassing to think that there are rubes out there who keep falling for this #For ALL our sakes I hope this is literally their first rodeos and they really haven't fallen for this bullshit twice. #But unfortunately I'm too old to be that hopeful. #I didn't get to see the big ''public block list'' made for us dirty queers who support or are bi/mspec lesbians but I hope I was on it #If a man is best judged by his enemies then exclusionists who echo terf rhetoric are the ones I WANT to have. #And ''public lesbian block list'' is in quotes because if you REALLY thought that such a thing wasn't a ''GO HARASS THESE PEOPLE'' charter- #--then you have a black mold where your brain used to be and it's rapidly eating into the bathroom tile you call a skull #Unironically you should not have a platform if you are THAT stupid or malicious to think it was anything BUT a harassment charter #I hope they're ashamed. #Context for those unaware: a flesh-eating amoeba created a public blocklist for people who supported bi lesbians #Minors and extremely small creators without big platforms were on that list #People got harassed but the most namely was Lockandkeyhyena who had people raiding his server with racial slurs and death threats. #I hope everyone involved sees who their ''allies'' are when they spread that sentiment. #A bunch of people ACTUALLY 'invading someone's space' to post the n-word and suicidebait. #THAT is who you appeal to. Sit with that.

[iniro]

unexpected roommate....

#myart #illustration #terato #monster boyfriend #oc #haneul #asmodeus #demonic roommate #realized i finally drew enough of them to create a compilation post hehe

[delicourse]

its been a month but we got a first draw of the year☁️

#jjba #jojo's bizarre adventure #stone ocean #jolyne cujoh #hermes costello #deliart #its a bit more of a colored sketch but #its time to post. #i got soo many wips im usually not a 'keep creating new wips before finishing the ones ive got' kinda person but these last 6 months.... #though i am trying out many new things. i wanna try out more stuff more techniques