#she's pretty lol

[aria-ashryver]

Guarded came up on Book Pass today so I thought I'd give it a go and jfc. I am exhausted. I like smut, but this is just bad writing. Think I'm gonna DNF this one because oof. It's just this shit, over and over and over again

he's???? he's just holding a drink???????

#choices guarded #am i still going to make an edit of my sprite #with a non-generic body type? #yes #she's pretty lol

[lvnesart]

Caption deleted because of my bad wording 🙏

Reminder: my lady zhongli still uses he/him

#genshin impact #zhongli #xianyun #cloud retainer #cr doesnt like zhongli like that in any way #but she likes pretty girls who sweetly ask her to help them #cough cough her trailer lol #lady zhongli

[tragicotps]

What age was Gillian Anderson in The X-Files? (x)

#gillian anderson #Dana scully #txf #the x files #wired #lol i cant believe they could just lie about their age and no one ever checked this beforehand 🤯 #thank god she did #she has a point there 🤣 #even at 27 this is pretty unrealistic #unless Scully was some kind of child prodigy #which i can accept #baby scully #my edit

[artemispanthar]

Crimes against short people

#artie gifs #true detective #night country #true detective night country #true detective spoilers #silly stuff #this is me whenever people put stuff on the top shelf #or any shelf higher than the first one tbh #if the internet is to be believed she's 5'3 #I'm 5'4“ so this is pretty accurate to my experience lol #no one giffed this so i had to figure out how to use a new giffing program for this #because instagiffer just straight up didn't work it would only record half the screen no matter what

[inkskinned]

you're grabbing lunch with a nice man and he gives you that strange grimace-smile that's popular right now; an almost sardonic "twist" of his mouth while he looks literally down on you. it looks like he practiced the move as he leans back, arms folded. he just finished reciting the details of NFTs to you and explaining Oppenheimer even though he only watched a youtube about it and hasn't actually seen it. you are at the bottom of your wine glass.

you ask the man across from you if he has siblings, desperately looking for a topic. literally anything else.

he says i don't like small talk. and then he smiles again, watching you.

a few years ago, you probably would have said you're above celebrity gossip, but honestly, you've been kind of enjoying the dumb shit of it these days. with the rest of the earth burning, there's something familiar and banal about dragging ariana grande through the mud. you think about jeanette mccurdy, who has often times gently warned the world she's not as nice as she appears. you liked i'm glad my mom died but it made you cry a lot.

he doesn't like small talk, figure out something to say.

you want to talk about responsibility, and how ariana grande is only like 6 days older than you are - which means she just turned 30 and still dresses and acts like a 13 year old, but like sexy. there's something in there about the whole thing - about insecurity, and never growing up, and being sexualized from a young age.

people have been saying that gay people are groomers. like, that's something that's come back into the public. you have even said yourself that it's just ... easier to date men sometimes. you would identify as whatever the opposite of "heteroflexible" is, but here you are again, across from a man. you like every woman, and 3 people on tv. and not this guy. but you're trying. your mother is worried about you. she thinks it's not okay you're single. and honestly this guy was better before you met, back when you were just texting.

wait, shit. are you doing the same thing as ariana grande? are you looking for male validation in order to appease some internalized promise of heteronormativity? do you conform to the idea that your happiness must result in heterosexuality? do you believe that you can resolve your internal loneliness by being accepted into the patriarchy? is there a reason dating men is easier? why are you so scared of fucking it up with women? why don't you reach out to more of them? you have a good sense of humor and a big ol' brain, you could have done a better job at online dating.

also. jesus christ. why can't you just get a drink with somebody without your internal feminism meter pinging. although - in your favor (and judgement aside) in the case of your ariana grande deposition: you have been in enough therapy you probably wouldn't date anyone who had just broken up with their wife of many years (and who has a young child). you'd be like - maybe take some personal time before you begin this journey. like, grande has been on broadway, you'd think she would have heard of the plot of hamlet.

he leans forward and taps two fingers to the table. "i'm not, like an andrew tate guy," he's saying, "but i do think partnership is about two people knowing their place. i like order."

you knew it was going to be hard. being non-straight in any particular way is like, always hard. these days you kind of like answering the question what's your sexuality? with a shrug and a smile - it's fine - is your most common response. like they asked you how your life is going and not to reveal your identity. you like not being straight. you like kissing girls. some days you know you're into men, and sometimes you're sitting across from a man, and you're thinking about the power of compulsory heterosexuality. are you into men, or are you just into the safety that comes from being seen with them? after all, everyone knows you're failing in life unless you have a husband. it almost feels like a gradebook - people see "straight married" as being "all A's", and anything else even vaguely noncompliant as being ... like you dropped out of the school system. you cannot just ignore years of that kind of conditioning, of course you like attention from men.

"so let's talk boundaries." he orders more wine for you, gesturing with one hand like he's rousing an orchestra. sir, this is a fucking chain restaurant. "I am not gonna date someone who still has male friends. also, i don't care about your little friends, i care about me. whatever stupid girls night things - those are lower priority. if i want you there, you're there."

he wasn't like this over text, right? you wouldn't have been even in the building if he was like this. you squint at him. in another version of yourself, you'd be running. you'd just get up and go. that's what happens on the internet - people get annoyed, and they just leave. you are locked in place, almost frozen. you need to go to the bathroom and text someone to call you so you have an excuse, like it's rude to just-leave. like he already kind of owns you. rudeness implies a power paradigm, though. see, even your social anxiety allows the patriarchy to get to you.

you take a sip of the new glass of wine. maybe this will be a funny story. maybe you can write about it on your blog. maybe you can meet ariana grande and ask her if she just maybe needs to take some time to sit and think about her happiness and how she measures her own success.

is this settling down? is this all that's left in your dating pool? just accepting that someone will eventually love you, and you have to stop being picky about who "makes" you a wife?

you look down to your hand, clutching the knife.

#writeblr #this is a mashup of like 3 dates i accidentally went on lol #by that i mean that i was out with a woman on a date in 2 of these situations #and a man just. joined us. and we were too awkward to say anything while he tried to ''date'' me #& one was a longterm friend that i was like. you what???? #like he's nice he's a doctor and my mom was SO happy she was like raquel think about it #''it's a perfect love story you grew up together and reconnected as adults and like the same things and he's friends with ur brother #and his sister is one of ur close friends!!!'' #yes but alas. he is a boy . she only likes girls. can i make it any more obvious #anyway im tryna write about like the force of male attention being actually incredibly ingrained to women like we are SUPPOSED to like it #it's seen as the only important thing #even if ur gay #and it's a nuanced thing idk #and while rn i i.d. as lesbian #like .... it wouldn't be UNTRUE to say i am probably like ''cusp bisexual'' bc i CAN experience attraction to men bc like . #sexuality is fluid... #don't tell straight ppl tho bc they do not understand the concept that ppl don't necessarily need a solid everlasting label #they're like GET in the BOX #if ur gay & in boston i'm 30 and pretty please come kiss me. #(i usually only date older ppl sorry in advance tho)

[booasaur]

Special Ops: Lioness - Aaliyah wanting to see Cruz's face

#specialopslionessedit #special ops lioness #special ops: lioness #aaliyah amrohi #cruz manuelos #stephanie nur #laysla de oliveira #special ops lioness spoilers #aaliyah x cruz #femslash related stuff #she's so gone #really hoping she's able to call back these moments #and realize cruz was genuine #also how their relationship changes in such a short time #first it's ''please'' and looking from afar #but she's pretty free with taking liberties by the end #editing tags again to add lol at the difference in her nails from start to finish

[whaliiwatching]

list of adults who are great with kids

unfortunately i cant actually make a meme better than the movie

#spider man: across the spider verse #miguel o'hara #miles morales #peter b parker #mayday parker #peni parker #hobie brown #spider punk #spider noir #ft a little spider goddess #under the readmore is just a different version of the miguel and miles onion headline lol #im actually pretty proud of how these turned out #peni looks cute miguel looks techy peter b looks kind of on model even #i wouldve drawn miguel with the ‘dont cry endless possibilities’ bit but he was NOT that nice about it hahaaa #i know in my heart of hearts peter noir would not have been brainwashed like peter b #sorry peter b you’re just such an easy punching bag 😔😔 #couldn’t find a meme for jess bc. she’s actually responsible lol #but she will get one if i can find one

[ofswordsandpens]

I fear that "fire bending didn't come easy to zuko" and "zuko isn't a prodigy" (both true) has somehow snowballed into "zuko is a bad or at best average fire bender".... which simply isn't true, especially by the end of book 3

#it certainly doesn't help that pretty much the only other fire bender that Zuko's consistently contrasted with #is his extremely talented once in a lifetime level of a prodigy sister #but guys he's still very powerful #and I will bravely propose that #after seeing the dragons #and Zuko is no longer relying on his anger and rage to fuel his firebending #its not a coincidence that the next two battles that he has with Azula either #end with a stalemate (both Zuko and Azula use the same move on the airship and notably she's blown back further from it than he is!) #and then him winning (she's lost her stability while he's finally found his) #(side side note: I'm of the camp that Azula targeting Katara in the Agni Kai made Zuko the automatic victor because an Agni Kai is #(should be?) #between only the two partaking in it and Zuko WAS straight up wiping the floor with her until that very moment where she targeted Katara #which you know great play on Azula part she knows how to manipulate her brother cause once she released she was losing the Agni kai #Azula simply made the choice to get the throne via the line of succession lol) #ah well #atla #zuko

[foxylovey]

I miss Jay

#I was gonna make her gun look cool but I gave up lol #jrwi #art #faulxart! #jrwi riptide #jrwi jay #jay ferin #jrwi fanart #jrwi show #man she’s so pretty I wish she was real

[brighteuphony]

@xoxo-lahh

So in this verse, Tsunade never ends up teaching Sakura- as that role is fulfilled by Chiyo. (But she DOES return to Konoha eventually).

And Chiyo's first rule (for everything lol) is: Nothing is Free.

Chiyo always demanded something in return for healing, and unlike Tsunade, she considered medical jutsu a part of her arsenal. If it could kill, then it was always an option.

So Sakura learned from that mindset, trading her services and using her rare skillet as a powerful negotiating tactic, especially during Tea Country's civil war. Her healing effectively kept her, Enji, and Saeko in relative safety and provided her a card to play when she needed.

And, while Sakura is nowhere near as jaded as Chiyo is, and often enough of a bleeding heart to help people for damn near free, (a place to stay, food for the night, a new holster for her kunai), she is also VERY pragmatic about her skillset. The civil war taught her that sometimes, letting someone die is better. This puts her at odds with Tsunade, who has a very different mindset (and was, historically, bitter enemies with Chiyo).

Another issue that arises with Tsunade, is that the Godaime is a doctor- while Chiyo is more of a healer. Their understanding of the human body comes from a different place.

Tsunade can name every bone and muscle and perform open-heart surgeries. Sakura can heal bone and stitch back together muscles and flesh on a very basic level, but she's never going to be able to open up a human body and revolutionize medical history like she does in canon. (In canon, Sakura creates a Jutsu that allows her to do a four-man surgery alone; she can't do that here.)

However, she can do some stuff that Tsunade claims is impossible—like reconstructing/altering someone's chakra network, unblocking tenketsu, sometimes turning off someone's dojutsu from a distance, and lite-healing remotely (Tsunade is very upset about this one specifically). A lot of it comes from her mastery of Genjutsu.

Genjutsu, as I reworked in my comic, requires a complete understanding of someone's chakra network to control ALL their senses. Sakura's understanding and control are so prodigious that she can almost autonomously control people's bodily functions (a skillset that is GREATLY aided by training with Chiyo's puppet mastery).

She uses Genjutsu as a tool to understand the body and employs it as both support (helping an ally maintain a sense of gravity as they're pulled underground or flung in the air, etc) and offense.

And that's it for the wall of text! Once again, thank you SO much for the amazingly kind words and all the interest in this AU! <3

#naruto #haruno sakura #tsunade #why yes that is a human heart she medical scalpeled right out a nin's chest #this isn't a scene that happens but the VIBES #But that time she killed a bunch of enemies because she altered their sense of time to be so slow #that she just walked right up to them and slit their throats was pretty damn lit #also I feel like puppet ninjutsu and genjutsu and medical jutsu have alot of similar concepts- all about controlling someone else #also u remember Tsunade's 4 rules for medic-nin? Yeah Chiyo's got her own lol #also Tsunade can't heal Gai's 8 gates but Sakura sure can #but if you've got a tumor that needs to be excised ur better off with tsunade #coven!Sakura

[kiwi-b0nes]

mother

#shes so pretty man #cloud retainer #xianyun #genshin impact #genshin impact fanart #fanart #my art #i didnt like the pose so i cropped it lol #rlly like how the colors turned out ;;

[iamhereinthebg]

Happy Lunar New year!!

#loved the hanako design and wanted to be self indulgent af so here we are #my art #toilet bound hanako kun #aoi akane #mirai #the three clock keepers #tbhk #jshk #jibaku shounen hanako kun #jibaku shonen hanako kun #hanako kun #was thinking about what to eat for the new year and thought of this #the makeup make him way too pretty lol #lil Mirai she has a dragon kigurumi :DD #jshk fanart #tbhk fanart #wooden dragon year yay

[rrat-king]

siobhan in the preview interviews: oh yeah i played with the fact that adaine code switches between the bad kids and her sister

vs the whiplash of the phone conversation in ep 4 in which siobhan is more british than i’ve ever heard her

#lol know she warned me but for some reason it was so jarring #like i i guess i ahsnnt realized siobhan has a pretty americanized accent in general until she went full on #it was so posh it’s funny #d20 #fhjy #fantasy high #dimension 20 #adaine abernant #siobhan thompson

[sleepyscreen]

I doodled a cute horse-thing girl!

#myart #sleepyscreen #furry #furry art #sfw #cute girl #transgender #trans girl #horse girl #horse thing #idk what animal this is #she's supposed to be a horse lol #cute #trans #women #pretty #uwu

[iamacolor]

I'm afraid I might have stolen your joy and you might never get a chance to perform on stage because of me.

LOVELY RUNNER - EPISODE 11

#lovely runner #kdramaedit #kdramanetwork #kdramadaily #my edits #dramasource #kim hye yoon #byeon woo seok #that's real love!!!! #also love how it's just now that sol is thinking about the consequances of her actions aside from saving his life jdfshjkg #she was so hell bent on avoiding his death she didn't think about the rest of his life lol #also last gif...she's so pretty he's so lucky

[portsandstars]

This past weekend I was lucky enough to meet Hikazio (Touchstarved's business dev<3)

She told me that the developers share fanart in their discord server, and seeing all the love and affection that fans have for the game helps to motivate them and give them energy 💕it's really amazing to think that they've possibly seen so many of the beautiful fanart pieces that I've seen myself!

She was SO nice and I'm really grateful she took the time to talk with me for a little while ^.^

#touchstarved cosplay #touchstarved game #vere #vere touchstarved #red spring studio #touchstarved #touchstarved fanart #mine #personal #aaaAAAAAA I'm so happy!! #hikazio im sorry if ur seeing me post this on every platform but ur a celebrity to me LOL #i really hadn’t thought that they looked at all that much of fanart bc ik they’re really busy ppl with jobs/lives/working on the game #so im so happy to hear it!! ;-; #WAAAAA I thought my heart would beat right out of my chest!! #I was pretty awkward/stumbling over my words and she was rly patient with me ^^; #cosplay